The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-16
A VOICE FROM ALABAMA.

We lean from the Richmond Enquirer that,
on the 10Th utimo, the whole militia of Blonnt
county was called together at Blountsville, " for
the purpose Of general muster, and that after
the mastering was over, it was announced by
the commanding General that public meeting
would Immediately take place in the Court
house, for the purpose Of taking into consdera-
ton the political affairs of the country" After
the preliminaries usual on similar occasions,
Major Jesse Beene addressed the multitude, and
submitted series of resolu ions, (Which were
unanimously adopted) and among which were
these-1. Declaring that 1T is the deliberate
sense Of this meeting that Henry Clay, of Ken
lucky, the Federal candidate for the Presidency
is a Southern man NTH Northern feelings :
Federalist who, regardless of principle, is
seeking power; and, if successful, will establish
Bank of the United States, a high protective
tariff, internal Improvements by the General
Governments; will take from the Federal lreasu-
ry the proceeds Of the public lands; and will
place the Government of the country in the
hands Of favored few, regardless of the vii
OF the great body Of the American peoples" 2
6 That TO meet the combined influence of Fed
eralism, Bank men, internal improvemen-men
manufacturers, and office seekers, il is the duty
OF the Democracy of the country to act as on,
man, cithout fdltering or dirision /; and tina
they should frown with indignant contemp
upon any and every attempt to divide the grea
Democratic party, for any personal or local con
sheraton" Our motto is "Everything fol
principles, nothing fof men," 3. And the meet
ing "respeclfu ly recommend to the Baltimore
Convention the claims of our distinguished fe
low-citizen, the Honorable William r. King
for the Vice Presidency Of the United States
II will be seen from the above that from on,
of the most decidedly Democratic States of tn,
Union, portion of the people have declared i
to be the duty Of the Democracy TO act as on,
man without ialtering or division" But VIVA
must nevitably be the result, if the editor of thu
Globe and some few others, from purse ona
or local considerations" persevere in their ef
forts, which have a tendency to "divide tn
great Democratic party2 2" What must certain
ly come to pass, if our Republican President
to be so frequently assailed by such persons a
those TO whom we have auded2 Nav nc
such course of conduct produce the "div
sion" against any attempt or tendency to whic
the freemen of Blount have thus early in ad
vance raised their voice of warning
But il is not, in our opinion, very chaste an
praiseworlhy in the Globe, after the demonstra
tons of the President OF his adherence 10 Re
publican principles, to compare hun, politically
to "a keeper OF bards, and to carry out the beau
t'iu figure by an association of ideas appa
rentiy running in a rirtuous and mdfront
direction. And further, the article contain
ing these flowers of rhetoric was, with mucl
avldity and gouf, re-published in the Nationa
Ineligencer, whose columns could not contain
Mr.. Spencer's letter, but were sufficiently wild