The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-07

The following remarks, which we extract
from the Berkshire County Wing, in Massa-
chusetts, show there are some individuals OF
the old Bay State who have too much indepen-
dence to be transferred, like articl of barter,
from their allegiance to State institutions 10 the
support of self-nominated candidate for the
Presidency Some truths are so powerful that,
introduced among countless fabrlcallons and
lalsehoods, they will still operate successfully
among the masses And each day, our advices
from Massachusetts, give assurance that the
doses administered in Faneull Hall, short time
since, are purging the public mind of the gross
errors that diseased 1t.
The whole article is too long for republication,
and besides embraces local matters, which we
care not TO copy. OF one thing we are well
convinced, Massachusetts neper giues her rote
to the . Orator Of The Barbecues."
Nothing Is more self-evdent, and at the same
time more important than the truth, that if a
State and its Government have any thing indi-
genous, any thing appropriate in their interests
and institutions, their laws and constitution, they
should be administered by those who are practi-
cally acquainted with the principles and details,
are embued with their spirit, and whose aifec-
tions and ambition animated by, and devoted
to- them Whenever the Executive chief of the
administration of State is taken Immediately from
Congress, the State liable to become satellite to
or the assumed control er Of the United States and
its interests and policy to be whelmed and lost in the
abyss of national politics. Eight years ago, IN the
first legislative convention which contemplated the
nomination Of the present incumbent to the Office Of
Governor this objection was publicly taken, and ex
perence has verified it-what was then speculation
is fact The resolution of separation from the
President in Office, was both the eleconeering linl
to connect the State with the man to be made Vic,
President and also the wedge TO sever another indl
vdual from the Wing party, so as to prevent thu
contingency of his being n candidate for the Presi
dency, for that would take precedence, and citizen
Of the State cannot by the Constitution, fiji
both those Offices at the same time.
The business Of Discriminating, the digrace o
which had hitherto been mostly confined to Congress
was transferred to the people of this State. Blu
for fear they should not fully and seasonably know
they are chained to that Juggernaut-car it was for
maly announced by the Boston Atlas, that srponen
OF the public counsels of the ruling power, that "upor
the next House Of Repr, sentatIves in Congress- ma,
devolve the choice of the next President the Unite,
States" In view OF this all absorbing function Of IN,
House of Represent ,tycs-for legislation is only ar
incident or an accident, il became matter of the frs
interest Importance TO select and secure the prop
er delegates TO that House from this State Accord
ingly, we have seen in former number Of this pa
per- from the relation of those who who best know
how adrotly and efiectualy the nomination for th:
District was secured Indeed the Worcester F,gi.
and the Worcester Spy, the opponents of the more
privy counses and aspirations of the ruling power
rejoice at the nomination; the latter pronouncng il
TO be capital nomination. and hopes that he will be
triumphan ly elected
Here disclosed, for the first time in this State
chain OF influence not to promote and secure the
interest OF State, 10 effect the election OF Senators
aud Representatives in the State Legislature for
State purposes-no, tut for President making, TO
cure the election of Representatives to Congress, for
on them may devove the choice of the next Presi-
dent of the United States,