The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-05
"THE LATE ELECTIONS

The Harrison and Tyler ticket succeed.
the Presidential struggle of 1910 BY al
whelmng majority Of electoral votes. no,
the popular suffrage less distinct and unao.
cal in its character. Why was tbis2 A.
has been said about the unpopualy ofMr g.
Buren, personally, and unquestonabk the f.
try did neither desire a standing army, M,
ub-Treasury but the true cause Of his a.,
is to be found in the facl, that Harrison ana r
Ter opposed him, both anti-Bank Republic,
Mr.. Tyler, an original Jackson man, ana ~
Harrison, moderate man in every M,
around whom the State Rights men Il
North, West, and South, and the Jack
"Straightouts" in all parts of the Union n.
rally with perfect consistency. In truth 4,
cause of the Wing success is involved in ~.
tonal decision of the Harrisburg Coaven6.s
which body Of assembled Delegate, trom
parts of the country, consulting upon tLe H..
of the Union, and the best medns Of 0ttaoa,
success in one great issue before the Peonle i.
cided on passing Mr.. Clay over, and ON The =
mination Of General Harrison for Pfe,ia.n
and John Tyler, of Virginia, for Vice Preside,
certainly at that day the strongest ticket wb.,..
could have been agreed on. What position d
these men occupy in respect to thu decisg6 y
the Harrisburg Convention, who have claimed
all the offices of the Government ior tho bart,.
sans of Mr. Clay, and who seem determio,,i
| by Caucus movements IN Congress, ANA
through the establishment OF Clay clubs la ,le
large cities Of ''the larger" States, 10 pack III
Clay, others consentng or not, upon The Vine
party as the candidate for their Presidency IN
1874 Do they not express an equal conieup
for the honest and patriotic conclusion 10 gAes
that Convention came, upon deliberate coa,
deration of all Of the circumstances Of the ca,a
as they do for the opinions of all those origUa
Harrison and Tyler men who may be baW III
lhe country? How do they know thatit tlgPe
pie were to go into Convention again, a, the, II
in '4O, that free and unbiased mqjority Nou.
not be, as then, opposed 10 the nomlna1onol Mr.
Clay, TO trusting the success OF their cau,e uog
the erer unsuccessful issue ofhis nance Is las
not reasonable What is there existing IN lae
political history Of the country to render t1g
probability or even certainty OF such verde,
questionable Is that party who would op
posed to Mr.. Clay less wealthy or numer5ps
Has Mr. Clay trenched himself on any new
! measure? On the contrary, does not he anc
his parisans vociferously claim an unwaycriGs
consistency of purpose and policy for HING !:
he not now as precisely National or Fed era L
| his doctrines as ever2 and in addition to hrs 5.1
positions, are they not now, especially upon iAe
question Of the Bank, more unpopular than vel
Yet his peculiar friends say that he must 5s
put up as an idol of political worship, and TIA
every man must dof his cap and kneel TO u
| image, or be led 10 execution. Thank Co
there are many Tells in the land, who viii Nc
worship the bloody crown Of Geser. Eve
Jefersonian Republican, every original Harr.G
and Tyler man, every State-rights man, ~
Democrat has the hand and the heart Of VIII
liam Tell, and they will resist the tettcrin
their minds and wills, as the peasant htr,
i Switzerland did an attempt 10 Cypress TIL I.
erty of his person The People have spoken
condemnation of the factous urseof the pi
tisan Clay men, in a voice of thunder II, Is
dignant peal is even now rumbling through 'R
valleys and mountains Of Virginia. Whnc
there has been IN election for State Or
officers there has been signal defeat Of III
hopes Of the effigy-burners, Of those who st
scribed 10 the capital "Alexandrian echo
the Manifesto Club Address.
Let US exa mine into this matter a '
Harrison and Tyler carried the State of XIV
York by $4,000 majority The late election;
OF State officers show an entire destructicn a
that triumphant majority. Scene Isl, 2ct y.
enter Mr.. Clay.-Harrison and Tyler carrie!
the State Of Maine by a handsome majory
that State has been lost to the Wings BIZ u-
1000 majority. Scene I'd, act LIST enter va
Clay.-Harrison and Tyler carried the Sns
Indiana by some $1,000 majority-it ha, l4 4
gone againstth Wings by alarge votclheL.
lature showing change of some - or l0ey0'
in that body Scene Sd, act 1T enter MI M
Harrison and Tyler carried the State 81 our
by $4,000 majority. This State has gQ.
against the Wings. Scene 4h, act lst tat.
Mr.. Clay. Harrison and Tyler canned a
States Of Michigan, and Georgia, and Mau
land, and the Legislature Of the State Of 4.
gnia, and Mr.. Tyler in this latter obtained 4
majority of the popular suffrage for Vice Pre-
dent, yet they have all deserted the cause ol]H
Wings, Eve speak Of elligy Whigism) Stel.
5th act LIST, enter Mr. Cay-Are not thes'
things portentous Is itpoSsible that war.
ing voice, equal almost in solemnlty aud t3ree
to a voice from the tomb itself, will be der
gardrd-ts admonitons cont emned
Let Us 90 little furtherinlo particular. Hen,
of elections.
We succeeded in Brooklyn, New York.
electIng a Wing Mayor last year by 70oM@
jority, this year the boiough is lost by
votes. Last year the Mayor for New ofltaa'
succeeded by very large vote IN his eet.
and the Harrison and TYLER majority appr',