The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-30
THE Observation-Disclosures OF PARTIES

THE Observation-Disclosures OF PARTIES.
Ever since Veto No. | of President Tyler,
we have SAID that both parties were doomed to
disruption, unless some of the dishonest, and, at
the same time. most powerful leaders, were
thrown overheard or hung up at the yard-arm.
This inevitable result is becoming more appa-
rent every day. The Wing party first crum-
bled to pieces, and then began to cast out It's
devils Adams, Bolts and Arnold were not
thrown over until the ship ran aground. But
we design to speak more particularly OF the
r. epublican party on which Git being more hon
than the olher) the country must now centre
ppes.
nocratic Republican measures alone can
s'65o AR Government from destruction. Had
the Chain of Federal Wing measures been
firmly fixed upon the country, anarchy would
have prevailed in America before the year 1896
But Providence, or fate, has always thwarted
Mr. Clay, and although he has occasionally sue
ceeded in fixing one or two portions OF his
American system Ga system to put the nation In
chainsD on the country, they have been invarl-
ably thrust off again by some patriotic hand,
and now the last link Of that chain is broken.
Although the Democratic Republican party
is poweress at present, at least In Congress, we
have Republican President, who has already
thrown himself into the breach some half dozen
times, and, single handed, warded OFT and repel-
led the assaults of the Federalists against the
Constitution and the Government-he has stay
ed the uplited hand of the enemy Of his coun-
try, until her friends can have time to rally IN
her defence and come to the rescue! And is
this time for the Democratic party TO split In
fragments TO crafty the spleen and arrogance of
one or two ambitious leaders? We hope not
but such will inevitably be the case if these
leaders are not promptly and eftectually re-
buked.
Let the Democratic Republicans unite in
ONE PARTY, and once more restore the ''true
principles of our Government" before they de-
termine who shall be elected three years hence
Let us gain the victory before we crown the
victor The battle is again to be fought Shall
we declare triumph in advance for one who
may neither have the courage nor the ability to
obtain the victory? Let the work be done, be-
fore the Iaborer receives his hire Let not the
prize be awarded before it is won, and let it then
be given to the winner. All have the same
right to it before the battle is fought, and if 1t is
declared in advamce who shall have it, dsaAec-
ton, defeat and disruption are inevitable.
We grieve to say that there are some promi-
nent members of the Democratic party whose
evil designs must be rebuked at the threshold of
the coming struggle for the ascendancy OF Re-
publican principles. These men, notwithstand-
ing all the Chief Magistrate has done for the
perpetuty of Republican principles-notwith-
standing the evil he has prevented the Federal
lists from perpetrating-are secretly striving to
prepent the Democratic party from cooperating
with the Administration They are actuated
by selfish motives, fear and Jealousy They
must either rule or ruin We tell them, that
if they even succeed in dashing to the earth the
great Democratic edifce regenerated Repub-
lican party will rise from the very stones and
rally around the Administration We believe
that Divine Providence is fighting on the side
of the Constitution
But we would appeal to the frank and file"
of the great Democratic Republican arty.-
We would ask them, individually and collect
lively, if they are prepared to sacrifice their
dearest measures for any of their men? We
know they are not! Then we assure them that
one or two of their men are striving to sow dis
cord among their ranks. They are doing all in
their power to prevent the party from co-operat-
ing with the President in his exertions to over
come the Clay Wing hydra We have not
space to-day to demonstrate this fact by a full
array of particulars. Let it suffice that these
men are striving, secretly, to procure as many
removals Of Democrats from office, and TO de-
feat as many Democratic applicants as pos
sible. They fear to trust their own party !
They mpute dishonesty to their own support
ers We know Of instances wherein the mis-
representations of LEADERS have procured the
removal of Democrats from office-and others,
wherein Democratic applicants for restoration
to the places from which they had been unjust
ly removed, have been defeated by the inge-
NOUS tales Of their supposed friends, these De-
mocrats. And this was done to procure abuse
of the Administration on the one hand, and to
prevent praise on the other! Hundreds and
thousands of applications by honest and
capable Democrats-men in every way ELI
gible and deserving of the places which they
sought-have been entrusted TO these leaders,
and defeated through their instrumentaHty,
and so managed as to create the belief that the
President was adverse to their appointment,
while the very reverse is the truth. Many who
have written to these leaders have had their
letters torn to pieces, and fabricated tales written
back in answer!