The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-01-16
We have seen the proceedin0s 81 meet.

lHSl. ny q party SaiiihB themselves .DeHO-
Gratis" They are introduced to the public
with great parade by the New York Evening
Post, paper edited by Federalist, who has
frequently aspired to be the oracle Of the De-
mocratc party, and as frequently read down
by the Corybantes Of the Democratic Tripod
Although we see a few names, land more's
the pity) among the lists of officers who have
been known and tried Republicans, there are
yet not a sufficient number to redeem the
meeting from that character to which its pro-
ceedings would in almost any event have in
evitably consigned it, 1t was the Loco.f oco
| Destructive meeting, convened, as their pro-
ceedings show, for the purpose of denouncing
the Democratic Republicans. and of re-sound-
ing the Loco-foco war whoop, "down with
the Banks The Evening Post says it was
called in consequence of the "great indigna-
ton" felt :" at tho ATRocIous LIBERTY recent
ly taken" by the Demscratic Republicans, of
meeting at the City Hall for the purpose Of
expressing, in a proper and lawful manner,
their conscientious opinions Those who
are familiar with the language of the tories
and royalists about the period of the revolu-
ton, and that of the federalists Of after times,
as applied to assemblies of the people, will at
once recognize the ancient enemies Of the
Republic in the characteristic denunciation of
peaceable assembly Of the people as an
"ATRocIous LIBERTY" Where is the true
hearted freemen Of the United States, whose
blood will not boil with indignation, at hearing
one Of the great and most invaluable rights of
our confederated system, viz: that Of peach
bly, assembling for lawful purposes, stigma
tized by a federalist under the assumed name
OF a Democrat, as an "ATRocITY And this
comes of the Loco-foco sequel rights" party!
A party, whose movements and proceedings,
every where exhibit more monopolizing,
aristocratic, intolerant, and anti Republican
spirit, than has cursed and disgraced this
country since King Georges judges were
hooted out Of America. They are the most
dogmatical and hypocritical set Of beings that
have burdened the face Of society since the
dark ages. They are the floating scum,
the rabble followers Of the camps whose
/" equal rights" consist in dragging all men and
property down to their own worthless level,
and fitting the long and short to the same COM
mon Procrustian bed.
Let us observe, for moment, some few
points in the proceedings Of these democrats
(par ercellencc.)
AJdraccipu tho oil nf Naw Vfrl in
consequence of the q atrocious liberty afore-
said, they commence by protesting "to be
grateful for the right Of free discussion !"
rhsis what becomes of this right, which the
Democratic Republicans took the atrocious
liberty" of using! The destructives appro-
pirate it crclusiuelyto themselves!
The great objection which they find to
the proceedings of the Democratic Republic
cans, is that they have been published in two
or three Wing papers, and were the result OF
the i" atrocious liberty Of lawful meeting!
We can inform the understandings of our
readers why the proceedings were not pub
lished in other than Wing papers. 1t is part
of the system of the "equal rights party to
exclude from their papers every political opin-
ion or proceeding that does not come up to
the loco-foco standard, although a tender OF
lawful pay should be made, as it was made,
in advance. This was the course taken in
this case, by this erclusiue party. The ex-
ample has been set by the /" official organ" in
this city, and hence the opinions of dissent
ing brethren have no hearing except through
their own organs and the journals of the OPP
position.
The address attributes the success of the
opposition in New York to the agency of
the Democratic Republicans. The Albany
Argus stated that 10000 Democratic Repub-
licans staid away from the polls. We admit
the proximate cause as thus designated. Let
the authors of the address and their consti-
tuents strive, by some crperimcntum erucis, to
discover the great final cause.
The following is asserted
It will be for those who at that time were loudest
against the United States Bank and who are now
willing to PROSTATE our liberties before that political
luggcrnaut-who, after supporting the Administra-
ton then, condemn 1t now as the occasion oil our
roublcS-to reconcile past professions with present
practice. Until they do So arH be dtfcnH 10 MAKE
the people understand rhat sudden political rcretaton
could hare changed ~ instant the settled CONNECTIONS
Of years.
If the first remark is intended to apply to
the Democratic Republicans as body, 1t IS
utterly untrue. They are not now, and ne
yer have been, willing "to PROSTATE our IL
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