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better account. Does not its appearance
IN print impose it upon US as duly, ir
justice TO the Wings in Congress, and tc
the President himself, Gf it be possible
10 dIsabuse his mind J to repel the i'm
Putatlon upon the former that lhev are
or have been acluated exclusively, in
the discharge Of their public duties, by
tacIlous hostility 10 him2 That there
may be individuals in Congress, whose
prejudice against the President, like his
own prejudice against them, is strong
enough to bias their judgment in cases
where the President is concerned. we
shall not undertake to deny, though, SC
lar as our personal knowledge is con.
cerned, we might do so conscienliously
But that there is single individual
among the Wings in Congress who is
so b'gotted, or so excited by the occur.
rences OF the last year. as to be govern
cd IN his voles upon public measures ex.
cIusIVeIy by the consideration of how
President Tyler will be affected by
them, we do not believe, and never shall
be convinced until we have better evi.
dence Of the fact than mere assertion
from any quarter. Much less is it true,
or susceptible Of belief by any candid
man, that the body Of noble Wings,
who came into Congress upon the same
Tide OF popular feeling which bore the
President himself into his place, all, ex.
cept some half a dozen individuals, be-.
came corrupt and factious, and willing
slaves 10 clique Of any sort.
That there has existed a deliberate
design TO play upon the Presidents sen
sibiIitias-to produce an impression up.
on his mind that there was a conspiracy
among the Wings to shape the legisla-
ton of Congress so as 10 obstruct his
wishes has been long apparent. This
is one Of the arts by which interested
spectators in politics have sought to
make the Presidential power and pslro.
mage subsetvienl TO their own ends
For them every thing was accomplished
If they could separate the President
from those with whom he came into
power as a friend and associate. This
was best to be effected by instiIing into
his mind distrust and dislike, in the place
of that confidence which, under ordina
ry circumstances, it is the duty of
Patriot President TO repose in the inleg
rity and purity Of the co ordinate
branches Of the Government. That by
such arts designing men have but too
we'll succeeded in poisoning the mind
Of The President, is manifest from the
tone Of his Letter His mind is COM
petely abused; and he laborS undera de
Iusion concerning the motives Of Con-
gress, the extent of which must surprise
every body, and the evidence Of which,
contained in the letter before US, must
give more pain TO his real friends than
to any Ofha supposed enemies.
For ourselves we are free to declare
our belief that those who have imbued
the President with the opinions which
he expresses Of Congress have been un'
just TO Congress aud unkind If not
ueacherous 10 him. Never have we
seen a more laborious Congress, or one
more bent upon the pursuit Of such mea-
sures as they believed to be required by
the public good. Dlsdalnng all petty
considerations, instead Of yielding TO
such-oVercoming such obstacles as no
Congress has ever before had 10 encoun
ter. the Wing majorities 10 the two
Houses have by their main strength
passed all The measures necessary 10
carry on The Government, and are now
most assiduousIy engaged, in the face
Of the most discouraglng circumstances,
in endeavoring 10 establish permanent
revenue. Nor will their courage be
damped, or their labors slackened, even
by the evidence which this letter affords
Of the unfriendly and dsrespect(u sen.
tments entertained by the Executive
towards them. They will go on, re-
gardIess Of the Executive frOwn, to dis
charge their duty, and pass those mea-
sures without which the Executive
would soon be without power, and the
Government itself become a nonentty
That much remains yet undone by
Congressional much more may be
done, and indeed that it will be done,
for The great interests Of the nation, we
entertain no doubt. That all will not
be done that even in our opinion ought
to be, we think it is highly probable
We should be happy we're it otherwise.
But shall we on that account denounce
Congress as being exclusively swayed
by a spirit of faction, or as sacrificing
the good of the country TO petty scheme:
Of hatred or ambiion9 Common chari
ly, not 10 speak Of Christian duty, for
bids such harsh and iIiberal cons,ruc
ton.
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