The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-09-04
Read this Extract from HE.N-
RY CLIPS speech on the veto.

On Tie AIN OF April last the lalncntCu
Harrison, the President of the United
States, paid the debt of Nature. Presi-
dent Tyler, who, as Vice President, sue
| ceeded to the duties of that office, arrived
in the city of Washington on the 9th of
that month. He fourd the whole me-
tropolis wrapt in gloom, every heart filled
with sorrow and sadness, every eye
streaming with tears, and the surround
ing hills yet ilinging back the echo of the
bells which were tolled on that mclan-
cboly occasion. On entering the Presi-
dental mansion he contemplated the pale
body of his predecessor stretched before
him, and clothed in the black habilmcnts
OF death. AT that solemn moment have
no doubt that the heart of President Ty-
Ter was overlooking with mingled emo
lions OF grlei, of patriotism, and of graft
tude-above all, of gratitude to that coun-
try by a majority of whose suiliages, bcs-
towed at the proceeding November, he
then stood the most distinguished, the
most elevated, the most honorcd of all
living Wings Of the United States.
1t was under these circumstances, and
in this probable state Of mind, that Pre-
sldcnt Tyler, on the 10th day Of the same
month Of April, voluntarily, promulgated
an Address to the People of the United
States. The Address was in the nature
OF a coronation oath, which the Chief of
the State, in other counties, and under
other forms, takes, upon ascending the
throne. 1t referred TO the solemn obliga-
tons, and the profound sense of duty, I'M
der which the new President entered upon
the high trust which had dcvolved upon
him, by the joint act of the People and of
| Providence, and it stated the principles
and delincated the policy by which he
wouldbc governedby inhis exalted station.
1t was emphatically aWhig Address, from
beginning to end-cvery inch of it was
Wing, and was patriotic.
In that Address the President, in res
Poetic the subject-mattcr embraced in the
present bill, held the following conclu-
sive and emphatic language: ~ shall
promply give my sanction to any consti-
.tutlonal measure which, originating in
Congress, shall have for its object the res
iteration of sound circulating medium,
$50 essentially necessary to give confidence
iii all the transactions of life, to secure to
'mdustry It's just and adequate rcmard and
TO re-esla6hSh The public prosperity. In
deciding upon the adaptation OF any such
"a measure to the end proposed, as weU as
its conformity to tie Constitutions, shall
resort to the Fathcrs of The great Rcpub-
| .Hcan school for advice and instruction, to
DE drawn from their sage views of our sys-
item of Government, and the light of their
ever glorious example,"
To this clause i'll the Address of the
President, believe but one interpreta-
ton was given throughout this whole
country, by friend and foe, by Wing
and Democrat, and by theprcsscs Of
both parties. 1t was, by every man
with whom conversed on the sub
icct at the time of its appearance, Or of
whom | have since inquired, construed
to mean that the President intended to
occupy the Madison ground, and to re-
gard the question Of the power to cstab-
lish a National Bank rs immoyably set
tied. And think | may confidently ap-
peal to the Senate, and to the country, 10
the country, to sustain the fact that this
was the con'emporancous and unanimous
judgment of the Public, Reyerting back
to the period of the PRONUNCIATION of the
Address, could any other construction
have been given TO its language? What
is ltE 81 shall promptly give my sanction
to any constitutional measure which, orr
gindting IN Congress-" shall have defined
objects III view. lie comedies the vital
Importance of sound circulating mcdi-
UNI to industry and to the public prosper
|lty. lie comedies that its origin must be
in Congress. And, to prevent any infer
ence from the qualification which he pre-
fixes to the measure, being interpreted to
mean that United States Bank was I'M
constitutional, he declares that in deciding
on the adaptation of the measure to the
end proposed, ard its conformity TO the
| Constitution, he Will resort to the Fathers
ofthc great Republican school. And who
were they2 If the Father Of his Country
is to be excluded, are Madison, (the Faith
cr of the Constitution,) Jefferson, Mon
roe, Gerry. Gallatin, and the long list of
Republicans who acted with them. not to
be regarded as among those Fathers?
But President Tyler declares not only
that he should appeal to them for advice
and instruction; but to the light of their
ever glorious EXAMPLE. What example?
! What other meaning could have been pos
sibly applied to the phrase, tlan that he
intended to refer to what had been done
during the Administration of Jefferson.
Madison, and Monroe
Entertaining this opinion of the Adj
dres, ! came to Washington, at the COM
mcncement of the session, with the most
confident and buoyant hopes that the
Wings would be able to carry all then
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