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Editorial June 30, 1842

The Ohio Democrat

New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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Editorial from The Times critiques Whig party efforts to force President John Tyler to approve a tariff bill for revenue, highlighting a compromise act clause allowing temporary tariffs without Congress. Urges Tyler to veto and praises his firmness against factionists like Geo. Evans.

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THE TIMES

There is a crisis, in this country, that will blow hundreds of little great men to atoms, and leave nothing but the blue book record to tell to posterity that they once existed. When General Harrison came into power, the jackals who had followed in the conqueror's wake, to feast upon the carcasses of the slain, howled themselves into place; and there, like worms in the skull of a king, fattened upon better meat than they had been used to eating in the days of their loafer-hood.

The Whig party, in its own opinion, has now got John Tyler in a tight place He must approve the twelve line tariff bill, or leave the country without revenue. If he approves it: distribution is safe; if he does not the country is at an end. We, however, do not believe this state of things to have existence.

There is a clause in the compromise act which was put in to guard against the state of things which might exist at its expiration. By that clause, the President and Secretary of the Treasury are authorized to make a temporary tariff by regulation, and to collect the revenue in the same way.

John Tyler, then can get along without Congress, after the 30th of June, and the country will be permitted to exist in spite of Geo. Evans and his factionists, some time longer. For this and all other blessings, God be praised.

Stand firm, then, honest John, and give them the veto medicine in broken doses. - Washington Index.

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Economic Policy Taxation

What keywords are associated?

John Tyler Whig Party Tariff Bill Veto Compromise Act Revenue Factionists

What entities or persons were involved?

John Tyler Whig Party General Harrison Geo. Evans Congress

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Whig Pressure On John Tyler To Approve Tariff Bill

Stance / Tone

Supportive Of John Tyler's Resistance To Whig Demands

Key Figures

John Tyler Whig Party General Harrison Geo. Evans Congress

Key Arguments

Whig Party Claims Tyler Must Approve Tariff Or Country Ends Without Revenue Compromise Act Clause Allows President And Treasury To Impose Temporary Tariff Post June 30 Tyler Can Bypass Congress And Veto The Bill Criticism Of Spoils System Under Harrison

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