The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07
JOHN TYLER.

JOflN 4 LEN.
~rhe man whose nn,ne heads this artiss
Gle, has rendered himseif'doubly damned.
by his pertid.. and treachery to the best
interests ofshis country. Elected by the
will Of the people. as expressed at The
ballot BOX in the fall of 1870 to the sec
ond office within the gift Of the nation.
and subsc quenlIy exalted by providence.
in the death OF Gen. Harrison, to the ex-
ecutive chair of the Union; he hardly as.
sumed the rcigns of government, before
he basely betrayed the confidence OF the
marty to whom he was indebted for his
honorable position; in the use OF the veto
power, by whichshes was branded as q
traitor to the old whig psrty. sScorned
by his cabinet officers, who in contempt
Of his mean conduct resigned their posi-
tons, loathed by allhigh minded, honor-
able men of his own party--used as a
plant tool by dcsigning and asriring
dcmagogues, he lived out his Presiden-
tal term Of office, and returned to phi
vate life with his deep treaelery attached
to his lame, and was little heard OF OF
cared abort, only as he was brought to
remembrance by the light Of history
This man, who though traitor to his
party, seemed at the Time, to be loyal
son OF the Union, has in in his last days
with gray hairs blooming for tie tomb.
aimed deep wound at his country and
is found in the ranks~of the rebels, aid
ing and abet:ing them, in their pcrfidous
work of disruptipg the government. lie
once held the following sentiments, as
made known in message to Congress-
Aug: 90, 1914:
Iregard the preservation Of the Union
as the first great American interist. L
equally disaprove of all threats Of disso
luton, whether they proceed from the
North or the South The glory OF my
country, its safety and prosperity, alike
depend on union, and he who would CO.
template its destruction, even for mo
ment, and form plans to accomplish it de-
serves the deepest anatbemas Of the hu-
man race. + s SEES
He little thought when penning these
noble sentiments, that he was writing his
own epitaph, and pronouncing his own
eulogy. The people once shouted. !. Tyler
too, and upon the popular breeze. he was
triumphantly elected. The same people
who sang him into Office, with many N !
lions more, will unite in the deep cur ses
with which they will execrate his name.
John Tyler, how like one of the fallen
angels he must5apper in the view OF the
world His fame will be as notorious as
| is Judas Iscariots, and the two linked to-
| eether, forms beautiful duo OF traitors,
to be handed down the stream OF time
fit objects for generations yet unborn te
pour their curses upon their heads, tht
one for betraying his Lord and Master fo
thirty pieces of silver, the other trcacher
Gus scoundrel for betraying his country
in the hour of peril. Benedict Arnold
with all his Treason-universally hated
and despised. was in our opinion, a bet
ter man-and had a nobler heart beatiu,
in his bosom than John Tyler. May "M
Edeepest anathenaas Of the Auman race res
upon him-and for his high handed trca
1son may he meet with the same fate tia
befell his illustrieus predecessor, not 5
his own hands however, but by the hand
fof his insulted, outraged, and wrorge
couptrymen.