Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-23
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been publishing an interesting communi- cation regarding the politics of John Ty- ler's time, It speaks as follows of thep pourse pursued by MT. Webster and of the feeling in Boston towards Tyler: L.oa1ie4
 The truth is, that MT. Webster believed that by remaining in the cabinet he could settle the question of the Northeastern boundary. the case of the Caroliue. and others which had been for years threaten ening to cause war between this country and Great Britain. We'll it was for the peace of both nations that he remained where he was until these questions were wisely settled, and taken out of the arena of partisan strife. The settlement of the Northeastern boundary MT. Webster regard ed to the day of his death as his greatest act of statesmanship. Yet at the time of the breaking up of the cabinet he was not firmly fixed in his determination to remain. He requested the Massachusetts Senators and Representatives in Congress to meet him at his residence, and consider what, under all the circumstances, it was best for him to do. They were unanimous in advising him to remain. Mir. Adams, who was present on the occasion, was very de- cided in favor of his remaining, although for some years previous MT. Webster and MT. Adams had not been good friends-in- deed there never was cordial affection be- tween these two great men. Mir. Webster accordingly remained at his post until he had accomplished his great work, and then he resigned and withdrew from the cabinet. He was succeeded by Mr. Legare, the At torney General, who was most amiable and highly cultivated gentleman. He came to Boston with Mr. Tyler and his cabinet, in 1843, to take part in the ceremonies on on the com pletion of Bunker Hill monu- ment, on which occasion MT. Webster de- livered the oration. MT. Legare was taken ill at the Fremont House, on the day of the celebration, and continuing to grow worse, he was removed to the residence of his friend, George Ticknor, Esq, in Park street, where he died. The body was bur- jed in Mount Auburn, but was afterwards taken to South Carolina, where it was in- tered with his kindred.
 We we'll remember the gathering on Bunker Hill at the foot of the monument, which had assembled to hear Mir. Webster pronounce his oration. He had delivered the one on the occasion of laying the cor ner stone of the monument twenty years before, when he had the nations guest, General Lafayette for one of his auditors; now he had as his chief listener the Pres. ident of the United States, John Tyler. What 8 contrast the two presented. Lafayette. who lived in the warm affections of every heart, and John Tyler, who was hated and despised by at least three-fourths of the men he saw that day on Bunker Hill. Never shall we forget the deep and ominous silence which prevailed the crowd on the sidewalks, as the carriages convey ing the President, Cabinet, and city officials to Charlestown, passed down State street. ! Me ofruvEUtl, expressed welcome; even the office holders were content with silence. Many of the close carriages were empty, and it appeared more like Q funeral procession, where more carriages had been provided than there were friends to fill them, than a presidential procession on the occasion of an interesting public event.
 The feeling at Washington seems to have been almost up to the volcanic heat of the great Impeachment
 The opposition to and hatred of the Ty- Ter dynasty increased in intensity, which was moro fully developed in the regular sessions of the 27th Congress, and up to it's very close. The bold and timpulsive John M Bolts, who had pledged himself to "head Tyler, or die," on the 18th of January, 1843, brought forward his famous articles of impeachment, the entire responsibility of which he took upon himself The arti- cles of impeachment were nine in number; as originally prepared and published, there were thirteen, but he dropped four before he introduced them in the House. Among other high crimes and misdemeanors with which the President was charged, were, 1st, "Gross usurpation of power and violation of law;" 2d, "A wicked and corrupt abuse of appointment and removal from ofice.;" 3d, Exciting disorganizing and revolu- in fho n%rx1 so taining men in office for months after they had been rejected by the Senate 5th, "An arbitrary, despotic, and corrupt abuse of the veto power 9th, "A shameless duplic- ity, equivocation and falsehood with his late Cabinet and Congress"
 Mir. Bolts made a speech, and power ful one, in support of his articles of inn peachment, and was replied to by Mir. Wise and others The vote for them stood. yeas 83, nays 127, 80 they were lost, al- though every word of them was true. Among those who voted for impeachment were Willard Fillmore of New York, Wm. Pitt Fessenden of Maine, John P. Kenne- dy of Maryland, author of Horseshoe Robinson,' Swallow Barn." and of the admirable ''Life of William Wirt;" MT. Pendleton of Ohio, father of George Fl. Pendleton. the late prominent Democratic Candidate for President. The father was a Whig and represented the Cincinnati District. George W. Summers of Vir- ginia, who, in the 27th Congress, present ed to the Government the staff of Frank lin and the camp chest of General Wash. ington, whose speech on that occasion and the reply of MT. Adams are models of their kind. They can be found in one of Hilard's Readers, and are worthy the study of our American youth. The only member from Massachusetts who voted for the impeachment resolutions was Leverett Saltonstall, one of the most honest, frank, whole -souled and estimable gentlemen that ever held seat in Congress. Il A
 Great surprise and regret were manifest ed in New England, when Caleb Cushing, who then represented what was called the Essex North District, joined Wise and his cab-load of Tylerites in the House of Rep. resentatives. At the time we edited the Lowell Courier, and as Lowell was a part of Mir. Cushing's district. we have every reason to know how deeply the Whigs of that vicinity felt the humiliation. Mir. Cushing tried to keep his hold upon the district and obtain reelection, but that c:,. Ho 1o