The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-03

and the election of Mr.. Polk to the presl-
dencv. Horse foot and draSoohs' hUt
cnIv as TO the Executive, but as 10 ooIn
houses of Congress, all elements ol no
reyIlars were put TO rout-Whiss, Locoio-
cos Van Burenites. all involved in one
common ruin. Rarely in the life OF any
man has 20 complete a victory loHoWeu
q, coon upon conditions 50 apparently
,,-itbout rronllse. The election turned
mon an issue which Mr.. Tyler had MADE
distinctly his the admission OF ieNas
a; Il STAT O. t.. 9jninn, \ great popu-
lar and representative majority ehuoFaea
the President, and he turned over lhe
c6icf-ruaeistracy to a successor pledged 10
the ,nasntenance of his policy on all sal
lent public questions Thus were eA'.t-
r,ui~bed the last remnants of that amDi-
tious hone to which Mr.. Clay had so pas
eionateIv clug for quarter or CEN
tiny. If Mr. Tyler had been OF the ma
ture 10 enjoy revenge. surfeit was OIL
fcred TO him in the final discontinue or
his persistent foe.
But the animosity of the Wings did not
nerish with their loss of power On inc
contrary they attributed their defeat 10
the alleged detection of Mr. Iyler' anu
continued. perhaps with renewed aIuo''
TO load him with accusations or lalth
leseness and desertiOn. Thcy ihsiSleu
NJ no had turned them over TO the
enemy. and that his political success con-
stituted no eXoneratlon from the grave
Indictment Of personal treachery. Inc
neonle of Charles City, the county IN
which his beautiful home was situated
wore for the most part members OF the
Wig party and partisans OF MI. cay
The ex-President had but sorry home
c,-1ine to this hot-bed Of Federalism. y
majority OF his neighbors had become
imbued with the idea of his unworthi-
ness of trust and were inclined 10 WIN
hold that intimacy and good fellowship Tor
which the setcion is famed. however,
err was that in the man which could
not be ignored. Petty shghts Glanced
froro the armor of his conscious rectl-
+,,dn as missiles from the sides OF an
,ron-cIad And the winning graces, the
l,ont1e virtues. the benevolent life or
Iobn TYLER were arguments In the pres
onca Of which distrust or dislike OF him
could not exist Surely, but not slowly,
he overcame all prejudice, and as usual
IN atteronts 10 injure him redounded
o. III advantage 1t was thought by
come small mind to belittle the late dig
nitarv by appointing him oVerseer Oh the
roads i'm his district. The appointment
-, ,,,ietIv accented, the farmers were
,SI,orors IA q much needed work, ana 10
this dav the h hways in that section OK
- co,,ntv attest the thorouShness ana
st.,if.,o,c, with which John Tyler DIS
nta,s,ed whatever duty he had IN hand.
,rbts a. hut a small instance OF the cheef-
f,d bravery with which he met every
| vicissitude. His life bore witness that ne
| could not be the migrate and traitor
| which political rancoi had painted Nm
his harshest critics became MS warm
| est admirers one so converted was ask
| ed by what course OF readlnS ne hau
| rooorne convinced of Mr.. Tylers inno-
ooUca "Readlng." he replied; II have
strdied the mans every act in business,
| a. ne family. In the church; his life
a. on omen hook in which nothing bad
con no found. II is impossible that such
a man could have been guilty OF an act
| of inhdelity
when at the expiration of ten years
ofter his retirement from the Presidency,
| n was my privilege TO know Mr.. rye
~ Cor 90 a callow boy can be said 10
t,"o,y a maturely gifted nam, he was
nccun,Ing easily his rightful position oil
a, honored and beloved leader WIN
| tna first gaze upon that high-bred, De-
80, and intellectual countenance all the
,njsts of mlsconception were dispeiIeu'
| vsba NQuth OF ildl ll4I i@t AAcN 49, 80
| - nor habits OF to-day. II was ue'
ie,bt 70 sit unnoticed in the presence
IN, 80 such an elder and to listen to remin'
scenes. which. if preserved. would have rave
-" ,,,orth their weight in gold. For
p ~, r,an Of scholarship so ripe, of Wis
a sH,T So SAGE, and OF experience so varied
uo. genial and loquacious TO degree
our our visits to Sherwood were made IN
III boat and were all too few. The las
san Dh was To a dining, and / was
avgeled into the party after urgent en-
treaty under the promise OF keeping my.
eeIS scarce during the formal proceedings
recall the beautiful and bountifui nos hos
he graceful loneliness OF Mrs. Tyler Oh'
second wife, Miss Gardiner). the tender
difference with which she hung upon th'
words OF her stately husband. and fhf
pride OF both in the young scions OF tw'
sterling stocks just budding forth from
infarcy. And that evening 1.-THE bow o
the strong mans mind unbent," and L