The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-09

though not recognised as the Chief Magistrat,
by the Federal Clay Wing majority.
Mangum may require the ofice-holders t
obey him, and inasmuch as most of the impor
tant Offices are filled by the mlnions and syco
plants OF Clay, il is probable they will yield
obedience. Those who do not, can be easily
remoped
The session will be prolonged. The sweets
OF supreme command will not be relinquished
by the powers that be- until the last possible
moment. The trial will be purposely continued
for months.
In the meantime duplicate Cabinet may
be appointed, should the old one prove refracto-
ry. There may be a struggle for the posse ssion
Of the archives. Some of the Cabinet Minis
tiers have their marble tenements pretty well
garrisoned and will doubtless be found 10 have
hearts bold enough to defend them.
Thus the reign Of terror commences. We
will be among the first of its victims And
we pray Heaven that we may not live to witness
the utter, hopeless, complete prosuation of Ii
BERrY!
1t is said that most of the Army and Navy
officers are the partisans of the Dictator-but,
thank God we have reason to believe that the
rank and file are not If any of the officers
should be found willing TO obey the mandates Of
the Royal Deputy we have full confidence IN the
sterling patriotism of the bone and sinelo of the
land
May that Almighty God who watched over
us, and protected us in the gloom of the Revo-
luton, not forsake us in the present crisis He
who now occupies the Presidential chair was
called thither by the voice of our Heavenly
Father. We place our trust in HIM. He will
not forsake US. He will still guard our glorious
Constitution, and shield our Constitutional
President against the wicked assaults OF all po-
litcal blacklegs and inebriate traitors.
Our country cannot be doomed to fall thus ig-
nobly. The Republic cannot be thus sacrificed
TO appease the ambition of few reckless, I'M
principled demagogues, who could never OBJ
tain the power they seek by means of the bal
lot-boxes.
An impeachment was once meditated and
moped against Thomas JEFFERSON the Apostle
ofDemocracy. Then, Henry Clay was Dem
ocrat. When this Bo,tonian prototype rose to
prefer his charges, MIR. Clay sprang to the floor,
and cried out, " Mr. Speaker, the gentleman
soils the floor upon Which he stands 7"
Is it any wonder, then, that the ardent and
Jealous disciple of Jeffersonian Democracy
should share the fate of his illustrious predeces-
sor? But Mr.. Clay is not there TO rebuke the
mover. And were he present. would he do it +?
He is no longer Democrat But ii the mover
of the resolution in the case of Jefferson de-
served the rebuke which he received, and which
ought to be said Of the unworthy being who has
avowed his determination to impeach President
Tyler2
We fear not the result. We know that the
President is as spotless as Washington in his
official capacity. What " treason, high crime
or misd.meanor," has he committed2 None !!
and his accusers know it. But they are resolved
to suspend him. that they may, in the interval,
fix upon the country the iangs of their Federal
measures
He will be acquitted, triuml hantly acquitted,
and comforted and sustained, by the unanimous
voice of the nation
But the reign of terror, however short, may
fix stigma upon our Republican system of Go
vernment But the usurpers will be punished
Their reign will be brief as il will be inglori-
Gus, and the penalty will be adequate to the Of
fence.