My dear Sir:  

I have read with true pleasure your letter in reply to the enquiries addressed to you and others by the Editors of the Enquirer and more especially that portion of it which furnishes a just and faithful commentary on the course of policy pursued by Great Britain. You properly ascribe much of the condition of the Country to her intrigues carried on by agents appointed by Exeter Hall. I have for many years regarded Northern sentiment as but little other than a reflex of English sentimentality. The great weakness of all confederacies through all time has consisted in this exposure to the intrigues of other powers- and most surely if there ever was a motive to influence foreign governments and people to attempt a course of division and overthrow it exists in the case of our own federation, holding together for forty years longer and all the old govts would be but pigmies in comparison. You struck on the right key, and I hope its tones will reverberate throughout the country. Shortly after reading your letter a neighbor called in who stated that Ld. Lyon had taken umbrage at it and had withdrawn from further connexion with the govt. This set us all to praising it still more than before, and in the plaudits my good wife took the lead. I resolved to address you these lines as the result of our feelings which for you and yours are always cordial and sincere. With kindest remembrances to Mrs. Floyd on the part of the household,  

I am my fr. Sir  

Truly yrs.  

John Tyler.  

(Endorsement)  
Chas. City C. H. Va.  
Dec. 21st.  

Hon. John P. Floyd,  
Secretary of War  
Washington, D.C.