The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-14
Communication.
| TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
A DEFENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION

| A DEFENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS
| Before closing our remarks in Analysing the doc
trine of implication, must advert TO the position
occupied by the Wing party in Virginia of October
| 1889.
In reviewing the proceedings of the Conventor
which met in Stanton, Virginia, in October 10
1889, to send delegates TO the National Convention
struck most forcbly with the cautiousness
crcumspectlon with which the preamble and resolu
tons were drawn up, and the ability displayed il
enumerating the grounds Of opposition to the ther
administration, and the leading objects TO be accom-
plished, if the Wing party obtained the ascendancy
But we forcbly struck with another feature cha
racerizng the proceedings Of this Convention, com
posed as it was Of so much talent and worth of the
Wing party, that not the slightest ausion is made to
the establishment of National Bank or even Civ
ing that olicy such prominency in the catalogue OF
projects with which the Wing party were DESTROYS Of
establishing The preamble and resolutions were
ably and eoquently sustained. Messrs. Leigh and
Chapman Johnson, and Archer, of the Senate of the
United States and Newton, of Westmoreland, advo-
Gated them In the remarks made by these gentle
men, not one word was uttered by them looking for
warn 10 tle cstdDllsHmcUl Oh SUCH policy. ne Ut
most silence pervades the preamble upon the subject
Is it not presumabe that, if the charering of Ma
tonal Bank had been one of the darling measures OF
the Wing party, some mention would have been
made of it Many of the most sterling Wings in
Virginia members of the Convention. Why
were they silent on the subject Mr. Tyler received
his COMMISSION from them--he ,cas their organ
their representative. He did not imagine taking his
seat in the Convention, that he implicitly ineu,ring
obligations beyond the terms Of his Commission.
So far, then, as Virginia is concerned, the Bank
question not considered one Of primary mpor-
lance, to which all others were subordinate
After this mass of concurring testimony, the
conduct Of Mr.. Tyler, in relation to the Bank, be
misrepresented or misunderstood, and can it be
pretended that the members Of the Harrisburg Con-
yention were ignorant of Mr.. TyIers constitutional
opinons'
In order to bear up the charge Of perfdy against
this weight of positive and circnmstantia evidence
and support the allegation it is commended that he
formed Governor Owen that his opinions had under
gone change in regard to the powers Of the Fede-
raj Government to charter National Bank. This
testimony, must be remembered to light af-
W.
had been made by Mr.. Tyler to Governor Owen,
why was not this conversation spoken of and brought
to light before his death If he were living, some
information might be obtained, admitting that such
conversation took place, all OF which is most posi-
lively denied) what kind d institution Mr.. TYLER
then in favor Of From this conversation you are
asked to infer that he friendly to the incorpora
ton Of Bank upon the basis of the established
by Congress in 1Sl6-,he charter Of which repu-
dated by Mr.. Clay in l8il You asked to infer
also, that he was the supporter of Bank armed
with the power of extending its branches into the
veral States. of the Union without obtaining their
consent. You are asked Also to infer that he was for
tie establishment of a Bank without proper res,rc-
tons and limitations. Now, We contend that if the
remark, as oar adversaries assert, made by Mr..
Tyler to Governor Owen, it does not follow that he
was favorably inclined TO support Bank-such as he
vetoed in l84l Against charter containing such
dangerous powers, it is well known that Mr. Tyler
has always been opposed, not only at the Convention
but for series of years previous TO the meeting of
that body
But let us ask who the witnesses on the part Of
The prosecution 1t must lie answered that they are
all pc sons who have supposed themselves 10 be IN
treated by the President; whose resentment nothing
can assuage; and who have given their testimony
under the manifest influence Of their angry feelings
1t is plain that such persons, however correct in their
however DESTROYS of speaking the truth
are liable 10 be misled by the irritation of these
events excited in their minds, and to state as facts
the recoliecons of their erroneous impressions. II
is perfectly manifest that those persons were very
much irritated by the transactions of which they
complain And is the truth of charge to be inferred
from conversations, which thus receive their hue
not from any thing in themselves perceptbe to your
minds bit from the feelings aud the modes of think
ing of those who relate them. If so then innocence
and guilt must stand not the conduct of the party
charged with improper designs but on the temper
and dscenment of those produced TO sustain the
allegation. You have observed how the truth in such ST.
tuations distorted by the blindness of passion the
Partially of seli-love, and the thirst of revenge
presume that you have witnessed testimony delivered
under such circumstances, and you will then know
how TO appreciate the testimony of those persons in
the state of mind under which those labored who
speak Of the conversation of Governor Owen with
Mr. Tyler, upon the subject Of Bank.
But unhsppily, circumstance, that unpi, itunl
God" bore testimony against them, and however hard
il might be, the rule of political judgment was the
rule Of the prize court crcumstantial evidence out
" eighed positive asseveratons. Had Mr.. Tyler been
as artificial he Is represented to be- had he been
thus capable Of throwing veil over his acts in maxi
ing this development to Governor Owen, must he not
nave PtIceNcu uiat uuc PobCy CONSISTED IN remain
ing silent, as the convention contained members who
could prove his uniform hostility to National Bank
that the records of Congress could also be appealed
to, that late as 1884, he thus stood in opposition
TO such an institution. But as the question of erect
ing National Bank not discussed in the con-
vention did the selection of cand aHs turn upon
it, what conceivable motyc had MIR, Tyler, to APP
proach Governor Owen to make~a confession Of his
political fath' But can il for a moment be believed
that gentleman so high in character, scrupulous-
y delicate in his conduct, would endeavor to prac-
lice deception, and gloss his actions for politi
,al Advancement Ills conduct in ofice-he unver-
sal respect which he enjoys in the country among
men of all opinions-his manner Of administering the
Affairs Of the Government-and the evidence of his 7
political enemies have borne in his favor, all pro-
,ludc the idea.
So much for the proofs adduced in support Of the