The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-16


Come like the waves come, when navies stranded
| There can now be no fear entertained by those
who have been ION the fence" so far as the
| Wing party is concerned The period has ar
rived when every honest man must "defne his
| position" in the contest now waging between
the President and the partisan leaders. We
know it is bitter one, but the bitterness belongs
to the two great leaders from Missouri and
North Carolina, and not TO the President for
he has no object to crafty but the welfare Of the
whole People. We call on the wavering Of all
sides to Join standard under which Jefferson
and Madison fought and conquered. Our sue
cess will prove the axiom-that '.Truth is pow
erful and public justice certain"
The position Of the President is well known
that of his opponents is still darkened, except 50
far as it relates to unanimous opposition to eve
ry thing which he may favor. 'sChoose We,
between them.n
| What is the attack on the Philadelphia custom
house but AN Executive measure at Presidentmak-
| ing by official action ~. s. Gazette
We contend that it is the /" attack of pa
triot on the enemies of his country We ask
the editor Of the Gazette if he has not personal,
positive knowledge, or such information as he
can rely on, that the Democratic incumbents of
the Philadelphia custom-house were thrust out,
and Wings thrust in, by Mr.. Ewing, with
special view to the election of Mr. Clay2 Else,
why were the Democrats turned out2 Was it
because the Harrison party overc anne the Van
Buren, party, and the latter had no claim TO the
favor of President Tyler because they had been
hostile to him The Clay portion of the Wing
party are now far more hostile to the President
than the Van Buren, party ever was, and ac
cording to this rule, they have no claim what
ever to his favor. If twas right to remove the
Democratic incumbents for party reasons, can
ii be wrong to remove Clay incumbents for the
same reasons? The old incumbents are not
hostile to the Administration, Gas Mr.. Charles
Brown will discover when he returns TO his
constituents although they are out; those that
are in, are as rabid and venomous as rattle
snakes in August. Now, according to the Clay
| logic, we submit 1T TO the Gazette whether the
former have not the best right, legal moral, and
political, to the places That Mr. Roberts, and
every one else, who may be removed, will be OBJ
noxious to the rule laid down by the President
in his oft-quoted Message, we have not the
| slightest doubt; but II they 1oere not, we assert
that the rule was not intended to be an e.r post
facto law and therefore it would be but Just to
| rub out all the work of the retired Cabinet"
and begin anew. Thus, if we look to the j,ss-
tice Of the matter, we will discover not only the
injustice of renloring the old incumbents in
the first instance, but the enormous turpilude Of
continuing the Clay Wings in their places at
the present instant.
| If we mistake not, the Gazette ntimated
few days since, that there were not perhaps ten
| Tyler men in Philadelphia. Now, if this is
true how will it be possible for the President to
place hundred partisans in office there We
think the Gazette, according TO its own assump-
ton, should entertain no fears as to the honesty
and capacity Of those who will be appointed to
| supersede its dear, dear Clay friends.
But is it true that there are not ten friends Of
the Administration in Philadelphia This is
a very grave matter, inasnuch the Gazette has
heretofore maintained a reputation for vera
city. Has the animal or clay portion of the
editor, successfully rebelled against the moral
Is he completely Clayized2 Itwould seem, truly,
that he is a cdlcined ultra Wing AT all events,
instead Of only ten friends of the Administration,
our readers are aware that we published in yes
terday's Madisonan several calls for Admins
tration meetings in PHILADELPHIA, signed by seq
erdi hundred friends Of the Administrat ion
Will the Gazette dare, ay, dare, say that these
signers are not respectable 2" We knop
them--the country knows many of them-and
for intellect, honesty and patriotism, we defy
any city or party to produce their superiors.
And the are merely the signatures to a call
mind you, to CALL, for meetings of the friends
of the Republican President. How many
"frends" will the meetings number? Will il be
too much to suppose the hundreds 10 the cali
will turn out THOUSANDS at the meetings
We will see.
But tDh0 are these men so resolutely bent on
rallying 10 the support Of a Republican Presi-
dent They are both Wigs and Democrats
Thus we see that while Messrs. Clay and Van
Buren, are putting their heads together al Ash
land to "head the President" their quondam
supporters in Pennsylvania and New York are
uniting in his support So be it, and so il will
be- The GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY, which will
triumphantly support John Tyler, will be com
posed Of both Wings and Democrats