Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-16

- $1,000 The WING party, a. '"e
II e'ee ,., ~ Congress called py oehe-
uarr,sou before his deatn, nsu q
r,ator,fv In the lower pr'''o' VI
r[,s',res@ and a good WORKING ina'o.as
,r tho senate: therefore II WIZ
heen useless in the Demoerauo ps''
make a fight about recoghi~i"s w.
Ter as President. -, ,hat M that
+, yiu be remembered that at mat
~ cav was almost a god in the
49,. nartv and the extra session was
49, 20 mass certain bills favored by
A.. .-iav and to repeal certain acts
ICED under "A Democratic admlnistra-
,ion Mr.. Tyler knew these facts
ard the hurried way and the manner
OF his being sworn IN as President ana
before an unusual court went 10 snow
he had some doubts whether or not ne
would succeed in being recognized as
President II he adopted the usual dis-
nifed manner of an inauguration pur-
sued by presidents elected in the manner
called for by the Constitution. four
days after Mr.. Tyler recognized himseiI
as President he issued 10 the people Oh
the United States an address, ana ne
clearly threw out the idea that he wouiu
favor the passing of certain bills thaI
IL was known would be introduced by
Mr.. Clay or his friends. especially
bill I'm favor Of a national bank. La
boring under such belief. Mr.. Clay ana
friends recognized Mr.. Tyler as Presl-
dent on the assembling OF Congress-
They Che Wing party went to work
and soon had bill passed in favor or
n bank Of the United States. ana 10!
when il was presented to Mr.. Tyler he
vetoed it. Another bill of Ike character
but called a fiscal corporation was
introduced and passed, and MT Iyler
vetoed that bill also. The result vas
followed by the resignation OF all the
members Of Mr.. Tyler's Cabinet except
Mr. Webster. after which everlasting
and bitter war was declared against
Mr. Tyler by the Wing party, or the
great bulk of it. Congress had done, ana
no doubt will continue to do, many
things contrary to the Constitution FOR
instance. the latter says. mo tax or duty
shall be laid on articles exported from
any State" and yet Congress put such a
tax on cotton. and thereby collected lun-
lawfully millions of dollars.
| have not the book before me. but !
am satisfied that ben. Perley POore in
his "reminiscences Of Sixty Years IN the
National Metropolis" states it as fact,
Cabinet thought they would have to re-
cognize Mr.. Tyler "as acting President"
This was Immediately after the death or
General Harrison and before Mr. Tyler
reached Washington. Every one must
admit that as a matter of policy to the
Wing party that il would never have
done for the leaders of that party, on
the assembling Of Congress, TO have re-
fused TO recognize Mr.. Tyler as Presi-
dent. Such action would have, of course.
caused an open rupture (and deadly one)
between the latter and the Wing party.
on the other hand had Mr.. Tyler init
mated i'm his address 20 the people OF the
United States. issued four days after his
having had himself sworn in. that he
could not consistently favor the estab-
fishing Of a bank of the United States or
a high protective tariff, and If such bllls
were passed that he would have TO veto
them. no sane man Gt seems To mel can
bring himself TO believe that Mr.. Clay
and his followers would have ever recog-
nized Mr. Tyler as President; for, mark
YOU those two schemes were what IN
their very souls they desired to pass and
wanted them TO became laws. ] have eX-
planned to the best of my ability the
causes leading up TO the recognition OF
Mr.. Tyler by Congress as President. 1t
is true that the precedent thus Illegally
established has been followed since, but
il by no means proves that such prece-
dent was a constitutional one. 1t was
brought about solely by the state of po-
Jitical affairs then existing. OF this l
have not the shadow of a doubt
Yours respectfully.
ROBERT 4. MARTIN.