The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-09
From tho Richmond Enquirer.
PRESIDENT TYLER.

Mankind would be sufficiently unfortunate and I'M
happy in their search after truth in relation charac.
and fact, IL they only liable 10 the oil
misconcepon and rejudice. But to these is often
added the vice Of voluntary misrepresentation. Such
the state things IN regard to all Subjects but more
especially and peculiarly whatever relates po-
tcal life, where the seshness party soon becomes
criminal in lis resort TO falsehood for the accomplish
ment OF a foul ambition.
This very spirit will be disposed say at once that
the writer of the present article is the euogisl Of Pre-
sident Tyler, though could be moved solely
by supreme love oftuh and perfectly disinterested
zeal for conscientious and hghminded man, unjust
ly assailed-assaled too with grossness of manner
and terms which are calculated to pain the upright
ness, and taste and sympathy Of every worthy mind.
| ack nowledge that do entertain these sentiments,
and am quite sure that there Is no risk in saying,
that thousands of real Harrison Wings, like myself,
have been impressed as have been, upon this sub
ec
II is easy to perceive in some OF the leaders OF the
present Wing party spirit and plan OF operation,
which great many of the Wings do not sanction
and will not sustain and this spirit has for It's object
TO form new party out OF the elements of the old,
and to give to il impetus by the aid of seapPause
and gross denunciation. No party can flourish in
hi. h party times but by such denunciation But in
an eng hened and just community this denunciaion
be well grounded il will not take with the pub
lie mind--t will rebound and clohe the assailants
with contempt.
Certain chosen and set terms are employed by those
who assail Mr. Tyler-terms that are intended to
blast him. and to convey idea of great spirit and
pureness in those who use them. Mr.. Tyler is
charged with being traitor to the party which elect
ed him Perhaps the treason is the other way. The
Wing leaders were certainly uery ready to forsake
him. For what Surely to some extent Tor effect
TO prevent him from becoming very popular and
oyershadowlng iavorlte which the amented liar
rison was not to overshadow, but to keep warm the
Presidential bed for his reception at the end of four
years.
What is the charge-the sole charge against Mr..
Tyler Ii is, that he would not sign bill establish
ing Bank OF the U. S. Well he would not because
he could not Had he done it, he would have deserv-
ed the of the whole country-and he troutd
hare received The sco Of many icho noio ce,lsure him
MIR. Tyler believed such bill unconstitutional, and
he had taken solemn oath to support the Constitu-
ton What else could he do but to refuse to sign the
bill; Such was his opnon-such the dictate OF his
conscience, Such had ever been his opinion. Hemght
have been quite willing to bank established for
the relief of the country, sorey depressed as 1t was
but as to his agency in the matter as President, ii
was quite another thing; and doubt very much,
though it has nothing to do with the argument as to
MIR. Tyler, whether Gen. Harrison, himself, would
have been able, when actually called upon, to come
up to the mark, to sign the bill for he had been,
both in principle and practice, an anti-Bank man
ard conscience, under the sanction OF an oath before
Almighty God is a solemn monitor-lt Is the judy
ment to come, brought home to the SOUL on this side
the grave.
Suppose General Harrison had, pressed by the,
heat and vanity of popular applause, actually signed
bill for Bank with serious doubts upon ms mind as
to its constitutionaty and the conscentousness
of the act and then had suddenly been called away
TO his last account before the pure aud burning throne
of Heaven And suppose MIR. Tyler had taken this
course, and then he had been summoned away
Mr.. Tyler has acted the part of good wse
firm man; and | think all his friends, and all the
friends Of good conscience, tempted by the seduc-
tons Of this vain world do and wi i more and more
congratulate him on the course he has taken. He
had every motive Of worldly self-interest to sign
the bill establishing Bank-but conscience dictated
otherwise-and he had the christian purity and chris
tian FRMNEss to obey its injunctons, in spite of the
most tremendous temptations His position was sub
lime and the mountain of his glory towers more and
more every day, in my view, towards Heaven. For
my own part ent rain profound esteem and adj
mration for the man, in relation to this case, and
consider him having carried more than Roman
triumph | shall speak again.
a Harrison Whig, and a Rank man.