The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1843-01-12


laughter and sensations of applause. as he
pointed towards the whjgs.l Although re-
gard the veto power great palladium Of Lbs
erty, hope there never will be occasion for It
to be used towards us SO as to disgust us ~nh
it. Laughter. For it's a very hard aud very
unlucky weapon 10 hlt a man or a party over
the head with, sir. Laughter. Tbs exer-
else of the veto power gave Gen. Jackson
Tremendous influence and character for bold
ness and i'mness and decision. II has done
much The same for John TyIey And I've no
sdisposllon therefore 10 make John TYLER
greater man than God Almighty made him
[much laughter and TO drive the Vsame mea-
sure al him again and again, 10 lot him veto it
again aud agsin, and thus show his character
tor consistency and f,mnees ia the very way
of all others 10 make great man Of him
Cries Of 'True.' My advice TO those gem
tlemen Of my party who may be in The next
Congress, is to quietly let the sub treasury
plan go by and rest, until you've found out
that the President will 60 for it and rigu it; or
until we have time TO elect President in 1874,
which we shall de- Great laughter and cries
of 'No-Henry CIay,")-who will 20 for~it
And now, having said thus much ab0ut the
veioes let me DO justice 10 the man. fbelieve,
sir, that John Tyler lie an honsst-kind of 40
old soul Laughter Yes sir. as honest
man as ever was in The White, House, from
the time Of Washington and him included
don't believe he's quite so great man as Gen.
Jackson. (Roars Of laughter But he's full
as honest Laughter. Id short, cir, he's
full as honest as we've any OCCASION for, and 1
laal ihot, Tho
ty of tho people Of This country. don't be
IieVe that he's so popular asto make The peo-
pie select him as chef; laughter and all the
Storms that's a brewing ln the polllcal aimos,
phere, will never brew John Tyler into the
Presidential Chair again by long sho'.
Much laughter, and cries of "Don't be too
sure of that No fear. He must be content
to retire into priva,siife upon his we'll earned
laurels. OF course there would always be
some fond Of bespatierng good people with
mud; by such his character would be attack
ed, his motives impeached-and be denounc-
ed, as he had been, for a traitor. A traitor 10
A traitor 10 what Not to bis country! for with
all the party malice and unfounded abuse that
had been heaPed upon him, no man could ev>
or say John Tyler had beoh traitor TO his
coun'ry!-The very men that elevated him 10
power were the fret and the loudest to de-
nounce him. And the American people seen
go much Of the same set of men pralsing one
set Of measures Today. and denouncinR Them
the next, that they pay no a,,en, ion now 10
party abuse. have said thus much for the
man, not for any love or feeling or interest
that lhave 10 the matter, bu, because he's
honest and deserves. il. There's no fear of
my swerv'ng from my principles sir. 10 praise
any man. Pve been nurtured and trained &fed
on the good old democratic principles Of Tho.
mas Jefferson. Pm radical TO the root, cir,
[Great laughter, in which Wise joined and
the roofs strike into The earth, sir, as the glo-
rious oaks strike deep and firm into The rioh
soil OF the Mississippi valley Laughter and
cheers
"Thc gentleman seemed 10 desire to 90 into
the fight against the distinguished individual
from The south, sir, Mr.. Calhoun, as the lead-
or Of The forces against him; and sufe am,
sir, more honest, honorable, high minded
and pure chieftaln no army could desire, or
one who would more nobly battle for his prin-
ciples and for truth and integrity; and il such
be the will ans decision of a National Couven.
lion cir, to that sir most heaytiIy cay, amen!
"We're gong to have great meeting at
Cincinnati, sir, IN relation TO the next Presi-
dental election. At that meeting certain
great principles Of the party will be prOmulga-
ted. (CrieS of Name them Well, sir, can
name them. (Severa voices cried out, oh,
no, no. Well sir, but if gentlemen don'l know
what democratic principles are in this coun-
Try, sir, ,'s time they went back to Delaware's
spelling book. Roars Of laughter But if
they don't write down their prncir les in black
and while, so broad and so plain that he who
runs may read 'em, then l'll because they're
no, able TO write, daughter l'Il 60 forth
to fight with no motley scrabble such as the
Wings presented IN 1910. For bank here,
and against it there; for a tariff here, and a.
galnst il there; for Bankruptcy here, and
againsIi, there; for distribution, rule, or ruin,
here, and sga,nstit there. No sir. l fight in
no such ranks. But we will inscrlbe our true
principles on our standard, and have a true
standard bearer who can carry them out.
Now, sir, It John Tyler can answer our po-
ltical catechlsm satisfactorily (Iaugh,er), and
gets the domination Of the convention (great
laughter,) I'd 60 for him, and not Otherwise
fact or no fac,l [Roars of laughter. Hos
pretty nearly democratic enough, sir, Think,
al heart; and if it wasn't for a certain little
association ;of spirits, black, white and grey,
around him Turning TO Gushing and Wise ali