The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-14
THE MADISONIAN.


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.,e ,ns,,meJ apTeared in the Richmond Enquirer
M, having copy Of that paper containing II, nor
,,fc COW of the article publish such as We have
m ,eone. and because the state nights branch OF the
friends Of the Administration have night 10 be heAru
To John Tyler, President of the oniied STATES
sK-I am OF the number Of those who regarded
your elevation to the Presidential Char without en-
" To be called to minister in the affairs OF an en-
hchtened and Sirtuous People, blessed by Heaven
bounty with every advantage Of POSITION climate soii
and extent Of territory and inherng from wlse ana
noble ancestry an iuslrious name and free lnst'u'
tons Is in general enough to secure even 10 men OF
email merit portion in tina, imperishabie fame, when
Is 80 freely allotted TO the benefactors OF mankind
Not to arrest the Of prosperity IN such case
!. 10 seem 10 advance and arrest ito poison the
sources OF happiness-to battle The plans Of enter
prise-to cot the snews Of labor-and 10 corrupt the
public morals when all who when letl 10 themselves
sin against the common veal must sin without mo-
tive and against motive requires ingenuity IN wick
edness Of which few capable But when, from
Whatever cause this mischief has been already done.
and when the world looking with amazement on
poverty surrounded by the sources OF afiiuence-on
distress in the nids, Of bIessingson public and phi
waite bankruptcy land teeming with the most va
luabe probationary civil discord in region walled
by Nature from every Of stnfe-and an utter
dissolution Of morals where every incentive and en-
enlargement to virtue abound he who under such
circumstances Is called 10 the helm Of Government, Is
often supposed have nothing 10 do bot 10 throw
the ship of State into the full stream OF tavorng IN
Hnences and 10 accomplish every good, by merely de-
signing evil
How great the mistake Of those who think thus,
none knows better than yourself this moment; and
this mistake adds tenfod bitterness the LOT Of him,
who Is liable be rashy condemned because he does
no, accomplish what, 70 others seems easy.
when saw you called from the quic, enjoyments
u peaceful home to The high and a~ully response
bic station you now occupy, though, OF all this
But jlJ no, foresee the extern, Of your difficulties.
had anticipated that they who called you 10 tbs
task would endeavor TO increase its embarrassments
and that all the pledges by which you bad beentempt
ed 10 undertake H. would be at once recalled and
celled. You came before the People, not as candi-
date seeking their surages, but hose services
were demanded. No pledges professions were asked
Of you Your past life the only pledge; your
know opinions the only profession.
But these pIedge4-hese professions they
from you alone or they reciprocal Were they
not understood by you, they understood by
those " hose opinions conceded Nth yours pledge
from the friends ~ Gen Harri.on who sought you
out and place your name beside his that they did
not very decidedly condemn those sentiments which
gave It's hue and character 70 your political life Was
II not pledge 70 support you carrying out the prin
ciples mblbed 10 boy hood from the lips Of your
rahe father and maintained, through good and i'll, in
your whole career Words are but breath but acts
Ike this speak language palmer than words. What
words could have well declared that points on
which you were supposed 10 differ from General Har
rlson, not the cardinal points Of union for the
Wing party3 To repeal the Sub-rea.ury, and to
cleanse the Augean stable Of IT'S filth the avowed
purposes Of union among men holding, other sub
Iects, every Imaginable variety Of political opinion. If
any remuneration Of opinion was made required
any side. IT was made by Others not BY Many Of
by experience OF the truth of the maxims Of the
States Right school Many acknowledged that the
very evils against which all united had their rise
in disregard Of these maYims We were assured
to-, that General Harrison was himself States Right
man and It was precisely because uf us were
ncredulous on this point that his friends proof
Of his sincerity, and OF their own, selected you as
their candidate for the Vice Presidency
W hat Then must be your astonlshment--w the
Indignation Of your friends to find these claim
ing property IN you as President not of the nited
''Nht'5I VI PaIlyi 10 receive as law
constitution and spell whatever proAigate and ar
ogant cabal proclaim as the doctrines and views Of
that party You not even furnished with
manual Of the faith which you required profess
and practice. The grand Llama is himself at ha nd
and you referred to him.
would be glad to learn from those who hold this
language how is that Mr.. Clay who now stands
forward a. the representation Of Whlggism, was not
himself the man selected by the Harrisburg Conven-
ton for the Presidential ctnr Why was he passed
n.y. Why postponed TO one 50 far his inferior in Ia
lent, IN political service in political experience in pro
nlnency before the people statesman and pollti
can Dunng the fierce strIfes which for four years
had shaken the community Mr. Clay had been fore.
most among the champions Of the Opposition. He
had endcared himself more than 10 his own pro
per party, and had even golden opinions from
who, since 1925 had mes or locke on him with
out dlstrust. Never before had he stood high as
on the day when the Wing Convention met at liar-
rlsbufg Why was be not selected the candidate of
ihc patyl lie surely deserved and expected IT. and
The Imun rang with praises OF his magnpnimlty, in
tledglng his support to the prcensions of the
y whom he had been postponed Are we to find the
reason IN the notorious TACT, that Mr. Clay had Of late
lowered his tone the subject oi the powers Of the
Federal Government that h. had displayed more re-
sptct Tor the dgby Of the States than tormrfyi that
he no longer seemed to regard their sovereignty
farce
Was it because he thus wavercd n
the faith and was sometimes to look kindly upon
h'pHt men lHht ne was get aSlut lNO, TINS
was not The nature Of his fault II was not that he
went too Tar in that direction. He did not 20 far
enough, To recover the confidence and secure the
much needed votes of States Right men.
That was great day tor the poor desplsed States
Right party, and proud should have been could we
have been fooled by caolery Weak as we were we
held the balance, and, for the first time the history
O The Union the contest among the candidates for the
Presidency seemed 10 be, winch was he best States
R,ght man" MIR Jchctscn's name was even in the
mouths OF men who d,tested his memory Mr. Madi-
son resolutions referred to hy tho who never
read Them. Even the inspired proclamation itself