The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-08
THE POSITION OF DANIEL. WEBSTER AND
THE WING PARTY.

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1t does not require the skill Of a soohsayeF to fore
tell from the present aspect of affairs, that long
to lose the services of Daniel Webster as Sc
cretary of State Mr.. Cushings declining TO serve
his constituents anot er term Is proof enough that
he is To go into the Cabinet and OF course that Mr.
Webster is to go out How soon this event is 10
take place, may not be certainly generally known,
but that II will take place must be clear 10 ALL mat
chain of events has produced this result IL may
not be unineresting TO your readers TO inquire how
il is that nominated by the universal voice OF the
great Wing party the situation which he has so ho-
morally and nobly filled, may say TO the satisfaction
of the whole country Obliged TO resign that Once,
or by retaining it, TO be the butt of reckless poiti
clans unprIncpled partsans, some at least oil
whom have heretofore pretended TO be his friends.
To answer this inquiry, II viii be necessary 10 20
into short history of the Administration OF N-r.
Tyler and although in doing shall have TO state
facts which vivid IN the minds OF all your read
ers yet may be able, from information not general
y known To make even the recapituiation OF events
not entirely unnteresting.
1t is fact universally acknowledged that Mr.
Tyler went TO the Harrisburg Convention as The
friend of Mr.. Clay and that he induced, against
his wishes and judgment, TO give up ms support
of that gentleman on the ground OF the superior
availability of General HARRISON and for the union
of the great Wing party Ii is but fair, therefore, to
suppose that MIR. Tyler was, at the time OF The death
Of General Harrison and his accession, still the
warm friend of MIR. Clay Nothing did or could have
personally felt by the Vice President for that gen.
tleman. We shall soon the causes that have
made a breach never to be healed, and always 10 be
depored.
That most unfortunate Of all events in the history
of the Wing party-he extra session--lcds not mea-
sure originating with General Harrison his Cabi-
net, but urged upon him and them against the
better judgment oil portion OF them by the earnest
and strenuous advice of Mr.. Clay. Had, however,
General Harrison lived, it is probable there would
not have been SO fatal termination TO the hopes the
Wing party entertained, Of the results to be expected
from that measure-but facts well known TO those
who ought to know, will bear out in saying that
had General Harrison lived either the bill for the
United States Bank which passed Congress, and
vetoed by Mr.. Tyler would not have passed or it
passed, would have been signed with great reluctance
by General Harrison, even if he had not vetoed it,
Both he and his advisers, and many of his friends,
knew that Bank of the United States, based upon
the foundation of public subscriptions to the stock,
would be complete failure
On the accession of Mr. Tyler TO the Chair, Mr..
Clay, among other intimate friends, called upon him,
and after regretting the event that placed him there,
congratulated him upon his promotion, and offered
him his support and assistance, should they be
CURED and his advice, were it needed surrounded
he was by a Cabinet consisting of men whose ac-
knowledged talents knew superior
The offers were received in the same spirit of kind
ness with which they were apparently made, and no
cloud had then risen to overshadow the frendliness
mutually felt by the parties.
Hardly, however, had Mr.. Tyler become warm in
his chair before he surrounded and beset not
y by office seekers of course to be expected,
but by partsans of the different ex ectants Of the
Presidential office, than whom none
dent than the called friends of MIR. Clay-whch
means those men who depended upon him for office,
providing he could be elected by their MEANS
These men, with earnestncss not to be surpassed,
and determination not to be thwarted, were bent
compelling Mr. Tyler to the means that were
in his power to further their views and every mea-
sure was taken by them to induce him TO come out
and declare openly that he in favor of Mr.. Cay's
election in 1914 and that he would not be a candi-
date himself
Mr. Tyler in his replies, told them that they were
calling upon him to do what had been so much de-
precated by themselves, in General jackson, viz. to
nominate his successor. That in his opinion il was
premature TO agitate the question at present-that
depended on the people to nominate the man who at
the proper time would command their support-that
he had been too short time in the chair himself to
form any opinion of what should be the policy to be
pursued so, far practicable to break up the
bonds OF party spirit and, possible to unite all the
moderate men, of all parties, in furtherng the great
interests of the country Mr. Tyler expressed his
undated regard for MIR. Clay, his admiration of his
talents, and his gratitude for his services but expli-
city declared he would not debase the office he held
by becoming the partisan of any man. and that
would be full time enough 10 express his preference
should he have any, when the candidates were fairly
before the people at any rate he would not at this
early GATE compromise himself IN faVor OF
These remarks, instead of being received in the
spirit intended, distorted TO mean that he con-
templated being candidate himself, and at once
these men, taking for granted feet for which there
no foundation, themselves to work TO create
in the mind Of Mr.. Clay spirit of enmity and eal-
ousy, that they too well succeeded in producing
Some of the papers in the pay interest of these in
dividuals were induced to throw out tteler, which
was soon exaggerated into an assertion that Mr. w.
Ter roId be casddate in 1874, and of course the
friends OF the other expecants consisting of at least
in part disappointed seekers of minor Offices began
to buckle On their armor for the approaching cam
paign.
These reports came TO the ears of Mr.. Tyler, and
at Cabinet council consisting Of all all but one
of his legal advisers he mentioned these rumors ard
asked their advice to the course he ought TO pllr
sue. He stated that nothing was further from his
intentions or wishes, than to be the of sowing
discord among the party, by whose exertons he came
into power-and offered if they thought it exped-
ent, TO al publicly state that he had intention
of placing himself a candidate before the country
for election. The advice given him was, to take no
notice of the rumors-and in this advice Mr. Ewing
took leading part. Upon what grounds the advice
was gven have not been able to learn, neither is il
important they should be known. Ii is sufficient
that the fact is undsputed and undenabe to refute
all the idle tales and worse than idle fasehoods that
have been widely circulated in connection with
this report
Congress met at the extra session, and the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury called upon for a plan of
finance, which was furnished to the Senate, from
which body the call emanated. The treatment which
that plan received from honorable Senator, and
the substituted for it by him, which was passed
matters of history, but have yet to learn whe-
Their the insult heaped upon the Secretary Of the
Treasury, in the Senate, of less magnitude than
that imaginary one by the President, which induced
his indignant resignation and subsequent xpositon-
Much to the asserted astonIshmen of the Wings the
first bank bill was vetoed but there is not shadow
of doubt in my mind, from what knoio and from
what have heard that the veto, by some at least.
not only expected, but sought for, as one link of
the chain, which was TO ensure the unpopularity of
Mr. Tyler.
The second bill was also passed, and passed too,