IÇ2 JOHN TYLER. 



every part of the Union on this melancholy occasion. A 

 national fast was proclaimed, and the affection and respect of 

 the people were testified by all sorts of public demonstrations. 



JOHN TYLER, 1841— 1845. 



According to Constitution, M. Tyler now became 

 President. He arrived at Washington on the 5th of April, 

 1841, and was immediately sworn into office. Air. Southard, 

 President of the Senate, became Vice-President. On the 8th, 

 the new President issued an address suited to the occasion, in 

 which, after lamenting the decease of General Harrison, he 

 expressed his intention of carrying into practice what he con- 

 ceived to have been that gentleman's principles. The Cabinet 

 chosen by General Harrison was retained in office. 



On the 31st of May, the twenty-seventh Congress assem- 

 bled at Washington. A message from the President was read, 

 His views with regard to foreign policy were of a pacific 

 character. He stated that the census showed the population 

 to be seventeen millions, and that it had doubled in twenty- 

 three years. It is during this administration that Colonel 

 Freemont's Expedition to the West and to California was 

 sanctioned. 



A Bill for the establishment of a new Bank of the United 

 States was presented, but was defeated twice. 



A Bill was passed for the distribution of the proceeds of 

 the public lands. 



On the 9th of August, 1842, a new treaty was made 

 with England, concerning the north-eastern boundaries 

 between the two countries, but more especially for the 

 suppression of the slave trade. 



During the Session of Congress which closed June, 1844, 

 the principal subjects of attention were the modification of 

 the Tariff, and the annexation of Texas to the United States, 

 but the treaty negotiated to that effect by the Secretary of 

 State and the Texan Commissioners, and signed by the 

 President, was rejected by the Senate. 



One of the most remarkable events during this adminis- 

 tration is the deliberate repudiation by several of the States 

 of the public engagements which they had contracted by 

 bonds, on the faith of which, private individuals had advanced 

 money to them. 



At the expiration of office of M. Tyler, James K. Polk, 

 of Tennessee, was elected President. 



