Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-09-04
From the st. Louis Bulletin, august 90.
PRESIDENT TYLER-VETO &c,

1t is contcnded by the Republican that Mr.
Tyler "has acted with duplicity in suffering him.
self to be elected under false and deusive e1pec-
tations of what he would do''-and that chs war
NEST friends will not dare to hazard the expires.
sion that he could have received the nomination
OF the Harrisburg Convention, if the sentiments
avowed in his veto message had been known"
Now, it seems to u.s. that, with all the eviden
before that print TO the contrary OF this view Of
the case, there is want of due candor and sin.
certify in the assertions above quoted. Who, for
one moment, will pretend to assert that the Bank
question was agtaed in the National Convention,
as the controlling measure which actuated that
body in the designation Of its candidates? Was
not Mr.. Clay always considered by the Wing par.
ty as their champion Of United States Bank,
and all those appurtenances which constitute the
life and soul Of Bank? Was he not the man to
whom all who were in favor OF a Bank on the
old plan looked, as the one on whom they hoped
that convention would unite?
Then why was this not done? II the Bank was
the leading feature OF the policy which our party
then wished to secure to our country, why, in all
conscience, was not Mr.. Clay chosen as the cham
pon Of that policy? No one will pretend to say.
in soberness, that the Bank was the leading ques.
ton 10 decide the action oil that conventon-nor,
indeed, that it was the question at all. The grand
desderatum with the Wings was, after compar-
ison Of views and opinions, to reconcile the
GREATEST NUMBER, and ultimately 10 unite all
the opposing elements in the final choice. Was
the now despised Conservative and States rights
man UNDECIDED at that timeI Was it not in fact
TO conciiate their good will and influence that the
distinguished names Of Clay and Scott were with.
drawn by their friends, and those Of Gen. Harri-
son and John Tyler substituted in their slead?-
What pledge did General Harrison & John Tyler
then give that they were in favor Of United
States Bank or that they would sanction one con-
trary to their former and often expressed views on
the subject? The members of that convention
were familiar with the sentiments put forth by
Gen. Harrison in his letters to Sherrod Williams
and Harmer Denny, and with the votes he had re-.
corded against the Bank, and no one could have
been ignorant Of the views entertained by Mr..
Tyler or the same subject.
The truth is, the great, leading ofl-repeated,
and avowed object Of our party was to retrench
extravaganza in all the departments Of the govern
ment-to reform abuses-purge away corruption
make our rereHneS equal our expenditures, and
to destroy the odious Sub Treasury system. This
could not be accomplished without the aid Of Con.
Sercdttres and States rights men, and the mode
rae, pdlilouC men oil ALL PaTtles' MI iyIel
was selected on this principle. By an act OF
Providence he has become our President, and,
because he has had independence enough to ad-
here to his opinions, to preserve his consistency,
and to prevent his name and character from be.
coming the reproach OF reasonable and honorable
men, he is denounced forthwith, as guilty Of "DU-
PLIcrrY'-a "rRAIoR"-a "hap,hazard Presi.
dent" &c. Oh! consistency, thou art jewel!
We are as DESTROYS as any one that we
should have a bank, or something equiva-
lent TO one; but we do not believe the salvation
Of the nation depends upon one with discounttng
privileges, and located in each state in the Union,
whether said State may desire it or not-nor do
we believe that we act consistently, nationally,
and with statesman.like dignity, to exhaust our
whole vocabulary Of opprobrious cPithets. against
an honest, firm, and patriotic President, because
he will not violate his conscience and his oath, IN
allowing us Just such bank as the rankest bank
men, Of bye.gone days, ever prayed for,
Let us be calm, rational and consistent and
we cannot fail to secure the success OF such an in
stitution as all reasonable men can unite upon.
and carry out also all the darling measures for
which we have so long and successfully contend
| cd. ".