The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-11
THE CRISIS AND THE ISSUE.

the holy record, when the chosen people OF God
were driven forth into the wilderness-we can
glance at the progress of the early Christians,
| whose Lord and Master suffered an ignominous
death-we can turn over page upon page OF ko-
man history, and find that even after death had
taken the unjuslly prosecuted from their tor
mentors, justice was done TO their memory, aud
pillars and temples raised in their honor We
can look TO the persecution of the Huguenot and
the Dissenter-the Puritan and Quaker-as well
as other creeds. and find that like the tabled flow
er, they grow the higher by being trod upon
We can refer TO the abuse showered upon all
the leading spirits of even our own age But
what boots il2 Instances can be found IN the
present as well as the past which insures GER
talny for the future. that the immutable prlncl-
piles Of truth and justice must triumph over all
the efforts which may be brought 10 bear against
them. The immortal leader Of the Republi-
| can party the patriot anil sage of Monticello,
truly illustrated the fact, when he said that error
| might be left free TO roam, if reason was allow
ed TO combat it. As his disciples, the poor boon
of argument is all we ask from those who are
iarlher-we will yield up even that glorious IN
strument to the tender mercies of the spoiler, if
he can persuade that il is necessary and proper
for the safety of Liberty and of the Union al
though in the widest days OF Notification, the
most ultra of that party, when left the choice Of
either of these Two latter to the former, prefer
red the CoNsTIUTIoN--for without it, the others
were worthless.
| All the advocates of limited Government
ask, is TO pursue the even tenor OF their way
| according TO conscience and long cherished
princples-prncpes known from the first for
nation of our Government This is all that the
President of free People asks from the heart
less demagogues who prosecute him. Hereto
fore it has been accorded to the humbest cit-
zen--in fact, political probity and honesty were
once looked upon as the noblest trait in
mans character. Has it come to this 2 Must
a man forfeit the most solemn duty he owes,
next 10 his God, to the dictaton of one, who is
but mortal like himself?-a man, too, who has
been secuted at and defeated by the People of
the United States whenever he was brought
before them for any office in their gift Even
So il would seem, and for refusing TO do this, MIR.
Tyler is doomed to political martyrdom:
"Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart,
And all the big and little dogs do bark at him."
Verify, we have fallen upon evil times, for no
man may expect to lead peaceable life. unless
he bows to the modern Sir Oracl. of Ken
lucky.
ha for in L. tho
principles few short months since promul-
gated and supported by Mangum, Berren,
Preston, all the Georgia delegation in the House.
and many from other States who claimed to b.
par erceiience, State Rights men. They did
not differ IN a single principle from Mr.. Tyler,
nor from the author of this article, for they are
the cardinal principles of the Republican party,
which may be summed up in a few words:
A strict construction Of the CONSTITUTION,
Which denies the right Of Congress to charter
corporations similar to the u. s. Bank or do
any other act not specially prescribed by that
instrument.
Where are the strict construc,ionists now ?
In the ranks of ultra Federalism, the sure fore
runner of monarchy and disunion led on by
a man who avows the doctrine that a national
debt is national blessing, and that the will of
bare majority of both Houses of Congress Is
superior TO that of THE PEOPLE themselves, or of
their direct representative, the President of the
United States!
And yet, these men charge Mr.. Tyler with
deserving his principles! Will any Of them,
or those that follow their lead, shew us one sim
| gle instance of his deialcation We defy them
and dare them to do so. We will not take the
ipse dirH of Mr.. Henry Cay, nor even that Of
! Mr. Acting Vice President Mangum, that the
President ha> be,n false to his pledges or his
friends. Did John Tyler ever say that he would
sign United States Bank bill, or High Pro-
tective Tariff bill may, did he promise any
thing, or he RI CURED so TO do by those who
nominated or those who elected him ? No!
"But he is traitor" say they. Tr,tor to
whom or what2 To the country? When has
the country required these measures at his
hands When did the country ask for return
to the ancient regime of Nicholas Biddle &
Goa 1t would be well for hose who make
! these blind assertions to ask their neghbors if
then are willing to return to the misery and
ruin which soulless corporations have inflicted
! on Them 1t would also be well for those who
cry out for the credit system, in all its glory, to
ask the widow and the orphan, the ruined cot
ton planter and farmer, the honest trader, if
they are willing to bow their necks to the golden
calf? Ask the yeomanry of the land-the hard
working mechancs-not the drones and 81 ecu
lators the upas brealhs, that swallow up in
their capacious maws The products of the land,
without adding one iota to human happiness, or
the patriot, we brawlers of tratorism, if Mr. Ty-
Ter ever claimed kindred with Federalism or its
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