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event Of its being necessary to raise the im-
posts above the rate fixed by the act of Com
promise. am against the principle Of one
term for the Presidency, and if Chief Magis.
tra,e can SO use the powers of his office as to
procure his own reelection, hold that he may
properly do so.' If he had with the manliness
of Virgnan and gentleman, come out with
an explanation like this, then it is certain that
no man could have been deceived, but it is
equally certain that he would have returned to
Charles City County without the nomination,
and therefore, no such explanation was made or
attempted.
! Bat his most decided and significant demon
stration at Harrisburg, was upon the question
Of National Bank. The facts are these
Whilst the Convention was still in session, and
the nominations pending before it, Mr.. Tyler
sought out Gov. Owen OF North Carolina, and
made him the following communication
"Tha, his views on the bank question had under
gone an entire change that he believed the establish
mcnt of a National Bank TO be alike indispensable as
fiscal agent of the Government, and 10 the restora-
ton Of the currency and exchanges of the country;
| and he thought that all constitutional objections
ought to yield to the various Executive Legislative
| anu JutCIal utCISiUUsO vi tIlc ulCstlUHs
The fact that Mr.. Tyler did make in substance
this communication, rests upon evidence which
cannot be shaken, and it is believed has never
| been denied. And it proves two things II
proves, first, that he doubted the willingness of
Wing Convention to place the name of any
man on their ticket, of whose opinions OH the
great question OF Bank there was any uncer-
tainty and it proves, farther, his own solcitude
to remove any suspicion which his own former
opinions on that question, and which some in
that body might peradventure remember, might
attach to himself. lie determined, therefore,
by making full recantaton of those obnoxious
opinions, to remove the obstacles which they
might interpose to his hope of obtaining the
nomination. And having thus determined, Gov.
OWEN was the man, of all others, to whom it
was eXpedicnt TO confess his sins. lie was the
Chairman of tho Committee through whom all
nominations must find their way to the Con.
venton. The nomination of Mr.. Tyler himself,
when it ai'erward unhappily came before that
body was, in point of fact. announced by Gov.
OWEN. Mr. Tyler knew, therefore, that
should any objection be made to his name, eli.
Their in the Committee or the Convention, Gov
OWEN would be there, instructed and prepared,
to make ia his name the necessary explanations.
HIS rccantation, therefore, TOGO. OWEN, was
equivalent to an open proclamation Of it by him.
self before the assembled Convention, and was
tantamount to his saying" Make me your
candidate, gentlemen, and you shall have no
. ~ al ,T
on tho subject Of National Bank. What |
thought previously on that question, think no
longer. II your object is 10 establish Bank,
elect ne, and ! will unite with you in that
objeci"
The undersigned here take leave ofthe occur
rences at lIarrisourgh, and proceed withou,
further remark, to present Mr.. Tyler to view
in the relation OF candidate before the people
The obligations implied in that relation, have
their foundation IN the COMMON sense OF man
kind, and resolve themselves at last into the
simple postulate, that a man is bound TO perform
his promise The candidate who could permit
great party TO put forth their strength, in a
protractcd and embittcred struggle for his ele-
walton to power-and that not on his own ac-
count, but as the means and the instrument OF
eli',c;ing certain avowcd political results--who
could during the whole contest look quietly on,
his car catching at intervals the sound of his own
name coming up from the strife, as the war-cry
and the token OF the great principles depending
upon the lssue-the man who could witness all
this, knowing tla; the party who had chosen him
for their leader were deluded By his own pro-
LESSONS, AMI must in the end be mistaken in
their man, could have nothing to boast of su2e.
rior morality over the poor loa,er arraigncl al
the bar OF criminal justice for obtaining goods BY
false pretenres. And if he could feel com.orta-
bic in the possession OF power obtained by such
means, he would never lack the will, though he
might the courage. Of presenting pistol anC
demanding the purse Of the peaceful trayc Hen
on the highway.
The undersigned lament to say that this is NJ
sketch of The fancy. Forbdling as it may be
to the moral sense Of a virtuous community
yet John Tyler Of Charles City County, in the
Commonwealth Of Virginia. sat for the picture.
In the memorable contest of 1si0-a contes
which excited the public expectation and anx
ie'y to pitch far beyond any example in our ma
tional annals--he was not a mere passive spec
lator lie mingled freely in the strife, and az HI
traversed the country, and crossed the noun
tains, and passed through the great States o
the West, had bu. to open his eyes to boholc
, heating from every house-'op, and borne in al
the vast professions and festivals OF the day. tn,
banners and standards Of the Wings, with hi
. own name in connection with "A Natona
: Bank" A protective Tariff" and the Lam
4 Bill blazoned upon them all. The principle
of The Wing party had become objects of sense
O and he could not fail to see them every where
lie knew himself to be the organ selected an,
held forth by them, with his own procurement
, to efectuate their hopes and objects. The term
;, imp'ied in his connection with that party wer
as distinctly known and understood on all hand
as il they had been reduced to writing and h
- had put his name to them. There was not
man in the nation who did not know this, an
= none knew it better than John Tyler. And We
- with his own ODnons. as he nam i,f,r,,s n,