Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-01
MR.. TYLER'S SPEECH.

The following are the concluding remarks in
Mr.. TYLER'S Speech on the Removal of the
Deposites:
No man ever came to the administration Of
public affairs with brighter prospects fsuccess
than General Jackson. He was borne into Of
flee upon popularity sufficiently strong to have
enabled him to have placed on an enduring ba-
sis the institutions of his country In the Ian
guage of command he might have written upon
them, in mperishable characters, este perpetuo.
The times called for man incapable OF fear,
vet under the control of no passion--bod in his
course vet meditating the best means of ad-
vancing the public good-resolute in his pur~
pose, yet calm and deliberate in council-soar-
ing above the petty views OF party, and looking
out upon the wide eXpanse OF domestic affairs
with an eye undmmed by Notwithstanding
upon the shoulders ofno favOrite-a policy fatal
to all who have been called to high trustS-but
summoning to his aid the highest grade of tai
ent which the country could misunderstanding
and holding in check every effort to introduce
a system of mere personal misunderstanding
70 a pure and cloudess region the Constitution
and laws above the petty evils and carpngs OF
the hour How, in all these, the President has
acquitted himself, an impartial posterlty will
determine. My own opinion is, that the pro-
ceedingS of the last and present winter have not
added to his fame. The principles contained in
his celebrated proclamation, utterly at war
with all his previous declarations-the demand
for armed men to put down State and to de-
soate her fair fields with war and death, before
every peaceful eXpedient had been resorted to
to quiet and appease her well founded discon-
tents-armed by the Constitution with patron
age and power as il for the very purpose of
bringing them to bear in such crisis, and yet
no effort made to dissipate the gloom which had
settled upon the cOuntry-instead OF the olive
branch, a naked dagger and bloody blI-to
the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. CLAY and to
him alone are we indebted, for dissipating the
deep gloom which hung upon the country
might say for the preservation OF the Union. A
blow struck, and it would have resounded
throughout the world--a drop of blood shed and
its stain would have been so deep that all the lu-
ture could not have erased it. In this glorious
work that Senator had able cOadjutors. He who
had been charged with the disposition to dissolve
the Union, Mr. CALHOUN met his advances,
and peace was restored to distracted country;
and when those clouds had dissipated and new
honors had unfolded their blossoms, thus are
nipt and withered by these uncalled for and
unwise proceedings. Sir, these things are cal
culated to make us pause-to wean us from lido
atry.
We are continually told of the necessity of
preserving the republican party. Such, sir, has
been my constant effort since | have been In
public life regard its preservation as con-
nected with the preservation OF the Union and
of liberty. To its principles, have continued
to cling with all my soul and all my strength
But will tell the Senate and the country, to
what republican party do belong-to that which
brought Mr.. Jefferson into power, which rests
upon the federative prncipe-which rebukes
every assumption of authority not warranted
by the Constitution, which procaims the invio-
liability of law, and the strict observance of pub
lie faith. To this party do belong not to that
nondescript patch work, mosaic party which
meets in conventions, and calls itself the Tepub-
ican party Not to that party which changes
its principles as the cameon its color with eve
ry cloud or ray sM3zzeMproceed from the Presi-
dental orb whic5 E thing to-day, another
Tomorrow. and ~ U day whatever chance
may make it; nor to the republican party which
plays off names against men, calling one the
father of the American system, for the purpose
of affecting him in particular quarter and yet
goes in advance of him upon that very system
-denounces that tariff. and yet votes for and
sustanS the tariff of 1928, that bill of abOmina-
tOnS-nOt that republican party which denOnn-
ces the bank and upholds the proclamation
which denounCeS the bank and suStalns the force
blll-which denounces the bank, and even now
sustains the President in his assumption of pow
er conferred neither by the laws or Constitution.
No sir, belong not to that republican party"
Its work is that of President-making Even now
it is in motion. Before the President is scarce
ly warm in his seat-not yielding to what de-
cency would seem to require not even permit
ting one short year to elapse, that party is in full
march-calling conventions, organizing com
mittees, and seeking by all manner of means,
at this early day, to commit the people But I
will tell them, Mr.. President in the language of
holy writ that g the race is not to the swiftn-
They are too much in advance of that question.
The people will demand some short breathing
time. and when the proper time arrives for them
TO act trust sir that they will look only to high
considerations in selecting an agent to fill the
highest Office in the world, because conferred by
a free and intelligent people. hope that they
will select the individual most capable ofadvan-
cling the public good, whether he be the favorite