The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-13

W. mlBnl go On tuIOuBn the evening W TUG
festivities, and should close with very
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 prejudlces, State iee Eel
ings, difference 10 institutions, habits OF NE
diversified in their character, and that overcast
ing exacton of time and labor which keeps an
editor cooped up within the four walls OF his Of,
fee or his domici', have, in measure, warped
our better judgments. Ourmeetlng here was IN
the very radii of the national circle; not Norm
nor South nor East nor West. Ii we had pre-
iudices. we left them home and if we had them
at home, they cannot return with US, after break
ing bread and drinking wine together, WIN COM
mon pledges and mutual feelings. The more
there is OF this meeting face TO face and eye 70
eve, the better for the country. The Press is
as was expressed in one Of the sentiments OF the
evening, the controlling power OF the natlon
and tremendous engine, as it's, II shoulu DC
linked together in no conspiracy for evil Dut lot
the accomplishment of great and holy purposes
in common bond of union. We remember
then, our social and harmonious festlvIty, as the
members of family remember those VINO are
bound TO them by the strongest ties OF affection
If we are inclined hereafter 10 indulge In 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
Wing President of the United States. III we
are ambitious of advancement In our Calling, II
shall be a generous emulation to excel each otner
in good works Our rvalShip shall be that OF
friends placed in positions of responsibility, and
accountability, mainly, by the expoeitlons we
make TO the Public for correct public sentiment,
and more than this, for the perpetuity OF our IN
stilutions The Press of country is its conser-
vative principle--necessary to establish, and
alone capable of keeping People civilized, hui
name. and intelligent. Ii is, too, the loud and
trumpet tongued voice of the People. II breathes
the spirit ofliberty upon the nation, and while
il is terror to evil-doers il 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 conduc' ors 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
Intelligencer. "a decent and manly examina-
ton by the Press of the acts of the Government
should not only be tolerated but encouraged"
BY F. c. HILL. New Jersey: Every acre OF
her soil was tracked by the footsteps of an enc
my in '76, every vestige was washed out by that
enemy's blood. She has manifested in 1910
that the spirit of'76 still exists.
By j. l.. HOMER of Boston. TIP and Iy. /:
Words of great import They have enabled the
Wings of the United States TO Tip over the chair
of the Undertook Magician in the w hite House
and to tie the legs ofhis blind followers so firmly
that they are ''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 of gentlemen.
BY JOSEPH r. 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 Books, of the New York Express.
The Press power, and the steam power: The
great agents of civilization to make all other
powers fear and tremble.
BY f. G. Hill, of the Wilmington N. 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-
stitutional liberty.
BY JAMES M. STEVENSON, of the Troy Daily
Wing, ~ 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 commotion, motion,
motion,
The country through;
For all the world has come round
For Tippecanoe and Tyler two"
BY JOHN w. SYME The Editor of the
Princeton Wing: Honor to him who called the
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
memnon, "lhey had no poet and they died"
BY c. B. HAYDEN, of Alabama. The see
neral Ticket" A two-edged sword, whose
sharPest edge shall yet reccil upon the heads Of
its false fabricators.
BY Mr.. BARKER, of Mobile. The North and
the South: One and indivisible in feeling and
interest
BY Mr.. AGc. The alcohol of the Press: A
1.-THE Of its purified spirit neces' airy stimulus 10
an administration. May they avoid the folly of
total abstinence.
BY r. E. HoRNoR, Of the Princeton Wing,
Nj May the Wing Press of the Union al
ways be willing to praise, but not afraid to
blame"
BY ISAAC MuNRoE. The present Cabinet:
Made up by master-workman of the best ma
terials.