The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-10
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WING AND
A DEMOCRAT-No.3.

| DemcoFdf. | endeayored TO explain 10 yol
that frequent recurrence TO first principles, i,
an essential part of the Democratic creed; lha
the legitimate end and proper aim of party or
ganlzaiion should be 10 secure an honest, faith
Iui and patriotic administration Of the Govern
mentj that whenever the People can see tina
the machinery Of ',he party" has fallen into th,
hands OF their public agents, recurrence tc
hrst principles, or in other words, re-organiza-
tion OF party has become indispensable. | en-
deavored further TO explain to you, that the dis
tinct understanding of those who met al Harris
burg, and nominated Harrison and 'sTyler too,
was that The purpose of that nomination was to
present candidates for whom every American
cilizen, opposed TO the reelection of Mr. Var
Buren,, would vote, being at perfect liberty 10
approve or oppose any measure proposed in
Congress. The sentiment was, that it was ne
cessary 10 dispace those in power first, and thai
then the patriotic Of all parties would unite in
digesting measures TO promote the public veal
And you must well remember that upon this
| ground, the Convention declined issuing an adj
| dress or party creed. The purpose was TO re-
| move the ncunibents then in Office and then 10
| organize the party in reference TO the public in
| terest.
Wig. Yes, admit hl, such was the fact,
but when the members Of the present Congress
met, they did re-organIZe the party, and after
full consideration in caucus agreed on their par
ty measures, and we hold that Mr.. Tyler is a
traitor to the party because he has refused his
assent thereto. But you were about to explain
why Mr.. Tyler did not announce that he would
not be candidate.
Democrat. 1t was necessary that we should
first explain Mr.. Tyler's relation to the party that
we might understand what they had right TO
expect OF him. II WIS, therefore, necessary to
show that MIR. Tyler was Democrat from his
youth upward. That when he found the Office
cratic party that inst, ad of an organization OF
the People to watch ovei and control their pub
lie agents, it had become an organization of The
Office holders to cajole, cheat and brow-beat
the People, he united with those " no demanded
recurrence to first principles, and As means Of
reforming the party organisation, opposed
the reelection Of Mr.. Van Buren,. Oae Of
the great objects of those with whom he acted
was TO restore the prosperity of the ,try,
and he believed that to do this, il was indspen-
sable TO adjust the question of the currency
His desire was TO withdraw it from the vortex
of party, and he had resolved 10 announce his
determination not TO be candidate, if he could
thereby accomplish that great good-and did in
dile paragraph TO that effect for insert in his
inaugural, aud am assured that il was srrck-
en- out because he doubted whether such de-
caration, if made al that time, would not lead
% an immediate organization for and against a
Bank, and thus make that the question on which
20 aglIale the next Presidential election. His
desire was to Withdraw the currency question
from the whirlpool of party faction. His appre
hension was that the declaration, if then made
would make that the question on which the par
ty conflict would turn. Ii was manifest that, if
he made the declaration, and such an organza-
ton as he apprehended did take place, that de-
claraion would greatly diminish his influence,
which due regard TO his own character and to
the public interests required him 10 protect.
Uhig. You seem TO understand Mr.. Tyler's
motives and To explain his conduct-may ask
how you came to be so well informed2
Democrat. The question is natural and pro-
per. | have conversed with the President
with the retired Cabinet-I have read what has
been published on the subject, and have stu
died the history of the times and Of parties, and
have derived my facts from these sources.
Wig | understand Gu TO say, then, that
Mr.. Tyler would have declared in his inaugural
address that he would not be candidate in
1874, if he had believed that such declaration
would have enabled him TO adjust the Bank
question
Democrat. | 90 affirm this, and morc-T say
that the declaration was not made because he
was apprehensive that, if then made. it would
lead TO an immediate reorganization of parties
as they had been in 1910, and end in the reso-
ration Of Mr. Van Buren, and the ultra measures
which had brought 20 deep calamity on the
couutry-and think that events have fully JUS
dhed his apprchensions.
Ijhig OF what events do you speak,
Democrat speak Of the measures of the ex-
ira session, so disastrous TO the Wing party, as
party and to the county.
'"B' 'Ou w MOI PTelehu 10 say that tDe
Wing party would have been defeated in the
late elections if Mr.. Tyler had approved the
Bank bills 2
Democrat What pretend to say is, that
the events Of the extra session show conclusive
ly that declaration that he would not be a eau
didate in 1874 would not have enabled the Pre-.
sdcnt TO seule the currency question. You
must recolect that it was impossible for him TO
approve Of an old fashioned National Bank
that, desiring TO act with the Wings as far as be
could do, he was willing to approve of any bill
which, in his opinion, did not violate the Con-
IL L L. Z