The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-18

Noting can exceed the scrllnony and 0i'ss'-
ness of pc ultra Wing denunciatons oil John
Tyler ia his yeoes of their two Bank bills
Every the ultra Wings proclaim that The
main sse OF 1910 was Bank or Bdnh-
tina. HARRISON was known to all the world 20 be
in iayer Il the charter of National Bank, and
that Tylu fully agreed with hinn--thal the Peo-
Pile expected these gentlemen, when they elect
ed them,t go for the creation Of another Bank
of the United Sales--,hal Harrison and Tyler
knew lhs-and that Tyler, by veloing the Bank
bills, tuned traitor TO his principles and his
party
Tbes are the charges and specifications.
Let thei facts in the case be fairly examined.
They will show conclusively that if the Wings |
of 1916 including Harrison and Tyler, kneD
that if they succeeded, National Bank was to
be created, there was a stupendous cheat pfac-
tced which deserved universal execra,on
And if such cheat was perpenated; If Con-
venlion Addresses. distinguished public speak
ers, aud leading and influential editors OF the
party, while they were denying that their can
didate, for President and Vice President were
Bank men and would go for the charter OF
new Bank of the United States, meant all the
time hat such Bank should and Mould be
chdrtered if they triunphcd in the election
then let the infamy of such a procedure fall
heaviest upon those who were most instrument
tai in lis preparation. But, however much
some may have designed to practice upon the
or. duity of an honest and con6dng People,
certain il is that Harrison and Tyler were not of
the aumber. The whole history of their public
lives shows it. They were emphalcally anti
Bank men, and The People must hare kaolOn ii.
And now for "the why and wherefore"
The State of Virginia and The politicians of
Virginia have ever had great weight all over
the Union. W hatever has been done there by
either party, has been widely circulated in all of
the other States. Well, in The spring of 1910,
the Wings Of Virginia held State Convention
to nominate Electors for Pre- .ident and Vice
President. That Convention issued an Address
f TO the People of Virginia, published in the Ma
tional lntelligencer of May 81, 1S4O,) from
which the following is an ext act:
"But, if opinions upon the tariff, internal improve
ments, and the Bank Bank be the true tests of
RepubIicanism then how stands General Harrison in
comparison with MIR. Van Buren, We answer that,
upon the tariff and internal impro vements he cannot
be worse than MIR. Van Buren, as we have shown
you and as to the Bank his unqualified declaration
that 1t was unconstitutional is before you and there
reason to believe that he is in favor of Bank in
any form, for he is assuredly opposed to Govern
ment Bank. As far know or believe fellow
CT liens, General Harrison has but opinion about
the Bank, and that is against it and feel that we
hazard nothing in saying that he would not consider
any Bank constitutional which, in his opinion, would
if established, be both invxpedent and pernicious'
I This language is conclusive and speaks The
sentiments of the Wing party, in Virginia, in
1910. Was cheat attempted by the grave
body Of able men who put forth that Address
VIII the ultra Wings of the present day assert
llit2 If so, let them denounee themselves, or
one another, and not Nr. Tyler II not so, then
let them speedily recant their foul epithels
against the President.
But what were the sentiments of HENRY
CLAY, the great friend and ch ,mpion of the late
Bank Of the United States, on this subject in
1902 Would he, in whose bosom, il is boast
ed, there is a window through which he Peo-
pie may see his heart, uiUuAy deceire that
good peoIle2 Did he in 1910 consider the
question Of bank or no bank as constituting any
gre at parties of that day 2 Let him speak for
himself. He visited his nalive county Of Han
over, Virginia, in June 1910, and on the 9th of
that month addressed large concourse of his
fellow-citizens at Tayorsville upon the various
political topics of The day. If ne had consider
ed the Bank question one Of the main issues,
would he not have said so, on that occasion,
L. a af,,,. "A "a, a. T.fI,.
toned and thrilling ,loqu, nce7 Who of his
friends will now say that he dissembed. and
meant, il Harrison and Tyler were elected and
manifested disposition TO oppose the charter
of a Bank, TO thunder in their ears that then
pere elected 10 establish Bank, and that hey
kneu IL while they were candidates The fol-
lowing is extract from his speech on the oc-
casion, which was published in the National In
telligeneer Of July 10, 1870:
"Wthout banks believe we cannot have a sufi-
cient currency without Bank Of the United States
4 ] fear cann,t have a sound currency But il is
the end that Of a sound and sufficient currency and
| faithful execution OF the fiscal duties of Government
that should engage the dispassIonate and candid con-
sderation Of the whole community. There is nothing
] IN the name Of a Bank Of the United States wbi-h
has any magical charm or to which any one need be
welded. IL to secure certain great objects with
out which society cannot prosper; and IT, contrary
to my apprehension, these objects be accomplish
ed by dispensing with the agency Of Bank OF the
United States, and employing that Of State Banks,
all ought TO rejoice and heartily scquicsce and none
would more than | shouldn
Such were the sentiments, such the girings
out of Mr.. Clay in the campaign of 1910. nj
he, the great champion Of Wing principles and
expounder of Wing doctrines did no, assert, or
make, the bankssue in that campaign, then who
are we TO look to as having made and asserted
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