The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-10

,asehsd An. ana of twsnty-one years This honorA'
bic post he con inued 10 ill until be was, al, ut nss
years after, elected msnber Of The fnsy Oounei''
by an oysrw helning yols Joint ballot OF the TWO
Houses Wspsxtfind him in the Congress Of the
United Sates, from the very same district eiai"'1
until lately as the tenure OF The notorious bolIs-aho
high did he stand 10 the confidence and an, cuons
OF bis constituents, that he was always the ieuthe"
membsr-was never beaten and himself deciiLeu re-
election Ia consequence of his falling health bu'
about years Afterwards, his native county again
requiring his stryces, he was elected 10 the Ltgisa-
tufe, from which body he was elevated TO the Guber
material chair of the State and the next year he was
reelected 10 the same digniied STALLION by urlani-
NOUS vote If both Houses on joint ballot. ID was
while Governor Of Virginia, II my memory serves me,
that Mr. Tyler delivered his celebaie ed eulogy Ad-
ans and Jehersoni composition that has Won ior It's
author reputation for eloquence and hoe "riiing
second 10 none living. IL is the ehusion OF hishy
chasle, cultivated, and commanding inieleci--and de-
seryeily ranks inst among the mastery productions
elected by those wonderful events
We next find Mr. Tyler in the Senate OF the United
States to which after the expiration Of his term, he
was again elected by the Legislature, aud now was
paid to him the high honor by his peers of eecting
him their presiding officer during the absence OF The
Vice President. We come now TO an act OF Mr.. Ty-
ler's life, worth thousand professions. Men too
often pirate OF principles and when the test is APP
piled sacrifice them TO seli-inerest. We behold
John Tyler in the Senate Of the United States, in
strcted TO do that which he believed vioatye Of the
Constitution lac had still one half Of his term
expired did he like spostate republicans and u-
ira federasts, disregard the Dunctions of the
sttuent body whose representative he was, and re-
tain his seat 10 defiance of their authority o.
lie acknowledged the right of instruction. doctrine
of the Virginia school, and of which he was dsc-
ple and when he found that the obligations Of his
conscience confcted with the instructions Of the Lee
gislature, he resigned his seat and retired TO the
shades Of private life.
From there he did not emerge, except for one year
that he sent 10 the Legislature, until in lS40
when he was elected Vice President Of the United
States from whence occurred his translation the
Chef Magistracy by the death Of General Harrison
You have here, my fellow-republicans, a suecinct
history Of epents in the public life Of John Tyler.
Are they alone not sufficient TO give the lie direct to
the charge of iDcompelency' DO they not prove
the reckless malice of the miserable puppets party
who deal in such wholesale detraction'
His unbounded popularity with the people amongst
whom he was born and reared to manhood--his
transition from State to National Legislature-his
election twice Governor OF Virginia, twice to the
Senate of the United States, and Vice President
with his legislative and executive history too youm-
nous to examine in these letters, stamp John Tyler
as one of the master minds of the age, and what is
quite as important at this juncture, a true and genu-
inc Republican. Is not this man entitled 10
fidenceand shall we not when he is assailed by his
federal foes whose vndIctiye malice thrss for his
blood, rally 10 the rescue'
ONE OF THE PEOPLE