The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-12-31
PRESIDENT TYLER AND GENERA 7.
JACKSON.

That mos, sngacous print, the TTrrhman. has
The following IN It's columns last week.
"1hc Iiadisonian of Saturday has very fair hil
At Col Benton, for dcnouncng President TNlcr's
plan Of u fiscal agency the point consists in show
ing that the recommendation Of President Tyler
is almost word for word with that made by Gener.
nj Jackson, in his veto message cfls32. which wa.
of couIsc, Iauded by the Missouri Senator
Now to our mind, this is rather complimentary
to Col, Benton. If Gen. jackson dH propose Il
plan which Col. Benton approved and arcrward.
finding impracticabc, abandoned, it shows the
honesty Of the man, and as we think in rather e.
yorablc conirus, 10 The management OF his oppo-
ncn,s, who adhere to measures they propose rgh,
or wrong. But does the E'atchmqa intend to de-
ftnd President Tycr's plan upon the ground tia,
it was first proposed by Gen. Jackson?
Upon the same Article in the Madisonian the y.
Y. EreRihg Post remarks Is follows
The other day we urged several objections to
Mr. lylcr's plan of government bank. The Ma
disonan replies by quietly extracting from one Of
the earliest messages Of General Jackson a pass &c
in which he suggests the plan Of bank us branch
of the Treasury department, having the public and
individual depos,es for It's basis, with power to
pay its own expenses by selling bills of exchange
at II moderate premium.
No duu5, the Madisnnian supposcs that it has
foored us by this. argument. There ARE one or
two things, however, Of which that journal seems
not to be aware. In the first place we do not take
General Jacksons mistakes for rule of political
conduct Much US we respect his general charac-
ter, and fully MS wcappro,e Of the principles by
which his administration WIS governed, we have
never claimed for him the gift Of inlaIbiity, nor
ever held ourselves hound by his errors. When
he suggested treasury band, he did not under
stand the subject SO well as he did afterwards. He
never repeated that suggestion; it was merely
thrown out while his mind was on lis passage to 4
complete conviction Of the impropricly Of making
the government II trader in the money market aud
it was never taken up by him again. lie abandon
ed it as an ostrich Hbundons her eggs in the sand
Weare sorry to see Mr. Tyler picking it mp, adop-
ting 1t, and attempting 10 hatch it into life by his
own incubation.
The discussions aud events which followed this
suggestion Of General Jackson, acting upon mind
at once sagaciouS and sincere. no doubt showed
him his error. If lheliadsonian SETS up his exam
pie as n defence of Mr. Tyler, we shall claim lha,
and convinced by the same powerful reasons, shall
relinquish his scheme with the same readiness
shall take no further steps 10 carry II into effect;
and in short, shall treat it rs General Jabkson after
wards treated his own project; namely, as the of
spring of imperfect views, aud wholly unworthy OF
being brought forward again.
There is an apology, however. 10 be made for
the errors Of General Jackson, which cannot be
urged in favor Of Mr. Tyler The frs, suggestion Of
n treasury bank was made before the question had
been so fully siIled by the dSpulans on both sides
before the grounds of safe judgment were so fully
in possession of the public; before the danger Of
blending the affairs Of the government with the OPP
erail"ns Of the money market, was so amply Illus
tracd by the experience, as it now is. Mr. Tyler
puts forth the plan in the face Of the very consd-
eraiicns which led General Jackson 10 relinquish
1t.
We have right TO expect Of Mr. Tyler something
better than that he should follow General Jackson
in his mistakes In the public career of that great
man, there were a thousand things more worthy of
being inflated than his casual suggestion OF II as
ury bank