, 1881-09-25

small t,urt Of GOuld's immense wealth. He Gun
ut any time draw his check for $lUooo.otN, and
III doubt hrs power In Wall street will be felt
more than ever through this new conccrn.
HISTORICAL COMPARISONS.
Fate of Three vlce-Eresfdents who
Reversed the Policy OF Harrison,
TAylor, aud Lincoln.
Ne,u Turk Tribune Stpt q.
At time like this the Nation recalls its
own history, and estimates the difficulties
and responsibilities Of the future BY those
which, under similar conditions, it has be-
fore encountered. The death of Gen.
Harrison, April !, 1s4l, had III it many
Of those tragic elements which we
might be inclined to regard as peculiar
to the demise Of Lincoln and of Garfield. 1t
c,.lae only one month after Presidents tIar-
risou's Inauguration, and before lie had found
the opportunity OF proving the great and
pie to bc deserved. His election was dc
cidetl expression of the popular feeling
which twelve years Of Democratic rule had
failed to conciliate. All Administration
without dishonesty and without corruption.
Harrison died the same confidence
TYLER disappointed tile Wigs, while at the
same tine he failed to attach to himself tile
Democrats, who used lin far their own pnr-
poses al,u tllcn Gust him conteinptuousy of.
lie was not Il slrulis nlau. anil after his
extraordinary inconsistencies respecting the
different bank acts passed by congress:
a1ld hts veto ot bills fral1lcd with special
reference to his expressed preferences
and opinions, not only tue ,'i;.1. Whi$ pafiy
his public acuntn it not III his political
honesty, Before Congress adjourned Ill Sep
te.abrr, 1871, the Wlis members !l;id formal
ly c.tst lain, of- After that his 4Auln1histr;-
ency ur guuu moral character. Ut tl!e SIG
cessou it was soon apUnrcnt to all lntelli-
gent observers President Tyler had no
chance liz had i.o party to sustain nun.
n,t[ even il it had been otherwise ~ ll'd no
valuable opinions and no respectable policy
to be Sustained. Ut his subsequent career,
It IS enough to say that lie died y me'il-
ber uf the Confederate Congress, \ cnil-
yentiou 1T his own friends. mostly "t1lce-
holders, i'll May, 1914, co:1l not give him Il
nomination important enough to be serious
IL accepted; and several months before tile
cIcc1iull Mr. Tyler withdrew from the cull-
Gen. Tayler diet under circumstances, Of
It had become apparent that, although
onD0uent OF secession, and that his
views were not those of the slave.
holding leaders IN regard to the extension Or
slavery. AR. Fillniore's Administrator VIII
Stand III history;,s o1.e Of uliwise eAHedieilts,
and his approval Ut the Fugitive Slave law
will not ruisc him III the estimation of poster
ity lie was All able and really
patriotic NUN, out ne c,,m ''oG H.. EiEai 2.IaI
passion for il reelection. This deprived MS
retirement OF dignity, and he exhibited, lis
the candidate Of the AMerlcali of kl!o"-
Nothing party, the spectacle OF Il nominee
Most Of lhe friends upon " HON he relied de-
serted him al the polls. 1t Is tue that !ic re,
cel, ed the support Of large numbers III a!l
the States, but III maxim. W tue recofa 1his
historically amounted 10 iiotillns. ,,; 7,ro,,
Andrew johnson WAS the next Eice-iTesl-
dr,t who. upon succeeding to the i>reslden-
cy, made hi enormous failure. BcElrllln@
Weli. as his predecessors i:I lone, like them
lie ended badly. His quarrel with CONGRESS
sdv|se Mas asfsSs't ad a tie @ 'o ho:liiy tix % %nc
body proved his political ruin. Ills
numerous untlignil'cd appeals to the people
met with ything but an ,;|,p aKpr9x!lg 9r g,ay- re
torI. eliminating III his own Impeachment,
put him upon record. By vote Ill
tha Senate Of thirty-tlye to nineteen,
rs guilty Of high crimes and mis-
.3ta ann ~
Mouncet not gu,'ty; T. NaXore MIsSa o % IN iHs. he
sn've,t1oi I't NJ ,n r.et il. ~ o,in,toH There wero
lalleu 10 seGu.e 10 ~ tt",yl' hc ind sixty-
nineteen nai!ots: uMI allu 'o;; trn ~ n;mrtarni
Iiys votes to bes YIN: mpo ft} fnu lis re;ire
ballet t II hr rst ''Gn fied to tt rcccve @ seat in the
nt lteml e ~ ~ !su Tsrssce and equally faiu. to
get seat in ne lao.:e, S;,snr nn. u''''''''''s "
cured h'S eeSt" ~ tHat !" ,ch of these In
IL VIII tb 6s i1 siececns S: ii % to The
desire for rec!eGt!n: l. tne tl'rn,@
uny 'rsshlent o1'.i'iS ane vnS. u nh1Jtirs
the dsa th "t s i to S and c VIII
al! Ills merits nat!e astgl'al 1a!1nIe' " ~
tusios Ut Mr Tyler aiiu ol ~ '' y,'i,.. ",,,'n..
were simply fafclcas. iHsse ~ T. r;,"t ho
nee.tev N.Y. t Nr III F;lw.,r... never coid under
Atan,i that ticv Ilal not been elected 70 the