The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-12
THE CRISIS AND THE ISSUE.

has always been unsuccessful in the end, even
when the object it assailed was guilty, and in
many instances, it has immorlalized those whom
| it attempted tocrush. We can commence with
the holy record, when the chosen people OF God
were drven,forth into the wilderness-we can
| glance at the progress of the early Christians,
whose Lord and Master suffered an gnomlnous
death-we can turn over page upon page OF Ro-
| man history, and find that even after death had
taken the unjustly prosecuted from their tor
mentors, justice was done to their memory, and
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 land find that like the tabled How
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 il? Instances can be found in the
present as well as the past, which insures GER
| tainty for the future. that the mmutabe princi-
| Piles of truth and justice must triumph over all
| the efforts which may be brought to bear against
them. The Immortal leader of the Republi-
can party, the patriot anil sage of Monticello,
truly TACT, WHEN uc SdIu ludl cIIOI
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
seeking to destroy the Constitution. We go
| farlher-we will yield up even that glorious
strument to the tender mercies of the spoler, if
he can persuade us that It's necessary and proper
for the safety of Liberty and of the Union; al
though in the widest days OF Modification, 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
ncipes-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 persecule him. Hereto
fore it has been accorded to the humblest cili-
zen-in fact, political probity and honesty were
once looked upon as the noblest trait in
mans character. Has it come to this Must
a man forfeit the most solemn duty he owes,
next to his God, to the dctation 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.
The doctrines put forth in my last were the
principles few short months since promul-
gated and supported by Mangum, Berrien,
Preston, all the Georgia delegation in the House,
and many from other States who claimed to b.
par excellence, State Rights men. They did
not differ in a single principle from Mr. Tyler,
nor from the author of this article, for they
the cardinal principles of the Republican party,
which may be summed up in few words:
A strict construction Of the CONSTITUTION,
achich denies the right Of Congress to charter
corporations similar to the Z. s. Bank, or do
any other act not specially prescribed by that
instrument.
Where are the strict constructonsts now
In the ranks of ultra Federalism, the sure fore
runner of monarchy and dlsunion led on by
a man who avows the doctrine that 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 sin
gle instance of his defalcation We defy them
and dare them to do so. We will not take the
ipSe dirn of Mr. Henry Clay, nor even that of
MIR. Acting Vice President Mangum, that the
President has been 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 ?-nay, did he promise any
thing, or was he required so to do by those who
nominated or those who elected him No!
"But be is a traitor" say they Traitor TO
whom or what? 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 &
Co.? 1t would be well for those who make
these blind assertions to ask their neighbors if
Mey are willing to return to the misery and
ruin which soulcss 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-panter and farmer, the honest trader, if
then are willing to bow their necks to the golden
calf? Ask the yeomanry of the land-lhe hard
working mechanics-not the drones and 81 ecu