Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-26
!, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 40, fsi9.

be taken practically upon trust Il is of the cond
ons OF the existence Of Government amongst men, thai
reliance must be placed unn the good faith Of these VIII,
called to administer il. The necessity Of this rc
anco and the imposib,y ofavoldng H. under any form
OF civil policy yet devised Is confessed by the fra
mers OF The constitution, in the fact that they have prov
dod, they could provide remedy for mlsrepresenta
ton BY the public agent for the public will. lie Il
bound To carry out thu wishes of,hosc who elect him. by
the pledges Of onorby the obligations that compel ar
honcsiman 10 perform his PROMISES aud fha prove nscn
she to these the people are without redress Hence the
bond Of fidelity implied In the mere acceptance Of Office
ssd the especially when that acceptance is Tor
known anu ,c!l understood object, is the sacred
that il is the oni, guarantee upon which the electors
have 10 depend Destroy this guarantee. and the grea
principle o representation aud Of republican govern
mcnt itself, becomes an idle dream.
When therefore. the name of John Tyler was prepsed
to the Convention rs the candidate of the Wing par
iy for the office of Vice President the undersigned ask
ed questions they required eXplana'iois--ll
demanded pledges. |, was enough for them thai THEY
found him III their own campbehind The entrenclinehis
i'm Possession OF the counter sigt-wearng tho uni
t and bearing the shield aud the shibbolcih of the
they esp,used They relied upon his position and
the associations in which they found him. the surety
Of his fidelity, believing that il he proved uumndiu Of
the obligations implied in these all The express promises
and pledges he might make would be as Intellectual 10
bind him as the lighiest cobwcb.
The undersigned would here close this exposition, il
il were Designed ylndcaion OF themselves, aud no.
thing more, so far as they were instrumental IN brng
ing upon he country the distress and ruin which
peryado it, they cnpent 10 leave their justl-
ca,ipn upon what they havcherc submitted, aud that
branch OF the subject have nothing more 10 say. But
they have not We, done with Mr. Tyler whose claims
TO mere extended examination il, Is not their purpose
to neglect
Who i, was thai frs, suggested the name of this ,nan
rs Wing candidate, OF put II into the heads OF others
to name him. whether the man who did ths may not
have great deal 10 answer for hereafter. they do not
stop To enquire. When they reflect, however that the
Convcn,lpn could with equal have presented To the
Wing party the maine of JAMES BARBOUR, or Of JONI
SERGEANT, or Mp. TALI.MApcG or JonN DAVIS, or
SAMUEL SouTnAap, or WILLIE +. MAHGuM, or hun
dreds Of Others good and true in the Wing ranks,
they cannot but regard the accident which turned up
the name of John Tyler. eminenily uulucky It
probably Of those malignant pranks Of the Evil One.
with which. since his invasion Of Eden, he has boon
continually tormcning mankind, aud for which no hu
being can, before human tribunal be held respou
sihc.
The unler,sn CO mmcnce this review therefore by
declaring that far the hoar Of man. be judged
by outward signs and appearances, both the Convention
and the World had good reason To look upon John Tyler
as every inch Whlg committed and pledged, by word
aud deed. all the cardinal doctrines Of that party.
On the subject OF the public lands he had as member
Of the Virginia Legislature in 1890 declared himself
III both arcport and speech. rs an advocate Of the
measure Of distribution. Declaring in his speech in
substance, hct The compromise aci il, no ,eoy de
padGt pcn any disposition q lie public lands, aud
making in he same speech fling at President jackson
for putting the Distribution Act in his pocket. Again,
his speech in tie United Stairs Senate IN which he
demled IN measured terms, the abuse Of the pow
er, declaring thai in his opinion the Executive had
WINGED determination 10 absorb the whole power. aud
10 destroy the equilibrium of the Government, still
fresh in the recoec ion Of the country And without en-
larglug unan these topics, the undersigned merely re-
mark in this place, that so far the public were ia passes
sion Of Mr.. 1ylcs declordopnions upon the and
inc policy of distribution.
Now when the Convention met at Harrisburg, and
Gov Barbour was called 10 the chair, he declared the
objects which had called that body together speech
of soe length, in which find aud invite particular
attention 10 the following passages:
1.-THE forms of the Constitution retained but It's
spirit Ia gohc--iour President is monarch almos alb
souic. II would be waste of time to prscn TO his
assembly, the facts which would make manifest the just
Of this assertion. To the ncrednous, beyond
these walls let i, be said, who troubles himself
inquire what Congress will do?--bui 81 are alive 10 the
will or te wish Of the Prcsen-his sic roo, jubeo
has been the law Of the land for years past
Again:
"flang out your bannorlet il be inscribed with your
principles. One terra, for the Presidency. PIT down
the horrible prescription Tor opinions sake, which
makes slaves 81 the thousands in Office and the of
thousand aspiring 10 Office who hope by their greater
abasepcnt TO eXpel the incumbents-f instruments TO
make slaves Of ALL Distribute equally the avalls Of
the public domain. amoag the old rs well as the now
States"
Gov BARBOUR. as ,l,eorgan Of the Convention. spoke
its sentiments aud II any Of iis members had come there
with views and opinions differing frum these Expressed
by In, then was the time for him speak and de
clare that difference. whatever it might be- Now john
Tyler thorekcpt his seat during the delivery Of
this address. and uttered syllable of dissent To
any one Of the principles therein announced On The
contrary in the cheering and cIappng Of hands by which
the venerable speaker often interrupted and in the
long continued aud deaenng plauds with which the
speech welcomed at le close, John Tyler joined as
heartily any oher VIII il be said that in Civ
ing outward appreciation TO these principles he still
entertained sentiments at with them all, which he
chose to keep to himself! lfso, the undersigned have
only 10 say, that in conserving to become the candidate
Of men, in whose proclaimed sentiments he had thus
publicly united he committed fraud Of which the yeri
est black-leg might we'll be ashamed.
In connection with this particular topic the under
signed here advert TO the fact, that Mr. Tyler went TO
Harrisburg, he has himself declared sin favor of Hen
Try Clay''ihat while there he was the strenuous and
unceaslne advocate Of his nomnatonfhat he roted TO,
HIM IN has o,cn delegation up the sepcnM and last bal
tofand II his words TO be believed was affected
crcR TO tears when the nomination was given by the
Convention 10 another. Can il be said that he n iph,
be for Mr. Clay, and yet against all the by The
advocacy of which the public life Of that great Statesman
has been distinguished! Are the opinions Of men to BE-
taken, as IN opposition to their acts? Are men tc
be viewed as at cross purposes with thcmscvesl And
did these appearances count nothing in directing the
minds OF the Convention himself as candidate on the
ticket they were about TO iorn2 When there was SC
much room for mlsappreheusion there might be disap
poniment. and he bound therefore as am honest man
to come cut at once and say, "Gentemen, be not do