The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-02
From the Phil Spirit Of the Times.
PRESIDENT TYLER AND HIS CONSIS-
TENCy

The Clay Federasts take especial pains to taunt
US with the remark that the Democratic party in its
opposition to National Bank, and a latitudinous
construction Of the Constitution, owes its singular
far not to the righteousness or the popua-
ry of its course but to the perhdy and inconsistency
of President Tyler.
They persist in the assertion that he was nominal
ed by them, and elected advocate of National
Bank, and OF the other thousand and one speculative
schemes which Federalism has engendered, but the
realization Of which the bold original and ndepen-
dent stand of President Tyler has put entirely OF
the question, much 10 the Joy Of every good Demo-
crat and certainly TO the advancement of the best in
| terests OF our country.
Now, II IS certainly not pace to defend MIR.
| Tyler His views have frequently been such as to
call forth our censure, and our readers know that
we have never hesitated to express it but in the
present case common honesty think demands the
remark, that be Mr.. Tyler what he may in The ma
ter ofa National Bank al Least he has been roughly
consistent. And, what is more the Federalists know
IT. They knew, when they nominated him for the
Vice Presidency that he opposed 10 .NatiOual
Bank unconstitutional. They knew that he had so
expressed himself in letter TO the Hon. Henry A.
Wlse-that he had said in that letter that she nerer
could sanction the incorporation Of a United States
Bank trithola alteration in the Constitution
and they know that they eoquently de-
precated the publication of this letter the revela-
ton of any part of its contents for fear it might,
hurt their ticket where United States Bank was
| popular How absurd, then, to charge Mr. Tyler
sentiments which public documents prove he always
entertained Nor would they DO it, but for the fact
that his opposition to them IN this is of
graduation 10 the Democratic party but for the fact
that President Tyler, in opposing the project of a
National Bank, and all the magnificent speculations
of the Clay Federasts, is carrying Out Democratic
DOCTRINES and principles to their fullest extent
This Is necessarily CALLING to the leaders Of the
great Federal party Where all their hard cider
carousals; Where all their Tppecanoe songs :
In he ell rive here
are all their log-cabn giorifcations where the
coon skin exhibitions and hosannas' Where the
thousands upon thousands of dollars they expended
| in the mental intoxication of the people; Where
are all the grand results of that more than ordinary
display Of political humbug and political corruption !;
Heaven itself seemed offended al the disgusting spec
aele of an enlightened nation first besotted and then
made TO minister to IT. de sradaton, and Heaven
as 1t were by especial act Of Providence put its
seal Of condemnation upon such depravity, by rob
bing our opponents at blow Of the fruits Of all
! their inIqultous exertons, aad making their
own instruments minister to one of The greatest De
noerae trIu"iphs on record in the history of Re-
public
! As Democrats then, owe much to President
lyer Tor his determination to preserve the integrity
! OF the Constitution and oppose the creation of a
| United States Bank and however may be oppos-
! ed 10 HIM upon other points of national policy, as
honest men we are bound % give him or dit for his
rare trmness, his str ightfo ward consistency and
his Democratic NOTICES upon this
But for hum We should now have been saddled with
a vast Money Monster to which the late Bank with
| all Its manifold evils, its moral purescence, would
have been Hyperion to a Satyr" in comparison
| We should have had huge Juggernaut in the shape
Of National Bank, that would have crushed every
poor man to the EARTH and left him grovelling in the
dust while IT would have enabled the rich man. the
specuiator the usurer, to ride revelling in all the
| luxury of opulence al the nations expense. For
| our dellyerance from all this, indebted to Pre-
sident Tyler 1t is nonsense to deny it, Such is the
plain fact, and however we may feel opposed TO him.
truth is truth and should be respected,
| We have not the slightest desire to glorify Mr.
| Iyler-we do not by any means rank ourself among
| his political iriends-but have often felt it our
| duty 10 censure him when he wrong and CON-
mon justice demands that when he is right when he
does carry out sound democratic principle, when
he dos promugate staunch democratic doctrine,
when he docs afford us aud siynaly too, grand de-
mocratlc triumph over the combined cohorts of Clay
ism and Federalism, should not sit down and take
! all as surly dog would beggarly bone, but like
honest men, and true patriots, exhibit gratitude
and "a him for the deed, and sincerely hope that
his convictions may lead him to do as much more for
| the benefit of the Democratic party