Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-29

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Itneff. And, IL be desires any part of the
credit transferred to John Tyler, we, upon
bis endorsement. make the transfer.
But, when Daniel Webster assumes to
censure the Wing State Convention Of
Massachusetts for expressing, in accord.
incc with the almost unanimous judgment
Of their constituents, their utter want of
confidence in John Tyler, and their entire
separation. .as Wings, from one whom they
had found hollow. perfdious and an enemy
to the most cherished principles on which
he was elevated to power, then we tell him
that he overrates his own Importance and
misconceives his position before the Amer
| ican People. He is not the man thus to
arraign the condnct Of two thousand Dele
gates. representing the Wing Freemen of
every section of Old Massachusetts, These
men had no cause to nattcr or to fear the
Execu,ive---no motive to do other than
equal and exact Justice. In declaring that
John Tyler has ,reacherouSly severed him
self from the Wing party, they but gave
formal expression to what nearly every
Wing in the country had Thought, and felt,
and Sad long before. They but embodied
the views and feelings of their consiitu-
ents on one of the Political topics of the
dav, as such Conventions are always ex-.
pected 10 do--as they always ought to do,
with frankness and candor. II is not they
but Mr.. Webster who has transcribed his
legitimate sphere TO make up an issue be-
tween them.
But with what face does Mr.. Webster
arraign the representatives of the Wings
of Massachusetts for declaring, in Septem-
Der, 1912, that John Tyler is no Wing?
Had he not seen that very declaration re-
corded, and Wanted, and reiterated, in the
immediate organ and mouthpiece of John
Tyler, MONTHS before it was made by the
Wings of Massachusetts! Did he not
know intensely that that Madisonian, silly
as it is and ridiculous as it renders itself,
is directly under the supervision of the
President and his family and exclusively
devoted 10 their interests. This paper, not
content with stating the self.evident fact
that Mr. Tyler is not Wing, has gone SO
far as tn assert that he neUer aO0S une--at
least, in any such sense as Mr.. Webster.
Mr.. Clay and the great mass of the party
were Wings! And yet here stands Mr.
Webster, attempting to rebuke Wing
State Convention for resolving that Mr..
Tyler has ceased to be a WING!
But more: Apart from his open and
deadly hostility to the leading measures of
the Wing party, had VIC not all seen John
Tyler removing from office the Wings ap-
pointed by Gen. Harrison, and even by
himself, and filling their places with the
deG,iies Loco Focos?-tUclUc Pnstmasters
in a single County of this State! Had
not the Wings of Massachusetts the spec
tacc before them of the Government
Printing and Advertising taken from their
leading Wing journal, to which Gen. Har-
risnn and Mr.. Webster had given it, and
transferred to the most insidious and viru-
lent Loco Foco paper in Boston! Is not
this one of hundred like instances. in
some of which Mr.. Webster, the TYLER
man, had been made the instrument in I'M
doing, what Mr.. Webster the Wing had
done-a in obedience to the direct man.
date of John Tyler! How much Of this
prescription Of Wings in favor of Loco
Focos would the Secretary have us bear,
before we should be brought to the conclu-
sion that John Tyler is not a Wing! We
pause for the answer.
But the Secretary sees fit to shake the
rod of authority over the heads of his re-
fractory ex-brethren, who, not enjoying
the advantage of his elevated position, can
not discern Whigisn in the course of John
Tyler. "Ihe President" says he, "haS get
three gears Of has term unerpjred.' No.
Mr.. Webster, Heaven is more merciful
than you and does not doom us to despair.
There were hut two years, five months,
four days and sixty minutes Of this dreary.
detested reign of Tyiersm remaining 10 be
endured when you began to make this
Speech, and of course something less than
at the moment you uttered this declaration.
Nearly three more days have since worn
away. The darkest night must have an
end; and not all the patronage and power
of the Governmenl--not all the Revenue
which ever was in the Treasury--not all
the cloquence and sophistry of ancient
or modern fame could prolong that reign
a day, an hour after noon Of the 4th Of
March, ls45. We defy Tylersm and all
accessories 10 get single Electoral Vote
in the whole Union. Will they try
But, says Mr., Webster:
docs The resolution mean that during that
three years all the measures Of his administration
shall be opposed by The Wings Of Massachu-
setts-right or wrongs"
The secretary knows the wings better
than to ask any such question. He knows
that, ever since the treachcry of John Ty-
Ter became manifest, as formerly, the wings
have been earnestly and cordially co-ope-
rating with the Executive on all subjects
where the public good could be promoted
by such cooperation. He knows that
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