The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-09-24

the Harrisburg Convention, which nomna-
led John Tyler, have written an address
to the people Of the State. From it We
make the following extract, and regret
that we have not room for ii all
The Undersigned here take leave of the
occurrences at Harrisburg, and proceed
without further remark, to present Mr..
y!er to view in the relation of candi-
date before the people. The obligations
implied in tina. relation, have their foun-
daL!nn IN the common sense of mankind,
and resolve themselves at last into the sim
pie postulate, that a man is bound 10 per-
torn his promise. The candidate who
would permit great party to put forth
lhelr strength, IN protracted and emoit-
tered struggle for his elevation to power
and that not on his own account, but
as the mean and the instrument of affecting
certain uvowed political results-~who
could during the whole contest look quiz
city on, his ear catching at intervals the
sound OF his own name coming up from
the {. fc, as the war-cry and the token OF
tho great principles depending upon the
issue-the man who could witness all
this, knowing that the party who had cho-
sen him for their leader were deluded by
his own professions, and mus, in the end
be mistaken in their man, could have
nothing to boas. Of superior morality owe:
the poor lnaier arraigned at the bar Of
criminal justice for obtaining goods by
false presences. And if he could feel
comfortable in the possession of power
obtained by such means, would never
lack the will, though he might the cour-
age, of presenting pistol and demanding
the purse of the peaceful traveller Oh the
highway.
The undersigned lament to say that
this Is no sketch of the fancy. Forbid
ding as it may be, to the moral sense of a
vlr'uous community, yet John Tyler of
Charles City County, in the Common
wealth Of Virginia, sat for the picture.
In the memorable contest Of 1904
contest which excited the public expcc,a-
ton and anxiety to pitch far betonI any
exanple in our national annais--he was
not mere passive spectator. lie min
gied freely in The strife, and as he ;raver.
std the country, and crossed the noun
talns, ana passed through the great Saies
of the West, had but to open ms eyes, -
behold floating from every house TOP, snd
borne In all the vast processes and iesl-
walls Of the day, the banners and standards
Of the Wings, with bis own name in COT
nexion with "a National Bank" "a pro-
tec.ive tariff and "the Land Bill" biazon.
ed upon them all. The principles of he
Whig party hat become objects Of sense,
and he could not fail to see them every
where. He knew himselfto be the organ
selected and held forth BY them, with his
own free consent, If not BY his own pro-
eurement, to eiieciuate their hopes anI
objects.-The terms implied in his con-
nexion with that party, were as Gislinc;lr
known and understood on all hands, az
II they had been reduced to writing and
he had put his name to them. There was
not man in the natioG who did not
AHo" N'Sob ot1o I'NHc hHeW IL OeltsI Illdl
John Tyler. And yet with his own o.
plnions, as he noU informs us, long made
up against all the leading measures of
Wig policy, he never permitted even
hint or whisper to escape his lips, cal
culated put them on their guard agans.
the perGdy he WAS then medla.ins against
them.
On the contrary he attended their fes-
tivals 8 and Toasted and shouted and
pledged them in many toast and senli-
ment-ana all the while kept his own
distractions and crockets securely locked
up in his own bosom.~-And on one oc-
casion he even took from his pocket-book.
a bill of the United States Bank, and ex-
hibitlng it to a large assembage OF cisi-
zens, declared that stalk as men might
abou! gold and silver, he wanted no better
currency than that" Again, in letter
written during the canvass TO the Wings
of Pittsburg, he held this language: My
opinions were fully expressed at st. Glars
vile and Steubenville. At both places, in
regard to the question: 'what are your
opinions as to the TARIFF | answered
that was in favor ola distribution of the
proceeds Of the public lands among the
States, in favor Of raising the revenue by
duties on imports, in opposition to re-
sort to system Of direct taxation.' And
again he declared: ~ an true and gen
uine Whigj and in the Capitol, yonder,
have shewn my love Of Wing principles"
What party, i, may be asked, could hes
i.a.e to trust candidate, bound to them
by the accumulated pledges and promises
expressed and implied, here already de-
tailed! What human intelligence, with
81. the spirit of prophecy, could fOreses
;2s. this man, W hen installed in the Chair
ot Chief Magistrate, should in the face of
all this be opposed to Bank, or to any
establishment bearing the name OF Bank?