The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-11-14
From, The Neic York Times.

The PRoGREss OF THE TRIUMPH.-The
vigorous efforts of the friends of republican
institutions, and opponents of the destructive
men and measures Of the present adminstra-
ton have been nobly seconded in the country.
From, the south and the north, and the west,
we hear the prolonged notes of succeeding
victories, and receive returns which swell the
triumph The people have arisen in their
majesty, and overwhelmed the leagned and
corrupt bands of their adversaries, who would
have set limit to their power and circum-
scribed their action. We rejoice that this
glory and honor has been left to New York
. Solitary and Alone" the empire State I" has
set this ball in notion" and atheism and radi-
calsm, treachery and tyranny, will be borne
down to the dust in its irresistible COURSE
The arts of the demagogue, the coercion of
power, the broad stream of corruption, andthe
torrent of official exertion, have all been vain
against the united struggle of mighty people,
born to an inheritance of freedom, and deter
mined to preserve it. The detection Of Ohio,
the short efforts of Pennsylvania, and the
jcalousies of Maryland which made the friends
of freedoms sacred cause, look upon the then
approaching election here, with doubt and ap-
prehension, have but served to place the
achievements Of New York higher in the
niche of fame. She would not share the
honor with another" The people have tri-
umphed, and our nation is free. The little
traitor, who in the pride and insolence of pre-
sent power, thought to set his tiny foot, in the
character of despot, upon the giant neck of his
native State, finds himself overthrow by this
rising of the vast body of lreemcn.
The same selfish, cold-blooded enemy of
the rights of man, attempted to put the shac-
kes of oppression upon the freemen of New
York, in 1924, by refusing to give the choice
Of Electors of President and Vice President
to the people. Then, as now, the people were
outraged; the principles Of their institutions
violated; the measures demanded by, them
spurned with naughty insolence, and their in
terests betrayed, by a faction composed almost
wholly Of the same men. Then, as now,
desperate grasp was made at the supreme
power. Then, the great, virtuous, noble,
and generous DE WITT CLIN TON stood
in the path of the usurpcrs, and def nded the
"gate Of the people," Then, party ambi-
ton, and party madness, demanded his sa-
crifce, and Haman-lke, the gallows was
erected for his execution. Then, as now,
an injured and abused people arose in their
iIRut, sovereignty anu pltlCcU
the consprators upon the gallows designedb by
them for the peoples benefactor. Then, rs
now, a TALLMADGE was the foremost adj
vocate Of the popular rights, the able leader
of the popular forces. the meritorious and VIC
tcrious hero. II was then. and it will be now,
that the people took up the gallant TALL
MADGE, who so promptly indicated their
rights, their honor, and their cause, and con-
tributcd so potent'ya and essentially to their sue
cess, and elevated him to one of the highest
offices in their gift. 1t was then, and il will
be now, that the miserable harpies, the vile
hacks, and subservient tools of party, who
have so long prcyed upon the vitals Of the
people, destroyed their prosperity, and +" cat
out their substance loosened from their hold
on the treasury, were left to fall down to the
depth Of their native insignifcancc and inca