New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-02
John TYler,s Prcdicnmens.

passionate the predcament IN winch DIS lsst soii'
has involved him. The man would seem arnbi-
tiols to be known as no common apostase, but as
one faishles, to every principle and every proes-
sion of the honest portion of his career. Here he
comes on, with flaming Protest against the r'gss
of Congress 10 pass judgement on the conduct OF
the Executive, when he himself has most solernniy
and publicly affirmed that right, il the light OF
pcotracted and most able discussion, and under
the solemn sanction of an Official oath
The case in which John Tyler expressly Gem
mitted himself to the principle against which ne
now protests, was one every way stronger than
ing it. Let Us consider the facts: President
Jackson took the responsibility of discontinue
ing the Deposites of Public Moneys in the U. S.
Bank in the recess of Congress, which assembled
ten weeks later. John Tyler was then Member
of the Senate The House indirectly sustained
the Presidents course, though it declined to do
so BY direct vote. The Senate decided differ
emily After long and earnest discussion, that
body passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President. in the late Ex-
ecutive proceedings in relation to the Public Reeve
nue., has assumsa upon himself authority and
porer no: conferred by The Consti.u!ion and
lars, 6a,t in deregation Of both. y
Here is direc, charge of usurpation preferred
againt the President, in acts purely Executive, In
which he had not DISTRACTED or thwarted any &C
ton of Congress. This charge faction of the
Senate, including such men as Silas Wright and
ohm FORSYTH, agreed that the Senate had no right
to make, and they argued this with especial force
on the ground that the Senate was the Consttu
tonal tribunal to Try the President on such charges
as these, and if they were true, the Senate were
bound to presume that the House would present
articles of impeachment in which case the Pre-
sident had right to an impartial trial. and not
one from a Court which had prejudged the case.
These views, expressed with all the power of For
syth all the subtlety of Wright. failed to make
any impression on the majority of the Senate, in
GLIDING JOHN Tyler, The resolution passed by
the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs Bbb Black, Calhoun, Clay, CLAYTON Ew'
Fenghuysen Kent Knight Leigh M snSn. N ss
nee, Smith, Seuiard sprague, Swift, Tomlinson TYLER,
| wagg aman, Febster-26.
This resolution having been thus passed, Gen,
II. which he desired to have entered the jour
nails of the Senate, bat that body, after thorough
discussion, voted not to receive it, in the following
resolutions
Re,ol,er That the Protest communicated to The Sen
ate on the by the President of the United States
asserts powers belonging the President inconsistent
with the just authority OF the two Houses OF aau
inconsistent, with the Constitution Of the United States
: Resored Tha, while the Senate is ard ever will be
ready to receive the President all such messages and
as the @ ana a1o inc
not recognize any right in him 10 make formal protest
snS to- e
requesting the Senate to enter such protest on Us
g. Re,oved That the aforesaid protest is breach of
The privileges the Senate and that be not entered on
W q Re,ooed Tha, the President OF the United States
has no right to send protest the Senate against any OF
its proceedings"
These resolutions, after thorough discussion,
were adopted by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Black, Calhoun. Clay, Clay
Poindexter Porter Prentis Preston. Robbins Si!sbes
Smith, Southland, sprnsue, Swift, Tomlinsos TYLER,
SIYsMMessrs Benton, Brown, Forsyth, ac.-le.
Could any thing render more humiiating the
posture of John Tycri
One word on the general pretence involved in
these Profession we cannot deem any answer
to either Of them necessary. Here We have had
Messrs. Gimer, C. j. Ingersoll, and now John
Tyler, successfully down upon the Report of John
Quincy Adams on the Veto. If they have an
swered it to their liking, we are satisfied if not
do let US have the answer, so formidably threat
ened. If there is any Loco-Foco or Guardsman
who can con,rovert the plain and scorching truths
of that Report, bring him But until then, lei
US have no more of this whining and Seeding at
the Wings for not liking the apostacy which has
cheated them out Of the Administration confded
to them by the Peoples votes. Are we snail.
blooded that we should bear meekly such wrong
so fraught with National calamity and bitter
notification! No: the Wings will speak of it, in
Congress or out of Congress and they will speak
as becomes deceived and outraged Freemen. The
blame rests with the wrong doer.
But it is dreadful thing to have Congress
Jackson, and says after him ohm Tyler. Gam
mon! Every body, from one end of the country
to the other is opposing or censuring the acts OF
public men from day to day; large public
meetings are held frequently with the purpose OF
denouncng the action of the President or some
other functionary All the records of Congress
must show that this or that House does or does
not approve the course of the Executive; and
whether this fact is forth directly indirectly,
is of no possible consequence. Il is fearful
thing in a public servant to deserve condemna-
tion it i. q light matter indeed to be accused
,rttEOut deserving it, whether by Congress q
. County Meeting. To raise outcry like that of
Capt. Tyler in this case argues sensitiyeness
very unfavorable to the presumption of consciou.
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