The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-03
Lesson Come Down From
John Tyler'S Times. aa


the following lively reminiscence of John
sTyler's times. The lesson contained
could be proftably learned by Andrew
johnson -
"The present peculiar position of the
President of the United States recalls to
our mind some incidents of personal
experience many years now gone by, when
that political rinderpest, the Tyler grip
proved SO fatal to many of the politicians
OF that day. For tae benefit of the rising
generation, and as a. warning TO men in
once, we propose hasty resume of our
recollec'lons of that interesting period.
"Four weeks after the inauguration of
General Harrison, the Southern secession
lists compassed his dealh by poison. Gas
they aftsrward did that of General TayIor
by the same means, and that of Abraham
Lincoln by assassination and John Tyler
became President by virtue of constitu-
tlonal provision. His first official act of
national import was the veto of an act of
Congress for the establishment of a Uni
ted States bank. This deed placed him
IN general opposition to the party that
had elected him, and whose principles
and objects were we'll understood when he
accepted the nomination of Vice Presi-
dent at their hands. Hereupon the shrewd
Democratic managers commenced their
game of divide and conquer Thqy
called meetings all over the country to
endorset he course of 'honest John TYLER
just as they now do that of 'honest ANDY
Johnson, and with pecisely the same
object.
Through the efforts of Commodore
Stockton and James S. Green, the old
Trenton Emporium (now the True Amer
,can) was purchased and ruin by Jim
Zabriskie and Captain 10. Yard as the
Tyler machine of New Jersey. A Tyler
State convention was then called, letters
OF special invitation were sent out to
few Democratic ofice-hungry individuals
In the different counties to report as dele
gates :! We at that time were Young
man not entitled to a vote, and had lust
returned bone from a three years wan
dering in the West. The letter appoin-
ting us delegate simply informed us that
the convention was intended to finaugu-
rate measures of vital Importance to the
welfare of the Democratic party This
august couvocation assembled at ntq7t, at
the court t-house in this city. DR.. John
M'Kelway, then postmaster of. Trentoa,
presided, and James S. Gree7, of Prince
ton, was the principal speaker. Jim Har-
denburg, young lawyer of New Bruins
wick, and afterward mayor of San Fran
cisco, and ourself were among the
secretaries. As soon as we saw the Dem
ocratic cat under the Tyler mea. we
protested to Hardenburg, in whisper,
against the movement. i'm whispered
back: Don't say a id word There
isn't one of us here would vote for TYLER
for dog-whipper, but we might as we'll
have the offices away from the bloody
Wings
("Let Andy johnson make note of
this little reminisceuce. All the johnson
Democrats now want is the Offices away
from the bloody radicals.D
"Well, few days after this, meeting
was called at the Cross Keys, about four
miles from this city, to which everybody
who was Sin favor of sustaining the policy
of John Tyler were invited We were
announced as the only speakerl Proud
pre-eminence But we were only boy
then, and believed that anything that
would advance the success of the Demo
cratic party must be morally and politically
right.
"When the night for the meeting ar
rived and the hour with it, the sturdy
yeomanry of the township we're on hand
to the number of fee, all told The ag-
ricultural Democracy of that day were
honest, and would lend themselves to no
swindle. In a short time two wagon loads
OF otice-holders in expectancy arrived from
Trenton. Desperate efforts we're made to
get one of the Democrats ofth township
to preside, but all thus approached spurn-
ed the proposal with scorn. They even
strongly protested against the meeting be-
ing held at all, and threatened to expose
the whole affair in the Trenton papers if
the experiment was not abandoned. Aud
abandoned it was. No meeting was or
ganized. But the subscriber and the two
wagon loads of Tyler Democrats from
Trenton sneaked into back room, aud
we addressed them in our usual happy
manner.
owe started for home, about four miles
off, on foot, feeling very much like a
young thief with his first stolen chicken
under his arm, while the two wagon loads
of 'sustainers of the Presidents policy of
financial reconstruction turned their faces
toward Trenton, sadder and4madder men.
On their way back one of the members of
the forlorn hope happened to remember
that the resolutions had been forgotten
A halt was called. A tallow candle was
borrowed from the alarmed inmates of
wayside cottage, the resolutions read in
the road,