New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-20
Tyler and Texas'-The Post-The Peril
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.I2yler and Texas'-The Post-The Peril
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70 me Editor Of TIE TriduRe:
WHry | communicated TO you some weeks ago
tho fac. that that shocking Accident John "
Ter, had made arrangements to commence war
without consulting those bodies, or either them,
in which the Constitution has vested The war.ma-
king power. had no doubt of the accuracy oil tho
information but it was 50 incredible itself that
was not surprised to sec that it was yery little
needed by the Country, It's now officially con.
firmed The audacty, peTidy and rccklcssncss'
which were deemed too enormous 70 lie believed
are ayowed by the traitor and his c2conspira'oFs'
The design Of tdcso diabolica! proceedings IS
deep. Ii is to provoke Mexico TO an immediate
Declaration Of War.
The idea prevails in the Executive circle, and
is an old and familiar one with Tyler, Wise and
their co4duto!s, that it is in the power Of "a re-
so!ute minority al any time TO involve this
country in a war. and that when this is effected,
the whole Country must come to TIE rescue, anu
sustain al all hazards ana ut every cost the party
who BROUGHT it about. This IS beautiful theory
OF political e;hcs-,.s beautiful rs that domestic
system out of which NEST OF our Natona! corfuP-
,,on and caanities nave grown. In the House
If REPRESENTATIVES, IN 1872. Wise referring to
this very subject Of AnacrGi;0R, SAID, III addition
tn the ;,!,ove that if war were once begun the
politicians would no; dare 10 oppose 1t. hey
are burnt Children said he; they never Will
venture to oppose another war; II they 90, they
are doomed men,
think that it is substantially upon these sug-
geslons that John Tyler is now acting think
So for this among other reasons: In the same
speech, Wise maintained that VIC had right, on
account OF cur near relations with Texas, and the
danper of disturbances on our own borders, to de-
mand OF Mexico " the non-nvasion of Texas"
This idea was adopted in the Presidents Message
at the opening of the present Congress, and lsre-
peated several times in the correspondence accom-
panying the Texas treaty. 1t is we'll known
also that Wise led of in the detection rom the
Whigs in ISL: and it has always been supposed
by well informed men, that Tyler, in perpc-
tfting his treachery to his irieuds. and in carry
ing Oh his vic schemes since has acted more un-
der The guidance of Wise than of any other man.
~ Washington this is well known. In 1872 Mr..
Gentry. of Tennessee, designated Mr.. Wise as
:. the Government Depend upon it, it is more
by the inspiration of his bold and licenlious gen.
iIs than from any capacity will of his own, that
Tyler has advcniured upon the astonishing course
which he is ROW pursuing
The object Of the War Wise did not even then
conceal. appealing to the Loco Foco party (parti-
cuIarlv of New Hampshire and Aieine) to sustain
it, lie said, - would place California where all
the power of Great Britain should never reach it.
.SMrerY shouM p0ur Hseif obroad ,7itdont
shaint, and .fHd no limit Int the Southern
OceaR."
1t may be imagined by some that the fact of
Mr.. Wise's appointment to Brazil isincompatibc
with this idea OF his Importance in the councils of
President. But in reply to this would say, in
the first place, tina, ne has not yet zone, though
he has had his appointment confirmed about four
months In The second place, he Is repucd TO be
very DESTROYS of building a house 1t is not at
all improbable, notwithstanding the great conf.
dence he has expressed in the valor Of his friends
in Stacking towns and robbing Churches" he
may still think that quarterly drafts on Uncle
Sam are rather more prudent and reliable than a
contingent interest in the wealth TO be acquired
in Mexico, ard the P0lrer TO be acquired at home.
by the booted loaiers. -
The state Of things which Tyler's recklessncss,
impudcncc and imagined responsibility, have
brought about, is new in the history OF The Re
public. Shall he succeed in his purpose Shall
he he permitted 10 break, or longer 10 leopard
for a single moment, the peace and faith of this
nation What can be done to arrest hun in his
wild and wicked career Something must be
done, and that prom pity. An impeachment
would reach and parayze him. This seems to
me the proper and the only preventive remedy in
the case. Should deaths from violence, or inu
rics 10 property ensue IN consequence Of his ex
crcsc of usurpcd authority, and of the oxccu-
ton Of ms unconstitutional and Illegal orders. he
will be liable perhaps for murder and piracy be-
fore the ordinary tribunals, as will also the Off
GERS and troops pretending to act under those or.
dcrs. At any rate, they will all be liable under
the statute Of the United States providing the
penalties of fine and Imprisonment for "qN per
sons beginning setting on foot any military
expedition or enterprise to be carried on from the
United States against the territory or domains
of any foreign state, colony, district or people
rith mhom the United States are al peace"-
This net Is large enough to embrace John Tyler
and all his tools, if so be the meShes are small
enough. ANXIOUS.
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