The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-28

DEAa SIR As letter from john H. Try, Iate
clerk in the GeneraI Land Office, II Washington, has
recently appeared IN one OF county papers, an
ultra Clay-whg organ, in which he takes occasion to
trsduce the character and misrepresent ue conduct
of President Tyler, have termined not to permit
that letter 10 pass unanswered, inasnueh - cal
cuated 10 prejudice the minds OF the People in this
section Of country against the President containing
as does tissue Of misrepresentation and ylf,ing
abuse, eouched in dsgracefu epthets, which he must
have been extremely industrious in compiling from
political journals that destitute Of dignity Of
truth. lie commences his letter by proclaimng that
his self interest had hitherto deferred him from giving
publicity TO that odum and contempt that he secretly
felt for President Tyers Administration but that
this refined had been wearing off rapidly at
ter he had received his leave Of absence for indie
finite term of time, and that at the date Of his let
ter, five days after his dismission he felt te If any
restraint account Of Il" thereby intimaling in
terms too plain to be misunderstood that the charity
of his silence could have been retained for a msera-
bio pittance.
II may be proper here TO state in regard to his and
several other removals. for the Information of those
not already of the facts of the case that the
President, in his earnest desire to conform to the
heartfelt wishes of the People, in respect to eco
nomcal administration Of the affairs Of the Govern
ment in which it is but just to say that he has hher
to been eminenty successful, had determined to dis
pense with the services Of ali the clerks in the
raj Departments that faithful discharge of all the
duties in the various Offices did not absolutely re-
qulre--and as ia consequences Of this laudablc and
praisworthy determination MIR. Fry, with several
others, has been discharged he takes the occasion to
mpeach the motives of the President who as acting
conscentiousy in the discharge of his duty that he
owed to his country. But from him the poisoned ar
will fall pointless and the disgraceful epithet Of
traitor comes with i'll grace from who confesses
that this silence purchased with clerical salary
But to what, forsoothhas the President proved himself
traitor Why, TO the autocratical dictatons of Henry
Clay, whom this gentleman labors hard to eulogize
but in condemnation Of whose prnci les the people
OF this country have more than once pronounced
their fat and in the recent elections have reiterated
their disapprobation Of all his fayore measures, in
tones of thunder. Mr. Fry, in speaking of the yetoes
Of the Bank bills in the first session Of the last Con-
gress, asserts that :" the President proved himself
recklessly unathfu to his pledges, both to the peo
pie and their representatives" As this is a stale
accusation, and has received than once tr-
umphant refutation, shall add but little upon the
subject. Where is the evidence that the people of
this country, in the change of Administration in
l84l, demanded the creation of United States Bank
Echo answers Where Is there any manifesto from
the Harrisburg Convention, proclaiming that the con-
test then to be carried on for such Bank On
The contrary the subject was permitted to pass by,
almost as an "obsolete idea" Undoubtedly there
were many engaged in that memorable contest tina,
were in favor of Bank but, on the other hand,
there were others, and subsequent events have
proved, by far the greater majority Of the people,
who instated this Administration into power, were
opposed to the creation Of such an institution and |
among them none were more frank to avow their |
opinions than President Tyler, who publicly declared
through the press in reply TO public inquiry that
he was not candidate for the Presidency and never
exp cied to be, his opinions could be Of little interest
to the public generally but that at the same time he
was frank to declare that fhe called upon
act officially in regard to the s,bjeci, his course
would be the when lie discharged his duty
in the capacity Of Representative in Congress, in
1919, aud Senator in 1892, when he ably sus-
tanned General Jaekson's veto Of the Bank bill. On
whom, then, rests the charge Of durlictyi ] say,
unlesstngy, and without fear Of successful contra.
dicon, that it rests upon those who under other pre-
fences were attempting to obtain power and thereby
secretly the opportunity to create National
Bank, in defiance Of the known wishes Of the people
in defiance OF the Constitution But President
Tyler was no party to this duplici,y, and when he
was summoned by the people, through their Copstitu
ton, 10 the Executive chair, he proved himself the
same upright, consistent, patriotic statesman no had
hitherto gained the confidence Of his intelligent, coun
trymen-self sacrificing the altar of his countr, IS
welfare.
As an individual, have long observed the course
Of President Tyler with interest long since inn
bibed he principles Of Jeiersonisn Democracy, and
have endeavorod TO maintain those principles through
good and evil report. am devoted to measures and
not TO men-and when saw the President opposing
the egions OF partsans that had ARA themselves
to ntimidaie him, under the autocraticoI dictator
Henry Clay-when I saw him spurnng alike the
blandi hmrnts, and the frowns Of those who would
entce him, drive him from the path Of his duty. to
serve the interests Of par,y-whcn saw him d efer
the countys welfare 10 the favor of either the house
Of York or Lancaster was able, in some measure
to appreciate the debt Of gratitude which he is en-
ulled from his fellow-coun,ymcn and however
loudly he may be now accused by his enemies Of be
ng the dupe and the sport of wild and unchasten-
ed ambition" his pair otto Administration will be the
admiration Of that period when a greater part Of
those who have favored and those who have opposed
him will be alike forgotten his distinguished mcri,
will draw lutre from reproscb; the vspors tina,
gather round the rising SUM- and follow it IN its course
seldom fail at the close Of Il 10 form magnificent,
theatre for its reception and TO invest with variega
ted ,ints and it'll softened efIulgepce tie lumnary
which hey cannot hide II is morally certain I
that the political fate OF the Presidents enemies is
sehied The Democracy OF the country are pronoun-