The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-03
THE PRESIDENT AND THE WINGS

1t has been repeatedly asserted by the Wing
presses that Mr.. Tyler was committed for
Bank at the convention that placed his name on
the ticket for the Vice Presidency This false
statement has been as often contradicted, and
yet we find the Wing presses persisting in their
original declaration. With a view to set this
matter forever at rest, we distinctly declare that
between the nomination and election of Mr.. Ty
Ter to the Vice Presidency, and during the inter
mediate session of Congress, Mr.. Tyler declared
that his views in respect TO the consilulionaliiy
of a Bank were unchanged, and that if President
he could never consent to approve a Bank
charter arhiie The Constitution remained un-
changed. This declaration was open, frank and
entirely unreserved Words could not make his
meaning palmer. The letter was handed by
MIR. Wise to the Wing members of Congress,
who decided that it should not be published.
Two years having elapsed the Wings cry out
that Mr.. Tyler was pledged to sign Bank
charter, and this they do knowing that he had
written to Mr.. Wise that he never would ap-
prove such bill. Other letters from Mr. Tyler
were published at the time, but this one was
studiously avoided and kept concealed by the
then Wing leaders of Congress.
Mr.. Clay's opinion was asked about the same
time, and he said he would wait until an ex
preston from the people could be directly OBJ
tanned, respecting Bank. AT the extra session
of 1s4l, the first push made by Clay and the
Wings, was for Bank, and this was done with
out waiting for the direct expression of the peo-
pie.
1t is thus clearly evident that President Tyler
stands now, where he always has stood, on the
old Democratic Republican platform; and that
Clay and the Whigs have flown the track
That our readers may have full assurance
on the subject, we copy below tie last letter
of Haon to the editor of the New York Union.
The facts contained in this letter are fully sus-
tanned in the admirable address of Mr. Wise to
his constituents, which appeared in our paper
some days since.
We call upon the press of both parties to do
justice to President Tyler on this question.
SANDER and abuse have long enough superseded
fact and argument, and it is high time that some
attempt were made to place occurrences of so
HuCu ItupOttduCC COliSCuy Ou aHC paSC VI HIS
tory:
WASHINGTON, Sept II, I642.
There are one or two facts connected with the
bank and the last Presidential election which may
not be undressing to your readers and trust the
Commercial which had so vivid remembrance of
the statements in my former letter, may recollect
something of what have put in this communication
before have finished.
During the time which elapsed between the nomi-
nations at Harrisburg and the election, and while
Congress was in session. it was considered necessary
by some that the views of Mr.. Tyler upon Ma
tional Bank should be obtained. For this purpose
the Hon. Henry Wise selected to address MIR.
Tyler the subject, and received an answer imme-
dately, in which the hen candidate for the Vice Pre-
sidency said distinctly that his views were unchanged
the subject of National Bank, and that, were he
President, he could sign charter for such an
institution, whilst the Constitution remained IN its
present form. This he plainly, unequivocally
stated that it might be submitted to the Wings of
Congress, and through them to the nation.
This letter was shown by Mr.. Wise to Mr.. Bidde,
of Pttsburg, and others, leading Wing members OF
Congress at that time and it left for them to say,
whether the letter should be published or not. They
decided that Nh. Tylers letter should not go before the
public.
The reason for this was obvious. They had deter
mined to run their candidate upon one simple mega
tire principle, and that opposition to the Sub
Treasury, without saying word for or against Ma
tional Bank Many of the leaders had declared that
the Bank milestone that would drown any
party foolish enough to adopt it as measure, and
hence their nOn-commtta course.
1t now became necessary to ascertain the views of
Mr.. Clay on the same subject and his declarations
were clear and positive were MIR Tyler's. Mr..
Clay declared himself unchanged in his late views of
Bank. He thought the country required such an
insttution--that il entirely cOnst utonal, but
that under present circumstances he was willing to
say little nothing about it now, and would wait an
expression Of the people on the subject at some fu-
ture time.
Now this, too, was suppressed, and the battle of
1910 VAS fought simply under thu banner OF opposi-
ton to the Sub-Treasury, without the question of
bank being before the public except 50 far as it was
charged on the Wings by the Democrats and by the
former repelle as forming no part Of the Wing po-
litical creed.
The first move at the extra session of la4l, was
to kick over all former professions, and grasp at the
Bank as the Plus ultra of universal good, without
waiting an expression from the people Oh that sub
ject. The result is known, and the thunders OF the
democracy, at the fall elections of S4l, show most
clearly where they supposed they were during the
contest OF the previous year.
would now ask, who is to blame in all this trick
eryi Mr.. Tyler had said, long before the election,
where he Stood and the letter containing his opn-
ions had been suppressed by the wings Lit them
answe they may, Mr.. Tyler stood then where he
stands now and where he always has stood, on the
broad ground of Jefiersonian democracy. MIR. Wise
was DESTROYS of publishing Mr.. Tylers letter, and
prevented from so doing by the leading wings in
Congress.
Under the impressions naturally conveyed by the
above position of facts Mr. Wise was as much de-
ceved thousands Of the masses, and hence his let
ter eulogizing Mr.. Clay, about which much has
been said. Mr.. Wise expected Congress to wait an
expression Of public opinion, and not rush headlong
down precipicc bndfolded. He expected Mr..
Clay to be with him in this, and little did he imagine
that the first act of treachey was to be against the
views previously held out to the people
No public expression was waited for--the deed
was done but there stood in the door to prevent
the people being sacrificed to a monopolizing ars
tocracy.
MIR. Wise has been accused of Excepting the
science of the king" because he I'd that he did
not believe that John Tyler would sanction bank.