The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-03
THE PROTEST.

papers, that they are oisposeo 10 shetel the
House of Representatives from the just indig
nation, which their adoption of Mr.. Adams
report has subjected them to, behind the votes
given by Mr. Tyler then member Of the
Senate, upon the Protest of General Jackson.
Nothing can more fully show the utter despe-
ration of this reckless faction. Even supposing
tina, there was an exact analogy how would it
avail them, or the majority in Congress, for
adopting such report as that ofthe Adams and
Bolts Committee Can they complain OF
single act of inconsistency In the President,
who are even now crying out to the top OF their
lungs that he is traitor to party, because he
would not give the lie to all his previously de-
clared opinions on the subject OF the Bank
Anti-Bank he was known to be, and ant-Bank
he had been for all the days of his political life J;
and vet, because he would not. by sanctioning
the Bank (and such BankD presented him
al the extra session, abandon his principles,
these very men have burned him in efflgy.
and revled him as a scoundrei ana
traitor. And now. when, as they say ne
has merely contradcted one act OF his political
life, oh, he is, verify, inconsistent, treacherous
and false. Out upon such hypocrltes
But Mr.. TYLER has, in no respect, conlradicted,
by his Protest, what he did in 1884. There Is
no similarity between the protest OF Gen. jack
son and Mr.. Tyler The Senate had declared
certain proceedings of Gen. Jackson IN relation
to the removal of the deposites, to be Sin dero-
cation of the laws" For this resolution Mr..
Tyler had voted virtually under instructions
from the General Assembly of Virginia, passed
at its session Of 1884. BY the Bank charter, 1t
was made the duty of the Secretary OF the
Treasury to report his reasons to Congress fora
change of deposites, should he esteem change
ecessary Upon the sufhciency of such rea-
sons, it was the duty Of Congress to decide.
The Senate did so decidedly declaring the reasons
insufficient, and adopting the resolution Mr.. Ty-
er voted for Mr.. Tyler acting as we have stated
under instructions virtually given by the Legisla-
ture of Virginia. The Senate did no more than
perform Legislative act; perhaps it would better
have comported with its dignity, had it adopted
different form of expression; and it was
against that act that General Jackson protested.
There was no impeachment Of the motives OF
the then President. mistake OF judgment
was ascribed to him, and nothing more and in
his speech delivered on the occasion Mr.. Tyler
expressly disclaimed all intention to impugn the
Presidents motives and similar language was
used by him in his letter to the Legislature, in
1896, resigning his place in the Senate. That
letter is before US, and we extract from the 9Th
page:
"The censure which your resolution conveys inn
clia ptrfr .Idum nv mari in III
ing for that resolution and nothing more. II this be
your true meaning (and will not permit myself to
think otherwise) am yet to learn how l incur the
hazard Of 'subvcrting the rights of the House OF
Representatives and the fundamental principles o!
free Government by having declared in substance
what as a member Of the Senate did by my vote de-
clare that the President had mistaken his course, and
that his conduct in derogaton OF the Consttu
ton and laws. Have | done more in this than you
have done in your declarations And if not, sub
NIT it, in all candor to your dspassion judgment
to say whether if were liable to trial on impeach-
ment before you, you would consider yourselves as
having already pronounced upon my guilt in advance
should certainly not dream of excepting to you, as
my judges, because resting on my integrity of mo-
tives should feel confident of acquittal There
be no guilt without criminal design and am sure
you would be am2ng the last to ascrioe to the fres
dent any criminaMy OF design"
At page of the same letter, he says:
"In voting for the resolution, did not design te
designed nothing more than to vindicate the Constr
tuition"
The resolution Of the Senate, then was re-
garded as nothing more than mere Legislative
act. No corrupt motive was imputed to Gene
raj Jackson no base or improper design moth
ing which required or looked to Impeachment
was alleged. But how different is the case ir
the proceedings of the House Of Repre-
sentatives They file an impeachment in fact
and try themselves. They pronounce sentence
of positive guilt, without trial, and in fagran
violation of the Constitution. And shall it b,
said that any citizen thus illegally tried, and
thus illegally condemned, has not right to say
10 his accusers | PROTEST AGAINST YOUR AU
THoRITY, YOUR PROCEEDINGS, AND YOUR SEN
TENcE? You HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCUSE AND T(
TRY, AND YOU HAVE LESS RIGHT TO CONDEMN
ANY FREE BORN MAN WITHOUT A HEARING IN HIS
DEFENCE. The Baltimore Patriot exults in tn,
stigma which the proceedings of the House has
affixed TO the Presidents name, and yet con
demns him for protesting against it; and 81
with other prints. Doubtless the Richmond
Wing will be equally honorable in its ealings
unless, indeed, It's whole vocabulary of abus,
has been exhausted. Those highly moral mer
and consistent political hacks, would doubles.
let Mr.. Clay tweak their noses and call them
hard Names and inpute corrupt motives tc
them, (and no one would have better right,
and provided he did it through his White Char
lies in the House Of Representatives, the,
would be content. They would be the las
men to protest against what he might d.
through packed committee. We do not
therefore, feel any astonishment al their cours
in relation to Mr. Tyler.
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