Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-10
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The Tyler Administration.
The parallel, in many respects, between
the Tyler and johnson Administrations
calls TO mind many suggestive chapters in
the remarkable history of the former. II
may be interesting to briefly review Pres
ident Tylsr's life and public career.
The p~recocious son Of an honored revo.
lutionary patriot-R graduate at seventeen
from the old college of William and Mary
"a well-read lawyer at nineteen-an elo-
quent speaker and efficient legislator al
twenty-ons-John Tyler entered upon
his long experience in American politics
under the most favorable influence, cheer
ed by the hopes of a distinguished society,
and giving every promise of q brilliant
success. After five years of service at
the State cspital,in 1916 he was transferred
to Congress, where he ranked among the
rising men of the Monroe period. After
a term in the Executive chair Of Virginia,
in 1927 be was chosen the successor Of
Randolph inthe Senate. He had supported
Crawford for President in 1924, and had
afterwards united with Clay in preferring
Adsms to jackson, but he entered the
Senate a Democrat of the State Rights
school, on opponent Of the national bank
and Of every plan for protection to home
industry. In 1928 he favored Jackson, but
ia 1892 he was disguised with the Presi-
dents South Carolina policy, and the
complex shining Of parties soon placed
him among the bitterest enemies of the
Administration. During his remaining
Congressional service, he was q faithful
supporter Of all the Wing measures of op-
position, particularlyIdenouncing the re-
moval Of the deposits and voting for
Claws resolution Of eensure. In 1886,
under Legislative instructions TO support
Benton's "ESpunging Resolution" he re-
signed and retired to private life. His
course had not eenthoroughly consistent,
and he had lost something Of early pres
tige by in-concealsd vanity and ambition,
but he hsd commanded uncomm respect
for social and intellectual endowments
and was believed to be honest and pa
triotic.
In December, 1889, the National Wing
Convention met at Harrisburg, to nomi-
nate 3 ticket for the election of 1870. The
leading delegates present were James
Barbour and John Tyler of Virginia,
Peleg Sprague of Massachusetts, Reverdy
johnson of Maryland, and Jacob Burnett
of Ohio. On the first b4llot for President,
General Harrison wa nominated over
Clay and Scott, when it was agreed to
give the second place to Appointment man
from the South who was also q supporter
of Clay. Such a man was brought for
ward in the person of John Tyler, who, on
the grounds named and because of his
having left the Democray, it being hoped
that he would help the cause in Virginia
and the South, vas unanimously Sc
lscted for Vice President.
The next year, after the most violent
contest then known in our political his
tory, Harrison and Tyler were elected by
overwhelming majorities to the national
rule. Installed in March, 1871, the la
mented deceass of the former within one
month devolved the Presidency upon Mr..
TYLER. The latter issued a strongly par
tisan Inaugural Address, according fully
with his private declaration, You have
but exchanged one Wing for another"
he also retained the Cabinet Of his pre-
decessOr, composed of Webster, Ewing,
Crittsndeu, John Bell, George E. Badger
and Francis Granger, and in every respect
held out the fsirest promises to his party
for the administration of the government
in accordance with their principles.
On the last day of May, Congress as
sembled in special session, called by Pres
ident Harrison before his decease. Mr..
Tyler's Message wa as agreeable 10 the
Wings as his Inaugural and recent action
had been. he favored q nationsi bank
(under the name of Fiscal agent paper
currency rather than metallic, a distribu-
ton of the public land proceeds, and the
repeal of the %Sub-treasury act-all meas
ures strictly partisan and dearly cherished
BY every Wing in the land. Mr.. Clay,
the grest leader Of the dominant party,
who, Is the known adviser Of the Presi-
dent in the special call of Congress, stood
up as the peculiar representative of The
Executive IN the Senate, Immediately in
troduced q resolution declaring the object
of the session to be legislation on six sub
jects-with the exception of the tariff,
substantially the same ones enumerated
by the President Up to this point while
it was known that Mr.. Tyler was sOrely
disappointed at the defeat Of Henry A.
Wise for Speaker, in the Wing caucus of
Representatives,, there was the fullest
harmony between the President and Con-
gress.
On the 18th of june, Mir. Ewing, of the
Treasury Department reported q bill for
8 aFiscA Bank drawn according to Nj.
Fyler's views of the Constitution. This
bin was not entirely satisfactory, but just
st that time it was given out that the Presi-
dent was in frequent conference with
leading Democrats, while the curse Of
his intimate friends was anything but
propitious, and the Wings in Congress
resolved 10 pass the Ewing bill, to please
the President and carry out so far as pos
sibla, the desire of their constituents.
Accordingly, on the 9Th Of August it was
passed, amended only, so far as its con-
s~itutionslfty was concerned, in nOn-es-
sential features. While the bin was
pending before the President various
startling Developments were made. Mr..
Tyler began to assiduousy declare him
self the President Of no party, while be
counseIling hourly with such Wing
IS Wse-sdIl smarting under
lis loss of the Speskership, Caleb Cush-