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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.
数以千计的求职者涌向华盛顿，他们甚至睡在白宫偏僻的角落里，日复一日，从早到晚，他们向哈里森表达自己的要求。一天，求职者们还没有起床，哈里森一大早就出来散步，患了感冒并突然死去，而他宣誓就职才仅仅一个月。约翰o泰勒立刻成为总统。
319. Tyler and the Whigs.
319．泰勒与辉格党
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样是辉格党人，也不像杰克森那样是民主党人。他是一个不喜欢杰克森思想的民主党人，作为总统，他以实际行动表明自己不是辉格党人。泰勒打算签署一项法令废除《独立国库法案》，他不喜欢民主党的这个措施，但他拒绝签署一个建立美国国家新银行的法案。无论是没有银行还是没有国库，政府的运作几乎就是不可能，但泰勒政府用某种方式在运作。泰勒打算签署一个新的关税法案，他的打算可能实现，因为《折中法案》将于1842年到期。国会1842年通过了这项新法案。
