Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-10-06

er TO charter a bank, al least II II be call.
ed by that name. am opposed to the
distribution Of the avails of the Public
Lands, in the event of is being necessary
TO raise the imports, above the rate fixed
by the &C, Of Compromise. | am against
the principle Of one term for the Presiden-
cy, and if Chief Magistrate can so use
the powers Of his Office, as 10 procure his
own reelection, | hold, thai he may pro-
perly do So" II he had with the mani.
ness Of a Virginian, and a gentleman.
come out with an explanation like tbs /;
then it is certain that no man could have
been deceived, bu. IT is equally certain,
that he would have returned TO Charles
City County, without the nomination, and
therefore, no such explanation was made
or attempted.
But his most decided and significant
demonstration at Harrisburg. was upon
the question Of a National Bank. The
facts are these: Whilst the Convention
was still in session and the nomination
pending before it, Mr.. Tyler sought out
Gov. OWEN, of North Coralina, and made
to him the following communication
THAT his views on the bank question had
undergone an entire change; that he be.
Iieved the establishment Of National
Bank, 10 be alike Indispensable as a fiscal
agent of the Government, and TO the res
toration Of the currency and exchanges
Of the country; and he thought that all
constitutional objections ought to yield 10
the various Executive, Legislative and
Judicial decisions of the question" The
fact that MIR. Tyler did make in substance
this communication, rests upon evidence
which cannot be shaken, and It is believ
ed has never been denied. And it proves
two things: 1t proves first that he doubt
ed the willingness of a Wing Convention
to place the name of any man on their
ticket, of whose opinions on the great
question Of a Bank there was any uncer-
tanty; and it proves further, his own so.
licltude to remove any suspicion which
his own former opinions on that question,
and which some IN that body might per.
adventure remember, might attach to him
self. He determined therefore, by maxi
ing full recantation of those obnoxious
opinions, to remove the obstacle which
they might in,erpose to his hope OF OBJ
tanning the nomi nation. And having
thus determined, Gov. Owen was the
man Of all others TO whom 1t was expedi-
ent to confess his sins. He was the
Chairman of the committee, through
whom all nominations must fud their wav
to the Convention. The nomination of
Mr.. Tyler himself, when it afterwards I'M
happily came before that body, was in
point Of fact announced by Gov. Owen.
Mr.. Tyler knew therefore, tina, SHOULD
any objection be make to his name, either
IN the committee or the Convention, Gov.
Owen would be there, instructed andpre
pared, TO make IN his name the necessary
explanations. His recanta,ion therefore
to Governor Owen, was equivalent to an
open proclamation of it by himself before
the assembl d Convention, and was tan
tamount to his saying-"Make me your
candidate, gentlemen, and you shall no
cause in any event to complain Of my o.
pinions on the subject of National Bank.
VIVA: | thought previously on that ques-
ton, think no longer. II your object is
to establish Bank, elect me, and will
unite with you in that object"
The undersigned here take leave of the
occurrences at Harrisburg, and proceed
without further remark, 10 present Mr..
Tyler to view in the relation of candi.
date before the people. The obligations
implied in that relation, have their foun-
datIon in the common sense of mankind
and resolve themselves at last into the
simple postuste, that man is bound to
perform bis promise. The candidate who
could permit great party 10 put forth
their strength, IN n protracted and embt.
tered struggle for his elevation to power
and that not on his own account. but as
the means and the instrument OF effectng
certain avowed political resulls-who
could during the whole contest look quiz
city on, his ear catching at intervals the
sound OF his own name coming up from
the strife, as the war cry and the token
of the great principles depending upon the
ssue-the man who could witness all this,
knowing that the party who had chosen
him for their leader were deluded by his
own prof ssons, and must in the end be
mistaken in their man, could have nothing
to boast of superior morality over the poor
loafer arraigned at the har of Terminal jus.
tice for obtaining goods by false pretences.
And il he could feel comfortable in the
possession Of power obtained by such
means, would never lack the will, though
he might The courage, OF presenting pis-
tol and demanding the purse OF the peace
full traveller on the highway.
The undersigned lament to say that
this is no sketch Of The fancy. Forbid
ding as il may be-, TO the moral sense Of a
virtuous community, yet John Tyler, OF
Charles City County, IN the Common
wealth of Virginia, sat for that picture.
In the memorable contest of lS40-a
contest which excited the public expecta-
ton and anxiety to pitch far beyond any
example in our national annals-he was
mere passive spectator. He mingled
freely in the strife, and as he traversed
the country, and crossed the mountains,
and passed through the great States of the
West, had but 10 open his eyes, to behold
floating from every house.top, and borne
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