Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-09-27

llurnce in recOnciliDg the slave 10 the
n clank Of his chains.
l have thus answered A. B. BY full
, statement CT circumstances which had
] nearly forgotten. Mr.. Tyler has bee
: put upon US BY our own stupidity, though
} ne thinks by the ordination ofPrOvidence
, BY he forms Of tho constitution be was
put in, and that same constitution pro
| Vides the mode Of putting out a crimina
President. II the spirit which braved
he British lion for principle sake only,
is not extinct, that attempt will be made
at the approaching session of congress,
without the least consultation with expe
dieney, an unworthy counsellor whereV-
er high deeds are in contemplation, and
without looking to consequences.
| lfMr. Tyler is shielded f'oIa degrade
ton from Office by the democratic sena-
Tors, it is no previous concern Of tn
whig party that they may abet and pro.
tect aPresidenI who has violated the con-
slitution wilfully and knowingly, for
even Mr.. Tyler's grade Of understanding
is competent 10 comprehend that retain
ing a man in Office who has been reject.
ed by the senate is a palpable infraclion
offs plaiuesi letter; aud this is but one
and by no means the strongest case of
many. Convinced Of his gross m,scon-
duct in Office, The House of Representa-
tives are not at honorable liberty TO evade
or decline solemn duty 10 the constitu-
ton and country. They ought 10 dis
charge, and well discharge the exalted
obligations of their position, without
lhought OF what the event may be. That
event is in the hands Of Others, and IN
limine they will consider the senate as
upright judges, acting under oath, and
both disposed and bound to render ludg-
ment according 10 the law and the facts.
A majority of the house, in adopting
Nj Adams report, have sOlemhly recog-
nized the existence Of grounds Of i'm
peachment: and the eviction Of a presi-
dent by that constitutional process, howS
ever contemplate he may have rendered
himselfby his tnrgiversltions and repeat
ed departures from Veraciiy, $50 bung-
Iingly done, too, that he was caught in
every instance) by his vanity and insane
ambition, would in the present POLITICAL
relations of this country, be an in0alua'
BILE lesson.
Executive power and preponderance
have greatly increased, and as tho coun-
try sees with asjonishment and alarm,
30 violent an inherent tendency to in
crease, that they continue to increase
notwithstanding the Executive rens are
in the hands of man so despicably weak
that his high Office caDnot screen him from
becoming the laughing stock ofthe whole
nation. All must admit that the Execu-
tive parl of the constitution was made
Cor General George Washington, aud that
its trainers, in the holy simplicity oFtheir
honesty, did not imagine that men in fu.
lure times could reach the Presidency,
who might be bee enough TO pervert It's
pnwers 10 their own agrandizHment. A
successful impeachment would be ca
redt to future PresIdents--and for ex-
ample sake, and no: for revenge against
TYLER. though he has paved the viper to
sting his beneiactor, whose generous
humanity warmed him into life in his bos.
1m-not from personal feelings, but from
the hope ofits good effects in maintain
ing public liberly-do | most ardently
desire fol one, that the intended impeach-
nent will result in the triumph Of the
people and the constitution. This, and
not abduction, is the remedy.
When twelve months ago, Mr.. Bolts
wyot G his famous coffee house letter,
limidity was startled. and expectancy.
mopgers cried out against his rpshness
aid precipitation; yet within that short
space, public opinion (whig opinion |
mean has matched up Pthe ground he
then occupied, aud endorsed all he said.
When two months ago, he intimated his
purpose ofimpeaching the Pres dent, tEeN
pidation evinced itself in vario's whig
quarters, and especially in large por|
| ton of the whig press. Buta vel moro
sudden transition has taken place. Inc
House of Representatives have already
in effect ordered an impeachment, public
opinion will sustain it, aud we will see 1t
imDeachment be the mere scare crow 1t
,s represented, or wise safeguard a.
gainst tyranny, and a substantial defence
ofIibariv. If the impeachment is IolIed
!; wil be demonstrated that the most
imnecile of Presidents is more than
match for the Constitution, and mat
charter will lose the remainder Of The lit
lie respect it retains, and hopeiess'y Ge'
} come the the theme for minorl'les seek
iCg power, to cavil about, aud nd; .ne 1907,
hail I Of Presidents and msioritles' who
possess "' JH.P.