The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-15

,;o,s If freedom soon had flannel enough 70
make all their cartridges. These ladies were
then assailed, as the ladies OF New iofh ho"
are, vet history has preserved their names as
among the noblesl on her page, and al TINS u''-
tant day, thsre is not a man-no' no. eve"
Master Webb, of the Courier-who wouid dare
to say one word derogatory to their character.
Lady Washington followed the Republican
camp during nearly the whole war OF indepen-
dence, and was frequently exposed to the gaze
of the soldiers yet not a whisper breathed up
| on her purity. We could quote fifty prominent
| female examples, were it necessary, where Ia
dies have been actually bearing arms and hight
ing by the sides of their husbands, without a
stain being cast upon them. Yet now, In this
enlightened age and country, when one hun
dred ladies', accompanied by their husbands and
brothers, join in procession TO give public ex-
preston of their feelings at gross insult upon
J their country, the Wing presses cry out
I "shame," and would degrade their country
women to the level of1the common prostitutes Of
the place.
We had supposed that even the w hig press
es of the country could go no further than their
insult of Republcanism at the Ashburton din
ner; but alas, we were mistaken. We counted
too largely upon the feelings Of these slanderers
| of woman.
We have placed at the head of this article an
extract from the Baltimore Patriot, purporting
| to be from their New York correspondent but
as the account is entirely incorrect even in little
matters it is possible that the letter was written
in the Office of the Patriot, and for the base pur-
pose of assisting in defaming the women Of our
land. This is but a fair specimen of the tone
of other Wing journals, all of which join in the
cry against the ladies of New York. Had these
papers simply expressed their ideas as to the
improperly of ladies attending such process
sion, no objections would have been made to
their editorals for in this country every man
has right to his opinion and to decorous ex-
preston Of his sentiments. But such is not the
case These traducers do not object to the APP
pearance of the ladies in procession, but they
pursue them with the most outrageous ISLANDERS,
no epithet being too vile for their indecent CO
lumns.
ther a few extracts-,he most modest we can
fnd-to show our readers the slime poured upon
American ladies by these Herods in billings
gate.
In the meantime, we call upon every father,
brother, and son, TO mark the slanderers Of their
female relatives. The beauty of New York
has been offered to the ravishers as plainly as
was that of New Orleans to the British soldiers,
and it becomes every American to defend the
character of his family. The finger of scorn
should be pointed at every editor who attempts
to even excuse his brothers of the quill who
have given currency to the insult to our women;
and they should be Kissed in the streets by men
and boys. They should be marked wherever
they go, that the whole world may know the
slanderers of female purity.
| rive make up an account of the proceeding.
of the People, in New York, on Monday, from
the various reports of the papers. We have no,
yet received the official report, which will be
given in the Union-but we will avail ourselves
of it hereafter to correct any inaccuracies in the
statements before us.
From the .awora
THE GREAT PROCESSION-THE HONOR OF
THE NATION INDICATED
Notwithstanding the vigorous efforts of the shame
less partisan press Of this city to throw rdcule and
contempt upon the proposed procession in vndicator
of the nations honor, UNANIMOUSLY compromised by
our merchant princess the aristocracy, at the Ash
burton dinner, the whole affair has gone off scale
of magnfcencc and grandeur surprising the warm.
hopes of the true friends of the country and
manner which must have struck dismay to the hearts
Of arrogant arsocracy striving by the sheer force
Of impudence and wealth to trample upon the sacred
duties which, American citizens, they owed to the
President of the United States the representative
Of the national honor. Yesterday was day never
to be forgotten by either the friends the foes of the
National Administration. 1t was occasion or
which the bands of party and partisan discipline
were snapped asunder like burnt fax, and the
real fervent and enthusiastic patriotism Of the coun
try burst out into an inextingushable fame.
The people, thus far, have cared very little about
the bitter and unreenting war waged between Presi
dent Tyler and his former friends, who elevated him
to power. 1t was matter in which comparatively
few the politicians, felt themselves directly in
terested But when 1t was seen that the nabObs and
arstocrats who engaged heart and soul, in the
pious work Of damnng John Tyler, carried their hos
tty far to compromise the honor of the nation
land that too, before the representative of foreign
power-they felt that they had duty to perform, in
behalf of the honor and dignity Of their insulted
country.
Well and faithfully has that duty been performed
and although profess not to take sides in favor OF
any man-and particularly any potician-yet all
must see that the inevitable consequence of this
movement must be to disgrace the party who were
guilty of the act which called it forth, and to add
thousands and thousands of staunch friends to thu
cause of Mr.. Tyler, on whose account the outrage
upon every better feeling and impulse Of our repub
can character was perpetrated
But, not to ndulge'in speculations at this moment
we will proceed to give an account OF this great ant