The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-11-24
From ne N. Y Courier 4 EAquirr.
CLARK AND BRONSON.

JoHs c. CLARKE has been reelected TO Congress by
majority Of $40 votes. ISAAC H. BRoxsoN has been
defeated in his struggle for recollection by opposition
majority Of 653 votes-and this in district where ne
was chosen in 1896 by majority of LOTT votes
Among the most gratifying results Of our recent gio-
rious victory are the triumphant reelection oil clarke
and the signal defeat OF Bronson.
Al the commencement Of the Extra Session OF 1887
these gentlemen stood side by side. They both be-
leyed that the Sub Treasury odous 70 the people
They both pretended TO be conscentousy opposed to
IT, They both condemned the Loco Foco tendencies
Of the administration They were both opposed to the
Court-snd on the side OF the country
Mr. Bronson was tempered with BY the adminstra-
ton tie menaced on side by the terrors Of
political accommodation The great guillone Of the
caba was set in molion-snd the headsman. Blair stood
ready 10 decapitae every deserter On the other side
he was solicited with the promise Of prefernent--and
the prospect Of seat on the bench was brilliant enough
TO dazzle his feeble integrity To the united menaecs
and promises Of power. he yielded his pledged faith and
his better judgment He acquesced in the most radical
doctrines Of Loco Focoism He endorsed the vile SIAN
der of Mr. Van Buren, that the people had been bought
by the banks He went for the hard money doctrines
Of Benton and Calhoun which designed to trans
fer the commercial sovereignty from the banks Of the
Hudson to the banks Of tho Mississppi"-and TO re-
duce New York and Philadelphia and all the Atlantic
cities, to the condition Of Cairo and Alexandra He
thought irredeemabo Government paper the best pos
sible currency" He thought that the Government had
been going for half century in violation OF the
Constituiion--and that Mr. Silas Wrights safes and
vaults the only Constitutional Treasury-and that
gold and silver the only constitutional currency
He thought with Mr.. Van Buren, that the people ex-
pectcd too much from the Governmentand that was
quite time that the Government should pursue its own
private interest without regard to the people. On these
issues he went before his Constituency generous,
liberal, highminded constituency. who desert
public servant. honestly dschargng his public duties in
accordance with tho dictates Of his Judgment BY that
hc bepu cd he del
cd the people for the Court is now thrown for the re-
ward OF his subseryency and reachery the reluctant
and failing bounty Of the Crown.
How different has been the course Of Mr. Clarke
and how different is his reward He felt that the po-
hey OF the administration was adverse to the best
interests Of the country. He small and profgae
caba urging measure upon Congress, which
odous to the people, and which il executed could not
but be fatal to their liberties Regardless Of the ties
and preudices Of party-looking with single eye to
the honorable and conscientious discharge Of the high
trust with which he had been invested-he came out in
open and gallant opposition to the Government throw
ing himself the iberality, the intelligence. and the
justice of his constituency On his return from Congress
he appealed to that constituency in letter explanatory
OF his public course; letter distinguished for its
conclusive and admirable reasoning, it for its
manly and heightened spirit II was not letter Of
cringing apology or timid depreciation II asked no
favort besonght no forbearance 1t presented plain
statement Of facs-wi;h the judgment which Mr. Clarke
had formed upon them "Such," said he, /" has been
my course such have been my for pursuing il,
My fate is in the hands Of my constituents. :"
The Globe Numbered and denounced-the Executive
promised and solicited in vain. Mr. Clarke poised
himself on an elevated sense Of duy-scorning the
ductons of patronage, and defying the menaces Of
power. The constituency which be had served has
noby sustained him. They have given him the invaluable
verdict Of their appreciation. They have sent him
back to Congress-srong in the consciousness of popu-
lar confidence and affection; ncrved to perseve-
rance in his course Of opposition by that Judgment
which no public resist and armed with which
bic qualification of having retained both his principles
and his pace-whle his colleague, Bronson, has lost
his selrcspec his political principles, the favor Of his
constituents and his claims upon the favor Of the Ex
ecutiye.