The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-28

not what the Post processes 10 Be, democratic, but in
s infallible Judgment they are what the Post once
fcas, most decidedly federal.
Ifshe republicsnism OF the Post be realrepublican
ism in the meridian of New York IL is nevertheless
Of sort that Is very much suspected in the country
and we of the country are weak enough to believe
that when the Post dies, political wisdom and hdel
Nv will not die with H. For that matter the prevail
ing opinion is that unless il mend lis manners The
sooner Il is exnguised the better; the better for the
administration the better for the party al large, and
the better for the country II is the leader OF small
band Of presses, which could not have done more
than they have TO accomplish the late disasters that
have befaen the democratic cause, II they had SET
about II with malice prepense. They disorganized
the party, and Reorganization persisted in its rum
The democrats Of Oneida are under especial obli-
cations TO the Post II has tradueed them without
truth, reason or apology Il is also the same press
which the DEMOCRAT Of this city follows al a very
humble distance; the exempar which II initiates,
and the authority which IL quotes with the most
earnest appreciation. Superadded to allthese claims
upon their regard and Partially, II is The enemy OF
distinguished democrat whom the republicans oil This
district have Often honored, and to whose political
elevation they have enthusiastically contributed
We appeal to them confidently when we say that
they know no honeSter man, no frmer democrat,
than the Attorney General of this State. And yet
the Post could spare the Attorney General to the
wings with pleasure!" With greater pleasure, we
venture to assert would the democracy not only OF
this district but Of the whole State the adminis!ra,
tion, and all who are connected with it by political
ties; spare the Evening Post TO the wings, whose
most efficient auxiliary il is
Who is the Attorney General that he "could be
spared TO the wings with pleasure2" The democrats
of this district well remember him as SAMuEL
BIARDsLEY one of the abcst representatives they
ever had in Congress. A man Of whom even his
political enemies speak in the highest terms for his
talents, his openness, his frank dealings, and his
lofty and unbending political character. man who
stood by the late administration I'M the most trying
Vbpnf Sfa hv ua N II
evidence Of political frmness, and 10 become the
butt of the most vindctive ana best aimed weapons
of the opposition. man whom the republican
electors OF this district sustained by most triumph
ant vote such as no other could call out In the
"panic" election of 1884, against the utmost efforts
Of federalism TO defeat him. man whom they yet
regard with the greatest respect for his private and
political integrity, and in whose behalf they could
still rally with zeal that would reconcile al once all
differences of opinion and diversity Of action. Such
man, and such democrat, the Post may be as
sured in behalf Of the democracy OF the country
could not be spared to the wings with pleasure
and Il is not in the power of the Post with all its
fancied puissance to effect the transfer So long as
democracy exists and he lives, the Attorney General,
we dare TO predict will be found, he has always
been, amongst the first and most undaunted OF its
champions.
We commend to the Post the exercise of virtue
which il much needs-discretion in choosing victims
to impale within the democratic ranks. Before un-
dertaking the office of execuoner, il should be able
10 eXniDN a COMMISSION Oh OucE udlc anu lcsS ouo
picious genuneness than any il can as yet produce
The faint of radicalism Is quite as intolerable to
those who breathe the pure air of the country as the
faint Of federalism. While the Post is deeply in
fected with the one ii is not entirely free from the
old reproach of the other. They who assume to
purify republicanism, should not have tncture of
either. If they have, the probability is, that in the
attempt to impale others they will fatally transhx
themselves.
We have spoken plainly; and it is high time in
our opinion, that all who have at heart the good and
the honor of the democratic party, should speak
plainly also. Old fashioned principles ard veteran
democrats ought not to be bullied out Of service,
because the first not consonan and the latter not
plant, to the dwelling theories OF the Post and its
few allies.
II is the attempt to force these notions upon the
country as the sentiments of an administration which
cannot and does not entertain them that has been
one the main causes of disunon and defeat The
intelligence of the people is against them clearly and
decidedly and Is an intelligence that has rmness
and bodness TO sustain IT, That intelligence, too, is
the real democratic spirit of the country, and it will
neither be imposed upon nor trifed with