Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-07-04

they not firmly believed they voting for tw"
staunch and unyieldng Democrats.
II being papable to my mind that the defeat of Mr.
Van Buren, occasiuned by detection from the
ranks of the Democracy, who took rally under
the banners oftwo men, whom they regarded as true
to the Democratic faith il becomes inquire whe
Their MIR. Tyler be not the only the political
stage who unite the broken ranks Of party aud
lead them 10 victory in 1874
/ will allow man to question my Democracy
voted for Jackson twice and for Van Buren, once;
but refused TO sustain the latter gentleman second
time, for The which ucuated my brother
Democrats who united upon Harrison and Tyler.
shall not now stop enquire into the validity of those
asons either 10 vindcee myself my brother De-
mocrals who refused 10 vote for Mr.. Van Buren, Sc
cond time. | believe that Harrison, had he lived
would have proven true 10 Democratic principles
as Tyler has proved himself 10 he; but it enough TO
know that have not been deceived in John Tyler
lie is Democrat in heart and soul. lie has never
forsaken his faith and never will forsake IT, He has
been tried in the school of adversely and he stands
where he has ever stood.
The Democrats who refused 10 sustain Mr. Van
Buren, i'll 1910, exercised but The right OF freemen-
They judged then for themselves, and will, no doubt
do the same again, should II become necessary
would not, therefore, that they should be met, by
those Democrats who voted for Mr. Van Buren,, as foes
TO the partv-as enemies Speaking for myself, and Tor
many Of those whom know personally, we hold our
selves to be brethren of the faith, however much
may have differed in lS40 about men and measures
When the Arisocruc parry in Congress- led on oy
MIR. Clay seeing that Nj Tyler would not administer
the Government, 10 make MIR. Clay President IN
1884, determined forcing Mr. Tyler TO approve the
grand leading measure of U. 5. Bank, IN The belei
that he would rather than take this alternative resign
his seat upon the Executive chair, what was the con.
don of that portion Of the Democratic party who had
been tested under the lead of Mr.. Van Buren, 1t
was down, down, down What was the condition OF
that same portion of the party, when MIR. Tyler, true
to his principles The magnet 10 his POLE twice threw
back into Mr.. Clay teeth his odous Bank bulls: IL
was up, up, up!
No sooner had the two ve,oes of john Tyler gone
Abroad throug hout the Republic, than the defeated por
of the Democratic party took courage and bucked
on their armor for the fight. All the Democrats VINO
had voted for Harrison and Tyler al once followed Inc
lead of their President and made common cause wan
their defeated Van Buren, friends; and the first two IN
portan elections that took place after the session oil Inc
We toes resulted the delea, of William Cost johnson
Of Maryland and VIM. &. Dawson of Georgia, "h"
ran the Clay and Arisocratc candidates Tor the 20
vernorshp of their respective States In this GLORIOUS
result we the united phaanxes o Demo
cracy moving forward victory. Every election, since
the period of the stubborn vetoes of John Tyler, mas
terminated in the ofhe Democratic party both
the State and the United States councils.
. On the subject of meGSareS-upon which we dHeien
from you in The contest of 1910, and which difference,
| | cannot admit, made less Democrats than you, Il
say WE as Democrats who sustained Harrison ana ~
Ter, and as Democrats, who sustained Van Bureh)
Mr. Tylers democracy cannot be called IN question.
He is with the whole Democratic party the question
| Of Bank, on the question of q Revenue Iaf'f ihese
the only questions, it seems TO me, that Affect ihe
principles of Democracy All other questions inSoive
nothing than considerations OF exPedIency, 10
the decision upon which, the opinions OF one party, as
well as another, are to be taken into account WIN
the Aris,ocratic Of United States Bank ana
Protective Tariff (arcades ambo) fall all other inca
sures growing out OF them, such Distribution laws,
Bankrupt laws, ct id omne genus. The facl OF The re-
peal Of the Bankrupt Law by the same Congress mat
enacted 1t, proves this could not stand by
! itself
| On the question OF separating the peoples money
from banking corporations Of all kinds Mr.. Tyler IS
true to the core.
] The state the country s vastly different from what
it in 1910, and with this change of circumstances,
there has been corresponding change OF sentiment
upon the measure of the Sub-Treasnry. Experience
has taught how TO remedy the defects OF that inca
sure which had been enacted into a law by the 10Th
| Congress, and which repealed by the 9Th Con-
gress | look forward with great hopes 10 the
enactment Of law TO regulate the keeping and DIS
bursement of The by the next Congress, that
will shun the objections TO Mr. Van Burens law and
receive Mr.. Tylers sanction.
contend, that in Of Mr. Tyler
Administration have Democratic principles been puE
posey violated by him. 1t is trne, he forced by
circumstances, ard by the bitter war waged against
HIM by The last Congress, TO sign some bills that were
not framed as TO secure equal rights 10 all; but those
which ni,c,s on the country the anti Republican prn-
cples Of the Aristocracy.
| There is radical diff renee, then, between the
Democrats who voted for Harrison and Tyler, and
those who voted for Van Buren,. Mr. Tyler rs as true
a Democrat in principle Mr.. Van Buren,. Why,
them YOU will ask, did your friends desert ranks
and abandon Mr. Van Buren,? This is the point 10
which would come, and ! will answer you without
prevarication II opposition 10 Mr.. Fan Burn
man. Dixon H. Lewis, than whom a truer Demo
M hraat f,cI in II t,,a
address to his feowcitizens Has his opposition to
Mr. pan Buren,, as man. died aaeay? OF course the
question cannot be positivey answered now. An cleo
ton contest is the only of certanng the aci
but ask, shall we risk the OF the Democratic
party, by attempting 10 elect him again This ques-
tion it will remain for the General Convention To
swer. My firm belief is, that the Convention will
discover by comparison Of the information that will
then and there be gathered together, that Mr.. Pan
Buren, is not The strongest Of the party that he
cannot unite US and lead us 10 victory. And my firm
belief is that be Convention will discover, when il
assemblies, that Mr.. Tyler is The only who can
achieve this desirable result.
have attempted, Messrs. Editors, my feeble way,
to show that Mr. Tyler unes in himself all the rcqui.
sites which should recommend him to the confidence
OF the Democracy. viii leave out OF the question his
present position, for John Tyler is too honest use
the patronage of the Government TO advance his po,l
cal views; but his being in power, as a Democratic
President is no small consideration and il will be 80
/ 4.
of the of my belief, that Mr. Tyler The
only whom the party select with the certain
ty of electing hm-for, nominating is one thing,
and elecng hun is another.
1t cannot be denied, that The circumstance Of his de-
feat in 1910 will act as great damper upon Mr. Van
Buren's prospects We have TO deal with The preju-
does of the human mind in eecting President of these
United States; aud it appears 10 me, that every
deration should not TO trust to battle under
Mr. Van Buren, He will have to overcome the pc.
sonal prejudice against him, which, believe has not
subsidized, bnt much increased, and will increase sill!
more before May, 1874 He has had honors heaped
upon his head without stint, and this exces eal
ousy Of There is fear, that if elected he will
WELD the axe of prescription with great whence
There thousands Of the Democratic party who
impressed with the belief, that his sympathies are
not deeply rooted enough, in favor Of the people, to
engage their support and command their enlhupiasm,
and hence, under the idea that defeat will surely come
if he be the candidate people will not come gu, and
strive to elect him. Now do not say that any of
these considerations in themselves true but do
saw that they exist and have the meons NJ know