Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-04-21
President Tyler's Address.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

over the several departments, of the deeply re-
gretted death of WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
late President ofthe United States Upon him
you had conferred your suffrages for the first
office in your gift, and had selected him as your
chosen instrument to correct and reform all such
errors and abuses as had manifested themselves
from time to time in the practical operation of
the Government. While standing at the thresh-
hold of this great work, he has by the dispen-
sation of an all-wise Providence, been removed
from amongst us, and by the provisions of the
Constitution, the efforts 10 be directed to the
accomplishing of this vitality important task,
have devolved upon myself This same occur
renee has subjected The wisdom and sufficiency
of our institutions to new test. For the first
time in our history the person elected to the
Vice Presidency of the United States, by the
happening of contingency provided for in the
Constitution, has had devoved upon him the
Presidential Office. The spirit of faction, which
is directly opposed to the spirit of lofty patri-
otism, may find in this, occasion for assaults
upon my administraion.--And in succeeding,
under circumstances so sudden and unexpect-
ed, and to responsibilities SO greatly augmented,
to the administration of public affairs, | shall
place in the intelligence and patriotism of the
People, my only sure reliance. My earnest
prayer shall be constantly addressed to the all
wise and all-powerful Being who made me, and
by whose dispsnsation am called to the high
office of President of this Confederacy, under
standingly 10 carry out the principles of that
Constitution which have sworn "to protect,
preserve, and defend"
The usual opportunity which is afforded to
Chief Magistrate upon his induction to Office,
of presenting to his country an exposition of the
policy which would guide his administration, in
the form of an inaugural address, not having,
under the peculiar circumstances which have
brought me TO the discharge of the high duties
of President of the United States, been afford
ed TO me, brief exposition of the principles
which will govern me in the general course Of
my administration of public affairs would seem
to be due as well to myself as 10 you. In re-
gard to foreign nations, the groundwork of my
policy will be justice on our part to all, submit
ting to injustice from none While shall Sc
dulously cultivate the relations of peace and
amity with one and all, it will be my most i'm
peratlye duty TO see that the honor of the coun.
try shall sustain no blemish With view to
this, the condition of our military defences will
become matter of anxious solictude. The
Army, which has in other days covered itself
with renown, and the Navy, not Inappropriate
ly termed the right arm of public defence, which
has spread light of glory over the American
Standard IN all the waters of the earth, should
be rendered replete with efficiency
In view of the fact well avouched by history,
that the tendency of all human institutions is TO
concentrate power in the hands of single man,
and their ultimate downfall has proceeded from
this cause, deem it of the most essential i'm
portance that complete separation should take
place between the sword and the purse. No
matter where or how the public moneys shall
be deposited, so long as the President can ex
ert the power Of appointing and removing, at
his pleasure, the agents selected for their Gus
tody, the Commander-in-C Chief of the Army and
Navy Is in fact the Treasurer. A permanent
and radical change should therefore be decreed
The patronage incident TO the Presidential
office, already great, is constantly increasing.
Such increase is destined TO keep pace with
the growth of our population, UNTIL without
figure of speech, an army of office holders may
be spread over the land. The unrestrained
power exerted by selfshly ambitious man, in
order either to perpetuate his authority or 10
hand it over to some favorite as his successor,
may lead to the employment of all the means
within his control to accomplish his object.
The right TO remove from office, while subject
ed to no just restraint is inevitably destined
to produce spirit of crouching serviity with
the official corps, which, in order to uphold the
hand which feeds them, would lead to direct
and active interference in the elections, both
State and Federal, thereby subjecting the course
of State Legislation to the dictation o: the Chief
Executive Officer, and making the will of that
officer absolute and supreme. will, at prop
er time, invoke the action of Congress upon
this subject, and shall readily acquiesce in the
adoption of all proper measures which are CAL
culated to arrest these evils, full of danger in
their tendency. | will remove no incumbent
from office who has faithfully and honestly ac-
Quilted himself of the duties of his office, except
In such cases where such officer has been gull
ty of an active partisanship, or by secret means
1.-The less manly, and therefore the more objec-
tionable---has given his official influence 10 the
purposes OF party, thereby bringing the patron