The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-31
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Never since the enyious Haman saw Oh, l...
Jew arrayed IN the kings purple has a public n.r
been pursued with more relentless hate be- ar u..
principled faction, for having done his duty ,.F
country than has John Tyler by Henry CLAY aaa 3D.
office seeking myrmydons. Every reproachiu s,...
saton every abusive epithe every studied lulr.r.g
within the scope Of their ability have been br.u.f
| into request and nothing but spirit # the mo-, d..
/ domitable frmness and mistaken reliance ON tle r
lelligence Of the people, could have sustained hmm
the trials through which he has now well m..
/ pas sed.
The great Wing party after its unparalleled .uc.
cess in lS40 assumed the right Il tramplng ON TIE
PROMISES made TO the people by virtue of which it, lr
umph had been secured, and OF requiring Of It's repre-
sentatives individually, a course equally pruh.sar
| and abandoned. For refusing TO consummatr u,
enormity Mr.. Tyler incurred ITS di,pleasurc, auI
that public opinion 10 which lis leaders had the a
dacty TO appeal in the case, has pronounced sen.
tence against them as emphatic IT is unauim.
and irreyocable They have accused Mr.. IyuU
violating his pledges 10 the party, when every body
knows that they utterly ablured the idea Of lawn,
their candidates pledged al all in 1910. twa, tho.
policy that while the party IN IFS collective capao
| should be profuse in them-promislng every u..
and any thing that would secure votc-the ca..
ddates themselves should be shackIed by no pledge,
Gen. Harrison, in bis Fort Melgs address dcclap
| that if pledges were made, our elections would mn
upon them an! then those who could promise mast
rather than those who would tdfi best would be d.,
recipients of power. lie said the records Of the t
were the best guaranty the people could have tur
the future conduct Of those they were disposed to
| trust ; and the wings all responded 'amenn By t.,
test MIR Tyler stands acquitted of the charge agan,
him. HIS vetoes and his official acts IN pcr.c,
harmony with his previous declarali- ms and i, D
torious that had the wing party made the ,-
before the people in 1910 that they have since
made with him, their overthrow would have been a,
complete then their confusion is nOto.
| They also assume that he has betrayed the party
that exalted him lie is under obligation 10 then
for his present elevation higher power than The
great Wing party OF lSAO placed him in his present
positon-a power TO which they prolessed the most
submissive resignation when they in the ascen
dant--that adapts the means 10 the end with the most
unerrng fitness, aud that doeth all things we'll Il
is to such power that Mr.. Tyler is indebted for hi,
present high Office, and not to them He is under
obligation TO them for nothing but their unqualified
abuse and IT remains to be seen how far that viii
promote his and the public interests by contributing
to his future support. 1t once made Martin Van Blu
rem President of the United States by the popular
will and it may do the same for him. 1t NAV be sand
| that had they not nominated him for the Vice Pres.
| dency he would not have been President
Granted but even there the obligation was conferred
| them rather than by them In casting about for a
candidate for the Vice Presidency they sought for
man with strong democratic tendencies whose hostIl-
iy to ultra Wing measures was well known and could
be confidently cited in those districts where those
| measures were unpopular, conscious all the while
that in the station TO which they proposed TO advance
him, his hostility would be wholly inadequate to ru
trate their darling schemes. With these views ard
for this purpose they nominated Mr. Tyler, and ON
all-wise and oyerruling Providence has frustrated
their corrupt and corruptng schemes by making their
! stand lard bearer their leader
| But, this question involves another which the poo
pie deem OF some little consequence. II implies that
instead Of laboring to elect a President of the Pc,-
pie, they pretended, they only solictous Ia
secure President of the party. Who does not re-
collect that during the whole Presidential canya the
Wing orators were peculiarly eloquent this point
The people, they then said had had Presidents of the
party long enough, and their would explode
the practice. They would have q President Of the
people-the whole people--consultng only their in
terests-ratifying only their decisions dispensing
the government for the general good irrespective
party distinction, party creeds and party consdera
| tons. Nor, there is not anahema pronounced
agans; John Tyler by their party oracles that doe,
net begin end with the declaration that he has be-
trayed The party This is the burden of their song
the point IN their argumentthe secret of their abuse
and the consideration with which they whet the ar.
petite of their maignity against him II is for b,
good faith with the ichoe people that he is denounced
1t is for refusing 10 be President OF the party
moving only with lis machinery, ministerng only TO
Its ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and expressing the people at its
beck that he has been rudely assaied. Had he
on his accession TO power fallen quietly into the par
ty traces, yielded without a ready acquics
cence TO its willy schemes for corrupting the people
with their own money, and gripping their energies
with the despolism of another National Bank he
would have been spared the denunciation of his pre-
sent reyers TO receive ultimately the execraons Of
posterity.