The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-16

ARemini.cence OF John Tyler.

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American Presidency, and not without
reason, for men enter the Presidential
Office so late in life that they have be-
come as matter-of-fast as soapsuds and
saleratus; but Ex-Governor Wise, Of
Virginia, in his recently published and
very clever volume, Seven Decades OF
the Union" gives an account of Presi'
dent Tylers second marriage that is
very entertaining. Mr.. Tyler became a
widower while he was President, losing
a wife who was a very noble woman, a
member OF the we'll known family Of
Christian, in the Old Dominion. lie
was domestic man, and a pure man,
and a second marriage is the most nat
ural thing 10 the world when a man
has been happy in a first marriage;
but then it is thought that a widower
should marry a lady OF experience not
unlike his own. Mr.. Wise says that he
was in Mr.. Tyler's coach taking drive
with him, 10 March, 1874, when he soon
discovered that his friend would
talk only of love and of ladies. I'VE
had always heard" says Mr.. Wise.
that au..old fool ,s.the worst of fools
in love sickness, and he showed the
usual signs of its contortions into hide
ous shapes OF seeming. He got it out
at last that he thought Of marriage and
wanted to know our opinion on the sub
ject. well, of course, you have
sought and found out some
honored dame of dignity who
can bring grace to the White
House and add to your domestic
comfort?' "Oh, no dame, but sweet
damsel." "Who, pray, Of damsel
degree could or shouldan old President
win?' He told us, and we uttered our
establishment by asking, " Have you
really won herr He replied, "Yes;
and why should not?' We answered
that "he was too far advanced
in life to be imprudent in q
love scrape." How impradeut ?
he aekeI Easily; You are not
only past the middle age" (he was
then ti,ty-four); "but you are President
of the United States, and that is daz
zling dignity, which may charm a
dam-el more than the man she mar
ried." Pooh" he cried, chuckling,
why my dear sir. am just full in my
prime !" "Ah, but has John Y. Mason
never told you about an old friend Of
his, on the south side OF the James, rich
aud full of acres. calling his African
waiter, Toney into council upon the
tender topic Of marrying miss in her
teens? Toney shook his head and said,
"Massa you think you can stand dat ?
Yes, Toney; why not? She is 90
sweet, 20 beautiful, that che would
make me rise from bed of illness and
weakness to WOO her for bride; but l
am yet strong, and eau now, as well as
ever | could, make her happy" Yes;
but, massa," said Toney, you is now
in your prime, OATS true; but when she
is in her prime, where den, massa, will
YOUR prime beY
He laushed.heartily at Toney's phi!o,
sophical observation, but afterward, In
seriousness, said that he longed for the
renewal OF his domestic life, and had
been fairly caught by the flame of Miss
Gardiner. We demonstrated that his
life was renewed in his children; that
he had daughters, lovely daug hters, full
OF grace, fit to do the honors OF the
White House, and some Of them were
the elders of his intended. What if
family dissent should make domestic
jars, and bis latter days be troubled?
He had, he said, always been too tender
10 the pledges Of his past love for them
ever o withhold from him their tillal
confide 4ce or deny to him his parental
authority to judge and act for his own
happiness We saw the game was up,
and then said, I'VE see you are bent
upon your last love, with or
without counsel, and you have ever
been too lucky for us now to doubt or
distrust your fate You are going to
marry the damsel, and we are not
foolish enough to make two enemies by
opposing the passion OF the wooer and
the won" The marriage took place
on the Goth of June, 1874, President
Tyler being then in his fify-ffth year,
and the bride, Miss Julia Gardiner,
about twenty, and whom we remember
being much spoken of as a beautiful
girl, and Washington belle of those
by-gone days, She was New York
lady, Of good family, as the phrase is,
and descended, as we have heard, from
old Lyon Gardiner, who flourished in
the colonial age, and who gave his name
to Gardeners Bay AMI GARDENERS
Island, on and in Long Island Sodnd.
The marriage proved very happy one,
and Mrs. Tyler, who has survived her
husband more than ten years, is not yet
old.
Mr.. Tyler, some years after the mar
rage, said to Mr.. Wise, when the latter
noted that his friend kept double
seated, four wheeled wicker carriage for
small children" Yes, you see how
right l was. 1t was no vain boast
when l told YOU that was in my prime
have a housefull Of goodIy babies bud
ding around me, and if you will 60 up
with me TO Sherwood l will show you
how rapidly and beautifully | have
been blessed. They are all so near in
age that they are like stair steps, and
the two youngest are so much babies
alike that each requires the nurse s
coach, and we have 10 have one with
two seats" So that marriage turned
out well, despite the fact that the gen
tleman was old enough to be the lady's
grandfather, and we are glad OF it, for
Mr.. Tyler had so much injustice done