Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-07-13
us. TYLER AND THE Locos.

House no doubt, sent long communication 70 the
Enquirer, proderug Mr.. Tyler TO the
Locofocos candids,e and suggesting whether
he be not the only man ~bo lead them to vic.
Tory in the coming coate.t, Mr.. Richie thus puts
the extinguisher uPon he captains prctensions as
far as the Enquirer IS conccrnnd.
MR.sTYLER-lN The FIELD.
The writer OF The following communi.
cation has some misgivings about our put
lira,ion Of his produciion--and well he
might have entertained them. Ii has
come from WeshiDgton-and the source
alone excitss some suspicion Of its purity.
To the second pace. this communication
to our press, from the pen of one Of Mr..
Tyler's irit nds, s,eaks out much palmer
against two Of the Denoci attic candidates,
than any piece which has emanated from
either Of their friends. But we waive
these and other objections, which press
upon our minds. We waiye even the
scruple about wasting so much space in
our columns, upon subject which can
BE- productive Of no benefit. II is sterile
Sc d thrown upon the barren rock for,
we say il fearlfssly but with due respect,
Mr.. Tyler can never be selected as the
Democratic candidate by the National
Convention. He can never be elected
the President of The United States. I; is
idle and out Of the question to think Of
it, Ii is doing worse-lt is enabling the
parasites who may be around him. or
elsewhere to play upon his passions to
abuse his good nature to off r incense
to his vanity and to pray upon the pat,
ronage of the Government. In tn Sc
points of view, the effort to hold him up
as an available candidate is not only idle,
but mischevous. Yet we will not refuse
the tollowing Euloge the use ofour col
umns. with all his errors-with his for
mer devotion to the Wing party, and the
mischefs he contributed to do the De-
mocracy in lsi0-with his signatures to
several of the bad measures OF the Extra
Sessinn-with his indirect Bank chatter,
elevated by the lever Of the district Of Co.
lumb;a- and with his Exchcqucr Schemes
with Webster, and Spencer, and Por-
ter, a, his heels Mr.. Tyler has done tie
State some service by his Vetoes. lie
has headed the Wings aud batlled their
worst project We are willing TO show
our acknowledgement quoad hoe, (as our
worthy friend Ope used to say,) by pub.
listing his nomination. We are still
more wiling TO define The position in
which he stands 10 the oth'r candidates,
and to open their eyes to the real prospect
OF any cooperation with the friends. We
are still more anxious to define our own
pos ton to Mr.. Tyler, and to shut every
door, as far as we can do II, to the hopes
of any support OF his election by the Dem
ocratic party. We have no space to
spare this morning for the structures
which this nomination calls for. But ii
may be unnecessary at this time to expa-
tate largely upon the question. We
have no unkind feelings for Mr.. Tyler
but il is due to selves-it is due TO the
country-it is due to himself to corr CT
the idle illusions in which the ear wigs
around him are seeking to tantel re his
ardent Imagination. We wish Mr.. Ty-
lcrto do his duty himself. We wish him
to serve his country, for the short residue
of his term, without thinking of himself
We wish him to go into retirement with
But it is only by plain dealing; by telling
him the truth by advising him to disa-
buse his mind Of all impracticable aspra-
tons by his using the powers Of the
Gov rnmcnt for the advantage of his
country, and not with The idle hope of
assisting his own purposes, that these OBJ
.jects can be accomplished. In q word,
Mr.. Tyler has but one course to take-to
abandoa all ideas Of tie Presidency-to
avow it boldly in the face oftbe world
to purge his Cabinet-and then he may
carry useful measures and command any
man who is calculated to serve the State.
But so lo1g as he cntortains any idle hoprs
of ambition, he can neither command the
confidence Of the nation nor serve the
people, nor carry any honor into the re-
tlrement to which lie may be destined.
We differ in almost every position
which his advocate has taken. We con.
der MIR. Tyler in 1910 as Wing, not
as a Democrat. We consider Mr.. Van
Buren, as defeated by the nummcries, and
Misrepresentation, and frauds Of the
Wings. HIS chance of success in 1874
is most cheering. Even if Mr.. Van Blu.
rem or Mr.. Calhoun should iuil in The
nomination, Mr.. Tyler cannot obtain il.
There are many other alternative candi
dates, who would supetsede him. In
d, ed he would be the very last, although
he SIS IN power." And We must speak
the truth, however unpalatable it may be
(but It is forced upon US by the commu.
nicniion oi his Advocated we have not
met with more than dozen men, and
most of them are his personal and devot-
ed friends, who would 60 for him as the
next President OF the U. States.
But enough for the PRESENT. The in
jury which the Republican party and their
principles received in 1910, must be re-
dressed by 'the sober second thoughts of
the people," The blow which was struck
at then capa ity for free Government,
must be Rtoned, We must be wrighted,
through whose sides we were wronged-
aud not through those, who contributed
to wrong US. In spite of the assumptions
of the friends of Mr.. Tyler, Mr.. Van Bu-
rem may succeed, if such be the will of
the Republican party.
We repeat, that We have no wish, On.
necessarily, to wound the feelings Of Mr..
Tyler. But, under the circumstances in