The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-22
FIRM the X chmoHd Enquirer. u
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CALUMNlA-
TORS.


TORS.
We conceive it to be the duty of the friends of The
Preside To defend him from the attacks of his quon
IAN fri nds. NO me has been rudely wanloniy,
aud unJnstly assaled th,n has been Mr. Tyler. Al
most every harsh epi bet known TO ouI own, or any
ahcr language has bren pressed INTO the serv &c, Ia
rider to enable the foes of the President 10 suly has
good name. His private, we'll as his political cha
rcer has been assaled with purpose and deslIh 10
rduce the pubic TO PREJUDICE, and TO condemn him
unheard. Knowing u we'll that the nigh, important,
aud dignited station which he occupied would pre-
cent hin even ii disposed 10 do SOY from entering the
held 10 repe and put down the many ISLANDERS Uttered
ana witt, against HIN, the Accu,ers of the PRESIDENT
nave, with zeal deserving better cainngi continued
assal AID attack him. The public mind mas hot
peen ALLOW ed 10 enjoy moments calm, whereby To
Judge he acts OF the President fairly and niaralIy
lut wing editors dread that ia fair opponu-
any were Afforded Tor the purpose II would 4urn OUT,
hat instead of Mr. fy efs being traitor e. his coun-
~, The charge would fall upon that prlion of the
Wing party who are now 80 ciamorous agalns Mr. ly-
Ter ask Is 1t right, Is IL just that the ubllc mind
should be kept IN such excited state, id day by day
wan healed and partisan oduc,ions, lest the people
should, In their caimer and sober feecuons, be
disposed 10 render justice To the Chief Magistrate of
AIS Union This state of things cannot will not last,
nd the Wings will find, To ihelr sorrow, that when
Reaction takes place, 1t must aud will do their
ause will suffer, and suffer greatly by Their own m
prudence We have, Tor time, felt disposed TO
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putting down the unjust charges against the President
We have, hitherto RETAINED tron doing TO- because
We expected ADLER pens and wiser heads, would en-
gage In this matter. We shall preface hat we have 10
say by brief staten mt of the Presidents poiica
nls,ory AT u very early age he was called by his
native county the Legislature of his State and
at his very outset in political hfe, he openly avowed
md acted out the doctrines contained IN the Republi-
creed. From the Legislature of Virginia, he was
called to seat la the House of Representatives OF the
(1nnad Vt IN hat hIpf ut
Jwn State-and, again, to the Senate Of the United
States. ln ALL and each Of these stations he showed
oy his messages speeches. and es that he belonged
to that school of Virginia politicians, whose glory u,
was TO stand, to stand in the front rank OF
Republic anism, whenever It's doctrines were as
sailed, ellher by foreign domestic fo's. The
President belonged and acted with that gallant
band that went Tor the Constitution as IT Is, and
who iepudiaed the heresy of Clay and COMPANY
who advocated the doctrine, that the end would
justify the means or in other words, iha' tie
Constitution should be always construed literally, and
not strictly W hen the celebrated Proclamation OF
General Jackson was ushered forth to the world, an
unfortunate split took place in the Republican ranks,
aud, among many other sound and wise men, Mr..
Tyler separated from his party and they and he form
ed an equally unfortunate alliance with tie then OPP
position. But state, without fear OF successful
contradiction, that the opinions Of MIR. Tyler under
weat no change. He still retained and acted out
his old doctrines. In 1896, Mr.. Tyler selected
by the supporters of Judge White, as Wee Pres-
dent, upon his tcket-and by the Republican
portion Of the Wing party, who sustained General
Harrison their candidate for Vice President, upon
their ticket In 1910, Mr. Tyler was again select
ed the candidate for Vice President, upon the
Harrison ticket, and for the purpose no doubt, OF
retaining in the Wing ranks that portion who were
of the Republican Falkland, but for this, could
General Harrison hare been elected? We beg that 1t
may be remembered that, from 1886 to lS4l, the
Wing editors, throughout the length and breadth oil
the land in cities, towns, hamets and country from
Maine to Florida, and the Atlantic to the " lar II
West upon the mountain top, and IN the values, III
hotels, aud steamboats, and steam cars, upon the
court green, upon the highway, and by the hresde,
proclaimed over, and and again, that John
Tyler was wise aud profound statesman, an honest
pure and patriotic politician, OF sound Republican
principles, and part cularly hat he was ant-Bank J!
Mark the word! anti-Bank J! We shall only consi-
der 1t necessary to speak of Mr. Iylers political cha
racter, for, we but believe that II must produce
disgust and contempt in the minds ote cry one, whose
good opinion Is worth having, that there can be found
those who lost to every feeling that characte-
re either the moralist the christian as to lead
themselves for pay or TO crafty some bad purpose,
to SANDER and deiame individual who has passed
through long life without the shadow even OF sus-
picion resting upon him. We are unwilling to do
Mr. Tyler the injustice of even attempting to defend
his private character-lor, by dong, we should,
in appearance at least seem to admit that he has
been injured by the darts thrown at him. We can
but beueve, mat hey have all been pointess, and
have fallen at his feet, and left him unframed and
unlnjured, although welded by the muscular arm OF
Bell, Badger or Ewing. Up to May, ls4l
MIR. Tyler, in the estimation of the Wings, was every
thing lovely and desirable in private life, and bright
star among the brightest of the Wings We design
hereafter to continue this subject.
BETA, A Republican.