The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-06-05
ULTRA WINGS VS.. CONSERVATIVES.

ULTRA WINGS VS.. CONSERVATIVES.
The Boston Courier Of the Both ult. "joins most
heartily with" the editors of the Richmond Wing,
sin their estimate Of Mr. Rives and his fellow con-
seryatiyes." The HAig,," continues the Courier
"ore nothing 10 them"
"Why should they yield to them their support
give TO the conservatives the opportunity Of obtain
ing consequence through Wing votes and place
elereRh hour apostates from party with whom they
have sympathy in the front OF their ranks to re-
ceive the honors which should be awarded TO those
alone who have stood by them in the hour Of trial,
and the day Of small things Our ranks are open TO
all Our cause is free for eyeTyto enlist in from The
highest TO the lowest citizen Of the republic II the
conservatives have Tepented OF their subserviency
TO Gen. Jackson-if they wish 10 throw of all con-
neclion with his toad eang successoret them join
us openly, freely and heartily, and we shall know
how 10 place confidence in them. So long as they
are apparently holding of for the purpose OF making
the best bargain they can between the two parties
we can have no fellowship or sympathy with them
and those who are not for us are against u.s.
The Boston Courier is said TO be the 'organ" Of
certain branch Of the whig party, and as such is
entitled to consideration in this matter Of dis
posing Of the conservatives. We are glad of this
opportunity 10 say that, every days experience has
proven 10 US that union Of the conservatives with
the ultra wings is qnite as mpraclicable as union
Of the former with the loco foco destrucuves. Both
are equally bigoted inolerant, and dangerous, and
unworthy the counenance or confidence OF liberal
Republican The Richmond Wing accords TO the
conservatives the high characteristics of intelli-
gence and patriotism" and yet the editor OF the Cou-
rier would not permit them TO " obtain consequence
through whig votes" " The rhigs," says this ora
Gle, /" ore nothing To them" Indeed! Is that your
cue2 How came the wings to emerge from an
eight years minority, into the sunlight OF tri-
umphant majority7 BY what principle in physics
have they thus marvellously expanded? We can
tell the Courier that whg pro-creation has not done
lhis-whig principles have not done II. The
wings, therefore, "owe nothing to themselves
But they owe every thing TO the false step Of the
administration, and the patriotism Of those
who would not follow il. Let but that false
step be retraced and atoned for, and the admnistra
ton come back to the conservative ground il unfor
tunately abandoned, and the wings, although they
G ore nothing TO the conservatives" would imme-
diately fall into the same minority in which they
have gloried since the administration of Mr. Adams.
The achigs ore nothing 10 the conservatives" Let
us see Let 90 represent the administration. The
wings bore proportion relatively to the administra-
ton as about Is to 90. The number 5 is not too
large to represent the conservatives. Take from
the administration and the two great parties stand
as Is to Is. Now, how is possible that the wings
could have triumphed unless some OF the conserva-
tive gave them their votes1 And why should they
have given them their votesl Not because there
was any perfect virtue positive attraction in wing
principles-but because they were the lesser evil,
and il was necessary that the administration should
be rebuked If such be the fact, will it still be in
sisted that the conservatives of no consequence
The truth is the whole political revolution has been
directed by the Intelligence and patriotism" Of the
conservatives. They could produce similar revo-
luton in three months time in taror of the admins
tration if would but abandon its destructive poll
cy, and come up to the conservative ground.
But the intolerance Of the ultra wings will not
harm the conservatives. They have but one course
TO pursue, and in that they must persevere, whether
cheered or denounced by such politicians as the ed-
tor of the Boston Courier-or whether supported or
opposed by the party in power, and the loco-toco
crew that clamor for its perpetual ascendaney"
The charge that the conservatives are holding
off for the purpose of making the best bargain they
can, is an unfounded and grauous libel, worthy OF
paper that regards Madison as "Jacobin"