The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-31

The "erand Tyler dinner at the Shakespeare"
was certainly the funniest thing In the way OF q
farce. from first TO last, that we have seen tor a
month of Sundays. II was throughout downright
earnest, good piece of fun--none Of your half-and
half, tmorous afrad-to-g o-through-with-it sort o.
| affairs-but a sober--no, not exactly thdt--but
a serious. determined, wel-sustained piece Of rea
fun, from the laying on OF the first bit of yellow
paint on the portrait of the Captain at the head o.
the room to the final dispersion of the guests annie
torrent OF rain at two o'clock yesterday morning
One of the most amusing features of this funny
affair was the speech Of the master spirit OF the
movement-George d. Strong. This was indeed q
curious speech. He dwelt in terms of the most un
bounded eulogy on the noble, the patriotic, The in
dependent, and the fearless conduct of John Tyler
in vetoing United States Bank, and made that the
special subject Of the toast he offered. Well, this
is all right Mr.. Strong himself has done tolerably
well In the way of vetolng banks. The President
stranges United States Bank in its birth-crushe.
the little innocent before it has given single gasy
but Mr.. Strong waits till bank attains 9
respectable maturity-tll it gets three or foul
| hundred thousand dollars i'll its coffers-beiore
| he thinks proper to put a veto on it. Anc
then he does veto it with a vengeance
| He does its business quite as effectual as
" Old Veto' himself. The dollars disappear
somehow or other, and the Bank d.es-of old age,
decreptude, and the whitening influence of the
"strong" species of the 'veto." 1t lie, therefore,
not at all surprising to find Mr.. Strong euogizins
the vetoes of the President They cherish in COM
| mon a strong antipahy 10 banks The only differ
cnce is, there is slight disparity in the modes
OF manifestng their dislike. That's all.
The passage Of the resolutions recommending
John Tyler TO the support of the Democracy and
nominating him as the candidate for the Presi-
dency, was a capital, original, sagacious move
ment 1t showed that the getters-up of the dinner
know thing or two, and are not likely to be
caught mapping. Had a public Tyler meeting been
called, it would have broken up in row. IN twenty
| minutes after its organization, with plenty OF
bloody noses, but no resolutions. But dinner
having been got up at price to "suit the times,
and the stomachs of the guests well filed, the pas
sage of long string of resolutions was the easiest
| matter in the world. That company was ready to
pass any resolutions-to drink any body's health
to cheer any body-to elect any body to the Presi
dency.
BY far the most interesting and respectable
movement in honor of honest John Tyers
birthday was tnat al aSn1nStOn RAIL- ~
was the spontaneous outburst of the men
who have faith. 1t was not the office-seekers or
the ofice-holders,o the miserable tag-rag and bob
tail Of all parties and every faction that assembled
there. Not was the honest, sincere, trusting
men of falth--the men who do believe that John
Tyler will be the next President. They don't ex-
acty know how it is to be brought about. They
ion't know what States will 20 for him. They
iont know how many votes he will get. They don't
know whether he will be nominated by the Balti-
more Convention. But they do know that he is to
be the next President, and therefore they met to
do him honor. There is charming simplicity, an
artless confidence, an honorable sincerity about
these men and this movement, which contrasts
strikingly with the humbug, the deliberate joking,
the cold-blooded mockery of the funny fellows at
the Shakespeare.
AS for ourselves, we go with the participators in
the Washington Hall festival. We believe in bank
vetoes--we believe in the annexation of Texas
we believe in taking possession of Oregon-we be-
ieve in honest John Tyler we believe in his cleo
ZION to the Presidency, but we are as ignorant a
our felow-believers of Washington Hall how that
went is to be brought about. Heaven knows how
II is to come, but we firmly believe that it vii
come. So we believe, and wait, and pray Know
,e not that
There's divinity that shapes ends,
Rough-heW them as we will !"