The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-09
ADDRESS OF THE BALTIMORE DEMO
CRATIC TYLER CONVENTION.
TO rnG c,rlzrss OF rar UNITED STATES,

EsLow Citizens
In addressing you, at this interesting epoch Of our
political affairs, deem proper TO declare to YOU
Ia the very onsst that profess to be disciples OF
the Jefcrsonian school in the fullest and most en-
phatic sense and, that all acts based upon
the firm conviction that the we have adopted
will best the success Of the principles which
inculcated by that great apostle Of Democracy
and which we're so gloriously practissd by the ius
,rious Jackson To the accomplishment Of this end
all our efforts will be directed, and 10 order to give
force to these efforts we, the of those princ
pies which all Democrats hold dear, invite your most
earnest cooperation.
The time is at hand, when the Democratic party
should frankly the relative pretensions and
merits Of the various candidates whose names have
been presented TO the Democracy for consideration
at the Convention which is to be held 10 May next
Our opponents who--if they present an example wor.
thy Of imitation in any th'ng il is in untirng indus
try, and consummats party organization and discipline
have already got the of their favorite familiar
to every child in the land ; while the Democratic
party distracted by the bright galaxy of excellence,
which belongs to it, are undecided as to who shall be
the man Of their choice To delay longer, is to jeo
pardizs our being as party, aud to place in mmi-
nent hazard the principles for which we as party,
contend. Each of the gentlemen who are now con-
sdered in the field, have personal friends and
if discussion is delayed until the moment for scec-
ton arrives, differences may arise, which will be
hard to concate whereas, by timely discussion the
mind of the whole party may be prepared to abide
the issue of the Convention, and to harmonic in
ergetc action for the regular nomiEee.
These copsdarot i.,ps have conduced "a In.
formation Of the body which now addresse. you, and
without attempting to tarnsh the fair fame or de-
tract from the great excellence Of any one of the
gentlemen whose names have been presented 10 the
party and yielding to each the tribute duo to we'll
tried worth. We yet think that wisdom and graft
ude, both point to the present distinguished incum
bent of the Presidential CHAIR as the man in whom
our most sanguine hopes to be realized, and to
whom most devoted thanks are DUE Called to the
responsibilities Of the high station he now occupies
under the most embarrassing circumstances and sub
jected to the harassng trials that could posi-
bly, beset public functionary, he met them all with
camness and decision which plainly exhibited
mind fit to encounter any emergency. He has, thus
far, safely steered the ship Of State through the
most troubled that agitatcd our political
! ocean.
His whole life has been illustration of the most
genuine devotion to the principles Of the great
fathers Of Democracy. Born in tho birth place of
patriots heroes, and ssges, Of race whose history
is identical with the history of American freedom,
and educated in the school of Democracy under the
immediate eye Of its great masters find that, as
he reached his majority, he was called to take
part in the legislative council. Of his native State
Here, in the very beginning Of his career, he urged
with ali the powers of vigorous mind, an adherence
to the principles which had elevated MI. Madison
to the Presidency. Here too, in the very ncipiency
Of his public life he recognised and insisted on the
right Of instruction principle eminenly charac.
teristic Of a Republican Government And when,
twenty-five years afterwards, he wa. called upon to
perform an act which he could not censcien-
tously do, he exhibited his devotion to thst princi-
pie, even though that devotion deprived him of the
digntics Of the Senatorial chair.
Continued in the Legislature Of Virginia until ma
tury Of years rendered him fit enter Congress- he
was chosen a representative in that body as soon
as he was eligible 10 seat in it, No sooner was he
there, than, though with apparently unequal grasp,
he grappled with its mightest minds in defence Of
that cherished maxim Of Democracy, IA rigid con-
sructon Of the Constitution" and at the very next
session Of Congress he arrayed himself against that
"MvERsAL nAcHisE"-a Bank Of the United States
and all that has been said against that institution,
in after years,was but rccaptulation and ampl6-
cation Of his stuPepdous argument at that time. Al
though comparatively boy he exhibited the wisdom
OF sage, and, almost, the spirit of prophecy. Tru-
| ly has MIR. Benton said Of him, "There lives not a
man on earth so long and deeply committed against
q National Bank as Mr. Tyler For no man has 80
long and consistently exposed its nquitiss From
that time until the moment in which he resigned his
seat in the Senate Of the United States in 1885, he
was identified WITH and prominently concerned in,
every great Democratic measure which agitated the
country or commanded the attention Of Congress
bringing always to the contest energy Of purpose
and force Of coquence which was almost irre.isti
bic.
| In the campaign which ended in the elevation Of
General Harrison to the Presidency, Mr. Tyler mex,
appeared as prominent actor; and throughout the
whole extent Of that campaign, his conduct was in
pcrfec, accordance with his former life FOR in every
stage OF the he declared, on all proper occs
sions, indeed whepe, he was called on so TO do,
that the opinions he had entertained on all the
great questions Of Government, he still entertained
And that these opinions were the result Of settled
conviction That the pcrPctty Of the institutions Of
Republican Government, and the happiness. OF our
country, were intimately, ay, inseparaby blended
with the proper maintenance Of the measures they
ipculcated
With these opinions before the world, and without
the shadow of doubt resting upon any ono of them
he was chosen as Delegate TO the Harrisburg Con-
veption, and by that Convention he was selected as
the Wing candidate for the Vice Presidency
As TO the policy that instigated this election on the
part Of that convention, every acquainted with
IFS history will, at once, recognise it.
That Convention composed Of men Of all par