The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-25
TO JOHN TYLER.

TO JOHN TYLER.
| John Tyler John Tyler, your efforts are vain,
Tho object you strive for you cannot attain;
You're by accident PLACID in the Presidents Chair.
The voice of the people will not keep you there
Lofty mountains may rise where salt pillows
Rich tropical fruits be produc'd at the Pole; Gro.
MCKAY may the liberal and graceful affect
CAVE JOHNSON may cease to exclaim II object"
All this may be done--but the popular voice,
Will never proclaim that John Tyer's its choice.
Count the notes in the sunbeam, the sands on the
shore,
Count the wrongs Of the people you've tyrannizd oer
Count the errors committed, the promises broken,
The smooth oily words half forgotten ere spoken,
The amount will be great--but it will not express
One tenth OF the chances against your success
No. John Tyler the odds against your elevation
No figures can TELL they defy calculation!
I've seen fools in high places, and wisdom in rags
And virtue in want and vice with full bags;
have witnessed the blind taught read and to write
have seen Morse's Telegraph, swift as the light!
have heard with surprise Mr.. PoLK's nomination;
was struck with your doings about annexation!
have wondered at these things but what shall say
To the folly and vanity which you display,
When you say to the people, elect your chief"
Oh wonder of wonders! surprising belief
what Botanists state, be correct that /. a ,Deed
Is plant out Of place." then, John Tyler, indeed,
You belong to that class; for thing more misplaced
Gould meier in lifes widest caprces be trac'd.
Our Garden of State has been planted with care,
We will glance at the objects most prominent there:
There the WAsHINGToN's OAK its cool shade spreads
around
There LAUREL ADAMS is fourishing found;
There the PINE TREE JEFFERSON shoots up on high,
fhe EnA MA he
There the wide spreading ELM OF MONROE is seen,
And the BAY TREE QUINCY in bright evergreen;
There the HICKORY OF JACKSON stands high midst the
trees,
There the LINDEN KINDERHooK bends the breeze;
There the BUCKEYE OF HARRISON verdant appears,
Its roots have been bath in a whole nation s tears
Near the BUCKEYES place where the ASH TREE OF
Shall be planted and flourish for euer and aye.
With these beautiful trees is the state garden gracd
They flourish, because they have not been misplaced
But what is this mshapen trunk, round whose arms,
The Parasite creeps, and the dusaing fly s,oaras?
How sunted and dwarf d in its growth it appears!
1t quite young though it looks grey with We
The gross withers round it. the birds shun its shade,
Its foliage is blighted its stem half decayd:
This is JOHN TYLER's JUDAS TREE, ominous name!
Which no hope can inspire no sympathy claim
Yet when first planted here though of humble pretence
Twas a promising shrub, and void Of offence;
But the too bright, and the soil much strong,
For soteebe plant-.trom the first 1t ,oent ,crong;
1t stuck in the soil no firm, vigorous roots,
1t spread to the sunbeams strong, healthy Shoots
By all twas condemned as the gardens Disgrace
Or pass'd heedlessly BY as a thing out Of place.
Since wish that it should remain here,
Twill be movh to its native soil early next year;
hat horne ruI NAV nnrUe ifs nIentiu
And render it fit for at least homely uses.
John Tyler, the best course that you can pursue,
Is to move with the tree to your naive soil too.
Seek the station you're fit for-retre to you farm
There ut least is a chance you can do little harm;
Plant Corn and Tobacco with that be content
Twas mad freak of fate that made you President.
To our free Institutions what praises due,
For the country has prosperd in spite cen Of yon
And if on,Dard her march crampd by your feeble sway
How bright her career when the paroit CLAY
Shall in mighty mass call her energies FORTH
From the east and the west the south and the north
And directing that mass for the good of the whole,
Shall difuse through the country heart and soul
When all party rancour and discord shall cease,
With union at home, and with all the world, peace
John Tyler, we thank you, the triAing alloy
You have caused u.s. will then add a zest to ourjoy
And you will perceive in your quiet retreat,
That the difference tween wisdom and folly is great;
That thought accident" calld you govern the land,
You have not the head nor the heart to command;
That your head as too ceak and too selfish your heart
To play well the Statesman or Patriots part.
In the shades of retirement the close of life spend,
As the husband the father the neighbour the friend.
You are decent enough in each private relation,
But weaker and vaner meier rupd nation
VOX POPULI.