The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-24
From the Nortoich { Ct.) Neaos
THE ADMINISTRATION. a.

The position Of President Tyler has ceased to
prise by its peculiarly but this feeling has been sup
planted by deadly opposition the part Of that por
ton Of the Wing party who attached to the inte-
rests of MI Clay This opposition has been evinced
in every possible manner at FIRST coverty: after the
destruction of the Bank bills, by the interposon of
the Executive authority, by loud and deep eff
Ky burnings, and by addresses, branding the chief
Executive of the nation with the Of traitor and
calculated to iname the pTejudices and passions OF
reckless and unprincipled partsans. Even the balls
of Congress- the seat of the collected wisdom and pa
tIotism ~ Of the country has been disgraced with
repeated TRADES OF abuse against John Tyler-abuse
indiscriminate and unmerted This abuse has come
from both parties-from the Wings, who hated him
for his stern and unyelding opposition to their favo-
rite measures of extravaganza and doubtful if not ex-
ploded system of legislation from the Democratic
party, because he was none of theirs, but the choice
of the Wings Thus has John Tyler presented the
striking anomaly of President without party--un-
pledged, unsllackled-free to exercise the high and
powerful functions of his Office for the good of the
whole country.
And what ia the character and tendency of the
proposed to be carried out by the Admins
tralion? We answer first, not the establishment Of
National Bank. The two vetoes which have en-
anated from the President decisive this point
But this is not all; the views of the Executive
upon this subject have been fully and repeatedly ex
pressed to his elevaon-as well previous as since
There was room for mistake in this matter and
when John Tyler received the nomination Of the Wing
party, Vice President, it was with perfect know-
edge on their part, of what his views were, but with
out the most remote idea, it is true, that he would
ever be placed in situation successfully TO bring them
into action and thus conflict with their own peculiar
wishes. Another point of difference in the policy of
the Administration from that of the ultra wing party
is the manner in which the question of protective
tariff is regarded. The Administration wishes to lay
tariff that will raise sufficient for the wants
of the Government and in laying that tariff to afford
al nOt fayO ne
of high tayf for the simple purpose of protection,
without regard the amount of the neces-
siy of the Government The President is also in fa-
of devong the proceeds of the public lands to the
payment of the national debt and opposed to dstrbu-
ton if those funds are required for that purpose
Such are the leading features of the Administra-
ton; opposed to which is arrayed the bitter faction
of Wings, with Henry Clay as its leader, who advo-
Gates National Bank-high tarif-and the distrbu-
ton policy. We have entertained for MIR. Clay
the highest respect statesman, and for the many
noble stands he has taken las legislator. Too
much praise cannot be awarded him as the chief in
strumentality in the passage of the Bankrupt law.
For this, the grateful thanks of thousands of Ameri-
can freemen will be showered upon his head. But in
the position of hostility against the present Admins
tration, in which he has permitted himself to be
placed, if indeed he has not openly assumed such a
position himself, do not witness the workings Of
ambition, which, in the opinion of all candid and
truly honest men, must if successful, prove alike a
tai to the interests of the country and the future fame
of its distinguished possessor?
1t would seem work of supererogation to adduce
any arguments to prove that the Administration Of
John Tyler is emphatically the Peoples administra
tion-the whole country is represented in his per.
son--he has assumed the solemn obligation of exer-
cising his high powers for the advancement of the
great common interests of the whole. He has no
mnions at his feet-no party at his back-no ambi-
ton to crafty in the faithful, impartial and u
dcious discharge of the duties incumbent upon him
The part of wisdom-the dictate of patriotsm-the
duty of feemen-all point to the sacred duty of sup
porting an impartial and conservative administration