Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-10-06

hau Win tne maniineSS OF vlrRlnlan, anC
gentleman, come out with an explanation Ii
this, then it is certain that no man could ha
been deceived, but it is equally certain, I'll
he would have returned to Charles City Cou
" without the nomination, and therefore, 4
such explanation was made or attempted.
But his most decided and significant demon
stration at Harrisburg was upon the questio
of National Bank. The facts are these
Whilst the Convention was still in sessio
and the nomination pending before it, MIR. Ty
Ter sought out Governor Owen of North Car
olina, and made TO him the following comm,i
nlcaton-"Ihat his views OH the bank ques
ton had undergone an entire change that ht
believed the establishment of National Bank
to be alike indispensable as a fiscal agent oi
Tie government, and TO the restoration of the
currency aud exchanges of the country /; and
! he thought that all constitutional objections
ought to yield 10 the various Executive, Lee
gis!dtive and Judicial decisions of the CUES
ton" The fact tina, MIR. Tyler did make in
substance this communication, rests upon EVIL
denrc which cannot be shaken, and it is be-
lie.rd has never been denied. And il proves
two things II proves first that he doubted
the Willingness of Il Wing Convention to place
The name OF any man on their ticket, of whose
opinions on the great question OF Bank there
his own so,!ci,ude 10 remove any suspicion
which his own former opinions on that CUES
uon, and which some in that body might per-
adventure remember, might attach to himself.
lie determined therefore, by making full re-
cah'auon OF those obnoxious opinions, to re-
move The obstacle which they might interpose
To his hope OF obtaining the nomination. And
having thus determined, Governor Owen was
Inc man OF all others 10 whom il was expedi-
ent to confess his sins. He was the Chairman
OF The committee, through whom all nomina-
lions must find their way to the Convention.
The nomination Of Mr. Tyler himself, when it
afterwards unhappily came before that BODY,
was IN point of fact announced by Governor
Owen. Mr. Tyler knew therefore, that should
any ohjecton he made to his name, either in
'he committee or the Convention, Gov. Owen
would be there, instructed and prepared. To
make in his name the necessary explanations.
His recantation therefore to Governor Owen.
was equivalent TO an open proclamation Of it
by himself before the assembled Conventions.
ana was tantamount TO his saying-"Make me
your caiiCidaic, gentlemen, and you shall have
no cause. IN any event to complain of nv opin-
IONS on The subject ola National Bank. What
thought previously on that question, think
no longer. If your object is to establish
Bank, elect me, and viii unite with Won IN
that object"
The undersigned here take leave of the oc-
,nrrences at Harrisburg, and proceed without
urlher remark, to present Mr. Tyler 10 view
4 the relation of Il candidate before the people.
he obligation implied in that relation, have
neir foundation IN the common sense of man
sind, ant resolve themselves at last into the
simple postulate, that man is bound to per-
orm his promise. The candidate who could
permit sTs9! party to put forth 4sr strength
account, but as the mean and the instrument Of
eiiectlng certain avowed political results-who
Gould during The whole contest look quietly
on, his car catching at intervals the sound of
lis own name coming up from the strife. as
ne war-cry and token OF the great principles
depending upon the ssLe-tlle man who could
witness all this, knowing that the party who
lad chosen him for their leader were deluded
~ ms own professions, and must in the end
De mistaken In their man, could have nothing
o boast OF superior morality over the poor
oaier arraigned AT the bar of criminal Justice
or obtaining goods by false pretences And
! he could feel comfortable in the possession
Of power obtained by such means, would new
'r lack the viii, though he might the courage,
of presenting pistol and demanding the purse
,i the traveller on the highway
The undersigned lament TO say that this is
10 sketch of the fancy. Forbidding as it may
De, to the moral sense of virtuous commune
", yet John Tyler of Charles City County, in
he Commonw eelth of Virginia, sat for the
picture.
In the memorable contest Of 1SiO-a con-
est which excited the public expectation and
anxiety to pitch far beyond any example i'm
Dur national anials-he was not mere passive
spectator He ningledirceIy in the strife, and
As he traversed the country, and crossed the
mountains, and passed through the great States
OF the West, had but to open his eyes, TO be-
hold floating from every house-top, and borne
III all tie vast professions and festivals Of the
day, the banners and standards Of the Wings.
with his own name in connection with "a Ma
honal Bank" "a protective tarilf,'' and >.,ihe
Land Bill' biazoned upon them all The prin-
cipies OF the Wing party had become objects
OF sense, and he could not fail TO see them
every where. He knew himself 10 be the or
gan selected and held forth by them, with his
own free consent, if not by his own procure
ment, 10 ehectuate their hopes and Objects
The terms implied i'll his connexion with that
party, were as distinctly known and under
stood on all hands. as if they bad been reduc-
ed 10 writing and lie had put his name to
them. There was not a nan in the nation
who did not know this, and none knew it bet
ter than John Tyler. And yet with his own
opinions, as he now informs us, long made a.
gainst all theleading measures of Wing policy.