The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-29

and of his numerous advorsar.os Mr Tr.
lers administration WAS cminDnfI .Ir.
cessful Tie found civil sorNIU. .nnIr.
emily corrupt hut If thr end off H.s f.rr
he could point with pride t0 fhn fa.t fHlt
during 10 mo- dofllO1ti0u off amy moment
had taken place. Dice found fur country
dangerously emhr0lod Hf bonn. nri
abroad. and its credit entirely dIshnnornI.
He left lt iu peace with itself and With
AN foreign nations ana with treasury
overlooking. As Congress. bon order POD
compel 1n approval off The bank bills. bad
repealed all the laws guarding tho rreas-
ury. the President had the moneys off fll
government in fis naked keeping fur inur
years. and yet IN a. to IBIS credit if1t TOO
the collections and disbursements of mile
lions Of dollars. not "a cent Was JOSE to thf
government.
This administration is certainly remark,
able for alforling principles of poles
which are upucrmOst to-day. When fNf
British cJIkmaudtr Lord George Ilu'n1,
seized upon the Hawaiian Islands in 1888
President Tyler. through Dds Secretary "a
State. Hugh $. LegHrc. vigorously proc
testing. compelled their surrender. taking
the ground that tho situation of these isle
ands rendered their possession NN any
other power thoroughly inDonsiei tent WIN
the safety Of thc United States. To-day,
President Mckinley standing 900 % -imiI1t
platform ia submitting treaty Tor ind
annexation OF Hawaii So also. Mf ill'r
..lt 49,. -. f,r tho Woo. .IIUf
assuming the mH tuo and authority 4
the President boz case ot driih, hNA
AGAINST the encrOachmonts ~ Courrcs me
fearessly asserted the power OF the EA-
ecutive over confidential commune tiIonr 1
"a precedent not long since appealed tn Uy
Mr.. Cleveland.
In respect 20 tho Ashburton Treaty.
which settled our boundary lime fDr -HA
miles on the north. and closed the cone
troversies about the Caroline and tle cree
ole. and about the claims fo impr0 menl
and search 10 appears chat tNlt fr.f'y
was throughout the inspiration m iNa
President. As Mr.. webster hIM '.l fili'
1T proceeded from step tO-step under iNg
Presidents own immediate eye anu cory
ton" The boundary line was seiIIci nF
adopting the principle on com rom. 81,
which the lrfsilrui Idd Hil''' .'' IN 'i'
Senate in ISL lt ls n rae, lltl Iil ll npr
been Tor nus lhltiFehlpl' l.Dih A7Nn.i I'"'t
would. at one stage oI lhr proc.
nave abandoned me netolItii.0 .ii
tuIued nome ln lHg ,U,
baIuIns Ne 'ItY!'. Lt"i, PIP" '.t
oilllleu iii nis l.'''i l'
"uIuo uich dloh' ..n''.,' .'.. '''.
cyHloH llV" Dun '"'
1-.li iil. 'i ,lDi', .l.- ~.
utii"1''f tH..i 'lI' '''t' ..''t 't ''''
were awarded lo 'u" OWL. '. Eye a.'l,t
"lY9e il'l nI'I..l 'i ,"' .IllN
i'H ,l. 'i ''lIl.''' '-
""u "i",iVuriy 'H''ii
Ana no less was Pre- .deut IyIcre per-
sonalty shown in the corr uondence
Win the ithone Island hu'hoflucs, tho
management Of the indian war and tho
annexation or Texas. TINS last great
measure. wlicn carried also the annoAt-
ton or california ana New Mexico, eayo
me United states. lt Do had 30 rot before
o. lfuly cphiiueutal character,
Mr. Iyler hrsl caused o. treaty 10 Do
L. d
when rejected contrary to all assurance,
by senators. no. caused To ho put in form
OF joint resolution for the adoption ~
Congress. TO acceniuate hls EFFORTS, no
announced himself candid1te Tor The
Presidency on the Texas issue. thus come
polling the Democratic party 20 drop SIR
Van Buren,. 10 whom inc party was c'm-
mllted. bVt VINO WIS gNpo1,n pop HHN'
ton, ana 20 take mp Mr. foik. WHO UNI,
Few Gays before HI- '.if'll'I'li H.'l
been candidate Tor in' VICE. .ll'i..y
only. Inc JOINT refoiuticra' 'NNa ih-
forced passed Congress. and TWO otfs
before Mr.. Polk came 900. Mr Tyler hti
approved them and scnt m.tsci i'f To
inform Texas OF the ftct. INC Int-'n-
ger arrived I'm Texas nor n day 700 soon.
for Mexico bad already oMer'd io tr.ef-
ni1ed tho independence ot IrNl7' PROVIDED
the latter would pledge ncNer I" cnn-N
herself to any other COVER nIi'N' 'N''
rejected the Mexican proposition ana ac-
cepted that or the United tsates hni ~
is not going too FAR ID say mar. ln iho
absence ~ "a counter proposition the MoT-
foam offcr would have been accepted AS
a consequence. the United States would
rrobablv never have obtained a hold on
he california coasts. in which case their
geographical limits would now he only
80 tt,l,ls - tb.fr r,ras,.nf ,rfnnf
ono other subject in the nfe ~ Mr.
TYLER should. IN Justice 20 HIS patriotism.
~ 80 49, 81 -. ma fb4f ia 10 c4il III
The peace conference. which sat az wash-
ineton I'm the winter Of lsfL n has been