The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-05
From the Boston Daily Times,
POLITICAL TREASON

Among the many accusations which the rabid par
tisans and partisan papers have brought against Pre-
sdent Tyler, charges OF perhdy and reachery to
the electors who raised him to office. How utt ry
false and groundless such charges are, any who
has read the papers for couple of years back will
perceive at glance. Mr.. Tyers veto of the Bank
bill the signal for this party cry of treason He
was accused OF deserving his friends and supporters
and aburing the principles of General Harrison Now
Now, political men know very well that the lament
ed Harrison stood forth, during the Presidential can.
vass as an advocate Of National Bank, he would
never have been triumphantly successful. He dis
tnctly expressed his dstrust OF the bank project and
his opinions were trumpeted abroad and spread be-
fore the people for their approval by the very
who were recently driven almost to phrenzy by the
defeat of their hopes to establish bank In various
parts Of the country ople were told that General
Harrison enemy OF the bank, and Tor this rea-
son alone many honest man deposited his vote for
the ant-bank candidate As for John Tyler associa-
ted with Harrison on the electoral ticket, and sharing
the glory of his triumph his principles were perfectly
well known, for he had never concealed them from
scrutiny or Stunned their avowal. He always
true Democrat of the Jefersonian school. His opn-
ions on the great questions which had convulsed the
country were thoroughly known to the electors That
he was opposed to bank and high tariff, no one
for moment doubted-no one pretended to deny
On the contrary, his opinions were bazoned abroad
and made the watchwords by which thousands of the
wavering and Indifferent secured active can
vassers and voters The triumphant success of Har-
rson and Tyler is too recent an event to detain
moment. BY the sudden death Of the venerable Chief
Magistrate, John Tyler is placed in the Presidential
chair There is change of men, but not of princi-
PIES for the opinions of Mr.. Tyler, IN all essential
points, exactly coincide with those Of the amented
Harrison. Scarcely had the voice of public mourn
ing died away-scarcely had Mr. Tyler been installed
in Office, than the leading partisans began to show
their lplicty and daring. They began to sound
the President to views and purposes, and finding
that he showed symptoms of impracticability, pre-
pared for attempt at eoercng him into a support
of their measures and an acknowledgment of their
supremacy. Having risen into power, they treated
with arrogance the wants OF those who had raised
them to their station.
How soon they made manifest that the anti bank
cry which they had raised during the election was
mere trick to deceive the multitude They thought
or affected to think, that President Tyler also had
been deceving the people as grossly themselves
that his professions and avowals only part of
that system Of eectioneerng tactics which IS based
upon the maxim-"a is fair in politics." Finding,
however that he scorned deception and disguise the
partsans in Congress raised the senseless cry of
streason !" Treason echoed their tools and
"treasonl" re-echoed all the shameless partisan
presses in the country. No language was severe
enough for their denunciation of the President He
had broken his promises-ms pedges-he was a
traitor. Now, we should be 81 d to know tchat
pledges he has violated. We have all a,ng believed
and rejoced in the belief, that the country was now
fortunate enough to possess Chief Magistrate, who
came into power unetered by any pledges TO party,
and therefore free to follow the dictates of reason
conscience, and the love of country. We think it
will puzzle the most contrving man among Mr. w.
lers opponents to point out single pledge that he
has made and broken, the Wing party to any other
party. But though he came into power unpledged
to any party we should have placed very little re-
ance on the President if he had acted inc consistently
with regard to his former political life and avowed
opinions Now, the fact is, that he has not commit
ted single act which initiates against nythng he
did previous to the late Presidential election 1t is
the very stab ity of his opinions and the frmness
with which he maintains them that has drawn down
upon his head tie abuse and maledctions of a party
majority. The manner in which this warfare has
been carried on-the length TO which it has been
pusbed-have been noticed and denounced by honest
men Of all parties And now, so thoroughly is the
character of toe belgerens und rstood that the cry
of treason is heard with contempt and Indignation
And truly it is a most unfortunate cry for those
who gave IT utterance-for a spirit of inquiry is
abroad, and the charge of treason will be brought
home TO the guilty. Men begin 10 say that if the
waste of public money occasioned by long unpro6t
able session-if systematic neglect Of duties for