The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-11
FACTS FOR THINKING PEOPLE.

The despotic and unrelentng spirit of party
which had swept over the face Of our beloved
America, marring the beautiful symmetry of
her institutions, and sowing the rancorous
seeds of discord amongst her children with all
its whitening influences upon our national pros
perity and individual happiness, is yet too firm
ly seated in the memory to be forgotten even for
brief space Of time. Nay, more the many
mysterious dispensations of Divine Providence
towards our afflicted country, within the past
year, have not had The effect TO obliterate the re-
collection Of the political warfare which ragged
during the several preceding years.
The two branches Of Congress are composed,
as is well known, of the two great conflicting
parties before alluded to. The leaders Of one of
these have always contended that the existence
Of a United States Bank was essential to heal
all the diseases Of the country, whether real or
imaginary, and promotive Of the happiness Of
the people; whilst the other, with equal peril
nacity, declared, in full view of the spectre Of
the institution which has Just descended to the
''tomb of the Capulets' and in hearing of the
lamentations of the widows and the orphans
who have been deirauded by il, that the Sub
| Treasury is the only means which can be con
stitutonally adopted to relieve the wants of the
country and conduce TO its permanent pros
perlty.
| The latter Of these was in full and successful
operation during the fall OF lS40, when the
| Wing ticket prevailed by an overwhelming ms :
Jority; and, although there was nothing in that
result clearly demonstrate that the people de-
! sired Bank, il was but a fair construction of
| their wishes that there should be change not
only Of the Administration, but of its great lead
ing measures
Elevated TO the second office in the gift Of a
virtuous and free people, and retired TO the old
homestead at Williamsburg, the distracted State
OF the country, its conflicting interests, the jar
ring sounds of its political elements yet reverbe-
rating in the distance and wthal the prospect
OF a war with Great Britain, forming the
subjects of Mr. Tyer's deepest solicitude
with the sagaclous eye Of an experienced
statesman, he surveyed the political hoTi-
ION; conlemp lated society in all its diflerent
phases and the means by which a family OF
freeinen, too long severed by the feversh excite
ment which had prevailed, should be restored 10
state of harmony and tranquility ener-
| gies concenrated-and the public mind no
| longer be diverted from the paramount interest.
| Of the country TO the mere pursuits of election
eering In the brief space Of a month, Mr.. Tyler
was called, by wise and nscrutable Provi-
dence, TO assume the functions Of the Presiden-
| I mi off ha he ohar. ~
them with mind deeply imbued with sense
OF his duty TO his country, his God and himself
| To him, the Constitution was no new work
no unstudied science-t had lain for years on
his venerated fathers table with the old family
Bible, and, as the latter was intended to lead the
minds Of men TO the contemplation of place OF
repose, the former was considered indispensable
to the happiness Of every citizen on the proud
soil az America.
! An extra-session Of Congress, called BY his
departed predecessor, was convened; two bills
mbodying the principles Of banking institutions,
and fraught with the evils which had already in
vowed all classes the community in embarrass-
ment and distress, were vetoed BY him. At a
period when the stoutest heart might have quail
ed, with scarcely a friend to animate or press
to advocate his views, Mr.. Tyler consulted the
proud charter Of his couutrys Liberties, bequeath-
ed to him by his Revolutionary ancestors as a
lasting inheritance, discovered that the bills
were obnoxious, and, with a Roman frmness
abolished them =
| In view Of the disapprobaton as expressed
50 distinctly BY the popular will, to either bank