The Madisonian., 1840-02-04

POLITICS OF THE DAY.
4 ADMISSIONS OF AN OPPONENT.
From fhe Ohio w BY Confedcrafe
TIE HARRISBURG NoMISATIoS.


What we may think of the ticket rendered
TO the country by the Wing National Con-
venlion, we do not assume to be matter Of
public importance. Nevertheless, it is our
right, and perhaps our duty, to say To our
readers, that we believe it TO be the strongest
ticket which that body as delegates of the
Wing party, bad the power to offer TO the
American people Two men, more accepta-
Bile to the honest .and patriotic yeomanry of
the country in point Of individual worth,
could not probably have been found among
the thousands, Of distinguished merit within
the wide compass oi selection. Worthy,
popular, nay, beloved by their country men, if
q majority shall be found to withhold their
suffrages from Gen. Harrison and Mr. TYLER,
for the highest Offices Of The Republic, i, may
not authorize the conclusion that they have
not the unbounded confidence Of the people
The strange combinations Of party interests
which signalize the period, place these cili-
zens before their country,as the representatives
Of principles and parties, in some instances
foreign TO each, in many 10 one Of them, and
may produce results which, in the absence
of these peculiar associations would be cs-
senlially varied.
1t has happened to US on two occasions,
when neither ourself nor those around us,
were anticipating for him the important pos
ture in which he now stands before the colin-
try, to express our opinions Of General Har-
rson, and TO assert his high claims to the re-
spect and confidence oi his countrymen
The evidences Of these embellish many of
the brightest pages of his country's history
since nearly hall century To repeat them,
is supererogatory, to deny or disparage them
is most cruel and unjust. If forty years of
public service, in high and responsible sta
tions, begun in youth and anluence, spent in
toll and fidelity, and ended in poverty with
out reproach-if these qualities aud services
enlite not citizen 10 the honorable es,ina
ton Of his countrymen, the stimulus Of pairi-
otic effort has ceased 10 exist, and pure and
magnanimous ambition in its way OF high and
virtuous endeavor will strive no more.
OF John Tyler we are warranted to speak
by our knowledge Of the man. But why shall
we speak His name is familiar TO all the
people, from extremity to extremity Of The
land; and the evidence of one witness who
has known him long and well, affirming his
moral excellence, his intellectual power and
his political purity and rec,itude, can add
nothing Of force to the testimony of public
life OF near thirty years Mr.. Tyler COM
mcnced his service Of the country at a very
early age--being elected TO the House Of
Delegates Of Virginia before he had attained
his 2lst year. BY that body he was appoint
ed member of the Executive Council Of the
State-whence he was soon transferred by
the people to the House of Representatives
Of the United States. Several successive
terms in The lower House of Congress, he
was next raised TO the Chief Msgistracy OF
the State, but before the expiration OF his off
cial term. was elected 10 the Senate of the
United States. His subsequent participation
and the part he has acted. in the interesting
events which have marked the era, are known
TO all. We will only now add Of Mr.. TYLER.
that through all the changes Of his political
life, connected at different periods with criti.
cal and imposing events, he has been disiin.
guished as firm, consistent, and uniform re.
publican sirai'er disciple Of the schoo
OF the great Jefferson, Virginia has not known
in his day.