Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-11-19
From the Nctc York San.
" IT'S SANDER:

breath
Rides on the posting winds, and DOH belle
| All corners of the world"
The storm Of newspaper vituperation
continues to rage with unspent fuzzy against
President Tyler. One would naturally
suppose that the stern and terrible rebukes
which an indignant people are giving H.,
would serve to hlIay its wrath au4 ca.oI nr|
angry waves. But those VIC Ha.' ,rls"
the taree seem bent on llu>'ra'pg w. .''
utmost extremity the truth OF lit maN.n'
that "wh IN the gods will 10 ocat'"y hey
! first make mad
When President Tyler found himself
Suddenly and Unexpectedly placed at the
head of the Government, he exhibited the
extraordinary weakness, so rae among
politicians, OF sincerely believing that hon
esty was the best policy. lie resol, ed to
act upon that principle-to heed the admo-
nitions of his conscience TO be true 10
his country, to his oath, and to the Consti-
tuition. He was guilty Of considering tn Sc
high and sacred obligations superior TO the
mandates Of an aspiring party leader, or
The dictates of reckless p rty spirit
This it was which led to the wide breach
betwee him and some of the would-be
leaders and dictatorS OF the whig party
| This it was which raised the st Drm of indie.
cent and vulgar abuse which has been dl-
rected against him from one end OF the
country to the other,
Those who are disposed to watch, with
n candid and impartial eye, the progress o'
public evens-and every American should
be thus disposed-wllI find it profitable to
keep in mind the p1r'iculnr and immediate
Cause Of all the outrageous denunclatIons
heapeu upon the Chief Magistrate ofthe ma
ton, and to ponder upon the results which
are now p.ssing before US. Mr.. Tyler,
in obedience to his conscientious and So
lemn convictions Of duty, refused to sign a
bill chartering United States Bank This
was The first decided step which it became
necessary for him to take in serving his
country rather than his party. 1t was The
step whlrh at once brought him IN contact
v ith the selfconstituted leader of his party.
OF course it was the signal for the flood
yates Of rancOrous denunci ton and cal
umny to re opened upon him. Clay, in his
chaste and elegant language, branded him
as d" mere snap-a fla.h in the pam
"Traitor,' "perfdious wretch" "perIured
villain" and thousand similar epithets fol-
lowed from ser,ie and licentl'us press.
But an enlightened and vlrtuous people
began to inquire whether there was either
truth, or Justice, or reason, in all this clamor.
They asked themselves whether it was true
that their President in opposing bank had
shown himself traitor either to his party
or his country? They found that he had
always through his whole life been opposed
to bank, and that his party put him in
nomination with perfect knowledge that
he was opposed to it. They knew that on
two or three occasions the voice Of the peO-
pie had been given against bank in n man.
ner that ought TO seal its fave forever
They knew that in the election of 10, the
matter was not in issue, and tha, the people
did not by their votes on that occasion in
tend to change their former dec siOns for
Harris n himself declared that he WINS not
in iav"r Of a bunk, except upon certain ex,
treme and improb ,ble conditions. and Ty.
Ter was universally known to be opposed
to it. So Tar, therefore, from showing any
tire son or Inconsistency; it WIS perfectly
PLAN that Mr.. Tyler had only kept right on
di>chargIng his high duties according to hi>
CONSCIENTIOUS convictions of what was i'm
posed upon HIM by his oath, BY III" con~tj
nv hn o. Ma,
pie, and by his reg I'd for the p-.maaa.
welfare Of his country, II he was NEE,
Sistent. It was with The views aud oHiu
of o hers not his own; il he was a traitc
II was because he refused to sacrifice b.
own opinions, his conscience, and his cour
try, to the ambitious views o. Henry Clay
If it was proper under su circumstance,
to denounce John Ty'er as "a traitor, b,
the same rule Washington should hav'
been called the traitor, and Benedict Ar
mold The patriot. And such is the solem,
verdict which the American people ar
now recording through the ballot joXes.
Faction is every where rebukcd; an hor
est and fearless public servant is glorious
sustained.
We rejoice ut this not because we hav
any polii"al feeling or motive in reglrd
it, but be"ause it gives US brighter hopes Il
our country to see President susta'ne
who dared to be Independent, and TO It
himself above the waves of faction and III
warning Influences of party spirit. Tru
Mr.. Tyler is still sandered, reviled, abuse
Ills enraged enemies seem to bccnn
more furious as they are borne down. 4
matter. With whole people to susta
him he can affrd 10 be abused. WIZ
the storm first broke upon him we aim
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