The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-11
From The Charleston Courier
THE PRESIDENT /

| HE NO. L.
The regulations Of public men are the property of
nation and constitute lis moral wealth. and il should
be the pride il the duty Of every citizen TO pro-
tect them from the assaults of political maleyolence
Common honesty demands that every man should be
Judged with fairness that opinions at variance with
the uniform tenor of his actions and declarations
should not be attributed to him for the sole purpose
OF afordng to malice pretext for denunciati,n. In
our country, at least deracOn should not be wea-
pom OF political controversy. Let the word policy,
according to the hitherto prevailing aceeptation, be
erpunged from vocabulary and truth and honesty
be the only standards by which the opinions and ac
tons Of shall be tested The corruptiohs of the
old world where lie is diplomacy and language is used
not to convey but to conceal the thoughts and nen-
tlons are unworthy of liberation among free peo-
pepermit depression TO enable to say that un.
der the present administration era in diploma
cy has commenced. The late treaty between Great
Britain and the United States, SO advantageous to
both countries and important to the peace Of the
world, the result Of honesty. Two honorable men,
in the integrity Of their minds seeking only Justice for
their respective countries and dsdaning the articles
Of diplomacy, advanced to their object with truth
full simplicity OF purpose, which enabled them to
complsh in three months what the tortuous policy of
| schcming diplomatiss had been unable to effect in
half century To return to the text. Towards no
man who has occupied the elevated station of Presi-
dent, at any period Of history has the measure
Of justice been so stinted or the courcses of
decency so little extended as to President TYLER-I
The title which the Constitution coners is denied TO
him-the vocabulary of Bngsgate has been ex-
hausted and no terms Of reproach, however vile and
opprobrious, has been withheld as uniting. And the
question is pertinent, why with reputation for talent
honesty and consistency, which through long course
OF years secured the confidence of his State and
his elevation to the highest honors in her gift which
won for him the electoral votes of three fourths of
the States for the second honor in the gift of the peo-
pie with the probable contingency of succeeding to the
first, why should he be regarded false, perjured
and traorous, unworthy the confidence of generous
people! | join issue with his defamers, and will
make apparent why he should not.
The questions which have occupied the public |
mind for the asst twenty years to the exclusion al |
most Of all Others and upon which the great parties
Of the nation have been divided, are Tariff Of Pro-
lection and Bank of the United States, to which |
has been supcradded the distribution Of the funds |
arising from the sale of the public lands, and the
sumption by the nation of the debts of the individual
States. My attention shall be directed to the two
first at present The opinions Of no public man have
been more frequently expressed or better known
than Mr. Tyler's on these engrossng subjects. His |
speeches and votes in the Senate for long series Of
years manifested his opposition TO them 1t is unne-
cessary to particuarze where all bear the same i'm
press of firm uncompromsing determination, and /
challenge the production Of vote speech which in
dlcates the slightest vacilaon of purpose change
Of sentiment either of these questions. Born a |
Democrat, and educated it were at the very feet
of the great apostle Of Democracy, his mind tho
roughly mbued with its principles, they have become
a part Of his nature, and the leopard
change his spots John Tyler apostatize from the
leading principle of Democracy, the greatest good
to the greatest number" and both Bank and Tariff
being " for the benefit of the few at the expense of
the many" violations of that principle, besides
wanting the sanction Of the Constitution In
the further prosecution of this defence, | shall |
show that so far from abandoning, Mr.. Ty- |
Ter has ever supported the true principles of De-
mocracy with hrmness and consistency alike |
honorable to his character man and his sagacity
and honesty a statesman. In order TO do this IL
is unnecessary to extend retrospect beyond the
session of 1882. Proverbally fleeing and evanes-
cent the things of time which men gaze upon
and stratway forget, the memory of that session
cannot already have passed the portals of oblivion
the times too full Of peril the too excl
ting, the actors too prominent to have passed from
the mind like the visi OF dream. No II is not
forgotten, and now lhen the same drdnlaiis per.
sonG the County Van Buren,, the eloquent Clay, the
iie iecfai Calhoun, and the honest and consistent 1y
Ter; all except that of iron The hero ehietla,
are still busy the stage Of action. The period
above referred 10, embraces a most interesting as
well crit cal portion Of the domestic history of
country. The tariff act of 1928 empbacally bill
Of nominations rendering all other interests trbu
t1ry to the manufacturing (passed by the aid of dem
ocratc votes , led To the adoption by South Caro-.
lima of the act Of notification, and threatened civil
war aud the consequent dissolution of the Union |
II is not my design to discuss the question Of nulih
cation, and will only remark that do mol regard
as right resulting from The constitution but as para
mount 10 IT, 10 be resoited 10 rhen ereT constitutional
yenedg has iled aud peaceful II the majority oiH per-
nit Whether the State of South Carolina was jus |
hed IN resortng 10 so extreme a remedy for relief
from the oppres exacliOns Of the Tariff is ques
ton which my present object does not require me to
examine. AXIS TIDES.