Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-20

ls41 and Clsv IN spite Of hs chagrin being sghted
Nv bs Marty bad the satisfaction Of obtaining his long
wished for dssideTAtum-a WAg Executive, wing
Congress, and Mhig people. One short month passed
sway and the President had rested from hs ardaoas IA
M TYLER by The peaceful operation Of the Constitu
/ ton succeeded to the vacancy An extra session OF
supposed 70 be tbs rsetiying OF al the eVus long
democratic reign had entsled upon the country MI
Clay who appeared Is the great manager OF ms party
and Of the administration, laid down programme OF
proceedings which embraced repeal Of all the demo
cratic measures and substitution Of those o. IN wings
! in their stesd The programme was adopted ard Con
rsgE sat 10 orx First in order came the incorporation
Of a national bank charter for which was soon urree
through both houses and sent 70 the President ior ms
+ approval Mr.. Clay, the Whig party, aud the nation
al large were struck with astonishmeni when Il was
snnsuree6 shat the President had vetoed th9 bill The
Indignation Of the wings beyond all boundI MI
Clay zrraigned President Tyler before the Senate As
traitor his party and poured out the Walls Of his wrath
upon his devoted head He alternately threatened and
Caioled bulled and entreatsd but all 10 no purpose
The man who solitary sud alone, had brsVsd Andrew
Jackson and his psrAtes not 70 be driven from tho
path Of duty by Henry Clay and the patch OF sleuh
hounds he had set upon his track
Justum &C tenAeeu prOpoad yirum
Non ciTum ArOor prRya iubentium,
Men vultus iRstsnth tyranni
Monte quatit s0lids.
The resident found few defenders in Congress out Of
the large number Of his friends whom the log cabin
and coonskins hsd carried into Otee hr. Wis says
the veto left him hst six fsuds l. both Houses together
SfiH he ably defended Mr.. Rives, his sseom-
plished friend and in the Senate, made
elaborate reply to Mr.. Clsys attack. He showed that
Mr. Tyler had ever been opposed TO national bank
he had sustained Gen Jackson in his veto in 1892
that be had never retrAced ais opinion and thas the
bank was not Issue in the lac campaign. The
Whlgs unwilling TO give up their hopes Of tssb-
fishing a bank without more trial. They passed
bill Incorporating bank in Disguise under the naLas Of
hsezl agsII which also met the fate Of its Isede
cessoF Thus did John Tyior drive the last nail into the
coffin of the bank of the United States II Il was act
Of heroic bravery in Andrew Jackson to veto hank
bill wi large party in Congress at his heels, what
shall say Of John Tyler who vetoed two bills IN one
sssgion with only six fspds whom bo conld rely in
the difficulties With which he was surrounded And
yet the handed down 70 posteTy as hero and
the other sgInatzed traitor his party and
wanting in the moral eour2ge Of gentleman
Why is thisf Is it because John Tyler fit the
niins" or made senseess threat by the Eternal to
hang YIcs President for defending the rights Of the
which should Justly the Abolltoniss in cutting the
throgts of ihs Southern people
In a42 during this administration, serious difficulty
with England growing sut Of the Northern boundary,
was amicaby adjusted by the Ashburton treaty"
The last of Mr. Tylers administration the ad
mission of Texas by set Of Congress the Lt day OF
March 1873 After the melancholy death Of Judge Up
HhuT by the explosion Of the gun board the Prince
ten, Mr. Calhoun wss spponted Secretary Of State,
aud gave his old fiend the benefit Of his wisdom
during the remainder OF his term With Mr. Calhoun
the acquisition Of Texas which would add empire
the territory of the South, had long been object dear
10 his heart. Negotiations wera early tet on foot Which
ended in the realization Of all Mr.. Cslhsuns hopes
three days before the government turned to
other hsnds Il Is true that war followed the
sion but that brought to gerious termination
by an administration ut to be the successor Of that OF
John Tyler.
From the sxprntion OF L. terra Of service until he
elected member Of the Virginia convention in
1861, Mr. Tyler remained in the most perfect retire
ment.
While enjoying tn. peace and quiet Of his rural home
in the bosom OF his family, aud surrounded by his
books, he was startled by the intelligence that
tional party, the Of whose formation had fallen
upon the of the sage of Monticello hike re-bel
night" had ObtaIned control Of the government He
plainly that ere bell" sounded the knell Of the
great Republic. Sdl he ready 10 msks effort 10
the Union with liberty, he did in 1893 but
"iet the Union Ede." He went 10 Wsshi lgtOu
member Of "PeRoe Congress" whose duty It to
arrange q compromise between the two sections, and
chosen president Of the body. Having left Wash
ngtOn with the hxed belief thai the Hsck Republicans
determined 20 administer the government In
oordsnce with the Chicago platform, at whatever
cost he resusd his in the Virginia convention and
voted for ordinance Of secession. He chosen by
the convention member Of the Provisional Congress Of
1851 he was elected member of the first Congress by
the children and grand children CT those hO, fortyfvs
years before had elected him 10 the Congress Of the
United States Just before the meeting Of ths st
sion he died at his post st the ripe age OF seyentyone
years.
After hat We have wTSn it Is useless TO enter upon
analysis Of the character OF president Tyler Our
gess Of this sketch II the time shall when
merits estimated by their services to their
country when the Judgment ID not warped by the
cry passions which animate ihe political commissions
cident to Republican governments John Tyler will be
remembered with Of the pures patriots
hs eosnry ever PRODUCED and his admiustra ton
Of the brightest pages in American history-AopiaHs