The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-23

pllshed a glorious triumph VIII loho", anu uo
Globe will fall like Lucifer, never TO rise again"
The Globe is too kind to the President when, IN the
plenude Of its goodness, is willing that the cur
lain may fall on the part he has played as President"
Is this intended as sarcasm or does IL proceed from
a malicious heart From the latter undoubtedly The
President desires the curtain TO be raised broadly
before the American People, that they may scan all
his acts President with the seyeres scrutiny, and
on their verdict he is prepared 10 stand fall That
errors may have been committed, is possible, and
who is there that is free from error But the Presi
dent does not desire to escape from the responsible
ty of his own errors, on abandoning the Republican
party"
The Globe has, as il is wont acted disngenuously
and employed trick, 10 quoting from Mr.. Tyler's
address what he said when speaking of his oppos-
ton to General Jackson and his successor The
Globe has omitted the context and most important
| part, and introduced that which is wholly irreati'e
to the subject. Mr.. Tyler says:
Many of us had been thrown into opposition to
General Jackson during his last term, having voted
for him upon his first and second election because OF
certain doctrines put forth in his proclamation and
because Of certain measures which followed that
celebrated State paper. Our opposition proceeded
II to be- sacred regard to the high and essential prin
cples of the Republican party, and regarding his
successor in great degree Identified With what
we esteemed as errors in General Jacksons admins
tration our opposition was continued TO him"
The first seven lines of this, the Globe carefully
omitted, for the purpose of concealng from its read
ers its Importance. Now will show that, in
place Of being censurable, the course pursued by
Mr. Tyler has been justified by General Jackson
himself.
All who are acquainted with the past histo-
ry connected with the Bank Of the United ates,
well know that some Of the members of General
Jackson's Cabinet were strongly oppo:ed 10 the re-
moval of the deposites In the celebrated paper
which he read 10 his Cabinet after he had resolved
to take the responsibility" he said far be it from
him TO expect require that any member of his
Cabinet should at his request order, or dication do
any thing which he believes unlawful, or which his
conscience condemns. From them, and from his
felow-citizens in general, he desires only that aid
and support which their approves and their
conscience sanctions" General Jackson said he re-
garded the measure as his own, in the support OF
which he shall require one Of them (theCabneO to
make sacrifice Of opinion or principle" Ger
tain principles put forth in the proclamation
of General Jackson, and certain measures
which followed it, neither approved by
reason, nor sanctioned by conscience in the feeling
and views Of Mr.. Tyler. Under these crcumstan-
ces had he given his sanction TO those measures he
would have become obnoxious 10 the charge of sac
rfcing both opinion and principle Patriotism and a
conscious OF duty acuated Mr. Tyler in offer
ing those measures, which finds full justification in
the principles Of General Jackson, above quoted
In the lofty patriotism which governed all the acts of
General Jackson, know that MIR. Tyler has al
ways confied most strongly, and we have reason to
believe IT is fully reciprocated by General Jackson.
Men of high and honorable bearing and governed by
those principles, always respect and repose conf
dence in each other.
Had the Globe, and the clique that near it,
been as liberal and tolerant have shown that
General Jackson was, the Democratic party would
never have suffered the signal de feat did in 1910.
The Globe asserts that it was the great mea-
sures of jackson and Van Buren, which accomplished
has not carried single act of reform,
Of any sort which he has recon ma"A- -'--" h" b
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hardly necessary. The assumption is too prepose-
rous to require notice. And If Mr. Tyler has no,
carried single measure, who prevented it, Who
defeated the Texas treaty. Who but the Wings,
aided by the Globe and COL Benton. Who opposed
his plan for an Exchequer' The Whigs, headed by
Mr. Clay, the Globe and Col Benton And now,
forsooth, the Globe exultngly proclaims that Mr.
Tyler has not carried single measure he recon.
mended But we ask the Globe, who defeated Wing
measures tha'were opposed by the Democratic party,
and if they had been permitted to be consummsted,
would have bound it in fstters' Who saved the
country from Mr. Clay's darling scheme, National
Bank who defeated another Of his iavorile mea-
sures the Distribution Of the proceeds Of the Pub
lie Lands John Tyler, by his vetoes And wha,
was the effect Why, 1t these ve,oes that stimu.
lated the aroused Democracy Of the country TO
return "an immense majority of its representatives
TO Congress"
The Globe takes exception to Mr.. Tyler claiming
credit OF having "a well supplied exchequer,n and
alleges that the first year of his Administration
loaded IT with ,wenty-seyen millions of debt" II
is hardly possible 10 conceive more barefaced impu
dence or grosser falsehood. The debt which the
country now owes, was commenced in the first year
Of Mr.. Van Buren's administration by an issue of
Treasury notes, which was annually augmented each
succeeding year. by application made TO- and authori-
ty granted by Congress, TO make similar issues
These notes were sometimes at discount in the
market, in place of being always at premium, as
asserted by the Globe. 1t was not until Mr. Tyler.
Administration that the cheaper mode Of obtaining
money, by loans direct, was rcsorted to. We have
the authority of w. H. Crawford for saying that
rasing money by the issue of Treasury notes is the
most expensive mode that can be devised
The Globe not only attempts to take from Mr. Tv