Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

memory from tho fact
that had just entered the Office Of tho Ma
tional InteliSencer and became the instru-
mentality by which Messrs. Gales L Seaton
communicated with the leading wings in the
two houses of Congress. The first measure
which planted discord between Mr.. Tyler and
his cabinet and Congress was the financial one.
The destruction Of the United States Bank BY
Gen. Jackson and the failure Of the financial
experiments made during Mr.. Van Buren's ad-
ministration compelled a speedy return to
something like the old bank, which would give
currency Of universal value throughout tho
United States
The ''pet banks, as they were called. had
failed to inspire confidence, and that failure
and the financial troubles Of that period made
one OF tho issues Of the canvass which resulted
in the defeat Of Mr.. Van Buren,. The leaders
OF the wing party In Congress favored a return
to the United States Bank. with such restric-
tons as would protect the finances Of the coun-
try and yield currency available throughout
the Union bv the establishment of branch
banks in the various cities A bill was pre-
pared to that end, and passed both houses Of
Congress. which Mr.. Tyler vetoed to the sur
prise of the leaders Of the party and his cab
met. Another bill was framed obviatng the
objections contained in the Presidents veto
message, and passed the two houses
OF Congress, bu. again it was met
Il
Tyler being to the name Of bank in any fnap-
cial measure. Another bill was prepared in
which the obnoxious word and all resemblance
to the old United States Bank. OF which he
complained, were eliminated. The bill pro-
viaed for fiscal agency and was sub
mitted to the President. and, it was understood,
met his approval
THE WAR WITH CONGRESS-.
The veto Of this measure called forth a letter
from Mr. Ewing, the Secretary OF the Treasury,
in which he stated the last bill for the establish
ment OF "dscal agency" had been drawn to
meet the views of the President, and he had
approved it before it was sent to Congress. Ali
former objections upon which he had based his
We .oes hud been removed The first intimation
OF this third veto camo from publication in
the New York Herald. The grounds upon
which the veto would be founded were there dis
closed before the message had been submitted
to tho cabinet or had been sent to Congress.
The cabinet at once resigned, with the excep-
ton of air. Webster, who was engaged in some
negotiation which he desired to conclude. The
battle began between Mr.. Tyler and the wings
in Congress, and during the remainder Of his
administration was continued with great bitter
ness. The few members OF Congress who re-
manned as friends OF Mr.. Tyler in the House of
Representatives were led by Henry A. Wise and
George II. Profit and numbered about seven or
eight. and were known the "Tvler Guards"
Stormy debates eusued between them aud the
whiS leaders.
The National Intelligencer Of course sup
ported the majority in Congress. and an organ
Of the administration was established here
the MadjsoRirn, under the editorial direction
OF Thomas Alien, who subsequently became
the president Of the Iron Mountain railroad
and died few years ago at st. Louis. Tho
nomination of Mr.. Tyler was urged by his
organ. and it was moro than limited that the
democratic party woull support him, but when
the conventions met in 1874 there was no
mention of his name in them. The
cabinet formed by Mr.. Tyler on tho resig-
nation of Gen. Harrison's cabinet was broken
by the terrible accident board the Prince
ton. February, 1874, where the Secretary of
state and the Secretary OF the Navy, Mr.. Upshur
and Mr.. Giimer, were killed. That calamity
was followed By another sad incident, which
caused the resignation OF the Secretary OF War,
Mr. John C. Spencer. The news arrived of the
hanging of his son. midshipman, Philip Spon-
Ger. for mutny b. Capt. Slidell Mckenzie. Mr.
Spencer at that time reaided in the Elaine man
sion, then fashionable boarding house kept by
Mrs. Latimsr.
JOHN Il. Bolts STATEMENT.
John NJ. Bolts of virginia, very prominent
wing member of Congress, in a speech stated
that Mr.. Tyler, before the death Of Gen. Har-
rison, but when that event was feared. in reply
to a question from, him what he would do if
President about United States bank said he
stood with Gen. Harrison on his Miami speech
when Gen. Harrison said he would prefer some
other financial measure, but if Congress. fresh
from the people, passed bill for the establish
ment OF bank he would approve it. This was
said, as Mr. Bolts stated. after they had gone
to bed. both occupying the same ROOM and the
New York Herald spoke OF it as being said ''un-
der the same blanket" Bolts made q very
powerful speech on o resolution introduced for
the impeachment of Tyler, and tho resolution
n la nun ,hAr <,f
the chairman of the WAYS and means commit
tee voting with the whg party.
Mr.. Clay was particularly bitter on Tyler.
In a letter written to Edgar Snowden Of the
Alexandria Gazette he said Tyler would retire
from the presidency amid the scorn, the SCOTS
and the jeers OF the American people, and in
voting for the fiscal agency" bill he said he pre-
ferrsd the name bank, but "a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet"
The speeches III Congress at that time were
filled with invective. lido not think those made
by the republicans against Andrew johnson
could equal them. The very flower of the whig
party was in Congress, and some Of the most
famed debaters took part In the storm of clo-
Guence which filled the old hall of representatives
and Senate. Tyler killed the whig party for the
time, but in 184S they rallied on GEN TAYLOR.
and were again borne into power.
In Mr. Peter Harvey's Memoirs Of Mr.. Web
ster he relates that Ir. Webster altered Gen.
Harrison's inaugural address, using his own ex-
prcssions to Mrs. Seaton On coming late to din
ner. that he had killed sundry proconsuls and
Roman emperors by striking them from tho
address. Mr.. John B. Fry told me that Col.
John Chambers, who had been an aid to Gen.
Harrison at the battle OF tho Thames, gave him
very different version Of the story. Col.
Chambers came to Washington with Con. Har-
rison, and for some time acted as private
rotary, and was subsequently appointed terri
torial governor of Iowa. Col. Chambers said
Mr.. Webster asked Gen. Harrison to allow him
to take his inaugural and look it over. Gen.
Harrison consented. The next dsy he returned
to Col. Chambers Gen. Harrisons address and
another "revamped," the colonel said, and
when Gen. Harrison saw il he was very angry
and said 1t was an unwarrantcd liberty, and tore
1t mp and delivered the address written by him
self. The address was rather lengthy and bis
reference to Roman history was an illustration Of
history repeating itself.
DIED AFTER ONE BRIEF MONTH.
The apprehension which was felt that Gen.
Harrison could not long survive the labor he
imposed upon himself OF seeing everybody
who called and remaining in his Office until
late at night and rising early in the morning
was the cause Mr.. Bolts gave for talking to Mr..
Tyler about his action il called ON to net
on the financial measures which were
then being prepared by Congress and the
Secretary Of the Treasury. In one brief month
Gen. Harrison WAS taken back to North Bend.
The arduous and unusual labor and fatigue
self-impossd was too CREST strain upon ous Of