The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-14
From the Charleston Courier.

| FROM Inc Chdrl6sfon C0HT1eT.
To The Editor Of The Richmond Enquirer:
4 VESERasLE SiR-The wild lands Of Missouri have
again and again iriumphed the birth place Of
| Washington and Jefferson. The old Dominion has
been made. SIR literally and absolutely the convenient
foo,soo Of the administration, and kicked aside with
| insulting indifference whenever the occasion suited Sir
you know it, and have been made to feel and have
learned submit to tthat the will Of Virginia weighs
not feather against the will Of Senator Benton You
have tried your powershe has expressed her opinion
what have they availedl The measure again, and
again. and again. rejected by the people, has been again
pressed upon the people. The power and patronage
Of the Government have been brought to bear directly
upon the freedom Of opinion He who has fought the bat
1 tie Of the Executive, and fallen in the fight, has
/ been Immediately caught by the arm OF the Execu.
| tive, and promoted to place. The administration
has systematically adopted, and act upon the al
/ Turing principle Of Mahomet--he who dies under
the banners of the prophet shall DO instantly rc1ed By
the Hotries 10 Paradise What the slave Of pow
or. the minion Of Presidential despotism that he Is re-
eced by the peopehis salvation secure he reJoces
in death which only leads to higher life: no courts
the defeat which brings swiftly tho fruits oil victory
Sir do YOU see no Of alarm in the forty millions
Of patronage, employed 70 bride of the sentines Of the
people What chance is there for liberty which, like
true religion must be beloved for itself alone-whch
brings reward but its own glorious consciousness
what chance has it against the millions Of gold Of him
who lives in the marble palace! tell you, Sir, that
the President of the United States dares believe that
he buy Virginia, il he cannot browbeat her He
trusts like George the Third not less in the sharpness
Of the sword, than the diamonds Of the crown. He
smiles upon you. George the Third smiled all who
threw down the Of treason and kissed the scepre
| Of despotisin He has forgiven you The free words
the rash blows you have struck against his system Of
tyra my more remembered against you. George
the Third refused protection the bodies, rebel
if he could only turn his back upon his country. But
the President has only forgiven yoo-you lead his
forces and speak by his duihorifyyou bear his sgnet
ring. George the Third refused commission TO no
officer who would desert from Washington, and join
CORVALLIS. To rccprocatc sir, the compliment
which you have dared TO pass upon Mr. Riyes who has
abandoned the King and joined the Rebels, let me re-
mind you that Arnold lost rank when he betrayed
his post and went to the British Sir there are
greyhaired men still left to who remember that
never Carolina great fayorc with the parental
sovereign as when the Lion foa,ed in triumph on the
Lines Of Charleston and Marion and Sump,er were bu-
ried deep in her swamps--how especially gracious 10
his maynard but repentant children. who had TAKEN
protection was mercifu sovereign george are
there venerable sires Of the years war 10 fr
gnia, who tell her young the avor OF the king
The schoolboys Of Virginia will tell You mat "ashlng
ton was (aporife. He had like you, SIR, told Inc
King YOU have the President that his policy made
him despot. and would make the coonsts ms slaves;
and though the Patriot Hero believed George the Third
what YOU profess to believe the President Of the United
States good naaayet when he had reused bis coun-
ynen to arms and brought them into the field ne did
not then for tho first time recolect that the hing was
a kind old gentleman, and meant WELL snd that tho
stamp act was only good in,cnoned specimen Of his
taste for yrsnny When he had led out his fellow
zens 10 battle, and they stood face TO face with the
good old Kings troops he did discourse them
on the domestic virtues Of George the Third-ell them
how kind master, how constant husband. how good
father, and how industrious farmer he was--andl
that only the misfortune Of his education, the
prejudice OF his station 10 he despoc, and tenacious
in his despotsm-and then cooly advise them to sub
NIT to the good old gentleman aiihoaghh he ,cas King
and Tyrant-and by way Of enforcing his advice,
surrender his sword TO the General Of his Majesty, with
he patriotic and astonishing declaration, God bless