The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-23
From the Richmond Enquirer.
THE PRESIDENT AND ais CALUMNlA-
TORS


We conceive it to be the duty Of the friends of The
President to defend him from the attacks of his qoon-
dam friends. No one has been rudely, waniony,
and unjisty assaIIed than has been MIR. Tyler. Al
most every harsh epithet known 10 ouI own, or any
other language has been pressed INTO the service Ia
order to enable the foes Of The President 10 suy his
good name His private, we'll as his political cha
racter has been assaled with purpose ana 10
Irduce the public 10 PREJUDICE, and TO conueu'n "i
unheard. Knowing ull well that the nigh, important
and dignifed station which he occupied, woud pre-
vent hun (even if disposed do SOY from entering the
field to repe and out down the many ISLANDERS uttered
aud written against him, the accusers OF The fresuen.
nave with Zeal deserving better caling continued
TO assal aud attack him. The public mnd mas not
been allowed TO enjoy moments calm, whereby 10
Judge he ACTS OF the President fairly and lnpartiay;
but Wing editors dread that If fair opportu-
nty were afforded for the purpose would lurn out,
hat instead of Mr.. Tyiers being traitor t. his
try the charge would fall upon that pyrti,n of the
w hg party who cIamorous against Mr.. y
Ter W. ask is il right is il just, that che ubic mind
should be kept such excited state, day by day
with heated aud partisan Productions lest the people
should in their caner and more sober rehscno"s' De
disposed 10 render Justice To the Chef hag'sl'a.o vi
is mon This of things cannot, VIII "ot last,
I'D the Wings will find, to her sorrow, that when
reaction takes place. 1t must and VIII do the'r
will suffer- aud suffer greatly, by their own 'u-
prudence. We have, for some time, iei' disposed 70
END forts, (teeble we know them 10 be- III
We have hitherto, RETAINED from doing 20, because
e expected ADLER peas, and heads, would en-
1age tn mater We shall preface hat we have 10
say, by a brief mt Of the Presidents po lcal
ais ory AT very early aye, he was called by MS
native couny the Legislature of his own State, and
at his very outse, in political hfe, he openly avowed
md acted oui the doctrines contained IN the hepup-
creed. From the Legislature of Virginia, he was
called to la The House of Representatives, OF the
United States-next to the Chief Magistracy OF his
State IN he Ot
States. In all and each of these stations, he showed
by his messages speeches. and that he belonged
to that school of Virginia politicians, whose glory u
was stand 10 stand in the front rank Oh
Republic aDism, whenever its doctrines were as
sailed, either by foreign domestic foes The
President belonged and acted with that gallant
band that went for the Constitution as It 49, ana
who Tepudiated the helesy of Clay and company,
who advocated the doctrine, that the end would
Justify the or, in other words, tha' tEe
Constitution should be always construed literally and
not strictly. W hen the celebrated Proclamation Oh
General Jackson ushered forth to the world, an
unfortunate split took place in the Republican ranks,
and, among many other sound and wise men, Air.
Tyler separated from his party and they and he lorm-
ed equally unfortunate alliance with the then OPP
position But we state, without fear OF successful
contradiction, that the opinions Of Mr. Tyler under
went no change. He still retained and acted out
his old doctrines. In 1885, MIR. Tyler was selected
by the supporters Of Judge White, as Vice Presl-
dent, upon his tcket-and by the Republican
portion of the Wing party, who sustained General
Harrison as their candidate for Vice President, upon
their ticket. In 1910, Mr.. Tyler again select
ed as the candidate for Vice President, upon the
Harrison ticket, and for the purpose, no doubt OF
retaining in the Wing ranks that portion who were
Of the Republican faith-and but for this, could
General Harrison haze been elected? We beg that 1t
may be remembered that from 1886 to lS4l, the
Wing editors throughout the length and breadth OF
the land, in Cities towns, hamets, and country, from
Maine to Florida, and the Atlantic to the tar I'll
West" upon the mountain top and IN the values, III
hotels, and steamboats,, and steam cars, upon the
court green, upon the high way, and by the reside,
proclaimed over, and and over again, that John
Tyler wise and profound statesman, an honest,
pure, and patriotic politician, of sound Republican
principles, and, part cuary, hat he was antBank
Mark the word anti-Bank. We shall only consl-
der it necessary to speak of Mr. Tyler's political cha
racter, for, we can but believe that it must produce
disgust and contempt in the minds ofe cry one whose
good opinion worth having, that there can be iound
those who lost to every feeling that characte-
r re either the moralsr or the christian, to lend
themselves for pay, to crafty some bad purpose
to SANDER and defame individual who has passed
through long lie without the shadow oven OF sus-
picion resting upon him. We unwilling to do
Mr. Tyler the injustice of attempting to defend
his private characer-tor, by SO doing, we should,
appearance at least, seem to admit that he has
been in ured by the darts thrown at him. We can
but believe that hey have all been pointless, and
have fallen at his feet, and left him unframed and
uninjured although welded by the muscular arm OF
a Bell, Badger Ewing. Up to May, lS4l,
Mr.. Tyler in the estimation of the Wings, every
thing lovely and desirable in private life, and bright
star among the brightest of the Wings. We design
| hereafter to continue this subject
BETA, "A Republican.