The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-29
ABUSE.

ABUSE.
II is lamentabe to see the abuse which is lavshed
mon distinguished men of our country by the party
nfess The opponents of President Tyler use the
harshest language in censuring his conduct ana can
not discover that he possesses single redeenlng quar-
y. All that he says and does Is viewed through a
aundiced medium and of course is not fairly repre-
sented This is wrong-for, whatever may be the
feeling towards the man and, however resoule his
opponents may be defeat his reelection they should
Judge his measures with candor and neither support
nor oppose them because of their Each mea-
sure should stand fall by its own merit, and lot by
The consideration in which hold the individual
who proposes it, 1t is reason for opposing the tx
chequer plan, for instance, If il be deemed beneficial
to the country, that President Tyler vetoed two bills
for the establishment of National Bank, We Ike
to see lberay nparty discussions and above all, we
desire to have he interests of the country always
kept in view. Harsh language makes no converts
but strengthens opposton-and hence, IN pointing
out what may be conceived to be errors OF Poncy,
mdness and moderation of tone will prove more Ell
fectiye than violence and vituperaion. = baltimore
Clipper.
The Clipper proceeds, in the next paragraph
10 reprove, IN calm and earnest tones, the con-
duct of the Madisonan-its "attacks on the
reputation Of Mr.. Clay"
We esteem the editor of the Clipper. We
admire his talents. We do not think he would
blame us, if he knew all. We ask him if he
reads the Richmond Whig-the independent
the New York Courier and Enqurer--the Lou
isyle Journal, and the New Orleans Bee? We
ask him fthese sheets are not engaged in com
bined attempt 10 demolish not only the public IN
Auence, but the honor of the President and the
Cabinet? We ask him If they do not daily,
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constitutionally in power, but invade the sane
rity of their families? We ask him if wives,
chdren-ay, the innocent babe, whose well
fare and moral existence are dependant upon the
good name of the tather-are spared by these
rude, remorseless assailants2 We ask the edl-
Tor, if he does not believe, if he does not know,
that those papers act 'wth the advice and con-
sent of Mr.. Clay 2" We could convince him of
it in five minutes were he present
But this our friend does know must know.
When Mr. Clay retired from the Senate, he be-
came a candidate for the Presidency. We
do not blame him for this. AT the same time
he was nominated by the North Carolina Con-
yention, and several MINOR assemblages We
do not censure him for this. About the same
time, half score of journals ran up the Clay
fac. We blame him not for this. But we do
blame him for his own malignant and inexcusa-
bic acts-his covert attack on. the President
and the Secretary of Stale in his North Caro-
lima letter, and his gross assault on the Chief
Magistrate in his Alexandria epstle. Was this
retirement into private life Was this the
quiet he was seeking for himself, and the peace
he would grant to his country
And what should the Madisonian-the organ
Of the Executive--have done? Remain 81
lent-silent, while the very Head OF the Go
yernment, the President himself was delibe
rately and solemnly pronounced weak, va
cillating and fai,hless Chief Magistrate" by a
distinguished politician in the field as candl-
date for the Presidency? Silent when a
concerted simultaneous and unprecedented
outburst Of bitter invective, personal abuse, and
base SANDER assailed the President and all
connected with him
Oh no. We are sure our friend would not
have advised such an ignomnious course.
Even with his years and experience, his noble
spirit would have rebelled within him. His
calm eve would have flashed Indignantly. His
relaxed nerves would have been braced again
as in the ardor of youth His pen would have
traced the hghtning-stroke of genius on the
page, add he would have hurled back the base
imputations far more effectually than we have
done
But have we assailed the private reputat on
of Mr.. CLAY? We trust not. It's the illiberal,
unjust. hypocrtical and dishonest Vaccinations
Of the political aspirant that we expose-ex-
nose in self defence If we have gone beyond
this-if we have unwittingly trespassed on for
hidden cround-forbidden TO all honorable men
private character--pont it out, and we will ask
God TO forgive US, and apologize to the world.
We could not do it, We have seen it done 10
the pnllid cheek and the agonzed brow-and
heard the hear-rending shriek-all, all produced
BY the demoniac pen of the professed Islander er.
We have witnessed all this, and although such
scenes have double nerved and thrice-armed US
in the defence and vindication Of the injured
and the innocent, vet we will not SANDER back
again. Perhaps the monsters have no wives
and children; if they have, we would be still
the less capable of doing it,
Our friend in Baltimore must know US well.
He knows how we conducted our paper there.
It's true we abandoned our peaceful literary
pursuits 10 embark on stormy ocean Our
heart has not quailed. We feel able to noun,
in safety the troubled pillows, Duty bids us on
and we mu It discharge our duty.
The extract from Northern paper, sent Us
by valued friend, in relation 10 Tyson's re
lection, conveys rather an equivocal meaning II