The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-09
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imperfect sketch OF profitable and delightful
meeting. We know not when we may again
meet body of men OF the same profession. We
could wish such meetings were more frequent,
as well from the social enjoyment derived from
them as from the power they would have TO unite
in every good work a d purpose men Of COM
mon feeling and kindred pursuits. We have
known each other but in part in our absence one
from another. Sectional prejudIces, State feel
ings, difference in institutions, habits oil life
diversified in their character, and that eyerlast
ing exaction Of time and labor which keeps an
editor cooped up within the four walls OF his OF
fee or his domicii, have, in measure, warped
our better judgments. Ourmeeting here was IN
the very radii Of the national circle; not North
nor South, nor East nor West. II we had pre-
JUDGES, we left them home and If we had them
at home, they cannot return with US, after break
ing bread and drinking wine together, with COM
mon pledges and mutual feelings. The more
there is Of this meeting face to face and eye TO
eye, the better for the country. The Press is,
as was expressed in one of the sentiments of the
evening the controlling power Of the nation
and a tremendous engine, as II is, II should be
linked together, in conspiracy for evil, but for
the accomplishment of great and holy purposes,
in common bond of union. We remember,
then, our social and harmonious fcstlvity, as the
members of a family remember those who are
DOu0u W tntHi ny the strongest ties VI dHSCtion-
III we inclined hereafter TO indulge III asperl-
ties, they will be softened by the recollection of
the meeting of the Wing Editors at Washington
upon the day succeeding the Inauguration of a
! Wing President of the United States Ii we
are ambitious of advancement in our calling, II
| shall be generous emulation to excel each other
in good works. Our rivalshp shall be that OF
friends placed in positions OF responsibility. and
accountability, mainly, by the expositions we
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and, more than this for the perpetuity of our in
situations. The Press of a country is its conser-
vative princple-necessary to establish and
alone capable of keeping a People civilized, hui
name, and intelligent. IL is, too, the loud and
trumpet tongued voice of the People. II breathes
the spirit ofliberty upon the nation, and while
it is terror to evil-doers it speaks in voice of
encouragement TO the deserving of every age and
every calling.
We come now to the sentiments offered,
some few Of which we have preserved. of the
speeches made, we can, for lack of time, say no
more than we have said. OF the speakers ii
would be out of place TO make distinction. For
other particulars we refer TO the toasts given be-
low:
BY A. B. CHAMBERS. The conductors of the
| Wing Presses in Washington: Their attention
| and courtesy TO their brethren from other parts,
like their discharge of their editorial duties de-
serve our warmest thanks.
| BY JOHN w. SYME, Editor Of the Petersburg
lntelligencer g A decent and manly examina-
ton by the Press of the acts of the Government
| should not only be tolerated but encouraged"
| BY f. G. HILL. New Jersey: Every acre of
her soil was tracked by the footsteps of an enc
my in rs, every vestige was washed ont by that
enemy's blood. She has manifested in 1910
that the spirit of rs still exists.
BY j. l.. HOMER, of Boston Tip and IT, !:
Words of great import. They have enabled the
Wings of the United States to tip over the chair
| of the Undertook Magician in the White House,
and to tie the legs his blind followers so firmly
that they ''ixed for slow travelling for the
next twelve years
BY Mr. WHARTON, Wheeling Times. Col.
Munroe, of the Baltimore Patriot A gentleman
whose ardent patriotism, worth, industry, and
talent, command our respect, and are worthy Of
emulation.
BY ISAAC MuNRoE. The tree Of Liberty :
May its branches expand until it overshadows
the earth.
BY NELSON PoE. The National Intelligencer
and its Editors The exemplars of newspapers
and ofgentlemen.
BY JOSEPH II. CHANDLER. The Liberty of
the Press: The right to publish, and the power
to exclude.
BY |. MuNRoE. The granite hills of New
Hampshire: May they not yield to the spirit of
locofocoism.
BY JAMES BRooKs, of the New Y ork Express.
The Press power, and the steam power The
great agents of civilization to make all other
powers fear and trembe.
BY f. G. Hill, of the Wilmington NJ c.,
Advertiser. The Wing Press: The result of
the late contest proves that no combinations of
faction can Withstand its efforts in behalf of CON
sttutional liberty.
BY JAMES M. STEVENSON, Of the Troy Daily
Wing, N. Y. The Wing Press The mental
lever which has moved the People and produced
the great political revolution over which we now
rejoice.
oh "What has caused the great commoton, motion,
motion,
The country through
For all the world has round
For Tippecanoc and Tyler two.'
BY JOHN w. SYME The Editor of the
Princeton Wing: Honor TO him who called the
Baltimore Convention, and to those who obeyed
the call
BY EPEs SARGEANT. The Reporters Of Wash
ington: But for whom it might be said Of mem
bers of Congress as of the heroes before Aga
memnon, "they had no poet and they died"
BY G.. b. HAYDEN, Of Alabama The See
neral Ticket" two-edged sword, whose
sharpest edge shall yet reccil upon the heads of
its false labricaors.
| BY Mr.. BARKER, of Mobile. The North and
the South: One and indivsible in feeling and
interest
| BY Mr. AGG The alcohol of the Press: A
1.-THE Of its purified spirit necessary stimulus to
an administration. May they avoid the folly of
total abstinence.
I BY II. f. HoRNoR of the Princeton Wing,
N. J. May the Wing Press of the Union al
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