The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-03-14
THE GEORGIA DELEGATION IN CON-
GRESS

We partake somewhat In common with others In
the pride so natural, al the praise and adm iration
every where bestowed upon these talented gentle
men; but, 1t is mixed up with deep modification for
the conduct OF part of them. The moiety to which
we aude, nell knoo, that they never could have
obtained the votes Of the opposition party in this part
of the State If their present course had been avowed
before the election. How many votes would they
have obtained In Savannah from this party If il had
been known that they intended TO form part of Mr..
Cahoun's tail Not twenty-all told
There was most shameful deception practised
upon the good easy people Of this part Of the State
by these their friends or else they have more
shamefully turned traitors to the very principles
upon which their election was based We have
mixed freely with the people here, and we have not
heard the course Of Mr.. Calhoun and his tail justi
fed BY one single indlpidual! This part Of the
Georgia Delegation, therefore, will find when they
return home, that they have irretrievably lost the
confidence OF their own party, and gained nothing
from the other, and that the frowns Of indignant
constituency await them upon their Arrivals
pannaA (Geo) Republican.
The Miledgeville Recorder, the leading State
Rights Journal Of Georgia. also express Its asonish-
ment at the Of part OF the Georgia Delega-
tion In the election OF printer. II says: To our
selves, and we believe we say not too much when
add 10 the great body OF the State Rights party VI
Georgia, The vote of Messrs Cooper and Black, Tor
the Globe, broke upon us like thunder-clap from
cloudless sky. These gentlemen are representatives
of the State Rights party of Georgia--the contest
was between paper which had done more injury to
the State Rights party than any other which had
heaped more abuse upon the members OF that party,
than came from any other source; which had de-
nounced Stale Rights principles as treason, and
State Rights men as traitors; which has warred
upon party in Georgia, aiding our opponents by
every means even to our State eleclions-and doing
all that the most active and untiring perseverance
and malignity could do to keep inthe minority, and
utterly powerless, the very party whose representa-
tives these gentlemen arethis party in this
contest The other was the National Intelligencer,
which, although opposed to us in many things and
our peculiar views Of State Rights among the rest,
yet has always treated the State Rights party with
respect and courtesy; has never used its influence
to aid our political opponents in our State eleclions
and whose character and standing infinitely
above the vulgarity and bllingsgate, the iavorite
weapons Of the other. The one commanding at
least the respect OF all parties BY its dignifed con.
duct-the other has ever been the object OF the con-
tempt and scorn of all parties. Between such, we
should have supposed there could have been but one
determination on the part Of the Georgia Delegation
and extreme has been astonshment that 1t
should have been otherwise"