A history of the United States . of the Peace Convention in 1861. 292 VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, 1837-1845. [§373 system by which the candidate receiving the second highestnumber of electoral votes became Vice President had its draw-backs, but it at least gave the country such Vice Presidents asJohn Adams and Jefferson. Under the new system the office has been too oftengiven to a can-didate possessingpolitical influenceor to a good manso old as to belikely to die be-fore the expira-tion of his follows thatTyler is not somuch to blamefor his mistakesas the people whoput him wherehe was
A history of the United States . of the Peace Convention in 1861. 292 VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, 1837-1845. [§373 system by which the candidate receiving the second highestnumber of electoral votes became Vice President had its draw-backs, but it at least gave the country such Vice Presidents asJohn Adams and Jefferson. Under the new system the office has been too oftengiven to a can-didate possessingpolitical influenceor to a good manso old as to belikely to die be-fore the expira-tion of his follows thatTyler is not somuch to blamefor his mistakesas the people whoput him wherehe was sure togo astray. Hewas an honestand amiable man,who by no meanslacked helped Webster in the Ashburton Treaty. He behavedwith discretion during what is known as Dorrs Rebellionin Rhode Island^ (1841-1842). But, on the whole, Tyler waslacking in discretion and was unable to take the lead in publicmatters. He did not believe in a national bank and was per-haps right in not doing so; but if he had been wise, he would. John Tyler. 1 A clash that almost led to civil war came between the advocates of a newconstitution, who tried to make Thomas W. Doit governor, and the supportersof the old illiberal instrument which greatly restricted the franchise. Dorrwas arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for life in 1844, but was releasedthree years later. §374] TEXAS AND OREGON. 293 have said so plainly and thus prevented the Whigs passingbills that he was sure to veto. He vetoed other measures be-sides the bank bills and perhaps again was in the right; butthe main result of his actions was to earn for him the distrustboth of the Whigs and of the Democrats. His attempt to forma party of his own was a complete failure. TEXAS AND OREGON. 374. The Texas Question. —The congressional election at themiddle of Tylers term, while adverse to the Whigs, did not helphim. The second halfof his administrationwas therefore evenmore wanting in har-mony and effective-ness than the
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