The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-19
"THE SAME OLD COON.n

| We have been somewhat amused with the cuts
and engrayngs which embeash some of our exchange
papers, representing venerable coon lying on his
back, kicking, his tail curled up, and apparently
in the last agonles of dissolution. This is meant to
type the political death Of "ths same old coon, "
which took so active part in the election Of 1910,
but recently expired, at an advanced age in the State
of Ohio.
casion to comment the folly of attempting to re-
vive the machinery which proved successful in the
excited period of the fall Of l840 We then express
ed conviction that the performance could not be
re-enacted with success. The result has abundantly
proved the truth of our opinion. Other States be-
sides Ohio have told the same story. The days of
the sold coon" are over. The log cabins, the hard
cider, and the revolving balls have had their day
The election Of 1910 one of the most remark
able periods in the history of our country, and not
less remarkable are the immediate results by which
il has been followed These results have tested the
stability Of Institutions the wisdom of coDst
tuition and form of government, adopted and handed
down to us by our ancestors, In the most satisfactory
manner. The dangerous contingency contemplated
by the Constitution the death of the President during
his term of Office, occurred. Quietly and peacefully
the Vice President, in conformity with the laws took
upon himself the authority and functions Of Chief
Magistrate The deceased President had been elect
ed during political fever Of unprecedented violence
All eyes were directed to him from the moment of
his inauguration and all expecting vast reforms
and as if by the waving of magic wand, it an
ticipated that the great commercial and pecuniary
embarrassment which had prevailed since 1897 %
would cease and the whole country enjoy Immediate
prosperity, atiuence and abundance.
These sudden changes were beyond the scope Of
possibility. Had Gen. Harrison survived, il would
have been Sc, that no more would have been accom-
plished than has now been done. Those who desired
impossible things oud have been equally disap-
pointed, and would have visited the same violent in
dignation the hero of Tppecanoe which they have
actually poured out on John Tyler
But the country has lived through all these shocks
and changes. Our institutions have been undisturb-
ed, and our Constitution remains sacred and invio-
late. How far the true and intelligent of the
people are from desiring to trample upon law and
der, or to subvert the principles of the Government
is well exemplifed by the universal scorn and con-
tempt with which the ridiculous project of Mr.. Plea
SAINTS for the abduction of MIR. Van Buren,, was re-
ceived throughout the country; scorn and contempt
so palpable, that Mr.. Peasants with all his we'll
known vanity could not endure it, but has endeavor-
ed to screen himself by an mpudent and silly false
hood
The course of President Tyler amidst all these
turbulent and troubled scenes has been characterized
by degree of firmness, fortitude and moral cour-
age, equally required by the occasion and honorable
to himself, Alike unmoved and uniniluenced by the
abuse of foes, the attery of parasites he has pur-
sued his own bold, pure, conscientious course. He
has passed, unscathed, through the furnace heated
seven times hot" prepared for him by his enemies
and he has proved himself before the people 'pure
and refined goldn
The "coon skin" is at an end 1t is a tale
that has been told. Long must it be before another
such period of popular political excitement ag.
tate the Union. The people have taken their 'sober
second thought"-hencetorth reason, judgment and
experience, resume their sway, and demagogues will
be as much ashamed to parade the mortal remains o
"the old coon,' before the people, the latter
have shown tn mseves disguised at the exhibition.