The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-24

The truths contained In the subjoned article lose
none u Their point or pungrncy because oil zoe nue.
morous vein IN which they are conveyed:
From the Charleston Courier.
Ts lie Editor Of nc Richmond Enquirer.
yeNERApLE Sls:h Is with pain thai l have OBJ
served that your spirits are depressed-and This the
more certainly from the forced aud unnatural gaiety
which you have assumed, 10 hide your grief from
your friends. Your laugh though loud Is not long
II comes and goes too suddenly to indicate state of
cheerfulness; L reminds ne Of the transient flush
in the cheek of the consumplive. and tells like il Of
sickness al The core. My venerable friend you
well. You are sad The smile vanishes, and your
brow Is contracted. aViclory" Is upon your lips,
but defeat Is 10 your eye. Your shout oil triumph
dies away into lament II is praisworthy 10 you,
indeed-it speaks well for your manhood, TO endea-
vor TO hide the truth from our eyes, and pui on
face OF cheerfnness before the enemy. But, my
friend, you belray yourself when talking OF your OPP
ponenis, or al them. You are no LONGER gooe'
bumored as you used to be. You scold loo much
That evchness of temper the delight OF your friends
the fippant indifference, the annoyance OF your
enemies-where they7 How we used 70 admire
you as "the cool old sworder, who put his blows
well In F-but alas you strike wildly and furiousiy
now; the eye has LOST lis truth, The hand u.s. slead
ness, and your thrusls come wide Of their aim. But
TO be serious f you do not som regain your temper,
the country will infer more certainly from your eA-
element that The wings have iriumphed than by me
statement of the whig, themselves. See hoy differ
emily your neghbor Of the Wing bears himself.
Who can doubt The sincerity Of his good honor.
He says he has won the fight and he looks ike u.
He says you and Van Buren, are beaten IN virginia
and he says il without swearing to u, and is per-
fecily willing that you should deny il-lt does not
trouble him. Now you have been swearing hard,
and looking cross and cyphering furiously ever
since the election he all the while has been hold
ing his sides with Laughter al your gravity and the
desperate length of your exercises 10 arithmetic
used to think the Wings good at arithmetic, and
fond OF IL but you could teach them in skill and are
ahead or them in love of IT, Think Of doing long
sums every dav for a month in dogdaysi Irecollect
too thar the Wings displayed their greatest learning
and iondness for arithmetic, after defeat, and more
especially defeat after loud and long promises of
victory--take care, my venerable friend COMPARE
sons may occur and 1t may be imagined that you
and the President have taken 10 the old Wing plan
OF arilhmetcal victorieS-when no better could be
had You may depend upon il, simple people will
doubt yoursuccess, when such pains prove
IT, In all the other elections which have happened,
the rule OF addition was enough TO find out which
side was the srOnges-but you can't work out the re-
quired answer by addition-it wont come right
the Wings have the majority that way-bui no, You
mul iply, substract, divide, then plunge into vulgar
fractions and round of with the fuxions Of eAs1n-
gency-and after all, the game is in the hand OF
" Impraclicable Wings" like John Tyler, who goes
for Clay, in preference TO all men, and OF Conserra-
tires, who OF course will go against Riyes, because
they agree with him, and for Van Buren,, because
he has christened them TRAITORS" and attempted To
turn them neck and heel out Of the democratic fami-
w.! My friend, these contingencies Of yours-lhe
; Conservatives gong against Rves, and the Whigs
going for Van Buren,, seem to be very impossible
things II sounds very like Mr. Postmaster Ken
dali, and Mr.. Editor Blair and you, my venerable
friend, going against the President and Mr.. Senator
Benton. Who will believe il You forget that the
Conservatives have been treated like dogs-do you
take them for spaniels2 The whip has been the
great instrument Of persuasion-and they have been
additionally soolhed with curses and kicks. Recol-
leci venerable sir, that Charleston was beheaded,
that Conservative might be destroyed.
Neither eloquence, learning nor political WIS
dom, could preserve the all.accompli>hed Hugh .
Legare, from the axe Of the executioner CANNOT
believe with you, then, that the Conservatives viii
desert Rives and go Tor the President or that the
Wings will abandon Clay and take up with me Ere
sidenl. You may depend upon il, il is wild cal
culaion and will betray you 10 fat disappointment,
fyou trust to il. To be candid with you, alter read
ing all you have said to US in the columns OF your
paper-wihout regarding in the least word mat
Peasants has uttered, or the pleasant manner 10
which he has heen talking, have come 10 the sell
tied conviction, that you and VAN buren, HAVE BEEN
BEATEN IN VReiNA The Wings could not con-
vince me this but have satified me and removed
all doubs. 1t is settled that you no longer speak
the voice of Virginia, and il is lost TO you and the
President. In my next will endeavor to show that
you and Virginia can lose nothing in point Of prin-
cple or character, by the triumph OF the Wings.
4 ~ With due respect.