Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-22
JONATHAN R0BERrs'S sTATEsIEsr

III tetief recently written by john Ty er com
nlitec Of his friends in New York thar gentleman as
snmes the singular position that he is President with
out party 50 he IS not bound To sustain the doctrines r
principles Of any party but that hn left perfectly free
TO pursue Whatever his caprice or his MISSIONS
may dictate, any subject Which may be presented fur
lbs decision. And lie thus argues because MS he saws
he went into the Presidential oiicc not as all his nr,e
cessos had done by HE direct OF tie people but nv
The happening If one OF hose contingencies pruvdea Ear
by the constitution; and the occnrrcnceof which he save
had always been regarded with apprehension. as likely
10 put to the lest tie self preserving power Of that in
srnmen This is certainly Of the strannest idsas
that was ever generated in the brain Of man Of oanory
understanding. II Is 'rue that Mr. TYLER WAS elect,d
ee PRESIDENT Instead OF President. but j ,rhom nas he
electcdf ny ne Uhigs certanlv-And ,rbu was he
nominated BY that party, with full knowledge ofcourse
hatoneoi The contingencies provided for ~ the consljt
non,by which he northumberland oihe Presidency nylf
happehi Was 1t net thai he thru proessed 10 be an ar
ded Hing, md rns a1oUs, ere,l 10 tears for te elcc
Ito" 10 The Presidency Of Henry Cay.--ho very impcr-
sunat',n and embodiment Of VI hig prneipes and tho
ardent advocate Of the very measures which have been
defeated by Mr. Tyers gross abuse Of the Veto novcr7
Alaniestly So He was, indeed himself menber If
HE Wing Convention at Harrisburg -sipnifying his
zeal for thai party nv TRAVELLING so,a,, l l., -
from home in the denth or .,n,or AMI :, a.. t..
his own nurse for tL,. nrrrose of oloo;.... r.
the supporter of all The measures ,ho ,1,,;
he now s.Gnbijsv by bis ,o,on,:aI
purpose of delca,lno AIR Va, p,r.n, :.
would have gene rally done had no hoen 70 ,la,al
eSey what MI Tyler has dopc!! Why was Mr. w
''' 50 so,'eouS hf Tie overthrow of MIR. Van Buren,
AZ O.
"""' MI l. oihelal acts correspond with the oln-
"'S nc aSe"ed al Harrisburg generally concurrod with
nun !" "p'olo"f And why WAS he in favor Of Mr.. Cay's
'"c"on, "heh henow tell the truth about his '.cosis
'"9 he was At that very time hostile to all the princi
P,es OF Mf. oay and would have been compelled lad
VI - oeen erected to oppose all his measures} The
,ae' Is mol So Mr. Tyler was 4 Wing at Harrisburg:
"e "'Sa " mg al " heolIng, months afterwards when
i, "'o"eo himself III favor Of National Bank; he was
. s al ''euoehF'lie and at Ptshurg. Just before the
III i0io' "hen he declared that his opinions on
'e ann ana Ds'riuon questions Identical with
''o'e on'eI'aled by hen ilaf.sjn AID By 5h ChiL he
""' " n'9 "heh ten. Hafrisan was nau!naated; he
WAS " ing alter ten liarlsone dcah. and ,ciel he
"toe ms o'rh inaugural fddfeSs III which no sentiment
lofN9 hostile to W Ing principles or to Wing measures
""u III "Heh Inc most keon-sehted Of his new allies
Noo' Then his opponcnts) saw nothing to inspire the
'dhles' nope OF theoecurrence Of subsequent events
bu', even II 1t be true that Mr. Tyler, coming into the
PRESIDENCY as he did is not therefore pledged either by
"ord' orey necessary implication, (Which to a man OF
hoho'' Is as binding as his written bond,) to lie parry
which placed him IN the position to profit by cons,tl
u'nai contingency, without whose votes, Therefore
uat constitutional contingency ,uld nev,r hive ,,,xI
to hisbcncf, he s,ael .., -. ~, en-, .,,.