Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-22
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Campbell county. convened ., the Courthouse OF
sud county. on Mondsy the isih day Of September.
istl In accordance with previous notice; on motion
Doel Ro. w. wi,hers was called TO the chair, and
Charles w. Christian appointed Secretary.
Richard II. Toler. Esq. in a few pertinent re-
marks, stated the object Of the meeting; and con
eluded by Offering the following Preamble AMI Re-
solutions for its consideration, which were unani
mouSy adopted:
Tho whsS Of Campbell CO., in declaring that they
no longer identified, in principle, policy, or SYM
nathy, with John Tyler, notwithstanding their sul-
frases contributed TO swell the overwhe lining no
uuar majority by which he was elevated TO the Vice
Prcs'dcncy, ana, on the lamcnted occurrence ofonc
of the contingencies provided FOR in the constitution.
TO the Pcesidcncy,-deem il due to themselves and
respectful to the community 10 state "ihe cause
which mpe. them to the separation and which
cous,rsin them both TO dencunce Mr.. Tyler, and TO
rcpidite his measures. bare enumerAuon os
these causes, however, must suhhcej since an atsu
m ent upon each in defence of the adverse position
~ hich we have been constrained to assume towards
the Chief Magistrate and the most prominent acts
of his Administration, would be Tar too voluninous
for the occasion.
We shall not. in the performance OF this painfcl
tass-f1r it is always painful to re"ouncr. as un-
w,rthy OF our support and conhden on q whom
we h4d willingly extended both-undertakc 10 ex
anime the opinions at various times expressed 10y
MIR Tyler, upon some OF the suplecs Nv teio'ehCc
20 which he now urges the plea of "toEsisfsRey'
in defence OF his treachery. We content ourselves
upon this point, with saying, that 1t was isir IN
ference from his ardent advocacy OF Mr. Clay for
the Presidency, whose views OF pubic policy, on
those points, were veil known TO be directly anita
sonis, TO those that had been previously avowed by
MIR Tyler even if that inference has not been Tor
tilted, beyond all doubt, by his voluntary dec'ara-
tons, both before and sf,cr his election, 10 many
persons in private intercouTsc,-thst lis carly
bod hee sri and CHI nned, The WINES
believed, that like MIR Madison, 10y whom, as by
other truly elevated minds, constituency was no long
or deemed virtue when il required peStinaeous
adhesion error, and obstinate opposition to the
lights OF reason and experience, MIR Tyler had be-
como convinced that however plausible were his
old opinions theories, they had in practice result
cd most dsastrousy to all the great interests of the
country involving both the Government and the
People in wide spread, and, unless by return TO
the old land marks set up by our fathers, inextri-
cable embarre ssment and distress. Bu, even If MIR
Tyler's appeal his old opinions, in defence Of his
present course, were as triumphant as he and his
friends 10 suppose there is still more striking
end disgraceful illustration Of his reachsry TO the
principles and the party that elevated him II power
which no ingenuity can exenuate or jas'ity-We
refer 10 the fact that, not content with refusing TO
CO operate with the Wings upon the questions 10
reference which he resorts TO this plausible but
false pretence he has also withheld his appreciation
from at least leading object of Wing policy, and
has absolutely defeated il by the unwaranabie
exercise of the Veto, TO which he wss publicly
pledged and to which consistency therefore, as well
ne fidelity TO party associations and engagements,
solemnly bound him. Why does he insist upon
being consistent, only when an adherence to old
opinions enables him 10 thwart the party that Gle
waited him TO powet7 Why does he deem it no Dis
credit TO be inconsistent When an adherence to
old opinions would advance the views and establish
the policy of that pnrty
We might also refer with propreiy, in this con-
necicn, TO the appointment by MIR Tyler, of his
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stations, and the removal of Wings, who assisted
to place him 10 office, TO enable him, for his own
selfish purposes, thus to bes;ow the patronage Of
the goveEnment-and likewise 10 his Inaugural
pledge in reference TO the noasin;erferen;e Of Office
holders party politics, so far IRON observing which
he has since VIGOROUSLY removed officers whose
only offence refusal 10 prostitute their Official
patronage and influence 10 electIoneerlng purposes,
while he still holds the rod suspended in eTt0rem
over others, equally stubborn-thus adopting, IN
stead of correcting, one of the worst practices OF
the Van Buren, administration, by bringing the
patronage OF the federal government into conflict
with the freedom of elections. Ii Mr. Tyler had
bsen really Wig in principle as we'll rs IN pro
Observation-Disclosures he might have differed with that
party n single point, he would not have used
the patronage placed IN his hands by their Efforts
means of furnishing" them, and CT "rewarding'
their opponents, by whom he had been bitterly
traduced well violently opposed in his polIil-
cal aspirations. II any doubt remained Of his
ireachery the Wings, the above enumerated facts
connection with the position recently assumed by
his friends unquestonably with his concurrence, II
not At his nstisaon, that he is prepared to submit
his claims to re-election-,hsreby violating the One
Term principle, 10 which he was not only pledged
but OF which he pri1ed himself on being the author
to the decision Of a democratic Convention
would remove every shadow OF doubt The effron-
terry of such annunciation, on the part OF Whiy
President SC rcely yet in his seat is psrillel>
ed only by the stupidity which cannot perceive, or
The insensib lily which cannot Iee, the scorn and
contempt IL has inspired in the breas OF every hon
orabe man, Of every party, except that boasiiul
"Guard," the number Of which scarcely entities II
10 the appellatiOn OF n faction.
Tho wings are repToached-wh how little JUS
tics is known TO every attentive observer oil the
events OF the last fifteen mon;hs-with having failed
redeem thois pledges to tho people in the cam
paisn Of iS40 though, strange 10 say, the very
who in one breath thus reproach us in the next a;
temp: to rdicu'e by declaring that only "prin-
ciples" were the homely and expressive embems
that were embezoned upon our banners. But I'D q.
init the charge TO be true. How and why have
faledi A majority of both Houses Of Congress-
nj the Extra Session convened by the lamented
Harrser, the full extent Of the calatnitous conse
queries Of whose death not even dimly cha
cowed forth when that event fel, like peal Of
thunder the public ear,-we say majority Of
roth Houses Of Congress. passed oct for the in.
corporation Of National Bink-thatmeasurc being,
in their opinion Of primary importance IN the resto-
Tflion OF sound currency and IN the equalization
Of exchanges between remote sections OF tho Union
--reasoning very Justly from tie fact that past
pcrience had demonstrated the capacity OF Nation
nj Bank TO recfy the manifold evils Of dIsordered
currency, as we'll Us the certainty Of its deTange-
ment and depreciation 10 the absence Of such an in
stituton. But this bill MIR Tyler vetoed and thereby
at tie very outset Of his administration, foiled the
Wing party, in one Of the most essential points Of
their policy. And political opponeniF, even
while tapnthg with failure to redeem our
pledges vndicate and applaud tho exerton Of the
despoiic power by which that future was rendered
jnevitab.d
But so solicous were the Wings to conci'iale Mr.
Tyler, that they famed another Bark Bill, divest
cd Of oil those features which, FIR Il sy might
Judge fom his Veto Message rendered i: objection
able TO the President, and by inserting suc6 others
az be pleased to prescribe the sole condition
of his approval. That bill, after deliberate ex-
animation, flor submitted TO his scrutiny be-
fore il reported TO Congress,) he ayowtd his
willingness TO sign-anj yet, as tickle as the wealth
crock which obeys the changing winds, no sooner
did Congress pass than he vetoed that bill also,
bc had done its predecessor. And our opponents
spplnude1 his independence Of the Wing party, and
his Reputation Of Wing doeifiBtS by this act the
necessary fleet Of which TO defeat an essential
feature Of Wig poliey-while, with michloss tfron
terry, they reprOaeh uS fof failure to redeem our
pledges 10 the peOple-a failurs caused by on act
which they themselves applauded, and the author OF
which has suddenly become one Of their iayOrits
staesmen-- winning his way 10 their hearts 10y his
treachery 10 the Wigs, os, on o. least ore signal
occasion before he obtlintd he support Of the Wing
party by troachery TO thtm Thus the new Iea
son obternies the remembrance Of the old
C,0nUrfeg lis REGULAR se ,niOn which has