The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-25
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

excitement, that poiltlcai hspecdHeheie
struggles between aspiraDts for power and place
leaving out of view altogether the interests Of
the masses and the welfare of the Republic.
Ultra Wing con,ended hand TO hand with ultra
Democrat And the fruits of victory, on either
hand were the "spoils." This desperate party
madness reached its limax in lS40. We do
not wonder that those who believe in special
interpretations of Providence attribute the eyeLts
of l94l 10 the act of God-that God who brought
us safely through the storm Of the Revolu-
ton.
There was an unprecedented moral grandeur
and political sublimity in the events OF 1S4l.-
However dark and lowering may be the frowns
of disappointed faction however corious the
sluices of calumny poured upon the h. ad OF the
one who aimed the fatal blow at insane lltralsm;
however much his wisdom may be lmpeached,
and his heart impugned-the name OF JOHN
TYLER will be pointed to on the page OF history
by future generations, as an example OF seli-de-
votion and unalloyed patriotism, never surpass-
ed by human being since the foundation OF the
world He had been placed ON the ticket for
Vice President as a REPUBLICAN OF THE OLD
SCHOOL, by The Wings, TO insure the support OF
moderate Democrats. Such support was award
ed him, for he was truly and honestly what he
was represented to be. The ticket was
successful Immediately after the election
the disguise was thrown aside by the lead
ers of the triumphant party The PeoIle
were betrayed. 1t was no longer Re
publican victory. 1t must be called and
considered Clay triumph. The politicians
used the Republican principles Of '9s as
means, an instrument, to effect their purposes.
Now they must be thrown aside DIS useless, and
Federal System of measures adopted by the
party in power, at the dictalon OF one who
claimed to be the head of the Wing" party.
Al this juncture the nterposing hand of Provl-
dence was wisely thrust from Heaven in our
midst The President was snatched away; and
for the first time since the existence of the Go
vernment, the Vice President, in accordance
with provision of the Constitution, was to as
sumo the duties of Chief Magistrate. From
his peaceful homestead in Virginia, the Rep b.
ican Vice President was called TO assume the
rens of Government. He repaired TO the Cap
ital, and found the country still convulsed by
the contentious of the two great political par
ties-"Whg" and Democratic. The one claim
ed him as its own-the other looked on in sui
len silence. The " Wings" claimed the merit
of having elected him, forgetting that it was
his Republican principles that gave them
victory and doubted not, as he had no organ
lied party of his own, that he would at once
identify himself with all their mad party mea-
sures. The Democrats remembered that he
had been with them in principle and person,
until some of their men, in his opinion, had
yielded to the seduc,ions Of party excesses and
they looked on in silence, without claiming any
thing at his hands; though offering neither hosti-
ty nor friendship, they hoped he would defeat the
ruinous measures Of their adversaries. Thus
they stood-a mighty host on either side, and
he alone in their midst. On the left, the
'Whigs" beckoned him to join them and at
the same time threatened political extermina-
ton if he abandoned them. Before the election
they knew he was opposed to their leading
measure-now he must submit unconditionallyto
sanction it. The host on the right awaited
in gloomy silence his action. They had no
communication with him. They were armed,
and ready to assal him as soon as he gave the
signal of hostility The ultra leaders whom he
had denounced on leaving their party, were still
with them. Both armies, however, were COM
posed chiefly Of the partsans, not the People
of the country. AT this trying moment he con-
sidered first his duty to his country, not to par
IT, The Peoples eyes, the eyes of the world,
as well as those of the politicians, were on him.
He looked TO the Constitution, and neither
Wing nor Democrat was mentioned in it. The
PEOPLE, the REPUBLICAN PEOPLE,
was the only party worthy TO be mentioned by
the authors of the Constitution. And he had
uniformly been a Republican, subscribing to the
doctrines of the resolutions of '9S His deci-
sion was made-a decision such as mortal man
never made before. In the excitement Of bat
lie, ply steal daring Is called courage but there
was no excitement in his heart; calmly and de-
liberaely he placed himself in a position, far
more perilous TO the sensitive mind, than the
front rank Of contending armies He had
scarcely a counsellor or defender in bis emer-
pency. His heart vas his shield and defence
homes, and undsmayed. wise Providence
had produced the occasion, and protecting
Providence sustained him in bis determination
In that hour he knew no mdn-no party. He
LOOKED TO THE WELFARE OF THE WHOLE People
Party spirit was rebuked The air was
darkened with the malignant shafts hurled by
ultra partisans at the head Of the President OF
the People. And yet at night his sumbers
were calm and peaceful, and every succeeding
morning he has risen with an unclouded brow.
His conscience is his reward.
Immediately after the great event alluded 10
ahora Tho Clay nnliticians mi their nres es cd