The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-17
JUSTICE TO JOHN TYLER"


We copy to-day accounts OF several Demo
cratic meetings, which we think will attract the
attention Of the reader. The Presidents letter,
r .sd in Tammany Hall, New York, will arrest
the eve, and its truthful periods force eonvic-
lion All these meetings are signs--the bub
bling up Of the People. We doub, no, they will
soon uample on the chains which party tyranls
have striven 10 throw around them.
President Tyler loved his country more than
-. ~-."d him for il. But
let his country cherish such devoted worship
per, and in the hour of peril, when party tyrants
are again in the act Of manacling the People,
other Presidents will follow his glorious exam
pie, in dsregardng party ties. and in knowing
nothing but their country, and its best Interests.
And il our Republic should not flourish to the
end of time like others, il must experience
decline,--sliIl, if such acts rewarded as they
should be, and the example is followed by those
who may come after him, when occasions occur,
then to President Tyler will future ages owe
more than to any other President, except Wash
ington. For we contend that if the People will
sustain and reward such virtue and heroism as
ty," when vetoing the Bank bls-which acts
bereft him, at the time, Of party--such heroism
and-self-sacrifce will never be wanting in Pre-
sidents in time Of the country's greatest need
But should The People treat with cold ndif-
ference such noble sacrifice, what other Piesi-
dent will follow his example? In all civilized
nations men have been found willing TO sacri-
fee their fortunes and lives for The salvation Of
county. Yet in every instance they harbored
conviction that their country would appreciate
The deed. But if party managers shall now sue
coed in crushing our President, when will we
find another 10 bid defiance to party?
Early in ls4l The Wing party was considered
omnipotent In Congress and out of il, the
principles declared in 1910 by what was called
the Wing party, seemed, nay had, the support
of lwo-thirds Of the voters of the United States
But the leaders of the party were dishonest, and
they resolved TO sacrifice the interests OF the
country for their own personal benefit A, that
time the Democratic party was powerless, and
the prospect before it was only a series OF
gloomy adversiiies.
President Tyler was true to the Republican
principles, for the preservation of which the ma
ton had just been reused. In less than two
years the Wing party was crushed forever, and
the Republican party in the ascendant No,
s-.- ~ .sse:ss.l :! - so:ss..se4 xAi..
tarif-thus becoming Identified with the Demo-
era'lc party, and more than compromising for
The detection of the meagre band of ul,ras. who
deal IN and retail the uIna Wing abuse in as
SAILING the honest President who saved their
country.
No man will deny that these things have been
accomplished by President Tyler And if he is
properly sustained in The lofty position thus as
sumed, the Republican party may maintain lis
ascendency for many generations. If not, our
country will be again split up BY miserable
ei'ques and factions and the struggle for mere
men VIII be renewed in 1914, to the utter neo-
iec', nay, probably the utter ruin Of the country