The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-10

what he would do in the event Of his being made
President, and, certainly, so far as these eder-
alists are concerned, most strictly has he acted
up to the assurances therein given. For we Will
venture to say, that, with few exceptions Tor
decency's sake, there has not been Office OF
any value which has not fallen INTO their hands.
The charm of that epstle was its promise of place,
and like hungry wolves did the men who had
long been deb Jared office, hasten to pack around
standard, where their hopes of preferment
might be realized. Nor, did these aspirants ai-
ter office stop here. 1t was found expedient to
drop their old name, however they might cling
to their principles, and assume democracy as
their ssighting name" They did assume this
name, and honest Democrats, who have been
such from the times of jefferson and Burr, have
been gulled by the deceit and made TO promote
the very men against whom they had tor so ma
nv years commended. Nor is this thing matter
of mere opinion in speculation, as facts VIII snow
Who was the man selected as the leader oil the
administration in Congress, at the beginning OF
its present session. Mr. Varde1poeL, an Old
,Nefo York FederoliSt-who is Mr.. Frank Tho
mas. President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal Company? an old FederaliSt. Who IS Gov
ernor Grason2 an old FedeTdliSt. Who is the
| Chief Justice of the United States, Mr.. fancy?
an old FederdliSt. Who are our present Repre-
sentatives in Congress? one an old Federalist,
the other a scion of as staunch Federal stock
as the Union can boast of Who is our JNdr@t
.4gent? an old FederGliSt-our Collector? the
same. If it were necessary, we could mention
illustrations without number, of the truth OF what
we say; but we shall leave it with honest Dem
ocrats; who have been struggling for what they
were induced to believe was Democracy, because
they were told so, to say whether they are to get
all the kicks and their former antagonists all the
coppers That this Federal policy of our present
rulers has ruined the country, is too evident to
be denied, and we would ask our friends, al
though they are our opponents in this matter,
whether it would not be wise in them to range
up side by side with their companions of the
'solden time" and put doton iloSc, as they then
did an Executive patro lage, that gluts itself at
the expense of the best interests of the commune
ty, and threatens to paralize all the energies of
this once happy and prosperous country.
Extract from the Madisonian, of Junt 9th:
''Mankind have ever been disposed to look
with lenient eye, upon the errors of honest
men we cannot but respect the man, who adj
heres to his principles under the conviction OF
their truth, even though differ with him in
opinion, but we detest him who affects to aban-
| don his principles for the sake Of acquiring pow
er, distinction and emolument How suPremely
despicable then, must those appear, who now at
tempt to apply to others, the name OF Federal
ist," which they once gloried in bearing, as a
term of derisioni
But whatever may have been the character of
the old federal party, it is that of the modern
federal party, now in power, which requires our
present attention. The Ethiopian cannot change
his slxin-nor the leopard his spots-nor the fede-
Yalist his characteristics, AS we remember the
worst characteristics of the old federal party, so
we see in the party led by MIR. Van Buren,, every
feature of that ancient heresy now left, and in
deed the prominent disciples of that school. as
they were opposed to the last war, so they hated
and abused those who fought its battles and car
ried it through. The natural dislike of tie anti
war federalists to the American officers and SOL
diers, who achieved victories by sea and
land, is warmly cherished still in their bosoms,
and they evince it by pouring all the wrath once
levelled against MIR. Madison, now against the
only General to whom a British army surrender
ed during that war. Parties are known by their
leaders-let us see whether the leaders Of the
party who have stolen into power, in the dis
guise of democrats, Mr. Jefferson predicted they
might, are not some of the worst of the old fede-
raj party, without reference to their present con-
duct, which alone would be sufficient to prove
their identity who are they2
/. MARTIN VAN buren,
Who opposed the reelection Of Mr.. Madison,
i1s .fagrante belo-1S12.
| 2. LEVI WOODBURY.,
Who was elected Governor of New Hampshire,
in 1928, by the eoteS Of the federal party
3. ROGER b. fancy,
| OF lath-hatchet and Baltimore mob memory-and
| who, for performing service in removing the
| deposites, which Mr.. Duane scorned to do, was
| rewarded with the mantle of the lamented Chief
| Justice Marshall!
| a. JAMES BUCHANAN,
u S. Senator from Pennsylvania-Ex Minister
to Russia-cornered by John Davis, for his speech
against high wages-a pillar of The Administra-
| tion-author of the most dennnciatory speech
against the Democratic party, ever perpetrated
| and who, in 1928, declared in the Senate, 81
have been called Federalist, and shall never
be ashamed of the name"
s. REUEL WILLIAMS,
Van Buren, U. S. Senator from Maine, who as
sisted to bun, james Madison, III e6igy, in 1912.
6. HENRY HUBBARD,
Van Buren, Senator from New Hampshire, who
was prime mover in getting up meeting, at
which delegates were chosen TO the Hartford
ConUentioa,, from, .NeW Hampshire.
Z. GABRET ID. WALL,
Van Burep Senator from New Jersey, who says,
the office-holders bound 10 interfere m cleo
tions, and who said, in the United States Senate,
in 1888, ''Here, sir, in the presence of the Ame
rican People, / auoio that was a FederatiSt,
and acted with that party, zealclsly and active
ly, so long their flag waved in New Jersey.
g. WILLIAM WILKINS,
Elk Minister to Russia, who, in Grafton deli
vered during the last war, denounced it, Mr..
Madison, and the whole democratic party
8. HENRY d. GILPIN,
Attorney General of the United States, late So |
licitor of the Treasury.
10. THOMAS HARTLEY CRAWFORD,
OF Pennsylvania, Indian Commissioner, SC.
II. JOHN M. READ,
United States District Attorney,at Philadelphia
IL. JOHN X. KANE,
OF Pennsylvania, Commissioners of French
Claims
10. Ross WILKINS,
Late of Penns lvania, United States District
Judge in Michigan
IA. GEORGE M. KEIm,
Member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
Is. RICHARD Rush,
g. The first man who ever mounted the black
coclxade Federal badge Federalist, till
purchased with Office by the Democrats !;
a member of Mr.. Adams cabinet; candidate for
the Vice Presidency on the ticket with MIR.
Adams, in 1928; then applicant for situa-
ton in the United States Bank, and its advo-
cate until disappointment opened his eyes to its
(and esnecialIv the enoruify of mt