The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-23
EVERY INCH A WHIG."[7l

The HARRisBUaoH (Pa.) TELEGRAPH, Of the 18th
Nov. makes the following grave charge against the
Madisonian, heading it in the following manner:
"'Epery inch Wig The Madisonian has said
that President Tyler is every inch whig, and we
have been asked to Judge him by his acts. The fol-
lowing facts, think, will place him in his true light
before the American people"
Now this charge Of calling President Tyler every
inch Wing" suspect must have been wrongly
telegraphed, and wrongly interpreted If any such
expression has escaped tongue or our pen we
confess il was scandalum magnatun,, and could not
have been made in lucid intervals, and we shall
therefore put in the usual plea in such cases-vz that
of insanity malady, it is said, that peculiar TO the
politicians Of this country land what is remark
able, it is contagious!
We hope the Telegraph will show ,ohen, and rhere,
and how we used this expression which, we have
the most cogent reasons for believing used
at all.
In the frst place. the figure is entirely unphologi-
cal, and grossly catacrestical, when applied to a
"Whig," though it may be very proper when applied
to king, as the crazy Lear applied it to himself;
Lear. cay every inch king"
But, had we intended to pay any such compliment TO
he President as we are charged with, should have
SAT-
Every drop Whigp-
because the metaphor belongs liquid and not to long
measIre--as W. expect TO show in the course of our
defence hence, had w used the metaphor should
have substituted "drop" for "insh."
As it is quite aotorous the Madisonan has always
been known and recognized CONSERVA
TIVE, it had no occasion to call ITSELF any body il
supported, "Whig." As to political name. it has
always considered that the best and the only proper
name, that could be properly adopted by the support
of the Constitution and the laws, was Repub-
lican.
We never at all in love with the name Of
Wing; and we have no belief that this name had any
particular spell in winning the great victory in favor
of Harrison. The charm, il any were used, may be
found, we think in the Of
Tfppeeanoe and Tyler rool
But we have other reasons for not acknowledging
the Madisonan TO DO Wing, and not charging others
with being Wings, whom it undertakes to support
The name Of Wing originated with faction, in
the Old World, and has never won any great honor in
modern times in the New, till it surrendered to
Tippecanoe and Tyler too,
and lost in the name Of Conservative.
We must consult the learned Doctors in Etymolo-
ny and Phyology. This is desperate disease, and
requires desperate remedy
Let us consult the learned Doctor Richardson
What saith the Doctor You shall hear
JVhig, or See WHEY. Applied to whey to any
Wig. thing made with whey.
In Noting hamshire,-a kind of bun or light cake
is so called
Some were dronke in lent Of toigges and crccknels
and vet We would not ruste that lent were for done.
Sir 4, More. Workes, p. 1873.
Having been longe accustomed to the old sour Wing
OF Moses law the could not avail with the must OF
evangelical charitce.- UddL Luke, C. 8.
Now by good luck, know not how,
There thher came strange stay COW,
And we had milk and waters;
To nine good stomachs with our ioigg,
AT last we got roasting pigG,
This dyet was our bounds.
A poem attributed 10 Brorne
Wig See the quotation from Burnet DR..
Whiggish Jameson mentions a MS poem
Whiggishiy called, The Hhiggamer Road into
,phiegism Edinburgh, Nov. 1923. He also
cites at length from Burnet; and follows from
Woodrow