Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-10-18
STATE CONVENTION OF THE WINGS

INST aud adopted declaration oil the sentiments
Of the Wings of the Empire State, from which
we extract The foowingI
When Congress came together IN MAY last, il is
understood Ii,M there was an opinion and convic-
ton nearly unanimous among the W hgs of both
Houses, that Institution of he sort Just referred
| 10 was indispensable. This opinion and resou.
ton, once cast into The form OF law, should in
our judgment, have been conclusive with MIR. Iy-
Ter. lie was understood to have expressed him
sell in answer to nterroga,ives before his election
10 the Vice Presidency, in favor OF the consu-
tionallty and expediency Of IA National Bank, not.
withsanding his former opinions provided only
the condition of necessity should appear We
think this necessity referred itself exclusively
TO the Judgment OF Congress, aud in no manner
whatever to the President, who, in The creed of
the Wings, at least, exercises no part Of the Leg
islative power Besides this, we hold that the
question of constitutonality had leen definitely
settled, il not by precedent aud recognition and by
the light OF the ever glorious examples of the
Fathers Of the Republican School, by which Mr..
Tyler, on his accession to the Presidency, propos
cd to govern himself at least by the solemn udg-
ment of the Supreme Judicial Tribunal Of the
Country, appointed by the Constitution itself for
this very purpose that while the oath and cou-
science Of the President are offered excuses for
the Veto and we must presume in all sincerity zoe
are forced, III equal sincerity, TO regard them as
dangerously set up against the authority aud sane
tons of the Constitution itself.
| We speak this subject, as on all not as the
enemies but as the friends fthe President bound
however, as Wings, reigiously to keep faith with
the country, and to preserve own consistency
and character by prompt dlsavowa aud cUndeln-
nation Of all acts by friend adversary, at war
with The distinctive principles which maintain.
In this spirit as Wings sI'eaking to II Wing, aud
in no unkndness to Mr. Tyier,do we express our
utter disarproval of the use he has made of the
| WI pr nj he al Ne 1p clore in Ina n
ed by no principle in the Constitution, as under.
stood and expounded at the period OF its formation,
and by 10 worthy precedent. We think This pow
er has been employed, in this case, without war
rant according TO any just construction Of the Con-
stitutlon, aud use, to arrest and defeat the just,
proper and necessary action of the Wing Admin
stration of the Government, in part where The
whole party the President included, stood pledg
| ed TO the country by the most sacred obligations
While we lament the dissolution of the late Cab
met, formed as had been by the skillul hand OF
our late glorious Chief, we declare our entire sat
istaction with the decision TO which the retiring
members OF that body came, in voluntarily resign
ing their places II was matter for themselves
to determine under all the circumstances of each
case; and considering the peculiar official relation
in which they stood to the President as his Con
stiIu,onal advisers, do not think they were
bound to cling their Offices after it had become
|abunddnlly manifest, by the open withdrawal OF
cant, that the President desired and designed TO
bring other persons into their places We deeply
regret and disapprove Of the course oil conduct
which the President thought proper to adopt
towards these gentlemen, and by which they have
been driven from the service of the country in the
! posts which they filled with such distinguished
ability. We do not deny the right of the Presl-
dent 10 select his observation-disclosures but we la
ment and marvel that he could not have reposed
Lis confidence in those, who had enjoyed the spe-
cial confidence of the elected President, and who
| possessed the unhounded confidence of the whole
family OF the Wings, throughout the entire Union.
We are anxious to give to Mr.. Tyler, in the dis
charge of the duties of his exalted and responsible
office n hearty support, and it will he wholly his
own fault il we io not. lie has already compel
led the Wing party, almost as one man, TO meet
some portion of hls official conduct, not only with
dissent hut with open reprObalion We shoul1
Rave been false to our own natures, if we had
done less and the world will find that if we have
no other virtue, have that integrity and faith.
tuness to our own princ lies. We mean 10 dem
onsrate, that our integrity cannot he purchased
not even by the Executive. with all his patronage
and power. As u national party, sustained by the
strongest popular ma Uriiies, aud dominant in the
country, having carried into Office i'm both the great
departments of the Government, the Legislative
and the Executive, men of our own selection aud
choice it isa crying shame that any doubts should
have existed, or should arise, whether we really
hold power in both these departments, only ia
one. We will nor admit the belief that the PresiI
dent has designed desired to beray or desert his
party. That the interests of the party in soma
eminent particulars, where those interests were
Identical with the interests OF the country, have
been sacrificed 10y him. for The time, must not
hesitate to avow. Our trust is, that all This was
not so much his fault as his misfortune. Coming
suddenly into Office, without expectation or pi epa.
ration, he wanted time, us he himself declares,
for deep and deliberative reflection We trust
he will faithfully improve the present opportunity
for that purpose (; aud finding out his error, will
correc, II. In the future we shall look 10 MIR. Ty-
Ter for better things We shall hope and expect
to find him every inch u Wing in the true ma
tional sense OF that term. In this character and
capacity he will have the support of the Wings,
and in no other, and we shall fairly give him cred
it beforehand for good intentions. Ills acts must
shew us what he means and what he is
! it is understood that Mr.. Tyler has declared,
since the dissolution of the late Cabinet in The
most solemn manner, that his administrator
should be thorough Wing administration thai
hone but Wings should be called into his Cabinet
or his councils, or appointed in any quarter 10 lhu
performance OF important official duties. Such.a
course viii secure our confidence, and nothing
else will. We must see his new Cabinet, will,
Mr.. Webster al the head of it-a man the hes,
years Of whose eminent political life, with all lhi
energies Of his great intellect, have been devote,
10 his country in the advocacy aud maintenance
OF Wing prlncipies-we must see that Cabinet,
one and all, so acting as 10 prove to us AMI 10 the
world. 10y the fallhiulness with which they shall
represent our party aud sustain liz distinctive prin.
cip!es in the conduct Of their own departments
respectively, and 10y the faithfulness and success
of their advice and counsel TO the President in
The discharge of his duties, that they not only
have been, hut are Wings, in very truth aud deed
so much hope for - much we have II right
'oexpecl and demand nj the hands OF any mau,
calling himself 10y our name, who consents TO re-
tain, or take Office in The Cabinet, under MIR. Ty"
Ter.
With faithful counsellors around him, enjoying
his confidence, without forleiling ours, we have a
, right 10 hope aud expect, that the President will
menl and conclusions into the important subjects