The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-28

Experience has exposed It's iailacy. protest dgdin'
=. idea ma he Government cannot do pith0ua I'M
bgH' We are not dependent on this corporation
Wretched indeed would be our situation If this wal
tho case"
Again, 10 1892, when member Of the Uni
ted States Senate, the bill for re-charteriRg
The Bank was brought up before that body, he
not only recorded his vote against the passage
OF the bill, but sustained General Jackson in his
reto OF the measure. The records OF the Senate
read thus:
The question being on the passage of the bill to
modify and continue the act To incorporate the sub
seribe 10 the Bank OF the United States those who
voted M Toe affirmative were Nlessrs Benton, Bibb
Brown, Dickinson, Dudley, Forsyth, Ellis, Grubdy
Haynes, Hill, Name, King, -MaHgurn, Marcy, Miller
MOORE Tszsweil, TrouP, Trlsn, White"
Again, 10 September, 1910, committee OF
cltizens Of Hennco county, Virginia, PROFOUND.
ed TO him the following inquiries:
"Do you believe the Congress Of the United States
TO be vested with power, by the Const tuition, to
charter National Bank Would you consider
such 90 Institution, though warranted by the Cuns-
luton, as miseheTous 10 is effects upon the pursuits
aud habits OF the people, and from the influence
which would be capable Of exerting, upon the in
dependence Of cur elections Would you veto a
oil eharterng National Bank"
These questions were puI. upon the presump-
| lion that General Harrison If elected, would
die, aud Mr. Tyler would succeed 10 the Pres
dency and TO them he thus distinctly replied IN
October following:
+" la reply To the first branch OF your inquiry,
quote aud adopt The language OF Gsneral Harrison,
| IN his speech delivered at Dayton, VIZ: There Is
not IN The CoashtutiSa any expt,ss grant OF power
Tor such purpose, aud IL could be
to exercise that power, ia the the powers
granted 10 Congress could not b. carried into effect
without fesOrtlng 10 such institution The lat.
ler branch oi your inquiry IS fully answered BY my
answer 10 the trst part. Whe-
ther ! would would not exert the pslo Il will be
time enough Tor me 10 say when sm either a can
ddale Tor or An eHpectant Of the Presidency neither
Of which expect ever To be-
II your QUESTION had been varied as 10 hare in
CURED Of 'ohai ssuld pursue u sspasd 10
me yies Presidency and should be called upon 10 Uois
upon ball Jor ne Incorporation Of a Bank yOu should
haze had dirsoi and emphatic aJsrer rs Is hare
only 20 Ttfr you 10 my speech delivered IN the H0ss Of
Representatives. Of The United States in 1879 on the guts-
ton Of sciAE FAclAs against The Bank, and my pos
gren ia the Senate Of the United Stats IN 1899 on the
question Of rs-ehariering Ae late Bank"
A portion Of the speech referred to have lust
read TO you, and exhibited to you the vote from
the records Of the Senate. They were both d.
reclly IN opposition to Bank.
Again, on the 9th October, 1910, portion Of
| the citizens Of Steubenyille, Ohio, addressed
him this question: "Do you believe in the
consItutionaity Of Bank of the United
States 2"
To which he made this reply:
"My opinion Of the power Of Congress TO charter
Bank OF the United States remains unchanged
(of course from his opinion in 1919 and 1892 }
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
eya he Vranted In B..
carried out without resorting to such Institution
Again, about the same time, similar ques-
ton was proposed TO him by the citizens of
Pitsburg, Pennsylvania, and TO which he re-
turned answer so explicit, that the Wing
leaders in Washington, to whom II was sub
mitted, suppressed It's publication. The history
OF the transaction is thus given by the Hon.
| Henry A. Wise, through the columns Of the
National lntegencer:
During the session of 1882 40 Mr. TYLER ad-
dressed TO me- 10 Washington a letter from VIII
lIamsburg, Virginia, saying that meeting of the De-
mocrats Of the city Of Pittsburg Pennsy had
called on him especially to say whether he would, in
any epeni 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 il to the leading
members Of the Wing party, for them determine
whether il should be transmitted to Plttsburg and be
published or not The substance Of the reply re-
| member well II was spirited and explicit .ffler
e-aminrg The right Of all citizens 10 call for his uu
nenis all public questions, and stating that The fair
object Of such calls should alra be 10 enable the electors
cast their potss inefgiby, according 10 their
uicon Of right alr knocing The opinions Of candidates
He EXPRESSED THE OPINION, WHICH HE HAD EVER EN-
TERTANEp, THAT THE BANK OF TIE UNITED STATES
WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND THAT HE COULD NOT
SANCTION THE INCORPORATION OF ONE WITHOUT AN
ALTERATION IN THE CONSTITUTION. He then emphGii
lid him
sentiments nheihtr they aoo,d maintain them at the
polls or ,oheer their object ,paS 10 divide the Wig party
by publishing them TO The country? The reply bss gtpe
I did submit 10 several Wing members Of Congress,
ohose opinions thought most entitled 10 respect and de-
ference AND THEY DECIDED 1T WAS IMPoLiTic TO GIVE
III PUBLIcITY-Ldt Mr. Tyier's opinions already
,ioion and that ii icaS unnecessary to array usm direct
IN against those Of many who toere IN tdpor Of a Bank
and all cho made the Bank fea, could ascertain his
sentiments in the past, WHICH NEVER BEEN
CAHrEp, AND NO ONE COULD PLEAD THAT THEr EITHER
HAD BEEN CONCEALED, OR THAT ANY DECEPTION WAS
PRAcTcED."
Again, the "Boston Atlas" of April, 1871,
makes this statement.
"Mr Tyler remaised in the Senate the entire
term Of six years. In 1888 he was re elected up to
which time he had been moderate, although decided
supporter of the Administration Of Andrew Jackson.
Mr.. Tyler opposed to The re-chartr 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 as public
man. and from the peculiar position OF the preslden-
tial canvass of 1896"
Again the "Richmond Whig," as late as
the 3Olh April, 1871, after Mr. Tyler had occu-
pied the Presidential chair nearly month, IN
It's editorial, uses this language:
| "Shoud Virginia, in the elections just past have
| returned majority of opponents 10 the new Admin
| istration. il would I've singular commentary upon
her profes ed devotion TO the will Of the people and
singular instance of the blindness and rage Of fac
ton triumphing over reason, PATRIOTISM and common
seese II Is rain 10 sau that