New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-21

QUIZ CONctNtfO't W tt.s. NONSbt1",fSts.
Wh1iit was that first suggested the name of this
n,sn AID Wing candidate, put it into the head.
nc o,sssfs to name him, or whether the man who did
this may not have great deal to answer for here
after, they do stop to inquire. When they re-
feet, however that the Convention could with
equal ease, have presented to the Wing Party the
name of JAMES BARBOUR, Of JOHN SERGEANT,
or n p. TALLMADGE, or JOHN DAVIS, or SAMUEL
SoUrHARD, or WILLIE p MANGuM, or hundreds
of others, good and true men in the Wing ranks,
thew cannot but regard the accident which turned
UP the name of John Tyler as eninentlv unlucky.
1t was probably of those malignant pranks of
the Evil One, with which, since his invasion of
Eden. M has been continually torslenting Man
kiassfsS for which human being can, before q
huIss$ tribunal, be held responsible.
Th&@ndersigned commence this review, there
fore, BY declaring, that far the heart of Man
can be judged by outward igns and appearances,
both the Convention and the World had good
reason to look upon John Tyler as every inch a
Wing, committed and pledged by word and deed
to all the cardinal doctrines of that Party.
On the subject of the Public Lands he had, as a
member of the Virginia Legislature in 1889, de-
clared himself, in both Report and Speech, as
an advocate Of the measure of Distribution. De-
claring in his Speech, in substance, that the Com
promise Act was IN no acay dependent upon any
disposition Of tie Public Lands, and making in
the same Speech fling at President Jackson fer
putting the Distribution Act in his pocket Again,
his Speech in the United States Senate, in which
he condemned in no measured terms the abuse of
the Veto power. declaring that in his opinion the
Executive had evinced determination to absorb
the whole power and to destroy the equilibrium of
the Government was still fresh in the recollection
of the Country. And without enlarging upon these
topics the undersigned merely remark in this place
that so far, the Public were in possession OF Mr. ~
lers declared opinions upon the Veto and the policy
of Distribution.
Now when the Convention met at Harrisburg,
and Gov. Barbour was called to the Chair he
declared the objects which had called that body
together, in Speech of some length, in which we
find, and invite particular attention to. the follow
ing passages:
THE forms Of the Constitution retained, but its spirit
is goneYour President is monarch almost absolute
would be of time to present to this assembly the
facts which would make manifest the business OF THIS asser-
ton To the most ncredulous beyond these walls let ii be
said, who troubles himself now TO inquire what Congress
will do!-but all alive 10 the will or the wish OF the Pre-
denhs yoio jubeo, has been the law Of the land
for years past"
Again:
principles One for the Presidency. Put down the
horrible prescription opinions sake, which makes slaves
Of the thousands IN Office Of thousands aspiring
to Office hope by their greater ataseTen to e1sel the
iscnnlbeats-6 instruments TO make of all Dis
ulc equally the avais OF the public domain among the
p!@as well a, the new States
&5oy BARBOUR as the organ of the Convention,
spoke its sentiments, and if any of its members had
come there with views and opinions differing from
those expressed by him, then the time for him
to speak cut and declare that difference, whatever
it might be- Now John Tyler was there-Aept his
seat during the delivery of this Address, and never
uttered syllable of dissent to any one OF the prln-
ciples therein announced. On the contrary, IN the
cheering and capping of hands by which the vehe-
raba Speaker was often Interrupted, and In the
long-contlnued and deafcAing plaudils with which
the Speech was welss ned at the close, ohm Tyler
Joined as heartily u. any other Will 1t be
said that in giving an outward appreciation TO these
principles, he still entertained sentiments at war
with thenl'all, which he chose to keep TO himself
II So e undersigned have only to say, that IN con-
senting TO become candidate of men, in whose pro-
claimed sentiments he had thus publicly united, he
committed fraud, of which the veriest black-leg
might wei! be ashamed.
In connection with this particular topic, the un-
dersigned here advert to the fact that Mr.. / Ter
went to Harrisburg, he has himself declared,
g in favor OF Henry Clay '-that while there he
was the strenuous and unceasing advocate OF his
northumberland he r0tca for htm IN has ORR
delegation up to he Seuenth and last daliot-and,
epea 10 tears when the nomination was given by
the Convention to another. Can it DC SAID that
he might be for Mr. Clay, and yet agoanS5 all Tie
measures by the advocacy of which the public HE
of that great Statesman has been distinguished!
Are the orinlous of men to be taken, as IN oppc-
sition to their own acts? Are men 10 be viewed
as at cross-purpo>cs with themselves? And did
these appearances count as nothing, In directing
the minds of the Convention to himself as u candI-
date on the ticket tlley about 10 form! w hen
there was So much room for nisapprehen>loa, there
mi ht be disappointment, and he was bound, there
fore, honest man, come out at once and say:
'Gentemen, be not deceived in me. lam not ashai
Tdppsar 10 be- hold that the Executive is q pare
of the Legislative authority, and may rightuy veto
all bills in which he differs from Congress even upon
ordinary questions of expediency. l hold moreover,
that Congress have no constitutional power TO char
ter Bank, at eus, if it be called by that name.
am Opposed TO the Distribution of the avails of the
Public Lands in the event of Its being necessary to
raise the mposts above the rate fixed tv the act of
Compromise am against the principle OF one
term for the Presidency and If a Chief Magistrate
can so use the powers of his office as to procure his
own reflections hold that he may properly DO SO.
If heSad with the manliness OF Vlrgnian ana a
gentleman GENE on, with explanation like THIS,
then it is certain that man could have been de-
ceived but it is equally certain that he would have
returned to Charles City County without the nom-
nation, and therefore, such explanation was maze
or attempted.
But his mos, decided and significant demonstra-
ton ar Harrisburg was upon the question OF Ma
,ional Bank. The facts are these: Whilst the
Convention was still in session, and the noaina-
,ioa pe,ins before IT, Mr. Tyler sought out Gov.
OWEN Of North Carolina, and made him the foi-
iowfno con,