The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-29

| Wrsteh.a iaaat dependent on this eorporalou-
tne sa,s@ 'h's suId be our situation if this was
S,nl,i ~ 800 100 hen a member Of the UnI-
,bs RI - 49, she bill for re-chdriertmg
moi onIv ,acortsJ up before that oooy' h9
of the XII bn, s,,.,a ,ole against the passase
peLo oftba ,nass,,a General jackson IN hD
read thus 'ie0o'u' " WY
"The question being on - ,.. Nil, to
modify and continue The as passage vi us ,S
seribers To the Bank OF The w. gu. n, uho
voted In tue affirmative were w p5oIon Rim
Brown, Dickinson Dudley, Fe,n Fills Grlndy,
Haynes, Hill, Kane, King, JHara' Marcy Miller
Moore Tazeweil, TrouP, TrlEH' hile.S
Again, 10 September, 1910, committee of
citizens Of Henreo county, Virgo nropound-
ed 10 him the following inquiries
"Doyou believe the Congress Of the ,,,.d States
| TO be vested with power, by the Coa,nuon- TO
| charter Naiional Bank Would " consider
| such an institution, though warrantedby = Const
futon as mischieyous in its effects upon n r,rsiits
| aud habits OF the people, and from The 4,nenes
which Il would be capable Of enerting, uponhs IN
dependence Of our elections Would you 10 a
DILL ehar,ering National Bank"
These questions were put, upon the presulo-
| ton that General Harrison, If elected, ywoCs
die, and Mr. Tyler would succeed to the Pres
dency and TO them he thus distinctly ran''ed III
October following:
" In reply TO the first branch Of your inquiry,
quote aud adopt the language Of General Harris0A
| 10 his speech delivered at Dayton, Wis There i,
not IN the Constitution any express grant OF power
for such purpose, and II could be constitutional
10 exercise that power in the the powers
granted TO Congress could be carried into effect
without resortng to such institution The lat.
ter branch of your inquiry Is fully answered by my
answer 10 the first part Wbe-
Their would OF would not exert the veto II will be
| time enough for me to say when am either a can
didate for pectant Of the Presidency neither
Of which expect ever 10 be.
F." II your question had been varied, as 70 hape in
qiarsd Of rhai io0ud pursue u elevated 10
The Wee Presidency and should BE- called upon % pois
upon ball fer the Incorporation Of Bank you should
have had direct and emphatic ansiosr rs Is haps
ONLY 10 retsr you 10 my perch delivered ia he House Of
Representatives Of the United States IN 1919 the gues-
ton Of sclRE FAcIAs against The Bank and my vote
ipsa an the Senate Of the Unitsd States in 1882 on the
question: Of rs-elartsring the late Bank"
A portion ofthe speech referred to have Just
read to you, and exhibited 10 you the vote from
the records Of the Senate They were both di-
rectly in opposition to a Bank.
Again, on the 9th October, 1910, portion Of
| the citizens of Steubenvie, Ohio, addressed
him this question: ado you believe in the
consututionaliIy of Bank Of the United
States 2"
To which he made this reply:
any opinion Of the power Of Congress TO charter
Bank Of the United States remains unchanged"
(of course from hrs opinion in 1919 and 1927
There is not in the Constitution any express grant
of power for such purpose, and II never could be
constitutional to exercise that power save in the
event the powers granted TO Conges could not be
carried out without resortng to such institution"
Again about the same time, similar ques-
ZION was proposed TO him by the citizens of
Phtsburg, Pennsylvania, and to which he re-
turned an answer so explicit, that the Wing
leaders in Washington, to whom II was sub
mitted, suppressed its publication. The history
of the transaction is thus given by the Hon.
| Henly A. Wise, through the columns of the
National lnteligencer:
| "During the session of 1889, 40, Mr.. Tyler ad-
dressed TO me, in Washington, a letter from Will
liamsburg, Virginia. saying that meeting Of the De-
mocrats of the city Of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, had
called on him especially to say whether he would in
anu epent sanction the Incorporation of Bank of the
| United States. He enclosed me the proceedings of
their meeting and their resolutions and sent me his
| reply with instructions to submit it to the leading
members Of the Wing party, for them to determine
whether il should be transmitted to Ptsburg and be
published, or not The substance of the reply re-
member well. 1t was spirited and explicit. .lhsr
examining the right Of all citizens 10 call for his stn-
msnts all public questions and stating that The fair
object Of such calls should al,oas be 10 enable The electors
10 cast their nteg iby, according 10 their con-
riction of,g after knocHg the opinions Of candidates.
| He EXPRESSED THE OPINION, WHICH
| TERTAINEp, THAT THE BANK OF TIE UNITED STATES
WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND THAT HE COULD NOT
| SANCTION THE INCORPORATION OF ONE WITHOUT
| ALTERATION IN THE CONSTITUTION, He then emphati-
caLy asked those ,pho addressed him. If these their
| sentiments ,ohether they Dould maintain them at the
polls ,oheter their object 10 dipide the Wing party
by publishing them 10 the coun,y7 The reply Has gp,n
did submit to several Wing members Of Congress,
,ohos opinions thought most entitled TO respect aud de-
| ference, AND THEY DECIDED WAS IMPoLITic
IT PUBLICITY Mr.. 7yIers opinions wsre already
kno,pn and that unnecessary TO array them direct
~ against those of many pho in favor Of Bank,
and all ,ho made the Bank test, could ascertain his
sentiments in the past, WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN
cANTED, AND NO ONE COULD PLEAD THAT THEY EITHER
| HAD BEEN CONCEALED, OR THAT ANY DECEPTION WAS
PRAcTIcED."
| Again, the "Boston Atlas" of April, 1s4l,
| makes this statement:
"Mr. Tyler remained in the Senate the entire
term of six years ln 1888 he reelected, up to
which time he had been moderate, although decided
supporter of the Administration Of Andrew Jackson.
Mr. Tyler ,cns opposed to the re-charfer Of The late Uui
| ted States Bank
And few days afterwards the correspondent
| of that paper says:
"The nomination of Mr. Tyler, at Harrisburg was
urged and obtained solely upon the estimate formed
of its character, IL appeared from his acts public
man, and from the peculiar position Of the preslden-
| tal canvass of 1886"
| Again, the Richmond Whg," as late as
the Both April, lS4l, after Mr.. Tyler had occu.
pied the Presidential chair nearly month, in
It's editorial, uses this language: .....
Should Virginia, 10 the elections just past have
returned majority of opponents TO the new Admin
| istration il would be a singular commentary upon
her protested devotion TO the will of the people and
singular instance Of the blindness and rage Of fac
ton triumphing reason, patriotism, and common
seess Is vain 10 say that
The apprehension ola Bcnk TO wHsH VIRGINIA IS or-
posrp iusf fes the premature hostility Ir NOT cgn-