Vincennes Gazette, Volume 11, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 November 1841 — Page 1

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ktTIlUTU WITHOUT FEAR. 5 VOLUME XL VINCEAWES, INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 0, 1811. NO. 22.

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tor t'uo .. Iter ! .iisbur.-.ume

iiu a:i ot a corpora imcj to L-i 'I .J Cu-... lion of the l ni

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r puisne is it to the people of the. "fast shouts of exultation which went up frcn.

ukmi.ucumoi ltstrequent vonJer portico, gave evidence of a nation'

, "Ul"u uy ir:e "can ot the deliverance and a nation's joy. How

e r " jal !)mver' t!;t- '" rebuke high, then, b-at the pulse of public ho.,

w.oi.eu people or tuns land who crv out All eves were turned fr,wrd rim verier..

ngn-.nstit. Gentlemen seen, to enjoy but bh sage who had exchanged the implea poor conception of the nature of the . rnents of agriculture for the cares of ofAnnncan people. They have given to fee. But scarce had the words of his

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ownttn labric o their Iree- limited up the council-fires of peace upon o;r must endure t:ie withering of their , a wild frontier, then lied home to the God deep an.l certain indignation. Does any ; who gave it. The whole nation was in ;i;an (t.xM i.se supremacy of popular opin-' tearsfor a great and good man had falloti. l-o.- t; lie, it may Le cocked bv Ien in iii tu.Ut P.-.Vi lnul I.r

the arm of iisurncd power, but the blood"- ( wea.ns, and the moistened cheek of the .ess revolution c.f the UIIoi-lio. will j hor.cat opponent, told that he, too, felt his orea.c I.xtse liio fetters u hich were; forced connrrv's lois

to biiidit. Sir, m ilm fretful

.! oi p:r:y.,:..iined by the hand of ian. breaks Jous pa riot was to call to his aid the repre- ' to., bigjt .rt!i an angry c:kv, w lien ocea- senlativ, 3 of the people, i cAivt whU yl 1,11 i"':,,'J :- w-d i;o vol co of this t:a:ion bciiici,, of the pub.ij g'.d. Ho had looked lie; - 1 'i.-ar l. uhl.-i riii.-! by power, patrotia-e, or 'upon their distresses with the fond hope r: of par- ;y.rtv. hen you, sir, have gone froni,.f th.ir alleviation. lie had witnessed ;i.::g rep -ct :b--' Cap.tol to tuat beautiful ana fertde ; and condemned the rash ex:erir.jcnt.s upon uf ;!.e w.:!ey ir.-.m which you and 1 have come! a once wholesome but now ruined and pros-

florin, un- Tlie last important act of that illustri-

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met in open, manly, and honcrablo contest. And was I not justified in pledging myself that Mr. Tyler would not interpose an objection to that mode of carrying out the popular will, which might be de termined by the agents of the people, legitimately and constitutionally chosen? 1 had placed General Harrison before the

same people as entertaining these views, and they fully understood his principles

and promises. With the belief that Mr. Ty

ler would pursue those principles, they were content. But gentlemen say that

the questions involv ed in General Harri

son's election, did not embrace that of a

United States Bank. Why, sir, if we had

desired to avoid the issue of bank or no

bank, we could not have done so. Was not

Gen. Harrison proclaimed throughout the nation,by his opponents, to bo the Aaniand

federal candidate? Did they not charge us all with being bank men, and our presses with being bank organs? Was it

not upon this question that they fought to prove us the followers of Alexander Hamilton, and to co.jvict us of rank and unadulterated federalism? The country has not forgotten these things. Why, "then, this sudden shifting of a ground so long and zealously occupied? Can gentlemen

longer expea to remain the recipients of public favor, who thus evidence such palpable inconsistency ? They pay, indeed,

but a poor compliment to the popular recol.ection, or the popular judgement. Upon what ground was the conclusion predicated, that Mr. Tyler would yield his assent to the charter of a bank? This juestion was successfully and eloquently answered this morning, by my friend from

irgima, i.Wr. J.oits.) the opinion of n.y

other ire

a::d my

ot position? lu his ina1. irura! mcss?"c lio says: fn deciding upon the adaptation of any measure (for the restoration of a sound

jcircu.atmg medium) to the end proposed,

niity to tne Lonstitu-

will explain my meaning. Mr. Tyler said: "In answer to ail these considerations, we are told of the gretit pnver of the bank. Sir, is there no dan-er of nower

in any other direction? Are gentlemen as well asits confer

blind to the vower of the President. virion. Txh.-tll ,- r..,i .V w.

its mildest form it is im-nensef Look at 'great rjntklican hthocl far wlnre and the Blue Book. Count up the number , rtiinstfuctiun, to be dratm from thdr sa"t

1-i.vvsoJ our sytttm of Government, and the light of thdr e:cr. glori-us example." Doe", this language convoy 110 recognition of precedent? Whatooustitutes pre

cedent, but the 'example' of those who

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his retainers of thoso who livo only by his smile, and perish by his frown; here are -10,000 public officers of the Government. The Dukes of Burgundy, who agitated Europe in the times of the lle.'irysof England and the Philips and Louises of France, could not count so many. The Earl of Warrick, the kingmaker of England, had not one-fourth so many. Shall we swell this enormous list by ad

ding Hh; power over the purse and the cur

rency i.o so, and no limited monarchy in tin world is mare powerful. Wht,

then, would it avail me to go back to my

consume;. is wuh Me declaration t:;at th

bank is powerful and must be strangled, p r fus aul nef:s., and that, in dm so, I hud by my vote added kindly powers to the Presidential office?" Thus spoke Senator Tyler of an ii:d .- vidual occupying precisely the attitu le, in

have acted before us? Towhrte!r.o tl.

precedent does the "advice and instruc-

'fit repub-

V.'ith this clear

lion'' of the "fathers of the g

ucan school loud us.'

avowal of his intention, upon his ascension to the Presidential oif.ee, wc wto rl! content. No man desired the couniry certain!;, ;lru 110; .-!,-ong"r or more con-

j elusive evidence of his determination 10

i..c orec-'-'lent the exam

pie ot our father ycii. a i:.il:

den! estab!!.:

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the

relation to tlio revenue, oi Preditnl Lv-

ler. He has placed hims-eif in l!i:s po,i-

lion by the unnecessary a:;d unpara'lef -.i i :

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erued bv

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example el tuoie cedent, what 10.1:1 iieve, that 'ike 'lie

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d in IVM that prececonstitutiouahty of a it:g hiiwiclf io be gov

t of the ever-glorious .who formed that pre voL.ld hosifr. to to bep:itriat Mudhion who

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colleague (Mr. 1'roltitt,) to the

aiii faithful to contrary r.oiv. iti,.itaudir.g. In what si-

use ot the vet power. And shall wo be restrained, in view of the means bv which he has affected it, from apply. ;ig his own language to himjelf? If he has thought fit to draw his executive portraiture with disown hand, shad it rot be exhibited to tho world? In this country, the acts wf a l.abhe man are rnl)li," or .ner? v. nrl ir is

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op, u; .::, Ik.v.v t'ver, lcve Le ai

;.iav, ,.e oki arraign den. .1

performance of a public act. And is he

ed ol lngiiM- prercgi.tiirs or entibigi.er iuim:nii:ies? .Sir. as peh!:c

the covern-

1 desire p 1- now no

crence :- :.,(,.)) tiieie. io t:;e one. I

consonance

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w u.i I t,is a lmi.iif. trat.on. is rumt. .-oid romli-imi

vt'3 and 1 r t whih 13 icrung. nd. this much I

.1 j wouiu .io uii me auiiunisiranon 01 anv

r man. I acknowleJjtr? to the 1'ifsi-

dent whom 1 assist in elevafur- to t.ower, no more prerogatives nor h vs responsibiii ty, tli4.ii to him u bom 1 oppose. y,v the

standard of tight and wrong, will

judge them all. This is the American, popular standard.

That by the veto now under coraidera

lion, and that which was communicated to

tho senate on the loth of last month, the

President has disajijxnnled and deceived

me, I feel noinclinaiion toconceal. 1 had believed most honestly eo that hi repeated and unqualified adoption of the opinions of General Harrison, upon the subject of a bank, was conclusive evidence of his determination to pursue the course which I knew was intended by that lamented man. And so I have repeatedly declared to my constituents. When the newsof the death of General Harrison reached me, I was ju?t eo ;: .a-noine- the

j t t ;o ',iu!.i to i.er a.?

.atriotie o.d Conuiioiiwealtl;. m a warm and earnest atta di-

;e.(. 1 L-an even now overlook all the rrefs of ins judgeme.nt: bit: r.rithcr for Similar a::y other loan v. ill i consent to surrei-der the opinions wl.kdi iiave "crown with my growth, and strengtencd wiiii my strength." Ncr dol ask him to yurren ler . : , .. i . . ...1 . n 1

loosoo :u.u 110 iaruier win l c-

w.th bun. I will apnrove that which, h

bank

lion was he pa:c-d at the 1 In rrishurgh Convention? It is no: denied that he v.'ert lli.To thfiaU and uu wavering friend of Henry Clay, and, as you have heard

) day, K is sud, no irrjj at his d(f:a'!

anlvor anti-bank nun?

and every body -dr. i vler sup

port bun tor t.,e ! resiliency A distinguished Senator from Virginia, (Mr. Kives.) the ot her day, admitted that, at that Couve.iti m, "a Clay man teas a lank man, an i a lank :;i:m teas l Clay wrf.i." Ies ii-. 1 tins c 'mission cover the whole

w as . 1 r. iiay a I f in favor 01 a

knows he win why did

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controversy

man, arid theref

? Mr. Tvler was

re a bank man

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Ian Co-art. but ' country where of conscience

do

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times.

of tlie p- .pie. Are we not e, a ;:iighy p. op : us l;igh, fae A row 11.1t ti:t iyros:.,ai.i:.:e 1 )-..) n t w e co a t do their hi Siiall any man th j.i go, ;.:i ; a :y Can.1:-' eo-.; Me .i-.- s !ae

ot -a a.

Kiied 111 a:. speech and

It wo-i:d Pe scout" I even a. ia.it of Cieat Britain

iat tue Kmc can lie of the feudal

nave at wavs noon oniweu yet reii'ierir'T

10 idai tlie highest per-orial esteem for his emineat services :o his country the other Las reeeivou my cordial though humble support f.r the second otf.ee in the cift of

the American V

But for this, shall

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sir. ti:e rep; as..uuat: a-

vg'' preri:.;lii-fi Mo: : 1 vv at 1 the 'articles -f H.ivo they -,.n.i led

trusts?

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that r en A bdbiij!-' neaiii : 1 . . I : 1 - te i St.-.: hig'ipr odi -e by the e'e-h-ca:

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aay P fa rl! i i 1 . ! . .. 1 ., v r v.

di from the people" 1 1 ev-a :e their w ill .

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a t,i ? iu- lruiueut oi the vccutive. and the

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vv!)'-;i it viohit"S tie' public 1 it is a-'eoaa arfied vvith coii-

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I be the le s disposed to censure or condemn, wdiere censure or condemnation are merited? It has ever hi en one of the standard principles of mv pubhc conduct to condemn that which, in mv conscience, I disapprove, eomi. from whom it may, whether from a President who has received my aid or opposition. And this I un-deo-tand to be one of the principles involved in the hv-t Prcsi l.ntia! contest

one of the cardinal ob beat Luis of Whic

faith.

Ir Speaker, this country, for twelve

o :

oa

las been the theatre of much

exc. lenient. The people had tiioucbt, and truly thought, that trie public inlerests were in danger, and that rude and

violent encroaeuments were ma the Constitution of their fathers.

m,

termined, mied and

m tiit' 1 in iilu-trioa;

upon Thev

pia go of the laiiarrison, once

taeo-

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ooriaain : were not.

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Meir des,,

nc-r of the Whig parte led us to triumph and unereiadled victory. We drove our

enemies t rem

he higii j

back into the hiding-plno

aces of power, 1 of the moun

tains. But we f ng.,t n t vviiiioi t a chief. The venerable man w hom iae nation had often d iiitated Jo honor, v.au at ear herd.

ecu schooled to oanger upon tue

oi brittle, and sarunh no!

: javelin of a reckless foe. De1 .1 111. ...,a Kr... nf

sceiiui .0 iro.ii a ioog iur.i n..iMeii-i uu o. ance-trv; his soul was energized with the patriot lire which warmed their hearts. , . '. ... , 1

as country tor nis couik.-v s -t proiidly did the (lag of rrftrm

.'eat abo.e h:m. placed in Ids hands by a

ceaercn-5 tui con hmnc neotiie. lnt a

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upon himself

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omce and i.e clothed m tlie mantle ot power. Then, this naii.ai was id peace.

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canvass which resulted in my election to this Home; and you can judge, sir being yourself a Western man what feelings of cleepanu mighty grief burst forth from the bosoms of my constituents, amongst whom he ha 1 lived, and w ho loved him for his publican.! private virtues. They seemed to think that the cup of national felicity, from which, but a moment before, they were preparing to drit:!;, was suddenly snatched from their lips by a cruel and opposing destiny. Their old Governor, friend, and neighbor, was no more. The band that had made its impress upon

their infant institution?, w as still; and the voice that Lad cheered them in the light, was hushed forcer. Sir, if gentleman could have seen, as i then raw, trio big tear stai tine from the eye and moistening the cheek of the strong-armed warrior, who Laid followed this patriot hero into the thickest of the 'f.g'.t.lhey would not feel astonished at what w as expected of him by Western men. It is not too much tosathat we expected the thorough redemption ol tl. 'country from tho experiments upon its currency. I have god reason to beiieve ay, sir, 1 know, as well as I can know an event before it happens, that, had tie lived., his veto would never have

been p!ae-'d upon such a bid as this, or I devise another plan by our regular session

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t;.e one which we have previously passed. Scarcely had tho death of General Harrison bee.u announced, before our opponents claimed Mr. Tyler as an ami-bank man, and. soemed to evidence a decided willingness to take his Administration into their charge. My competitor did so, in an open and undisguised manner. 1 took is-

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an iufaren e h git i mate and conclusive. Bui my iiiend fr.m Virginia., (Vr. Gilmer,) m the great compass of bis ingenuity, has so ight another exp'anali n U r this conduct of Mr. Tyier. He says thS: he w as repre: entingat the Harrisburgh Convention his immediate district in Virginia, and that his district was in favor of

Mr. Clay. Why, sir, in what attitude does this place the President beforo the nation? Does it not exhibit him as having attempted to do indirect fi, by the nomination of a bank man, what ho now essays to do directly, would subject him to tlie scorn and contempt of honorable men? If h' then retained his previously expressed opinion, that a batik was unconsiilual and" dangerous, how could he have tiesired 10 promote thr; election of a man. whose cwjrse upon this subject has nev er

been disguised? No, sua this argument)

w ill not do- it comes too kej. It Mr. Tvler's constituents desired him to do, at the Harrisburgh Convention, what ho thought would lead to a violation of the Constitution, why did he not resign, as he hail done when instructed to vote for the expunging resolution? For mv own

part and other gentlemen may think as

they please 1 do most tirmly and religiously believe, that lie had, at that time, adopted the constitutional opinions of Mr. Madison, and had determined to abide the fate of the Whig party for weal or wo. lie certainly had not then dreamed of setting up for himself. Whether, a 'change has come over the spirit of his dream," time will yet develope. It is not alone from his support of Mr.

Clay, that I deduce the conclusion of his change of opinion, on the subject of a

bank. j: he most satisfactory evidence is furnished, from his adoption of the very

language of General Harrison, and the

frequent endorsement of his opinions.

What did Gen. Harrison sav? He de

clared that he "would sign an act

to charter another bank if it irere clearly

asce?'fai;tcd'h-:t the puulic intercut, in re

lation to the cedleellvi and disbursement of the revenue imuhl materially suffer without one, and there were uuejuiroeal manifestations of public opinion in its favor." Has not this necessity now arisen? Mr. Tyler has given bis executive sanction to the repeal of the d ? posit 3 act and tlie Sub-treasury. With the public treasure, therefore, left in the hands of the Executive, under the act of 17" 0, will no: the public interest "materially suffer" without a bank? Are there any other modes than these three, of collecting, keeping and disbursing the revenue?

True, the President thinks that he may

ignt and duly oi tue peopi

e and t : ; 0 1 r

representatives to inspect and understand

tnem.

Xor should we be re-trained fi

om

this investigation bv the consideration tbat the President is indebted to us f...r hir. elevation. One of the t'uets of the n.oiv which we have just ousted from power, was to register the edicts of the Executive, and to regard his will as the la r. They approved all, n 1 censured yvthinn that he did. They did not subject his nets to the great moral standard of right and wrong. But the Whig party have erected a different measure of political reati-

theatre oi

to anorove su

prescut him? ; m v constiiet-.n'.s

o .ur.Iry miaeiaU x things od' f,-day. a oi t..e iuturc.S'j 1

po .v er. so net : ;r. -1 e::t index to their a: In the f.rsl itiau ,',a

1- 1 . 1 . . . ... 1.

iro:u iina.sjii 1; p-jii iae o.oaj

iiis '-o.ajtry wa-j he proro-cd

ii a hank a

congress .iiigrit

1

m.h rstood

u.m

i.crs.ood

him -so L.t as

jL aiwny

Ksen. lie

Jac

that of the 1'reai,

:: 'C pan

-so the tho

the types of i;e n ia

.' ul but an hid ; lie; il addr.'.s-i of G'ueral a promise sdmilcr to lie .-aid: .aps too just, in my

tude, ti ;i d ?.a one of that party pro id

PC

' 1 1 1 11

onsiuereu an numoio mam;..'

r i shall

Co with the l .xccutive 1 1st as tar as le;

jrirsues that eoursj which t-'uids to Me promotion of thn int-restsand Lon-ir of the enntry, and no farther. I will not bok to the will of the President, whoever ho may be, but to the wivies of the pe-.ple 1 1 l 1 1

an--mv own 1 lucment. it nis Adminis

tration is marked by a strict adherance oi

principle, and so directed as to promote Me public prosperity, lie has a right to expect

iii'- support, and upon no elder terms. Applying this rule to the present Exeeu

five, l find much to condemn and hut httie

to approve, in his recent act iu rgar i ( tiie currency. Not seeming to encompass

in fr.s reflection the great interests of t:.-1 country, be has looked only to himself, and, viewing his own imagined consistency as of more moment than the public goo I, has every thing to yield to ii. There is much, .Mr. Speaker, in tlie speech of Mr. Tyler, from which I have read, in regard to the power of t fie Eec-

jutive, that 1 would adopt. I propose to

make liberal quotations trom it, as evidence of what his opinions once were, when he was acquiring that character to which he is indebted for his elevation.

"A di.ti

own quant. cation vv a. tuaea me to lco: ivilti reverence to the examples of jin'.lic virtue left by my VUrJrious jir:dvcfn$orst and with v namt ion to the lights that flow from the mm. I thai f jim-h d, an 1 :x mini that ref .-rmed, our system."

I presume nous of us 1 1

how soon, and t

chore .'u wit.)

1

ow

VP forr'

an

III" tl Ll. . . . f , bendoment

of

f the storm. ThoJ.-uo with him, and upon this question we

in December; but w hat in the mean time, becomes of tho public money? He has taken possession of it bv his own act placing himself precisely in tho same position of Gen. Jackson, when be charged th.at gentleman with a usurpation nf "kingly powers," by tho removal of the depositee. An extract frorr: his s'x ecu in 1831,

sueaiime

of

In another part of it, when

theBamkof the United S'ates, he

"The argument derived from precedent, and used by gentlemen, is suicidicai. How would the question of the constitutionality of the bank stand, if precedent is to bo rororted to? What becomes of the praises bestowed upon the President (Jack

ed

President raid heJ id bis first

dees poiied to c insult t'ie

tton

.e was

this

Even a' high character for

uruinei'O r 11J decisson, his em nam scrvt 1. as to Me country, and tacri.l.is f.r its we. Gre, could not protect him against arraignment. Amongst bis MicoMirs Mr.

Tyler stood In.lJ'y i'unh. He thus 1 him to rcconai:

-The

m?.vgurw p. edges !

lii'tts .'..'' o.it by the exam its f :h sicho had precede i l.im in 'he administration of t'.-r Gncirnincut. lias he dnno so, ;r? lie had the bright, the chorions example of Jeli'-rson and M:;aien oef.ro him, and yet be rrj -cled ileon b..'th." When .Mr. Tyier penned the word which I have extra -ted from his inaueural, w hit pariiet; 'r question hid be in view? No.ie oih er iioin the "restoration of a sound cireuhvdng medium." Il wa upon if: .a l que-tion that he promised K lolloiv'ht: "over jjloiious exaiuple" of our fa. hr rs. 1'!i,im, ex unpie had ho before bim upon Mia ipe-stio:". .' I have often contended, Mr, and slid insist, that upon two occa ions thi re was, to ?ay tho leat of it, an in. hrect recognitiod of .Mr.

JefTu'riiO!) of th c Ptistiiut.oiiHlity of y

bank. 1 mean his ripproval of t.ho act of

jr.d Mht ii 18 1, giving power 10 tho bank to esiablleli oln-tes of discount and deposite a , sir, of discount ;.nd ilcpos ite un mv pirl cf (bo teiriiorirs or de

pendencies of the United Stites" znA ld subsequoni approval of the r.?t of tilth Pebi nary, 1 H .7, "to punish frauds comn.itted on the bink," which latter ict he. no doubt, approved tinder 1 lie auction of Ml.'..li'tll Ml I II .4 l!r-ll. tlf flli 1 r. ,1

son) for bis veto ot the ban.c two 'earsj , , c r vi 1 1 1 ' , . , .iff , a. ,-ftucUy r-' o.iiui)6 ol 'J he luui coaa co? 1 wire has the bank been chart e red , ' 1 ..1 . .

o'-imiirii .1 ou.ii.ii ui.e, iippio.eii l'y .ir, Adams, H3 unconsii'duion-.il. lint, yielding f .r th -;ike of .irginneut. the agency of Mr. IelTv rsou in this muter, and admitting th-t the rpiestiou did not iirioe, during his ad.iiir.is'.radon I repeal liie interrogatory. Whose example bud .Mr. Tyler be.ore bim? Was it not th.it of Mr. Madison, who bad oppe.-ed '.be bank of ".)1, and approved that of 18 If? If It 3 regard Mr. Jelferion and Mr. MaJisou as the only fathers of the republican school as frorne of those who justify hi present p,iiion s-eam to th ink he had alone of ibse fathers the txamp'e of Mr. iadiMui, the father of the Consliiuliou, vh;.:e limiinous mind and strong sagacity have done fco much towards sctding tlie rules of its imerprelmion, How has he followed ii? It stood bafore him as a

bright light il'urnir.ing bis patliwuy. and

by ihe approbation of all the constitjifional organs of Government; thrief'hai it been passed by the tiro Houses' of Congress: and not to speak gf' subordinate tribunals onee, if n - fuore. has it received the solemti sanction of the highest court knoirn to our judicature." Although Mr. Tyler, in his speech, positively repudiates the obligatory force of precedent, yet be acknowledges that bv precedent the constitutionality of the bank is most indubitably settled. Notw ithstanding this deliberate expression of opinion in tho Senate of the United States, he declares in his first veto menace "that the country has been, and di!l is, deeply agitated by litis unsettled question." I low is a question ever settled, whether ot legal or Constitutional interpretation? Is it not b tiie repeated recognition of established

ile? Why, sir, the live, liberty, and! he scorned and 'rejected' it. And not

rn

-roper'y of our fellow citizen? are adju licated upon, by precedent! Your co le

of law are but cones of precedent. Your

onlent with this, he boldly wars upon

bis fune, and declares that if ho were to f.lh.w lhat example, he would surrender

Government W a Government of precedent. -x7 claim tr tl.trcspct of honorabh ia:a.

t'o we not took in

as upon tho a. I monitions o

1 'f

siruci.onis:

I all coiVnLncc on the part of the people, all j "fffa-:sp,:et, all regard for rnnr il and re-

Itgnus obligations, and thai he would 'uomirit a crime which he tconld not teil'ing'y rr.m.,H to gain any earthly rerard,cind tvhiih would justly subject him to th". rlo'icnle and scorn cf oil vir tuous m -i." Where was tne guardian fciiius of ihe Pr-iddent when be con-

of a mighty people of varied pursuit.! reived thee thoughe-.? Would to God and scattered over an immenso territory I f,,r his ronnti v s sake for his own sak

of countrv docs ho

1 1 1

upon tiie reeoioed

opinions of the faMe r3 of ilea Constitution, for the guidance of our iblio conduct, with the same fondness and devotion

f naiornal in-

1

Free, Mr. Tvler, asa Sena

tor representing but one of the States of the Union, thought and acted "differently. But when ho becon.es tho representative

o : i r. ". on co r r e s no 1 1 u

unJereo no change 1 orne Mentor had l een there to guide ii:g will: bin c'.isngo Continued O't fourth page-)