Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-12-09
MIR TYLER.

The Family Concern" at Columbus Ohio, says,
The Harrisburg Convention in obedience to the pop.
ular WILL selected Harrison and Tyler. The politicians
opposed not, because they dare moi"
elaye long known that Capt. Tyler considered him
self the real choice of the Wing party for The office of
Wee President. and that his unlimited vanity claimed
even tina, ms popularity was the of larrsons tn
umphaht yotovarous anecdotes To this effect, are ia
mlllar 10 the Virginia Public-as for example, his buas,
after his return from Ohio that he had secured 10000
votes 10 the Wing ticket. by his going thtIer--bnt we
were mol apprscd that any human being besides himself
entertained so prcposcrous eoncoit and presume
one does. ont Of The fnnily
So lar from Mr. TYLER having been selected nj liar
rishnrg "ln obedience 10 the popular wlll' he had
scarcely been thought Of Tor the nomination Mr. Tail
ndde the univ .rsal choice of the Wing party and
had he consented 10 accept would have received the
unanimous nomination OF that enlightened Convention
Next 10 MIR. Tallmadgc. Mr. Leigh was the choice Of
the Harrisburg Convention and had not his honorable
but overstrained scruples oil decacy intefpp,ed. Mir
Laugh would have beon unanimously nominated, and
would now have been President ol the United States
~ The ray. nee hare mol yet torgircn Inn for suffering
mere fantasy 10 mar the public happiness aud 10 i'm
pose upon us such naoonion ETA President rs John ~
| hr)
We are dealing in history no, in fiction Mr. Ieigl
having declined, for the refined scruplc that Ia accept
the nomination from body Of which he was member
might be imputed as procuring his own nomination. Gov
Orea ol North Carolina then suggested MIR. Tyler fr
the sole reason that his name had been the " hate tick
ct IN ,S3b, and had Mus been heard Of the South and
So1lh West No other name mentioned and Mr.
Tyler was accepted r. an alternative not choice. In
fact nobody thought about office as 0tany nnpar
tanec or cared much who filled IT, We gt,e, they Ill
be more perclcr another time In Virginia where he Ia
best known, Tyler was 80 entirely obnoxious from hi,
conduct at the Senatorial election in January 1889 that
no body Of hgs would have trusted him for any place;
and the proof oi the fact ls that the Virginia Delegation
AT Harrisburg, refused 10 vote for him II man. conceal
ing their motives however under the plea Of deiieacy
We said above, that wc are dealing in History. not in
fiction.
Mr.. Tyler was even then. when his fortunes were e,i-
IDENTITY the march, and his luck had taken run the
iest Of his political friends HIS Erctlicaeg, f.or
Hiuers q 1y,cr Uhig, whom Mr. Tyler visited al the
Government House after his return from Ohio being ask
ed what Mr. Tyler seemed 10 thnk Of matters replied
ooh he thinks he Is carrying Harrison gloriousy !"
No position is, or be more false, than that Mr.
Tyler was tho voluntary choice Of the Wing party for
the station OF Wee President 1t accident all and
had hs Fxcolloncy been as delicate Mr. Leigh he
would now have been IN the lnslgnicance. Ia which
Virginia had Justly consigned him. Rich. U'hig.
We have but onc question to ask of his late Fxcccn-
cy, aud II Is this When in 1910, or ~, We forget
which, you proi,sscd yourself every inch Wing did
You mol KNOW, as well as you do now. what were Whip
tcnes Did you THEN feel all these holy alarms for
the safety Of the Constitution Did any change come
over the spirit oi your dream until Gen Harrison died
when You and handful Of other ambitious factloniss
supposed that YOU could make tool ofrycr and convert
the Government TO your Objects For 20 years.
you have known Mr. Clay and Mr. Clay's public pin
ciplcs They have been carried his sleeve and all
the world has known them. Why did You then praise
Mr. Clay To the skies in 1870 and why do you now dc
nouncc him No human impotence can say that Hen
ry Clay has changed He stands where he has stood
for the last generation, and he has done nothing and
said nothing. that you did moi know he would saw and
do, when in $40, YOU lavshed upon him the most full
some aduation
Explain sir, this enigma But in your explanation,
do not be guilty oihc weakness of imagining tina, the en-
lightcned public do not comprehend Angs they are