The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-16
JUSTICE TO JOHN TYLER.

The ILLINOIS STATESMAN is the title OF a new
journal just begun at Jacksonville. We copy
with pleasure the following article from it:
PRESIDENT TYLER.
We have no acquaintance with the present Chief
Magistrate Of the u. s. nor with any one IN his en-
ploy nor have we any personal interest in defend
ing or assaillng him. As journalists who profess 10
love morality, honesty, order and decency, in the
community, we cannot, however, let even our first
number pass without entering solemn protest
against the low, vile malignant abuse which it has
become but too fashionable for hireling demagogues
and hreling party presses, to yend against all our
leading political men who happen to stand in the
way Of their interests, their schemes or their dreams
We have put the name OF the present Chief Magis-
trate at the head of our remarks be ause we hon
esty think that, standing he does alone backed by
no party, and warred upon by ALL it has been his for
tune to receive somewhat than his share Of
| this vile and low lived calumny.
We do not here complain, either politicians or
as friends OF the President but moralists free
men. Ii may not harm the President to be called by
all these opprobrious and contemptuous Names
which his enemies so avishly heap upon him !;
indeed the time may come when all this will react in
his favor but IT does harm the people, il harms virtue
II harms truth, 1t harms the republic it harms the
holy and sacred cause OF popular freedom through
out the world Ii is not only disgrace to ALL of all
parties who indulge IN it, but it is disgrace to the
cred freedom is allied TO truth to dscencu to cou tsy
to reverence for the law and for the chief executors
of the law, and with these she must stand or fall
and though our Chief Magistrates may be erring men
Ike ourselves, still let the time come when
public sentiment shall consent TO give them over as
fair game to the partisan, the office seeker the dem
sgogue, the loaier, the liar and caumniator; and
farewell 10 republican freedom then will come
the rule OF demagogues, loaies, liars, swindler
and sanderers; and though names and forms may not
hpUS md
Are we not approaching that cLange' II the pre-
sent Chief Magistrate has done anything worthy Of
impeachment, let his enemies impeach him tuere
are laws, and they surely have NUMBERS and he too
has rights as well as ourselves Till then let every
good man, every true lover Of his country however
much he may differ from him in opinion speak Of
him with that respect which properly belongs to the
unntpeaehed Magistrate Of greai and re peopf and
let every true hearted freeman Of every name re-
sent an undeserved insult offered to the presiding Ma
g'sirate, whoever he may be, insult offered at
once both TO his country and 10 himself
1t Is said that the present Chief Magistrate is aim
ing at reelection. Very we'll suppose il be So il
no more than every President before him since the
days OF Washington has done; and all who come af-
ter him Will do the II the Constitution remains
the same. 1t scarcely in human nature TO do other
wise; and our true edy here is not to SANDER and
abuse the Chief Magistrate whoever he may be, but
To amend the COnsututon-the one is honorable mo-
raj, and safe the other Is demorazing dshonora.
BILE, and unsaie-emnently unsafe TO ali the tal IN
terests Of the Republic and the world
IL Is sand that he has misjudged on very great and
important points Of duty. We'll be it so. What man.
les than an angel, warred upon by enemies inyei-
ged and entrSpped by pretended friends abandoned
by all parties, and sustained by nome could pass the
ordeal at all points unscathed But il is not our pre-
sent purpose to defend assal the President on any
Of these points, but simply insist that even il we
owe nothing TO the Pres dent still owe something
TO the world, something to the Republic something to
ourselves something 10 our children and our posteri-
ty, and that something is at least DEcENcY