The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-16
THE BREWING STORM.

Ii Is obvious that storm is brewing IN the
political armament The elements OF discord
are rising above the horizon in every direction
Like the ftful gusts on the darkly overcast
ocean, we observe, ever and anon, some aspi-
rant yainly endeavorng 10 catch a favorable
breeze-gelting up spirilless meetings here
and there, and procuring laudatory articles To
be inserted in certain political journals--bul the
next week, or the week after at farihest, the
wind abandons his sails, and he is left becaim-
ed, powerle,s. and unnoliced on the dead
sea ofpublic opinion.
But the storm is coming-it must come-and
when it bursts in its fury, The dashing waves OF
public opinion will sink many frail bark that
should not have ventured on the Presidential
voyage. But when the thunder has rolled,
and the lightning has flashed, and the storm
has spent its fury-then we will have brighter
skies than ever, and the body polite will stand
forth regenerated-and Disseminated
This tempest is not the work of politicians.
Party leaders have at last lost the power 10 Gre
ate excilements at will in the community. For
many long years they have controlled the popu-
lar misunderstanding in their midnight eau
cuses what measures should be adopted by the
nation, and what repudialed. And the People
have subm tied. They submitted until they
saw their rights tramped under foot, and their
best interests sacrificed at the footsool Of the
Moloch ofparty. And now they will submit
no longer!
The next risng-now about TO take place
will not be at the command OF party leader, or
of a score Of them, nor for The benefit Of ultra
politicians. The People will rise in their ma
jes,y to REVOLUTIONIZE THE STATE.
They will break the tables of the money-leud-
ers, and cast out those who sell doves! Old
things will be made new. The hackneyed pal
try tenets of petty politicians will be utterly dis
carded. and the pure doctrines OF the Republi-
can patriarchs will be substituted for them
They will require their servants to labor for the
stead of preying upon the public Treasury and
intriguing for the elevation Of this or that man.
The PEOPLE THEMSELVES WILL MAKE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT.
Only two moa,hs and few days now re-
main for many doomed man at the Capitol 10
tent sinner can have no hope-and yet it is not
too late for repentance. We call upon every
Congressional sinner to repent and reform, for
the day of wrath is at hand. Much may yet be
done--a may be forgiven. Wait not until the
voice of the People is heard, saying, "depart We
wickeG!n
The great measure of the People is yet un
touched. Men are growing frantic for the want
ola currency. Tariff, Distribution all other things,
are fast sinking into insgnifcance, when com
pared with the importance Of well-regulated
ExcHEoUER. Do the Democrats want Ma
tional Bank? Do the Wings want Sub
Treasury The People want SOMETHING to
regulate the disordered currency, and they will
have it right speedily
But, if the political leaders will not heed the
signs of the times-fth they will not take the alarm
and hee to the mountains-then let them die
and be forgotten! If they will learn nothing
aud forget nothing-and still plod on as they
were wont to do when confding people were
apparently in confirmed subsection to them
then let the consequences be upon their own
heads.
In 1910 hundreds Of thousands of Democrats
repudiated the Sub-Treasury, abandoned their
ultra leaders, and rushed into the ranks of the
Wings. They despaired of ever being able to
accomplish any good for the country through
the instrumentality of their once honest and up
right, but now extravaganr and corrupt dynasty.
II was no common disgust that drove them to
the Wings. This should teach the ultra Dem
ocrats that the rank and file Of the parry are
not their bond-men. 1t shows that when
party grows old and corrupt, it will tumble TO
pieces.
In 1912 hundreds of thousands of Wings re-
nounced the National Bank, turned their backs
on their former idol, and fed to the Democratic
party for refuge. Thus it will be seen that mil
lions, composed of both parties, are in an un-
settled state. The Democrats fleeing from the
Sub-Treasury, and the Wings from The Bank
What is 10 become of ,hem2 Here are
they TO go? In the meantime their number is con-
stan,ly living stream is pouring in on
them from the old Bank party on the one hand,
and from the old Sub-treasury party on the other.
They are swaying to and fro, countless multi
,ude, on middle ground between the old party
lines. Their deep and angry murmurs are
borne on every breeze TO the Capitol. They
are execrating the ultra leaders who deceived
them solong. They demand justice; and their dis
tant murmurs will soon be changed to a terrific
roar! This is the storm that is breuing,
NAVAL ASYLUM