The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-09
TYLERISM.

One of the means by which certain members |
of Congress- who are bound hand and foot to
the car of the "great retired" of Kentucky, en-
ploy to "head' ''the Captain, is to charge all
who look to measures without reference to men,
with being 'Tylerish," as they term it. Weak
indeed must be the cause of such politicians,
and it is no wonder that they invoke to their
aid such childish and unmeanng epithets Nod
matter how staunch man may be in his SUP
port of Wing principles, should he dare to avow
determination to extend countenance to MIR.
Tyler's Administration, so far as the measures
proposed by him may be entitled to support, he
is dubbed Tylersh" by these sagacous wits.-
Let politician advocate every principle set
forth during the late Presidential canvass, as
belonging to the creed of the opposition par
ty, if he happens not to think that there is but
one man IN the Union fit to be President, and
that man is Henry Clay, then his faith and his
works pass for nothing. Now, if we know any
thing of the feelings and wishes of the Presi-
dent they are all directed to the measures which
he and others have recommended for the good
of the country. His desire is to see less idola-
try toward individuals, and more devotion to
country. If he wishes the present Administra-
ton to be sustained by Congress, and its mea-
sures fully and fairly tested, it is because, in
his best judgment, he believes the prompt pro-
secution of these measures to be the only way
in which the honor and credit of the country
can be sustained In the views taken by him
of the policy to be pursued in the present try
ing emergency, selfis entirely put out of sight,
and if his name be connected with senti-
ments which are Of themselves wise and patri
otto, it is simply because it has pleased Provi-
dence to elevate him to the Chief Magistracy
of the Republic.
1t is admitted on all hands, that the present
condition of the country is inexpressibly bad
That the National credit is dishonored-the Ma
tional Treasury empty-the National detences
in state of ruin-the National industry pros
trate, and, because Mr.. Tyler has dared to re-
commend the redemption of National credit
the replenishing OF the Treasury-the restora-
ton and extension Of the National defences-
and the adoption of means to cherish and pro-
| tect National industry, any man that has the
courage to lend helping hand to these mea-
sures, is called "Tylerish." What is meant by
this term; or rather, does it mean any thing 2
Would these gentlemen nichmameers admit that
to be "Clayish" is to be opposed to the policy
described above or is it because the idol of their
worship andhis immediate coadjutors have been
! spending the last remnants of the National trea-
sure, in talking about truisms of which nobody
entertains doubt, and discussing whether a
page or two, more or less, or the bestowal of
little printing in this or that office, be
essential to the National happiness, that they
deem all persons who entertain notions
different from their own, to be sly
lerish % Some people, it is true, think,
and perhaps with propriety, that the Henry
Clay of times gone by and the Henry Clay
that is writing letters, the object of which is to
detract from the character of one whom he is
pleased to regard as rival, cannot be the same
individual, and these people, we presume, will
be called "Tylerish." BY the same rule, the
gentlemen that claim for themselves the exclu-
sive title of "Democratic," who are laughing
in their sleeves at seeing men who, year since,
acquired the ascendancy over them by an over
wheming National vote, quarreling and ready
to cut each others threats about shadows, should
for the late Senator from Kentucky cannot be
numbered among their faults
Whatever certain members of Congress,
whose personal attachments constitute their rule
of action, may think, and however they may
feel at liberty to indulge IN such baby play
there must be many who join with us in disap-
proving such conduct and thinking it unworthy
of discreet and patriotic men. If there be such
let them come forward, not to sustain " Captain
Tuler," or Captain any body else, but to rescue
their country from the fathomless abyss of
shame and ruin into which it is rapidly hasten
inr, and from which there is no chance of escape
except by the aid of the depotion to country
which spurns all minor considerations and looks
to measures, not men, Are the wants of the
nation less pressing because Mr.. Tyler is Presi-
dent? Are the honor, defence, and prosperity
Of the People less dear because Mr.. Tyler fills
the Executive chair2 or, are they all to lie dis
regarded and doomed to neglect, sooner than any
thing shall be done without the prompting of
Mr.. CLAW In times gone by, we heard a great
deal said in certain quarters, about man nor
shin, but if ever there was time at which the
vital interests of this great nation were sacri-
feed at the shrine Of personal ambition, that
time has been during the Extra and present
sessions Of Congress.
The "BosToN DAILY LEDGER" is the title of a new
penny paper just started in Boston by William Bart
! lett, Esq.