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Thousands of office-seekers thronged to Washington. They even slept in out-of-the-way corners of the White House. Day after day, from morning till night, they pressed their claims on Harrison. One morning early, before the office-seekers were astir, he went out for a walk. He caught cold and died suddenly, just one month after his inauguration. John Tyler at once became President.
數以千計的求職者涌向華盛頓，他們甚至睡在白宮偏僻的角落里，日復一日，從早到晚，他們向哈里森表達自己的要求。一天，求職者們還沒有起床，哈里森一大早就出來散步，患了感冒并突然死去，而他宣誓就職才僅僅一個月。約翰o泰勒立刻成為總統。
319. Tyler and the Whigs.
319．泰勒與輝格黨
President Tyler was not a Whig like Harrison or Clay, nor was he a Democrat like Jackson. He was a Democrat who did not like Jackson ideas. As a president, he proved to be anything but a Whig. He was willing to sign a bill to repeal the Independent Treasury Act, for that was a Democratic measure he had not liked; but he refused to sign a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States. Without either a bank or a treasury, it was well-nigh impossible to carry on the business of the government. But it was carried on in one way or another. Tyler was willing to sign a new tariff act, and one was passed in 1842. This was possible, as the Compromise Tariff came to an end in that year.
泰勒不像哈里森或克雷那樣是輝格黨人，也不像杰克森那樣是民主黨人。他是一個不喜歡杰克森思想的民主黨人，作為總統，他以實際行動表明自己不是輝格黨人。泰勒打算簽署一項法令廢除《獨立國庫法案》，他不喜歡民主黨的這個措施，但他拒絕簽署一個建立美國國家新銀行的法案。無論是沒有銀行還是沒有國庫，政府的運作幾乎就是不可能，但泰勒政府用某種方式在運作。泰勒打算簽署一個新的關稅法案，他的打算可能實現，因為《折中法案》將于1842年到期。國會1842年通過了這項新法案。
