The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-11-15
TYLER'S LIFE.
To he Editor Of Madisoaioa'

| Falious h'""1 N""' W. -
OF this gentleman and places his life and char
acter in points Of view most interesting, and lai
this particular conjunciure) most highly mpor-
tant 10 this nation.
The speeches Of Mr. Tyler are stamped with
| feryd, iorcibe, and powerful cloquence; they
show the impress of mind al harmony win
itself, governed by fixed principle Pervadins
a whole life. IL is not that eloquence which,
according to distinguished writer and friend
of liberty, in whose school President Tyler has
| been well trained; il is no, an eloquence which
aims at establishment rather than instruction,
at ornament and show rather than information
and improvement;
'sIf we would speak Of things" (says this great
| reformer of error,) if would speak of things as
they are we must allow that all the art OF rhetoric,
best es ardor and cleaness all the artificial and hgu-
raye application of words eoqueDce hath invented,
nothing else but to Inslnuate wrong IDEAS move
the passions, and thereby msead the judgment, and
so indeed are perfect cheas-and therefore, however
laudable or allowable oratory may render them in
harangues and popular addresses they are certainly
in all dscourses that pretend to inform instruct
| wholly to be avoided and where truth and know
| ledge concerned cannot but be thought great
fault either Of language, or the person that makes
| them.'
| And although these speeches Of President
Tyler are nt,rspersed Throughout, with lervd
and manly glow, aud many Of them speci-
men. Of fine and elevated eoquence; yet do
they address themselves rather to the under
standing than the passions rather TO The head
than 10 the heart
His style Of composition as portrayed by an
| echnlar and crIfirf N 1SDe Ia In
cid and eloquent.n Speaking Of his message,
as Governor of Virginia, TO the General Assem-
bly, Of Virg mia, in that year the critic observes
"There i. no mystiGcation about it. II speaks the
bold fearless, and independent language of truth -
| We expected nothing less from its author who like
| the State to which he belongs, Is consistent with
himself and firm in the maintenance OF His Prnci-
pies"
And perusal Of the whole of this biography
will but confirm the character thus happily and
correctly delineaed in 1926.
1t is true that there are some Of Mr.. Tyler's
speeches that are omitted two only are recol-
lecied at this moment these are among his hap
piest efforts, aud are in strict harmony with the
principles of his whole life, as developed by his
public acts and this collection.
since lne udtt OF ii'ls Cllitlsui klliuN SNfNh-
teen years ago. Of his mind, it may now be said
with candor that ''age has neither dlnmed the
discernment, nor enfeebled the fancy, neither
repressed the ardor nor narrowed the range"
Many proofs OF this may readily be adduced
from the work before us. ! prefer calling the
attention TO the two spe ches above alluded to-
in oder to show their agreement wi the rest
IL 4 -.
the Constitution OF the United States, as under
stood by the Republicans in 1888, 1871, l79S
and 1900; not since.
In his speech at Gloucester Court house, de
liy,red in 1893, speaking of the Constitution o
the United States, al the conclusion he says:
"My resolution is taken others may go after new
gods, and fall down and worship them, but for my
self will worship the God Of my fathers, AID live
? and die in their faith"
And so far, I'D bless him he has done So
! And in his speech as President of the COLOMBIA
ton Society, delivered in the Hall Of the Hou''
o of Delegates at Richmond, in 1887 or 1888
e speaking of his refusal to stretch the powers o
Congress TO cases not enumerated, and OF III
+ colonization of the negro in Africa, and Of tn
: money requisite for its furlherancc, be says:
ITO appeal 10 Congress, is to appeal to bed
" having no power to grant IT, body of limited an
n restricted powers and Jeered by The terms Of Us oo
creation"
n With Mr. Tyler the Constitution is hi, bea
,s ideal, and is deemed sacred and inviolsble
e will make no extracts from the work belor
me, because cannot but hope that those, VIII
n are seriously in search If truth, in this epoch
d high party excitement, will procure it, aud fort
OF their own opinions on the topics discussed b
is this interesting Memoir He who has chung
TO the ancient versions Of the Constitution of III
b. United States, as expounded by the Fathers
the Republican church prior to 1900 will fad
H. rich treat, and will be amply Unidentified for ii
:" perusal.
Nv After having finished reading this life
n. President Tyler beautiful sentiment Of NJ
nd Madison was brought lorcby to recollection
C. shall not take time 10 hunt up the passage, b
ur cause it is so wildly impressed that run b
litte risk Of msquolation, from memory
Ii. alt isa misfortune says this profound o serv
,r of the human heart: IL Is misfortune incident
our nature that public measures are rarely we've
ne with that spirit of forbearance and moderation
Y, -en,ally necessary TO proper estimate Of their re
L tendency TO promote or obstruct the public goo
And what is still more TO be depored, this spIit
nd diminished Just in proportion unusual exert
M Of it becomes requisite
he Never was an observation more eminent
re- applicable than this, to The present condition
n parties, and with reference to the acts Of Mr..
We The violence and ntemperance Of party spirit
ny utterly destructive Of truth: shuts up all II
if avenues of the mind against its admission al
even should it permit an entrance, it is only
lr. Jislorr, and pervert it.