The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-06
From the Old School Republican.
WAR UPON THE PRESIDENT CONTINUED.

Mr.. Clay has retired from Congress. His garden
fences said to have long needed repairing, but he
has evidently left in the close keeping of his friends
at Washington, the future defence Of his fair fame
and the toilsome task Of setting the Ball in motion for
his fourth great defeat upon the Presidential turf and
well they ply the spurs.--All the "Gentru' Of the
West pompous, inflated upstart of the House of that
significant cognomen from Tennessee, with more yani-
y than brains, and more professions than good sense,
has just delivered himself of string Of gasconade
epthets against the President and his Friends which
occupies entire page of the National Integen.
GER We would copy literally from this speech, were
we about to give treat upon Fish market orgies,
prepare lecture upon public bngsgate with the
racy explosives of empty nonsense.
This MIR. Gentry, every way fitted attempts a
retort upon MIR. WISE, and Mr.. PRoFFIT, for their
late mastery and unanswerabe efforts in defence of
the Administrationand it is indeed an ATTEMPT for
nothing OF argument--nothing either of interest or
common sense, is to be found in the entire rhapsody
OF words employed in this miserable TRADE of abuse
Willing to pro mote the best interest of the Admin
stration, and anxious to shield it from SANDER and
unmeasured detracton, earnestly invite the peru
sal of this speech. 1t must, will do the President
real service than all the direct plauds that can
be made TO flow from thousand pens Let honest
and generous hearted Wings and Democrats every
where-even those, who have been accustomed TO
regard the President in an unfavorable ght-let Them
yea let all who respect principle, and in whose bo-
SONS the undying spark Of justice yet fingers, turn TO
the speech of Mr. Gentry, of Tennessee, and exam
inc with care his menacing thrlss and malignant
denunciatons. Certain that the candid read
will rise from its perusal with loahng and dis
gust yes let all read it, Ii will doubt be repub-
lished in the ultra Clay organs, with characteristic
admiration 1t will be spread the country, and
we would not stay its circulation. Let all ponder
upon this scurrilous echo of the tStalwart hero of
Ashland"
How perfectly in keeping is the language employed
IN the speech alluded to- with the ranking malignty
of Mr. CLAY himself, in his late Alexandra letter.
In that very delicate specimen Of the nice and refined
sensibllities of HENRY CLAY among other similar de-
nunclatory expressions, it will be that he calls
Mr. TYLER speak, raciiatng, taithiess chief Mags-
trate, language unbecoming Statesman uncon-
genial with the liberal views of a generous, high
minded RIVAL language that betrays the turbulence
of passions and feelings that sufficiently Indicate his
utter unness for the high station to which he aspres
the Executive head of seventeen millions of intel
lgent feemen, who claiming for themselves the right
TO independent thought and action-repudate-
and abhor the idea that every difference of op mon
presupposes corruption in Others person affordng
such evidence OF an noerant spirit, obtain
the confidence of the American people. MIR. Clay
is now formally before the country candidate for
the highest honors of the Republic. He has thrown
himself into the arena breathing vengeance against
him, who called by the voice Of the people, and in
the Providence of God placed upon the outer walls
OF the citadel OF liberty refuses to exert the powers
conferred upon him. for public and benefcent objects
TO the furtherence of his unchasiened ambition.