Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-02

| pended 70 speech Of Mr.. Bolts, report
ed in the Intelligencer We find the fol
Lowing charges which thai gentleman pro
poses 20 prefer against Pfesident Tyler
Wegiye them without comment, ~ th'
present si least; the public can judge
how far they are likely % be sustained:
lst. charge John Tyler with gross
usurpa,ion Of power aud violation Of fIaw
in attempting to exercise controlling in
fuence over the accounting officers o
the Treasury Department, by ordering
the payment Of accounts that bad beer
BY bysihem'rejected, and threatening them
with expulsion from Office unless his or
ders were obeyed.
I'd. charge him with being guilty Of
high misdemeanor in retaining men in
Office for months after they had been re-
iscted by the Senate as unworthy, incOm-
petent, and unfaitbful, to the great de.
lerminent Of the public interests, and
haznd Of loss to the public Treasury,ibe
GoVernmen having no security for the
faithful application Of the public funds
passing through their hands, and thereby,
defeating that provision Of The Constiiu
tion which requires the advice and con-
sent of The Senate to all nominations
made by the president.
Sd i charge him with gross official
misconduct in attempting, in a spirit Of
revenge, for a constitutional exercise Of
power by the Senate, in the rejection Of
one OF his nominees to office, TO remove
large number Of faithful and meril0r
Gus subordinate officers from the Gus
tom house OF Philadelphia, with whom
no fault was found save that Of a suppos
ed political preference for another, and
who had discharged their duties with en-,
tire satisfaction to the collector of cus>
toms, and for attempting TO substitute
in their stead men having no other re.
commendation than that of supposed
acquiescence in his views.
4th. / charge him with the high crime
and msdemeanor Of endeavoring to ex-
cite disorganizing and revolutionary
spirit in the country, byinviting disre-
gard Of, and disobedence to law Of
congress, which law he has himselfsworn
10 see faithfully executed.
5th. charge him with the high
crime and misdemeanor in Office ofwith.
holding his assent 10 laws Indispensable
10 the operations Of Government, inyoy-
ing no constitutional difficulty on his part
-of deprlving the Government of all le-
gal sources OF revenne-of assuming to
himself the whole power of laxation-
and Of collecting duties from our citizens
without the authority or sanction Of
law.
9Th. charge him with the high crime
aad misdemeanor Of open prostitution
aud proHgacy in willingness to barter
away the offices Of Government, and
the principles be professed, 20 obtain the
support Of one Of the parties in Congress
10 which he has heretofore been eoppos-
ed.
9Th. Icharge him with gross official
miscolduct, ID having been guilty ofaI
shame duplicity, equiyocation, and
faIsehOod with his late Cabinet and
Congress; su n as has brought him
into disgrace and contempt with the whole
American people, which has disqualified
him from administering this Government
with advantage, honor, or virtue.
9Th. charge him with an arbitrary
and despotic abuse OF the veto power, 70
crafty his personal and political resent
ment, with such evident marks Of incon..I
slslency aud duplicity as leave no room
70 doub. bis total disregard of the inter
ests Of the people and to his duty to the
country.
OH. charge him with the high mis-
demeanor ofarraying himselfin open hos
tiliiy 10 the Legislative department Of the
Government, by the publication Of sian,
derous and libelIous letters under bis
own signature, with a view ofcrsaiingS q
false and unmeriied sympathy for himself
and bringing congress into disrepute and
odium with the people, BY which means
that harmony betwesnthe Executive and
Legislative departments so essential 10
good government aud the welfare of the
people has been utterly destroyed.
IIth. Icharge him with abandonment
Of an acknowledged constitutional duty,
in refusing 70 render such aid 10 the con
stituied authorities Of Rhode Island, when
called on, as hehad himself previously
promised in his Ietier to Gov, King, as a
sacred constitutional obligation resting
upon him.
ilth. | charge him with pursuing
sucha course Of vacillalion, we ikness,and
folly, as must, il he is permitted 70 70
main longss at the head Of The Goyern'
ment, bring the country into dshonor aud
disgrace abroad, and force the people in
TO state Of abjeci-misery and distress q
home.
18th, charge him with being utterly
unworthy and un6tto have the destI9les
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