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jan 29 Washington City.
Democratic reveiw for March, 1846 ?
Tins rfiiv riTeivi-il liv
F. TAYLOR.
CONTENTS*
I The Late Acting President,
ii. The Song of the Bell. From the (Jennan of
Schiller.
3. Fragments from tho Greek.
4. A hymn of Love. By George W.C'Urtis.
f>. The Cabman's Story.
Tmnrlntrd frrnn Ihf Frrnch qf .llexanclre Thimm.
6. Our Times.
7. Romance and Reality.
8. Recollections of Fifty Years.? No. I. A Sketch
of f)8.
9. Wilhelmine Sehrneder-Devrient. A Sketch.
By Mrs. E K. Eilet.
10. Uone ! A Poem. By J. (J. Whitticr.
11. The Literature of Fiction. Ry A Davezac.
IU. 1 he President* of Teaaa. By (J. Montgomery.
I.'I. Bureau of Statistics.
14. Monthly Financial and Com mere ial Article.
15. Monthly Literary Rulletin.
16. New York Historical Hoeiety.
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j March 11?
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( EVENINCJ, APRIL *29, 1843
l' I .'MM!! " - 1
SPEECH OK MR. TYLER. I'
[continued] "
Following the important exiion*1 of the ,l iru'' c
faith" ot ili? nariv. w<* have Mr Charles J
Tliuiu).?uii, on March ltiib, oayiux tu ht? con ^
alilUf n(? : "lam, amI always have been, a// (
" jtoted to u latitudinarian construction of ()
" the < 'imitiliition. * * * * (j
* To enable yon to juit^e of the principles of
" tgeneral llarrisvn, I hare copied from hit
speeches and letters enroll tj extract* to "J
'* ichick I beg your attention. The Julio uinx '
" ie an extract Jrout an uddrets of hit to apm (['
' tiun oj the people of the Slat* oj Ohm, when M
' he unit a candidate for a teat in the Con ?(
''ttrett oj the t ailed .Slates i? 1 Hii'J." And
lere Mr. Thomfxon copies word lor word ihc u|
rerv extracts 1 have given you Irorn the letter 41
>f General Harrison tolhe '' Inquisitor," avow b
ng Innisrli a Republican of the J< Ilersuuian P
icliool -denying to Congrt?s the exerciv ol K
my |i?r*er not expressly grai <d hy tbe<'ou?'iudun
? opposing the Hank uj the I nited
St al,e upon Const it ul tonal //round*, and de
luring tlsnt it 1* a measure not necessary ?
o carry any oj the expressly granted powers ju
nto effect. tr
Again, Mr. William C. Rives, in his elabo- 01
tiled " t 'astlt Hill" letter, thlt* wrote :
" Hut it i* said dial General iiarriaoa has voted
or u pioteclne la i iff?for internal improvements by 1
lie General Government, ami ta in favor ol a Malonal
Bunk. In rupee! to this last allegation, I fit id. ^
shall be able to show yvu that U u wlotly gratuitous. jj
* lu tils address to lha vo- |(|
era of tbe Cincinnati district in be expressly '
leclarni thai "be believed that lliu charter given to
lie Hank of the United States was unconstitutional,
n his letter to Mr. Sherrod Williams, in auawer to th
he query " whether, if elected President, he would th
K'l a bill, with proper modification unit restrictions, ,n
or chartering a lisuk of the United dilates f" he re- hi
dies in the lollowuig very specific and guarded w
erins : " I would, if it were clearly aacerlaiued that a
he public interest, in relation to the collection and du- tr
u rscenent of Ike i evrnue, w. >u Id materially Butter with
iut one, and there were unrquiaural manifestations of co
mblic opinion in its favor. 1 think, however, that the
iperimer.l ihvud be fairly tried to uacrr/utn whether the
iruincial operations oj the Covernmenl cannot be as well A
isrried on without the aid of a .Velmnui Bank, if It is V
lot necessary far that purpose, it does uot appear to tr
ne that it can be constitutionally chartered. There ol
r no construction which I can give to the Constitution p,
chich icuuLl authorise it upon the ground of affording sl
acilities to commerce. * ? a
connecting wkal General Harrison here says with
us address to the voters of his District in HWV, it c"
s evident that his men leanings are decidedly against a
tank." J*
Mr. Rives also states that? jr,
" General Harrison is a Republican of the old is
etl'ersonian school, and derrors his principles of II
oiifllitutional interpretation from the oelehrated re- .V
olutions of the Virginia Legislature in "93, "99. He gr
herefore denies to the General Government the exreise.
of snv sower hilt wiiat is eaoreeslv mven to it
iy ihe Constitution, and what is essentially nrcessa- ,M
y to carry the given powers Into efleet. lie believes ~t
lie ohartar giteii to Ike Bunk of the Untied Stales vat C
mcotuti/utwuui " si
In the exposition of General Harrison's opm- l'!
ons, given by Mr. Hives, the Richmond Whig w
litis alluded :
s " We conclude tbi? able production tieday. It i? oj
lestined to have a powerful influence upon the popuar
opinion of the State, ami to add increased force to
be mighty torrent which is selling in in favor of the ^
renerable patriot of Ohio. Whether regard be had ,
o the source from which it emanates, or to the imlorfoni
truths it advances and so ably suppertv, it is eraitently
calculated to exert the ninet happy influence "
ipoa the reflecting and patriotic ?
The " Gharlotteaville Republican," also, ^
tbout the same date, gives a communication ^
ihowtng similar effects, which these facts in re- (y
ation to General Harrison are producing on ihe
mbltc mind. Its correspondent, above the si?nature
of " A Sub-Treasury Man," writes in '
[his manner: J]
"But I feared that General Harrison was a Bank tt
nan, and infected with the other heresies which tt
nade Mr. Clay objectionable to me. To this fear
he letter you now publish, and one which General \
Harrison wrote to Sherrod Williams in 1836, besides ?
Hhets, have given a perfect quietus. These letters tie- ?
stonfrale, first, that General Harrisrn thought the Bank
f the Uuxled States unconstitutional." ^
Again, in the Essex district address, drawn U
jp by the present Wfhtg orator, Mr. Griswold,
tnd others, so obnoxious is their issue of a ci
Rank, it is declared to have been "originated tl
21 id sustained by the Federal party."
Again, Mr. William C. Rives was elected l>y n
the party to the United Slates Senate, as an
aiiti liunk man, and after reaching his seat
opposed tne proceedings of Mr. Clay in favor j.
of a Dank, with a power, f must do him the jus- c]
tice to say, which lew men could have equalled, p]
And again, Mr. William S. Archer was elect- di
ed to the United Stales Senate as an anti- tc
Hank man also, hy the party, of which we
have been assured publicly by Mr. Thomas
Cropper, of Accomac, a man in whose veins "
flow the purest revolutionary blood, and, at the JJ
time of the election, a Whig member of the (!]
Legislature. ?
These are but some of the facts existing p,
with regard to their course in Virginia. What ft
have we with reference to that course in other h
States 1 w
In Georgia, Messrs. J. C. Alford, William E. 8'
Dawson, R. W. Habersham, Thomas Butler
King, E. A. Neabit, and Lott Warren, the n
Whig representatives of that State in Congress, t,
3ent tort It an address to their constituents on (j
the 27th May, 1840, which may be found in the |y
"Savannah Republican" of Junp, 1840. In ,,
thi? naner tliev vindicate General Harrison from h
lite charge of being in favor of a National Hank /
alter this manner: r(
" Those opposed to General Harrison attempt to d
show th*l he is in favor of a National Bunlc, by us P
serting that his supporters are in favor of such an l<
institution. On this question let General Harrison
speak for Uunself. In IKiW, being a candidate for |\
Congress, he published the following letter, giving ?
his political opinions. e
Here follows the letter already addressed to y
you from the Virginia address of 184(1, and re n
lied upon hy Messrs. Rives and Thompson, the g
"Richmond Wing'' and the "Charlottesville
Republican," in their exculputiuu of Geuoral *
Harrison from iliis eharge. From this letter, i
say thi y, " It tcill he jiorcritierl that (imoral h
" Harrison* s opinion* in regard to thr. tktah- i!
? lithment of a Motional /tank, arc simitar d
" in lhn*f entertained by Mr. Jefferson." 'I
In Norib Carolina, was circulated through '
,K? a,litres* of Mr K Radcr. 1
IU?- - ? ... ,
er, afterward* Secretary oi the Navy, anil who
resigned because a llanlt hill was vetoed, in
which he makes this positive declaration :
"Next, it is said that General Harrison favors a
Hank of the United States. Tftr chtrrgr it / /m [Ji?
opinions, on the contrary, are against a Itanlr. lb \
hm dttbtrtd it on institution which, if Vrmdcnl, hr icnvi'l'
not neienmrnd."
In Ohio, at the great ratification convention
of the Harrishorg nomination! held in the city I
of Columbus oti the 22d FeDruarv, 1840, at-:
though thp most exten*i?e series of resolutions
were passed, covering the whole ground of op
position to Mr. Van ilnreu, and of the future
action of the party, containing all the principles
wnosi which the ranvass was to he conduetcd,
mil (UTS vnril IS set eon ?rn,n,r . P.anlr (,l ,
United Stat** So far from it, the most rigid
inf rpretatioa ot ihe Constitution is set forih,
" 1 n.
_
NO. 1286,
rrchldiag a 11 idea of the e*tabli?hment of ?ucl
islitution. Here are ihe resolutions. and they
anuol be i;Miii?ayed.
Again, wnen an lnvuariwn wan exieuucu i.
'ten V iff Presidential candidal* U> *"?'1 'I"
itaie, Mr. llidgway, chairuiau ol the VVliiy
enlral Coninuiltee, and afterwards Wing re
reseniative in the 27ili Congress, wordi <1 it in
lis plain and uiunislakeuble language :
" Dkaii Sim I'ke original Jackutn nun qj the Stall
'Ohio, who are in lavoi of llie cleoliou ul die Wing
audidute* lor the 1'reeidaucy and Vice Preiidiucj
I the United Slates, prupoae to hold a convention in
le city of Coluinbua, on the 25th day ol the prent
month, fur the purpose of organizing then
length and piepamig fur ihe apjiuachirig election
i> believed ihat the Government are concentrating
poll Una Stale their whole clr. liwnceriug strength,
ud that a mighty effort will be uiade to carry Ohio
V storm. Ill breaking down thia last deapeiale eirdient
ol u party maddened to aliuoat superhuman
II rtion h? dcleal, we need and we ask your co-opeilloo.
Vour name will couunand the pre-ence of
lOuSUnda upon thouaurul* of our citizen* from all
larters of the Stale, and will awsll our rank*, as we
nbdeiilly believe, with numbeia of those toko art
tly withholding their 9uprwrl til order to be fully la/ll d
that Ikt laccin uf the It'hig ran didatei trill m urt the
turn/ h of Ui r principles which brought I inured Jacktun
ito /tower We troll ihat ilia laipoilam e ol Una cm
s in the campaign will induce you to comply with
ic invitation which we Under you in the name ul
ic W lug party of Ohio."
And again, Mr. Thomas Kwing, afterward*
ecretary of the Treasury, and wno, like Mr.
adger, resigned because a Bank hill was veied,
iu a letter addressed by hltn to Mr. L. L).
arker, dated July lbth, 1840, said:
44 Mv Dkak Si* : On my return from Columbus
is evening, I received your letter, informing me
at it was asserted at a public merlin/, in Washgtoti
county, that, in a speech at I'hilidelphia, I
id raid that the irue question between the parties
?* a Bank of the United States, ami that you, from
knowledge of the real dues' ion avid of me. hud con
adicted the assertion III this of course you Wire
irfeclly safe. I made no such statement, but the very
ntrory
Lastly, the National 'Intelligencer, during
ugual, 18-10, 1 may say tu be halt of the whole
i'hig parly of the United IStates, as the C'enal
organ of that party, in reply to the charges
the Richmond Enquirer, thus unequivocally
enounced the question of k Hank not in isie:
" Though tlu question qf a Bonk ia not now before the
untry, and is dmygud into the present discussion
ily to help the Enquirer cult In a weak cause, by an
peat to well understood prejudices in ill eu-n Stale, we
ive no objection to the discussion into which the
nquirer ItuuL the way. ? p
ajortunale circumstance that the name cf General
arnioti has not been so mired up with the question of a
'atiemal Bunk m to matt ki/n n/morieus, cm that
maul, to any reasonable, practical man."
These, fellow-citizens, are only a few of the
ridences which might be gleaned from the reads
of the party. Mr. Ilives, in reply to Mr.
lay, at the extra session of 1841, declares that
nnlar pledges were made in three-fourths of
ie States of the Union. What, 'hen, is the
levitable and unavoidable conclusion to which
eure forced by the /act*??that for a ptriod
f fire years, durin* two presidential elections
#!.? J CJ# -, 1 ,1 -
!ection* in the State of Virginia, the W h ig
arty ivert committed, solemnly committed lo
xr People against the establishment of a
lank of the United Stales.
This, then, wvuld havp been their true posion,
if General Harrison, their elected Presient,
had have lived, and the reins of Governlent
continued in his hands. The question
rhicb I now propose to consider is this: Did
is death, and tlie succession of the Vice I'reent
lo the Presidency, alter this position 7
In the examination of this question,, 1 shall
gain conduct you through the records of the
arty; for it is necessary that you should unerstand
the exact truth, in order to comprehend
le unparalleled deception they hare attempted
j practice upop the country.
With respect, then, to the opinions of their
rice Presidential candidate, I have already
iven you the letter of the Hon. Mr. Kidgway,
nd stated that, in the Virginia Whig address
f 1830, he was especially recommended be
ause ol his uniform opposition to a Bank of the
Inited States.
Strange as it may seem, he was twice the
andidate of the party for the second office in
le gift of the people.
In the address issued at Richmond, after the
omination at Harrisburg, it is said of him,
"John Tyler is known to the people or Virginia
i one of their best tried and most faithful servants,
arty malignity, in its most reckless inood, has never
barged hnn with being an abolitionist, lint, in the
lenitude of their power, the partisans of the I'rcsient,
who make and unmake republicans by royal
iucIi. have pronounced him a Federalist, because he
a Whig. Against that charge tec will not vindicate
whom you have so ojlen pronounced a Republican.
The mun who has always been the advocate of reoblican
measures, and during nearly his whole life
le representative of Republican people, needs vinication
from the charges of Federalism, we feel
itisfic.d that it will be made triumphantly by the Retiblicans
of Virginia, whom he has so long and so
lilhfully served, and to their protection we commit
im, confident that in their hands he will sustain no
rong, and that they will say to him, ' well done, thou
jod and fail)\ful ttrranl.' "
Shortly after he entered political life, as a
lember of the Virginia Legislature, scarcely
wenty-one years of age, he moved the resoluon
of censure, which was passed, upon
lessrs. Giles and Brent, the Virginia Senators
1 Congress, for refusing to vote, as instructed
V the Legislature, against chartering the
tank oj ihe United States. Jt was upon tins
solution that Mi. Benjamin Watktns Leigh
rew up his celehiated, and so often quoted paer
upon the right of instruction, which he af rwards
so signally violated.
When a representative in Congress, in 1810,
dr. Tyler sustained the motion made to issue a
cire facia* against the Mnnk of the United
llate.s, whereby it would have been forced to
ield up us charier. In the speech which he
lade on that occasion he uses this plain Ian
u age:
" The (|U?stion whether it would he proper to Is
lie a sclrt fiu-iiu sciolist the llnnk, divides itself into
wo heads r>( inquiry. first, whether the charter
as heen ?Q violated as to ensure a forfeiture? And,
f so, is it expedient to exact the forfeiture' The
eelsion of the first would preclude one from an in
uiry into tno xeoona ror, air, iiiiihmkiii ?* mleve
the creation of thu corporation unconMi/tUtrmal
cannot, without a violation ?f noy oath, heaitatn to
epair Ihc breadli thu* made in the Conetitutrnti,
rh?o an opportunity prexeeti itapIf tor doing an with
lilt violnt'OK thai public, faith Hut. believing alto
hat it ? rrpriiifnl to nut it down, ami other gentle
nen feeling at liberty th follow up that impilfy, ]
iropoae to eiprea* to y?u my vinive on the ?uh|*rt
' * For one, i enter my protea
igawat the ayatem of banking, aa conducted in Urn
ounlry?a ayatem not to (m atipponed by any cor
ect | ruciple. ol economy?* groai deluamn?Uii
Ireain of a vjaionary?a ayatem that baa done fnon
,i corrupt lb# morale of a?< lety than any thing ek
-which ha a introduced a alruggle for waalih inaleai
if that honorable itruggle which goveroa the action
>f a patriot and make* ambition virtue?which h*
wad* the hiiabaridmen apum hk rvatiage, and intre
lured a apirit of luxury at variance with the muipl
tity of our inatiluliona. I call upon the warm aim
?ie? ol banking now to aurreucar thair err*'
Shall I take them by Die hand and lead them throug
rnir ritiea bankruptcy m?et? ther? at every ateu
ikrin ?t?r*a tn everywhere ,n ihe face Hhatl lb
oomomvto*
toiu i*t
tcuimiiuii MttoarNing in commerce t row the eonf-*J>ei
mjiicc j'ltalf Awm* witli the delusion.
IkI Uea thai *l"->s?d "? fallacy I yrUU a^amt
Hank We *,VuvnmiuuJ cauMvt <*o wuhvut IMa
Wretched ludcJ de|ieii<Jaiit ?<i this corporation,
the case." tliUl he our ailuuliou if this ?u
AtfUiu, iis 18J. ^
ted States Seoui**'" a member of lite IJ#Itfae
iiaok ws? bro'*4' bill for re chartering
Hot only recorded t ul' before that body, lie
"I Iht bill, hut susie,'04" <Nt'U?t 'be passage
' .i ti,- ' General Jackson in hi
' " ? , record* ol the Senate
read ihus:
i
" The question being on ?s,a^e ?f the bill to
modify and continue the * P"taM.orworaie the sub
, scntetra to the liaiik ol the I . tiulrii thuec who
?oted lu lue atlini.alive ware r |te'lllo0i Hibb,
Hrowu, Diekinsou, Dudley, K> ^ ^nW) (irundy,
llayuca, Hill, Kane, King, Mtm n' M,iw'y, Miller,
Moure, Tazewell, Troup, Tiu* >^itc
Again, in September, 1840, ewUinUl*e ol
cilizuu* of Henrico county Virg propound
cd to Iniu tlie following inquiries : '
" Do you believe the Con grew of the ^tej yul,
to be ve?ie?| with power, by the Co?lluUo0i to
charter a National Hank? Would \ cotmidei
?urh an institution, though warranted by , (Joustltultob,
as mirchievoua in its eUects upon thTMjn,uiis
aud habits of the |>eople, and, from ttn 4ueuCe
which it would be capable of exerting, upoi ln.
dependence of our elections? Would you yy a
bill chartering a National Hank'"
These questions were put, upon the paenui ^
lion ihst General Harrison, if elected,>wou|
die, aud Mr. Tyler would succeed lo the 1'res
dene* ; and to them Ire thus distinctly r "id lb
October following:
" In reply to the tirel branch of your inquiry, I
quote and adopt the language of iieneral HarriaoK
iu tua speech delivered at Daytou, via : ' There it
not iu the Constitution any cxprina grant ot power
for such puriioae, and it never could be couatilutional
to exercise (rial power, aave in ihe event the powers
granted to Cougreaa oouid not be earned into effect
wilbotit resorting to auch ao uiatiiutiou.' The latter
branch of your inquiry u fully answered by my
aoawer to the lira! part. Whether
1 would or would not exert the veto, H wilt he
lime enough lor uie to aay when I am either a candidate
for, or an expectant of the Presidency, neither
of which 1 expect ever to he.
" Ij your yu'Jtwn bed keen U> parted, at to ha it inyulred
uj me what count f uyuld pursue Iif elevated Is
Ida Pica Presidency and I >houtd be called upon to vole
upon a ki11 for Ike incorporation of a Bank, yon should
have hail a direct and emphatic answer .1s it u I hale
only to refer you to my speech delivered in Ihe House of
HeyreieniiUlves oj Ihe United States in IHIy, on Ihe ynration
of o eciar Vacua against Ihe Bank, and my vale
given in the Senate of the United Stales m 1KJ2, on the
yutjllon of re-ckartei ing the late Bank."
A portion of the speech referred to I have just
read to you, and exhibited to you the vote troia
the records of the Senate. They were both directly
in opposition to a Dank.
Again, on the 5th October, 1H40, a portion of
ihe citizens of Steubenville, Ohio, addressed
him tins (juration: ' L>o you believe in the
constitutionality of a Dank of the United
States V
To which he made this reply:
"My opinion of the power of Con grew to charter
a Hank of the United States remains unchanged,"
(of course Irotn his opinion in ldl'J and IWIM )
"There is not in the Constitution any express ({rant
of power for euch a purpose, and it never could be
constitutional to exerciee that power, save in the
event (he powers granted toCongiess Could not be
carried out without resorting to such an institution."
Again, about the same time, a similar queslion
was proposed to hint by the citi/ens of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and to which he returned
an answeT so explicit, that the Whig
leaders in Washington, to whom it was submitted,
suppressed its publication. The history
of the transaction is thus given by the Hon.
Heniy A. Wise, through the columns of the
National Intelligencer:
" During the session of 1839, '40, Mr. Tyler addressed
to me, in Washington, a letter from W ii- f
liamsburg, Virginia, iiying that a meeting of the Democrats
of the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, bad
cslled on him eaperially to ssy whether tie would, in
any errnt, sanction the incorporation of a Hank of ttie
United Stales. He enclosed me the proceedings of
heir meeting and their resolutions and sent inr his
reply, with instructions to submit it to the leading ^
members of the Whig iiarty, for them lo determine vwbeiliet
it should be transmitted lo Pittsburg and be
published, or not The substance of the reply I remember
well. It was spirited and explicit. .Iftrr
rxamining the right of all citizens to call fur his sttditncnls
on all public questions, anil staling that the fair
object of such calls should alicays be lo enable the electors
to cast their rotes intelligibly, according lo their own conviction
ef right, after knowing the ojrinions of candidates.
He expressed the opinion, which lie had ever entertained,
that the Bane or the United States
was unconstitutional, and that he could not
sanction the incorporation or one without an
alteration in the Constitution. He then emphatically
asked those who addressed him, if these were their
sentiments whether they would maintain them at the
polls, or whether their object was to divide the If hig /early
hy publishing them to the countiy? The reply thus given
I did submit to several Whig members of Congress,
whose opinions I thought most entitled to respect and de
ferenee, and they decided it was impolitic to live
it publicity ? that Mr. Tyler's opinions were already
known, and that U was unnecessary to array them ilircctly
against those of many who were in favor of a Hank,
and alt who made the Hank a test, could ascertain his
sentiments in the past, which had never been recanted,
ani) no one could plead that tiii.v either
had been concealed, or that any deception was
practiced."
, Again, the "Doston Atlas," of April, 1841,
makes this statement:
"Mr. Tyler remained in the Senate the entii*
term of six vesrs. In 1833 ho was re elected, up to
which time lie hn<) Keen a moderate, although decided
supporter of the Administration of Andrew Jp e*oii.
Mr. Tyler was rpjwstd to the re-charter of the tale Lui..j
a.-i.. n. L <i
Arid a few days afterwards the correspondent
of that paper says:
" The nomination of Mr. Tyler, at llarristiurg. wns
urged and obtained aolely upon the estimate formed
of its ctlaiaoter, at it appeared from Ai-r ar.lt at a public
man, and from the peculiar (usition of the preaidential
canvam of 1830."
A '.'am, the " Richmond Whig," as late as
the 30lh April, 1841, after Mr. Tyler had occupied
the Presidential chair nearly a month, in
its editorial, uses this language :
" Should Virginia, in the elections just past, have
returned a majority of opponents to the new Administration.
it would l e a singular cominontary upon
her professed devotion to the will of the people, and
a lingular instance of the blindness and rage of faci
lion triumphing over reason, patriotism, and common
scene. . It i, rain to toy that
thr apprehension of a Hank to vhiiii Virginia is orroann.
jnthjir-t thr premature Inutility It is not certain
that tiif. Administration wii.i. arpRovg a
LIank. John Tyler hat bun true through life to her
i doeinnet. * * * * He hat iwwr
abandoned one oj them, in a public career running notO
through fire and twenty years."
Again, the National Intelligencer, of the 18th
Allans'. 1841, in ita remarks ii|>on the veto ot
the Hank lull proposed hy Mr. ( "lay, makes this
! admission:
" Wo knew that, in limes past, the President, Mr
Tyler, in both branches of the National legislature,
1 declared his (personal conviction of the iinnnnsfifti
itonality of a National Hank."
' Again, on the ld4th of February, 1840, the
, Whig cniyns of Norfolk invited him to partakof
a public dinner, in company wilh lleniy
'IV. I. a I invil^l mn hp mr*t!r> fhle ri'nlv
" I thatik jou, gentlemen, for the term* in whirh
'' you have hern p'.med to allude to the Iliurabun
* nomination of iny?elf. I ilare nffl ?ay more limn
' that mi/ political principle* remain wholly "ml entirely
* ??rhirvkreil flint they ,irf the mme niw at when I J>r\l I
* enteral political hfie, and will continue mcluingtil to the
y lot! moment of my ertrthly existence It in oj|{hl I
k I have ever departed from the prinopiee of the old
1 Republican party, in word, nr in deed, my political
1 opponent- are invited Ui dmplay to the public g?/o
'' Uie evnl?ui e? of my lranafre>*iuii."
e And Uatlf ?for If mould be tmeleaa to tntf
l