Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-17
MIR. TYLER,S POSITION.

The Clay Wings are for putting the screws on
Mr. Tyler. "Pauick Henry IN Inc Newark
Daily Advertiser" hints. that 1.-The bea ur OF
certain parts OF Mr. T,lrr's Message Indicate,
view TO Reelection" lie saws, 4" If such be the
laci' II cannot be too soon rebuked-nnd that the
true course oT the Wings to pursue Is to ask OF
Mr Tyler 70 avail hlmselfof some suitable o3por-
tlnity to dlsavow distinctly any iutcuton Of again
beng candidate" The t. 5. Gazette Of Phil.
adelPhia republlshos, r. Henry-says, that :" It
may be right that he should be heatd," but pats
HIM on the back, and begs him to lie sill, until
the subjects Of great national policy now
occupying The minds Of the people ard of Con-
gress' have been disposed Of When that com.
mission has been fulfilled, and Mr T. shall have /
done then blddngs, lf he viii DO Them at all y /
and they no longer wan, bis signature to their
edets, they may whistle HIM oil, and send HIM
down the tide "a prey to fortune"
But vii MIR Tyler register their Edicts, and /
sign tho death warrant at the same time to all his
old proessed principles! VIII no ratiry or will
he reue the justice of the following portrait,
which IS drawn from his late message by tho Mo
/ bile Register of the llth inst
| This man who wrote this messare) is not
john Tyler Of 1919 We wanted but this to fix
our estimate Of Mr. Tyers character. H.. has
been tired and he has failed. Hereafter ii viii
! be Of ltlle moment to inquire, as the country ca.
| gefy did, when death made room lor him in the
| Char Of State" what are John T,ler4punci
! Piles y The friends Of the Constitution can no
| nnger rcposc - on a tower of strength, upon lhe
| principles ii state sman Of ,ha Virginia school.
| htse principles are gone--stll to Federalism, or
| frightened from heart too Um.d 20 uIhold them
n the time oIlher utmost need. We ave mp Mr.
Tyler. lie is the puppet Of frJcrallsm--aud
/ Webster or ClayoT both Of them are the Govern.
ment. The friends Of constitutional liberty may
put on the emblem Of mourning ior the reign nl
Federalism hls begun--John Tyler, the political
disciple Of his father, Of Jefferson, Macon and
Taylor OF Caroline, wDll not veto the monster mo.
nopoly vhici n Fedeial Congress may pass. lie
approves The distribution schcme, and even
suggests that The money Of tho people derived
Rom the saes Of thc publ lands might proGlubly
TO The States, be radc the basis Of tho operations
Of some " Fiscal iscat' which seems to float
IN dim, shadowy, and onnou3 outline in his ina.
gnahon."
| This portrait is indeed harsh but viii Mr. Ty
Ter deserveit? Can he throw all his old Pruci
|
mora courage to stand up alone in TIC Senate Of
the U ). against the Force Bill who has been
almost uHre IN his devotion to State Risl's NOW,
when the Constitution is in the utmost peril -
NOW, when he has the glorious opportunity to
show the sincerity Of bis principles during his
past lie; HoT, when Federal gang with Messrs.
i Clay and Webster at THEN head. are demanding
tho extemest sacrifices at his hands, requiring
him TO lay his old principles upon their bloody
altar; can he consent to sdcnGce himself for
them? We call upon ban 10 take his stand bold
~, like man, and ikc Republican, and throw
himself upon his God and upon his country We
beg hm 70 turn deaf ea 70 the sophisis who are
splitting hairs, md attempting to belray lin by
miserable qnbbo into fraudulent breach Of The
f Constitution. Mr Clay goes boldly in his Re
| port ior the peremplory power of establishing
branches IN the States pithom their asstnt--and
II his whole PROJECT had palaken of this decided
spirit Il he too had not been guilty Of lhe subtle
trek OF pretending TO establish the mother Bank
~ the District Of Columbia, we shonId lie The first
TO commend his open, decided course. much as
we repFobatc the mischieYous, unconstitutional
Banking Institutions into which he Is 80 ambitious
OF plnDgng his country. But on The qualified
condition Of asking the preliminary assent Of the
States, Mr. Cayis clearly right--and his argu-
/. ment is irresistible. lie says distinctly:
:" The power Of the Federal Government il
only 70 be found in the grants Of the Constitution
II they are inadequate 10 the fufmenl OF tho
great purposes fits establishment, they can only
be increased IN The mode Of amendment Which
the instrumentitse has prescribed. They cannot
bo augmented byihc grants u consent d any
STATE OF States short Of the number oftwo thirds,
whose concurrence is necessary 10 give validity
. to an amendment" on. CIny mlsquoies lhe
Constitution. He Should have said. three Iollflhs.
Two thirds may propose amendments -nos less
/ than ihrec-(ourths can rsiliy aud adopt them.
"a derivation 81 power 70 The GsnelaI Govern
fncnt from the consent 81 particular STATES would
. be unscund III principle, and The committee api
i lrrehend dangerous ii practice. Admit such con-
sent 10 be legitimate source Of power, The Go.
/. yernmcni would not operate equally n All the
j States, and tho Constitution, losing its unIfornl
I. character; would exhibit an irregular and neon
. Igruous action.y
II But how very congruous i The kAhlgl ac.
ton" 50 lar, nthis very subject Here j. MI
) Ewing submitting scheme 30 !. guarded in its
details as 10 remove all scr0ples touching the
] question Unconstitutional power ~ but mo soon
/. N ID He nut than he II aksn by the waichD FCr,
here is Mr. Clay unmasking the futiliiy ofihe al
{ tempt, ard showing how directly exposedis Nj
Ewns's guarded scheme to the most serious
constitutional scfuples." unkind Dicialot. il
thus lhwariing Mr. Secreiary's Ewins's efforts to
"eonier listing ard important benefits to the