The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-06-02

base epthet the vocabulary furnished, is now
held up to the world as an example OF all that
is good, great and patriotic! The less dis
tnguished multiplying followers Of Mr.. Cal
houn have places assigned in the columns Of
the official organ, among the patriots CT the
land
What change this in less than three years !!
What has wrought III We will answer. Mr..
Hives has not changed--he stands now pre-
cisely where he stood in 1884 before he
was ostracised from the Senate g through the
intrigues Of factious nullifiers and nationals"
lie advocates the same principles he did then
the same he was returned to the Senate TO
support and defend-the same which had been
declared throughout Virginia, previously, to
be disorganising and rerohttionary"--
same, which up to this hour, the people Of his
State repudiate, and in their recent elections
most sgnally condemned by vast majority.
The official organ Of the Government, those
who sustain il in its course, and those who
follow its lead have changed. They have
gone to the "factious .Nuliifers"- en-
braced the very propositions brought forward
by them in 1884, which they then shrunk from
and condemned, as dangerous, corrupt dis
organizing and revolutionary. And they
now turn round and assail all those who will
not like them, act equally corruptly, basely,
and dishonesty, by abandoning all principle,
and submit TO their will and dictation. Among
those who have been thus assailed, Mr.. Ryes
stands eminently conspicuous.
The moral courage and lirmness with which
he has thus far acted, we are sure will continue
TO animate him and will carry him through
trlumPhantly. The people are honest, dis
corning and discriminating, and cannot be LONG
misled and deceived by the shallow articles
of the Globe party and the I" iactious Nulfi.
ers" which now present one of the most ex-
traordlnary and unholy coalitions the world
ever witnessed. A coalition of such discor
dant materials cannot long hold together.
Mr.. Riycs has but to pursue the even tenor
of his way, adhering resolutely both to policy
and principle, to reach the high destiny to
which an admiring and grateful people will
carry him, as areward for the prosecutions he
is experiencing, and the frmness and patriot
ism with which he has endured them, while
advocating and defending his country's best
interests; while his reyilcrs will be cast off
with Indignation, and left to sink into disgrace
and oblivion.
While upon the subject Of persecution by
"the party" Of all those who will not consent
to abandon all the ancient landmarks of partv,
and follow them in their ne,c-Hght doctrines,
and without hesitation adopt them, we cannot
omit to notice the venerable Judge White, of
the Senate. The confdant and compeer, for
nearly half a century, of General jackson, and
a co-laborer during the whole Of that period in
the same REPUBLICAN vineyard. This good
old Patriot was sought out by the Globe, for
nearly two years, to prosecute and Willy.
We had rather have that secret light which
shines in his own bosom, kindled on the altar
Of patriotism, than all the ostentatious glare
that blazes from the seat ofpower, and around
which couriers and parasites worship. One
will burn with consecrated briiance, the other
will have its brief day and then sink into inglo-
rous darkness.
Judge White, we do Eot doubt, will outlive
the ISLANDERS and vlifications of his calumnia-
tors and posterity will do full justice to his
~ Ia bis potr0t.
ism.