The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-19

mond Enquirers His inherent dislike to minori-
ties, makes his present condition truly lamented.
Hear his piteous lament over his fallen greatness.
In the last number of his paper, the venerable
editor says:
ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE!
Our friends ia Virginia. are rotsing, and Consuming
the armor and the attitude demanded by the crisis
The very tricks and humbugs employed TO deceive the
People awakening the honest indignation and the
enthusiasm of the Republicans Beaten! No, Dis
mayed? No. Deceived by the brags of an Infatuated
.Opposition, No. Daunted by their false statistics OF
Election returns, by their Tippeeanoe Clubs and frank
ing abuses, by all the decisions and hunbugs which
thew have so rIesslv praetiseds No-The letters we
| have received-the accounts have obtained since
the election, only satisfy us, that the Democracy are
warming up and moving and afming, in Virginia. to re-
pei the insoent brags and the daring designs of The re
derasis. Their pompous professions, their miserable
mummery of log cabins and hard cider, Their motley
Conventions who are afraid to put forth Addresses or
Resolutions because they do notagree ON any pleiie'
and appTeelsive of ofendngone set Of their
lowers by putting forth the creed of the ouleral lneSe
exhibitions addressed TO the senses, WITHOUT any dppt
10 the understanding. only calculated to arouse the
Indignation of an enlightened people Inc democracy
OF Va. will be mp and a-doing-Ther Committees Oh VI.
GLANCE are earnestly invited organize forthwith, and
save this Old Commonwealth rtin ule h'nts OIL Neb-
sfpr and Clartbe yerv Citidal of the Constitution from
tho hands of the Federal Goths.-Louisa and Caroline
have first struck the ball. in tie following animated pro-
eeeds. They display the true fire OF the flint Who
comes next What want to effect most brilliant
triumph in November is prompt and active organization
Let each court day be sgnalized by the meeting OF
Committees. their Republican resolutions ana
uniring zeal. Whose proceedings next shall we have
| the honor TO record?
Organize, organ ize, organize foThrithSGrethis Oh
Commonwealth from the hands Of Webster aud Ca-the
citadel of the Constitution from the hands of the federal
| Goths.' fl
Poor Enquirer; pity the SORROWS of poor old
man! why did you stop-yvhy not write out
Goths and Tanrdals:? Did your afrighted con-
science say, stop
But whyparade the names Of Mr.. Webster and
Mr.. Clay' Neither of these gentlemen are can
didates. Neither Of them are before the people.
Indeed, your complaint was, some, time ago, that
Mr.. Clay had been superseded, and that General
Harrison had been nominated over Mr.. Clay
And such you feel and know to be the case MIR.
Clay and Mr., Webster have been so long before
the country as party leaders, that the nomination
of either would make ii party contest Gen.
Harrison was not nominated BY them, but by the
people. The election of Gen. Harrison there
fore, will not be triumph of Mr.. Webster or of
MIR. Clay, nor will it put the government into
their hands, but into the hands of the people.
h Therefore when the Enquirer calls upon their
followers to organic: tits to organize against the
e people, and not against Mr.. Webster and Mr.
). Clay
h But why does the Enquirer give such promi-
hence to the names of these distinguished citi-
zens ? Does not the attempt to divert the public
attention from Genl. Harrison to them, prove that
/ the cunning editor is aware that the old Hero is
= proof against his assaults-and that he has moth
: ing to gain by attacking him, and therefore he
| nv, " ri IT, re
admit that neither Mr.. Webster nor Mr.. Clay
should be President, that does not prove that Gen
Harrison should not be, or that Mr. Van Buren,
shall be ; Wherefore then does the Enquirer as
Z sail those who not candidates
] Mr. Webster and Mr. Clay are on the right
side for once, and they have won for themselves
; golden opinions By the jealous alacrity with
General Harrison, and the cordial support which
; they have given to his election. But they are
but members, prominent and influential members
it is true, of the great party forming around the
Patriot Farmer, who, when he comes into power
will be the President Of the whole country, and
not, as Mr.. Van Duran now is, the head Of a fac
ton, and this idea is beautifully expressed in
Gen'l Hauison's letter to Sherrod Williams.
! Speaking of theveto power he says =
/ II the opinion have given of the motives of
! the trainers of the Constitution, in giving the
6 veto power to the President, is correct, it fol-
lows, that they never could have expected that
d he who was constituted the umpire between con-
I tending parties should ever identify the inter
4 est of one of one of them, and voluntarily rnze
himself from the proud eminence of leader Of
. a nation to that of a chief Of a party"
How then can the Enquirer suppose that the
election Of Gen. Harrison is to put the Consti-
tuition into the hands Of Mr.. Webster and Mr.
Clay 1t will be where the people intended it
:. should be, in the hands Of the people, and of
their representatives.
ne Hear again what Gen. Harrison says in the
J. same admirable letter -
Of | have, upon another occasion, expressed my
N views upon the danger of a dominant executive
party. 1t may, perhaps, be said, that the chief
. magistrate will find it impossible to avoid the
7 influence of party spirit. Several Of chief
= magistrates, however, have been able to escape
its influence; or, what is the same thing, to act
: as if they did not feel it. As mode of avoid
If ing it, it would be my aim to interfere with the
legislation Of congress as little as possible. The
clause in the constitution which makes it the
duty of the president to give congress inform
alton of the state of the Union, and to recon-
mend to their consideration such measures as
he shall judge necessary and expedient, could
never be intended to makehim the source of le-
glslation Information should always be frankly
is given, and recommendations upon such matters
Re as come more Immediately under his cognizance
Than theirs. But there it should end. If he
% should undertake to prepare the business of le-
gislation the action Of congress- or to assume
n the character of code maker for the nation the
personal interest which he will take in the sue
cess of his measures will necessarily convert him
st into partisan, and will totally ncapaeitate
K him from performing the part of that impartial
be umpire, which is the character that 1 have sup
posed the constitution intends hmto assume, when
re- the acts passed by the legislature are submitted
Ia to his decision. l do not think it BY any mean:
lit necessary that he should take the lead as re
~ former, even when reformation is, in his opinion