The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-09
From the Richmond Enquire
PRESIDENT TYLER.

Mankind would be sufficiently unfortunate and un-
happy in their search after truth relation charac
ter and fact if they only liable the OF
misconception and pref udlce. But to these is often
added the vice of voluntary misrepresentation Such
is the state ofthings IN regard to all subjects but more
especially and peculiarly whatever relates to po
cal life, where the seishness of party becomes
criminal in its resort to fasehood for the accomplish
ment OF foul ambition.
This very spirit will be disposed to say at once that
the writer OF the present article the eulogst of Pre-
sldent Tyler, though no one could be moved solely
by supreme love oftruth and perfectly dsinterested
zeal for conscientious and high minded man, unjust
ly assaed-assalled too with a grossness of manner
and terms which calculated to pain the upright
ness, and taste and sympathy of every worthy mind
| acknowledge that do entertain these sentiments
and am quite that there is risk in saying,
that thousands of real Harrison Wings like myself,
have been impressed as have been, upon this sub
ject.
1t lis easy to perceive in some OF the leaders OF the
present Wing party n spirit and plan of operation,
which great many of the Wings do not sanction
and will sustain and this spirit has for It's object
to form party out of the elements of the old
and to give to it impetus by the aid of seappause
and gross denunciaton. No party can flourish In
hl h party times but by such denunciation. But in
enlg hened and just community this denunclation
be well grounded it will not take with the pub
lie mnd-it will rebound and coihe the assailants
with contempt
Certain chosen and setterms are employed by those
who assail Mr.. .Tyler--terms that are intended to
blast him, and to convey idea Of great spirit and
pureness in those who use them. Mr.. Tyler Is
charged with being traitor to the party which elect
ed him Perhaps the treason is the other way. The
Wing leaders were certainly rery ready to 1orsake
him. For what? Surely to some extent for effect
to prevent him from becoming very popular, and
overshadowiDg favorite which the lamented Har
rison was not to oyershadow, but to keep warm the
Presidential bed for his reception at the end of four
years.
What is the charge-the sole charge against MIR.
Tyler 1t is that he would not sign bill establish
ing Bank of the U. S. Well, he would not, because
he could not Had he done it, he would have deserv
ed the scorn of the whole country-and he ,conld
hare received the Of many ,cho him
Mr. Tyler believed such bill unconstitutional, and
he had taken a solemn oath to support the Consttu-
ton What else could he do but to refuse to sign the
b' Such was his opinion-such was the dictate OF his
conscience. Such had been his opinion. He might
have been quite willing to see bank established for
the relief Of the country, sorely depressed as was
but as to his agency in the matter, as President 1t
was quite another thing; and doubt very much,
though it has nothing to do with the argument as to
Mr.. Tyler, whether Gen. Harrison, himself, would
have been able, when actually called upon, to come
up to the mark, to sign the BILL for he had been,
both in principle and practice, an anti-Bank man
ard conscience, under the sanction OF an oath before
Almighty God, is solemn monitor-lt Is the judg-
ment to come, brought home to the SOUL on this side
Suppose General Harrison had pressed by the
heat and vanity of popular applause, actually signed
bill for Bank with serious doubts upon his mind as
to its constuonaty and TO the conscientiousness
of the act and then had suddenly been called away
his last account before the pure and burning throne
of Heaven! And suppose Mr. Tyler had taken this
course, and then he had been summoned away!
Mr. Tyler has acted the part of good, wise,
firm man; and ! think all his friends, and all the
friends of good conscience, tempted by the seduc-
tons Of this vain world do and wi ii more and more
congratulate him on the course he has taken. He
had every motive of worldly selfnterest to sign
the bill establishing Bank-but conscience dictated
otherwse-and he had the christian purity and chris
tan FIRMNEss to obey its injunctons in spite of the
most tremendous temptations. His position was sub
lime, and the mountain of his glory towers more and
more every day, in my view, towards Heaven. For
my part, entertain profound esteem and ad-
mration for the man, in relation to this case, and
consider him having carried more than Roman
triumph | shall speak again.
"A Harrison Wing, and a Bank man.