The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-26
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I m OnTY
1870 II one who has no other aim than the main
,enance OF The Wing party, and the welfare o. the
country, as il is 10 be promoted by the pieseson "
that party and his object what should DC me ieAo
ing object Of every one, 70 preserve the ih'eer au
harmony OF the party and not to promote any local or
personal interests.
WHERE ARE THE wHIGSl
| When the tide which prevails in the affairs OF men
flows full and fast and high, il Is APT To ebo proper
uenaliy far and sometimes it reveals vast exPanse
Of flat and shallow. A year ago, The wings nAa
oyerthrown their opponents and were IN the iu'iss
flood of triumph known IN our political ahna -.
Iocos were not merely subdued they were PROSTATE
| they were nowhere not victory only, but strength
| and hope had fed far from them lew months
| have passe {; a Wing President, Wing cabinet,
| Whis Senate and Wing House have met IN w ash.
| inptoD,--aDd where are we now Disappointed We
are eertainlydiy,ded most certainly,-and, DEFEAT
80 we shall be- just as certainly, u we canho' mo sne
means 10 stay this ebb and revive our fortunes nc
,rs tbny then is TO find out by what measures or ny
| ,xha, mistakes, We have brought superiority into
this pert; Tor is plain that we must discover 10 TINS
say ii we are discover at all how To escape the dan
ger recover The ground We have lost guard ourreses
| fran new mischances and establish isr the good OF
the whole country, me principles under which ana iof
which we ioiled and Conquered
| First-whose fault is il that are where we are
Il is the fault of the Wing Pfesidenl,-of the w hig
i Cablnet-of the Wing SeDate,-of the wing
| House And il may be useful IF II be practicable
10 form clear idea of the faults OF each and OF their
limit and extent because this may tend 10 abate the
iiscorJ the angry dscoId, which has rven our party
fragments and Is nov separating those fragments
! from each other by constantly increasing distance
Moreover all Of these, with the exception OF The re-
4 tung members of the first Cabinet, will meet again
this winter and if they meet IN the spirit and tenn M
Rssa 10 wah9 Inc question have put The head Of
| this communication for the Wings will be in their
| turn where have said the Locos were year ago.
nonhere. Let Us then review our course, and see
whether the past will give us instruction Tor the fu-
| lure. -
Up TO the Bank question all was harmony and
therefore strength and hope Since then all has been
iIscofd and therefore weakness and fear Let US be-
| I'm then with an examination Of this point.
The huthen o reproach in this matter lies upon the
President II was cast upon him by reclamation and
YOU Mr. Editor, stood almost alone, at least IN this
elghborhood, IN your defence of him. rather m the
| moderation of your reproach; and from this extreme
isapproval OF the Presidents course, the schism fr-
But has no, time enough passed 70 calm men $
minds far to warrant the hope Of mere deliberate
| and more just conclusion on this point The sud
den death of Harrison had only saddened but dis
urhed the minds Of those who looked TO him with
confidence and hope. The extra session was itself a
measure which some disapprosed and of which many
doubted But when The session came, all were anx-
ous To make the session productive of good results
and yet Short and IN this anxiety the Wings began
their laboTs with zeal and unavorable
to the calm examination Of unanicpated difficulties
These and other causes led 10 evaporation which
could not have occurred if the early history Of the
| Wing campaign had been well remembered Let us
| try TO recall it
| And, FIRST on what grounds was John Tyler
ecied and presented to the People the Wing CAN
dIdae for the Vice Presidency what was il done Tor
/ and what did il meanl There can be but one answer
from any honest man He selected not because
he had occup ed distinguished positions wort lilly and
had been placed by the People of import ant 5 ate
| in high Places There were 9th, rs of whom this VAS
true II was Of him; and although no man could
with proprety be selected Of whom much as this
was No, true yet MIR. Tyler was not chosen from all
others these grounds. Was there reason for the
selection i his supposition Is absurd. There was
reason good reason; good, because it rested upon
I facts md good, because proper one TO influence
those charged with The duty of selection. This
son was, that he was VIrglnian,--a ViIglnan by
birth, home, and politics. He selected TO con-
ciiate those no like him Il was perfectly well
| known that bis construction of the Constitution was
! VIrsnan,-that II tended to restrict the national
powers and enlarge State powers; shat his feelings
towards Bank, for instance, not just the same
with those of the North and East, but assimiated
Their with those who could consent IL Bank only
the ground OF strict necessity, and who would limit
the Bank, its powers and functions by the same ne
ce-siy. He selected to conclliate those uho
Southern men like himself and who sympath ised
with tie views and feelings he was known o have
and the selection did concate such men for the
son that II promised 10 them one constitutional chance
of having their President. Ii proof of this be
asked, it should be enough 10 ask in return what
other grounds he selected before other prominent
Wings But there is other proof Every thing that
was done and every thing that was omitted proves
that the basis Of the whole Wing action mutual
concession, mutual Cancellation. Why did not the
Harrisburg Convention put forth an address defining
their principles and purposes Why did Bank
Wings during the canvass, abstain generally from
+ pressing National Bank prominent and essen
tla feature of Whgisml Was all this our OPP
ponenls alleged iraud-intenona and deceptive
concealment By manner of means. 1t was jusl
the contrary for this course disclosed declared the
one common principle of the Wing party it was,
hostility, determined and nveterate enmity, to the
enemies of country.
This course, SO far from being dark and disguised,
was honest as the day and brought into the broadcast
sunshine, the great Wing purpose. For this purp
was 10 overthrow those who had I'M ured and whose
! objects and principles threatened with destruction
our Constitution, our prosperity, our country. For
THIS purpose all Were willing 10 unite with all who
sought The end For this purpose, all were wiling
10 forget all minor and local and particular objects
| IL but few months since the cry Of "Tippecanoe
and Tyler too rang through tue land, aud what
was It's meaning, what Its honest meaning II not
tina, the Wigs had entered into covenant with the
other that they would give up TO he other the
lesser and more special objects which each might be
supposed to desire, and fight, shoulder to shoulder
against those who accumulaiing rresp nsi5le
powers in the hands Of The Executive bee use those
hands dispensed their spoils against those before
whom the industry of the country lay PROSTATE and
prey, and who held and avowed principles which
threatened with ruin all property and all prosperity
This was its meaning, its honest meaning, and there
fore it prevailed; on this ground we stood on it we
fought, and on it we conquered.
1t plain, therefore, that when the Time had come
to exercise the powers which thus acquired the
time had come TO remember the covenant which had
united many bands into great army The death
of Harrison may have made this more difficult more
embarrassing, but it did not alter the nature of the
case, nor its obligations. And if we TO determine
with any justice the measure Of the fault of each |
where all supposed to be in the fault must de-
termine which party adhered most faithfully to the
the original alliance fear | have orcuped