The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-02
From tbs Pennsyiraaia Keystone.
GALL THE DECENCY."


An anonymous correspondent OF the New York
American, writing from Washington, speaks Of the
Chief Magistrate Of his country In the following
strain aud the lntellgencer Of this place. the recip-
lent Of that Chief Magistrates bounty, endorses the
caumny as " no doubt all truth"
a" Mr. Tyler, to-day, sent in another of his mise
rablo little mock veto messages, Ia relation To the
Distribution BILL and the contested election bill which
ho meanly pocketed last session. Ii was received
with unanimous eoniemTti the poor creature can
hardly get himself even the honor OF loud laugh
from the House He has settled into a hopeless
and helpless quetude of iniamy, from which nothing
will disturb him TIL lS45. Nobody cares what lao
says, or does, or thinks He do us no hurt, and
he can do the Locoioeos good. No gentleman in
Congress calls on him, and he is left TO the compan-
onship OF the very scavengers Of iicentious press.
lie Is already wholesome example 10 all traitors
and ingrales.
Despised, abused, derided and almost spit upon.
by those Tor whose unmeanlng promises and deceit
fui smiles he renowned good faith and truth
-abhorred by the good for his dishonesty, and
scorned by the bad for his lolly-a more pitiable
instance OF sei-punlshed crime was seen by an
as.onlshed world. Ills present elevation is mere
pillory to hlm-but we will pelt him no more-for
that part OF the sentence has exhausted itself.
more signal retTibuon than now witness IN him,
the most ferocious and uniorgNing vengeance could
not ask.n
We are not the apologists of President Tyler,
when we conceive his measures TO be founded in
mistaken policy. Having contributed nothing TO his
elevation to the Vice Presidency, but the contrary
exercised all honorable means TO secure success TO
his competitor, we have uniformly felt at liberty
speak,of his acts according to honest conviction
of their merits, ''without fear or favor" When we
have witnessed what we deemed departure from
the Republican standard, have dealt out reproof
But when the President has saved the ship of state
from being dashed to pieces the shoals and quick
sands of Federalism, have Just as freely and as
openly applauded his 6rmness, and have often spoken
in gratitude TO his many and noble services in the
cause of Democracy We should be wanting in re-
spect however, did fail to express our deep and
unmtgated adherence Of that fell spirit of caumny
which complacently deals in epithets so wanton and
malicious contained in the foregoing extract.
John Tyler, whatever his embittered partisan ene-
mics may declare to the contrary, is man possess
ed of rare combination of high and ennobng quail
tiles. That he is statesman of transcendant abi-
ties is fully eviden ed by the many exalted positions
he has occupied in the Government of his native
State and in the councils of the Republic, many of
which, too, were voluntarily CONFER ed by those who
now would ian characterize him GO a poor crea-
ture." AT the early age OF tW enty he elect
ed to the Legislature of Virginia, and five years af
forwards elevated to the Congress of the United
States. In 1896 he was elected the Governor of
the Old Dominion and subsequently elected and re-
elected by the Legislature of that State to the Senate
of the Unit, States His selection for the Vice Pre-
sidency on the ticket with General Harrison was
also voluntary testimony to his integrity and talents
which all the villifca!ion that Whiggery can employ
until doomsday cannot depreciate much less oblite-
rate. What reflection upon the intelligence and
self-respect of the people of the honored Old Domn
on--what an insult, indeed, to the whole American
people, to decry the individual called TO all these
high and responsible trusts and now exercising by
the overruing dispensaons of Providence the duties
of Chief Magistrate, as ga poor creature" that
90 hardly himself the honor of a loud laugh'
who is said to be "despised, derided, and almost
spit upon"-whom ' no gentleman in Congress calls
TO see" perhaps for the simple that there are
very few real gentlemen there All tins, too, has
happened, merely because John Tyler has had the
high and undaunted moral courage TO adhere to his
early and unaltered political faith, and would not
consent TO sacrifice his conscientious convictions of
duty at the altar Of ambitious and designing dema
gogue. This is the head and front Of his offend
ing. Respect for tho acknowledged talents and
questioned integrity Of Mr. Tyler-respect for our
country and its insttuons-respect for the eminent
official stations conferred upon him in his past life
but above all, respect for the proud eminence in
which he is placed-an emnence which con-
Germs not only some of US, but all-these consdera-
lions united should shield President Tyler from such
ma evolen rutianism as displayed in the billings
gate efuson have quoted. This is, however,
{" hattering junction." which ii might seem vain TO
court so long as blackguards allowed TO " scrape
a quill" and editors can be found who feeby
appreciate public property as TO furnish the medium
for giving their disgraceful libes publicity