The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-02
THE VETO DINNER, AT NEW YORK

Of The Senate Of the United States. From the APP
plances that had been used TO buy up the support Of
members of Congress, | even feared after the Hero
of the Hermitage had placed his veto upon The Bank,
that means would be found 10 pass it by vote of
two thirds. Martin Van Buren, out Of the coun-
try at the time of that Veto, and if up to that
ment he had given an opinion Or vote adverse TO
the re charter Of the Bank, ! had heard of it.
But where was John Tyler at that time In the Sc
nate, voting against the re-charter Of the Bank,
he had been the House of Representa- ives in
l8l9-yoting to issue a sclre facias TO take away
the charter for gross abuses which should then have
put an end TO it.
In the war of the Bank upon the Administration, if
there had not been man at the helm, of the moral
courage and honesty Of Andrew Jackson, thai great
curse must have been entailed upon the people OF
the United States. | trembled at that time for the
result Of that contest. 1t in vain TO resist the
torrent Of corruption which that vile institution
bed the Wing party to WELD in the action Of egis-
laton. Ii was in vain to attempt resistance to IN
creased expenditures and extravagant appropra-
tons No abuses in the army or navy-no restric-
tions upon the waste of money in appropriations for
the Indian departments, for objects of internal
imProvement-coud be arrested or prevented The
man or voice that attempted it on the floor of Con-
gress secuted by crowds of inter, stcd lobby
managers, who were ready on the spot TO seize the
spos The end of the Bank, as the source OF the
great corruption was glory to Andrew jackson and
his Administration, if he had accomplished nothing
else.
And wha, have we witnessed since that event p
We have the democratic successor Of a ndiew
Jackson beaten on a second trial and the great
aveIted by the almost rDiracul US advent Of John
Tyer TO the Presidency. IL John Tyler had done
other act for the democracy than veto Henry
Clays last bank bill, which had been surreP'itousy
forced through both branches of Congress, IN viola
tim of the repeated prom SEES of the whig leaders
made prior 10 the election, be would deserve well OF
the country. For that act, he has met the and
execTations of hundreds and thousands of bank
wings and for that act he now deserves more OF the
democracy than any other candidate for The Presl-
dency that has yet been named.
Could the choice Of President be left olen until the
People shall meet to choose that officer, there can
not be a doubt that the honest of this country
would thus early do that usce To John Tyler which
must he awarded him when history shall speak OF him
he is Wemay not expect that justice while the
whole party press Of the county, controlled and di
rected 10y the extremes of both parties, is arrayed
against him. When corrupt men of the two parties
unite for the purpose of sustaining their weakest and
most unpopular men-when that state of things exists
that The ultra leaders both sides had rather
their party defeated by the of the uras Of the
opposite side than that any other better Of its
own party should stand in the place of lis favorite-
when the clique Of the party leaders, few mana
gers, override the action OF the massive may
hardly expect present justice done TO the motives VI
honest and true
Ii must be evident 10 every observer that If the
VIII Us believed John Tyler To be as powetless with
the People destitute Of friends they represent,
their presses never would be continually attacking
him they now do; and he clique politicians W no
manage for Mr.. Van Buren, had not feared the pu-
lsriy of the President, the Globe and its kindred
presses never would for a whole year more have
made him the great object of attack. Read out of
the party as the President and his friends have been
shall their motives be impugned If they organ and
take their stand to do hun justice previous the Pre-.
sidenal election
According to the declaration of the leaders and man
ayers for Mr.. Van Buren,, the convention at Balti-
more is work Of supererogation; they say the nom
nation is already made, and that the man who op-
poses him now is no democrat IL this be true what
freedom OF deliberation and action there be at
the Baltimore convention If any man shall there
presume TO contend that the nomination Of another
candidate will assure better success TO the party he
will be written down as a renegade and a traitor
and the fate Of other democrats who have been read
out and hung up before the people, will be warning
10 all such 10 repress the utterance Of lisp which
should call IN question the high behests Of the few
who have iorestalled the public choice At the Ral-
timore convention, the six New England Sta es will
cast forty yotes-twelye votes for its Senators
and thirty two for its representatives. Doing no
worse Tor the democracy than the last when
the party was united, as II certainly is not at this
time those States can give Mr.. Van Buren, only six
votes With no opportunity for the of the PEG.
pie TO reason and TO act this subject the clique
leaders have so managed this matter as TO promise
pledges TO suppo Mr.. Van Buren, from large por-
ton oil the delegates. In promising these pledges,
scarcely one vote IN twenty has had a voice In the
election, If MIR. Van Buren, shall be a candidate for
third time, II any excitement prevails, he cannot
receive oneseventh part Of the voters of New Eng
land IN the electoral college, and II the naked ques
ton OF preference could be put there are half dozen
| men, al least who would obtain more democratic
votes than he could obtain With either OF the seve-
raj other distinguished men candidates against
Henry Clay, almost united vote 10 New England
would be gwen for a democrat With Mr.. Van Blu
| rem Tor candidate, we lose nearly the whole-and
this, too, when democratic influence in the mnori.
| ty States Of New England has been the means Of
forcing that man upon the country as the candidate
The State OF New Hampshire for the last four
teen years, has the higher honor Of taking a noble
stand 10 favor Of democratic principles Her united
| voice IN the time OF Andrew Jackson resisted the
recharter Of the corrupt bank, and resisted every
effort to corrupt the people with their own money b.,
| unconstitutional appropriations from the public
| chest. AT no time had she been carried away by
the humbug expedients of the Nhgs. So strong had
she become IN 1910, that while whole masses of de.
mocrats left the nominee OF their pary-while every
State around her, to the extent Of many hundred
miles, gave their votes for the vhigs-she gave her
vote for the only democratic candidate who had ever
been defeated on second trial
The truth s, distinguish ed and pure had been
the professions and the practice Of the democrats of
the Granite State, that within her borders the enc
mics of democracy found they could gain no foot
hold old torres and the Of old tories-tbe cor
rup men who regard only the loaves and fishes
have locked TO our standard until the year Is4I
presents the extraordinary spectacle in that patriotic
State OF the democratic organization fairly in the
hands OF those who bad been the enemies to democra
tic principles. The honest democratic ycomanry of
that Stale look on with astonishmept, and wonder |
why II Is that the Granite State sends to the Bai-
more Convention sir delegates, Ave Of whom are !