The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-09
Correspondents. sfM Boston Mereaaal. Journal


WAsHNoros, May I'd, 1912.
|, Ma. SLEEPER The abuse which is heaped upon
Mr. Tyler and his Administration, both by persons
in Congress- and papers in the pay Of his opponents,
has gone great way and is going still further, to
induce in the minds Of many friends Of their country
and lovers of peace inquiry TO the occasion oil
so much virulence and vindictiyeness.
Is it, they inquire, his Veto on the Bank biiis =
That cannot be great reason as some oil the pa
peers which blamed him for those are, still, ostensDy
at least his friends while others who were never adj
yocates of a National Bank, are apparently some Oh
OF his most bitter enemies. Is u ms recoihh,s"
dalton that the Land bill should be suspended =
II never could have been passed. except WIN ,ie ui
erstandng that its provisions should cease the mo-
ment that the tariff was raised above twenty per cent
which was incorporated in the bill in The Senate al
the urgent request OF many leading wings oil tha'
body-and his being in favor OF tariff, sufficient Tor
revenue as well the fair protection OF American
industry which no dares deny, goes far to excuse
| him in recommending measure, which must follow,
| of course unless Congress has wonderfully changed
since the extra session.
No-these are not the reasons what then can
they be-what else has he done to elicit such enmity
Are there any other obnoxious measures lac has re-
commended Is there any other Wing measure nc
has vetoed Has the country been embrolled with
other nations through his fundamentally! las he
endangered the honor of his country by submission
to wrong from any nation, or by not demanding IN
slant redress for injury to the persons property OF
his fellow citiZens' No-none of these are the oc-
cason of the attacks upon his Administrations
What them The reason sso plain that he who run
meth may read. II is because he the means, by
his yetoes of body Of men, who ought TO have been
wiser, doing very foolish thing-ssuing a manifesto
that was mpolitic and premature. 1t is because he
did not choose to surrender himself into the hands
of men who wished to use him for their own pur-
poses.
II is because he did not choose to Live up his own
views of what was right, and lend himself to pro-
mote the ambitious views of others. But above all
il is because he had the wisdom and tact to keep in
his Cabinet man. who, the interest of his opponents
required, should be dismissed or resign-and who, by
remaining, has given stability to this Administra-
tion and insured confidence in il that, while he
remains cannot be destroyed or shaken. And will
the Wings, the people of the United States, uphold
men in such factious oppositioni Was it for men
they have been conendng for the last twelve years
or was it for principles?
The people do not uphold these men. The apathy
which exists in the Wing party all over the country
proves the fact Election after election, since the
manifesto was issued, has gone by default--an the
disgust that is every where exhibited, at the sense
less quarrels of men who sent here for noble
purposes but who have sacrificed principle to party
show that the great body of the people have weighed
them in the balance and found them wanting