The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-21
From the Mobile Repisfer

Mr. Adams, alter voting against the two bank bills
at the extra session, denounces the President for not
approving the identical bills as having DESTROYED the
business interests of the country
The same consistent gentleamn after voting for the
Big Tariff which the President vetoed and made it
special ground of attack upon the President that the
failure of the bill would leave the country utterly
without revenue, or the power to collect any, when
II came up revenue bill without distribution yo-
ted against il himsclf
So when the President vetoed the Big bill there
was an cutlery among the ultra Wings, demanding
war upon the President without truce or compromise
They protested that it would be dshonorabe to weld
an inch to Executive dctation Mr. Archer swore
IN the Senate that the government might perish -
and the Union be dissolved" before he would Weld
and whiggsm made it all the country point of
conscience to hold on and hod out in their own
schemes and defy the President and his veto "If"
said the Boston Atlas, "we had vote to give in
Congress, we would see right arm fall withered
from its socket before we would hold it up in any
way TO sanction tins enormous assumption OF power''
and so said many more, and this was 'whig princ-
pie then. Francis Granger, formerly a whig can
didae for Wee President OF the United States and
Clay member of Gen. Harrison's cabinet urged his
friends TO hold on and see who could bear the
grinding longest" TO show where the real wealth.
of the country Is, and large majority of his party
said amen.
But the grinding did not last long majority of
the Wings gave way-and now, the same party or
gas that held them up examples of heroic patriot
ism, for heading the President are singing praises
to their magnanimous patriotism in yielding. To
hold on was, week ago. indispensable to preserve
the Constitution from destruction, and the country
from rum and despair now, TO yield is to make a
sacrifice OF party to country How beautifully con-
ssten and how complimentary moreover to the
u.Tfyspe Wings, the peculiar friends Of NJ . Clay has
kentucky body guard, with Bolts and Adams two
pre-emnent Clay Wings, who continued TO vote
against the bill-and by necessary construction of
the compliments showered upon their friends for do
ing otherwise, who continued 10 sacrifice their coun-
try to party
This reminds of toast offered some where in
Virginia, at Wing dinner given Just after the Legs-
lature had instructed their Senators, then Messrs
LEIGH and TYLER, to do certain acts which were
distaseiul TO them. Mr. T, Ter refused and resigned
Mr.. Leigh held on and disobeyed. The Wings glo-
rlfed both after this fashion, Tuler and Le;ph-
II was manly to resist, and magnanimous TO obey y,
In the same discriminating spirit the Wing papers
set up the Wing opposition to this bill as manly resist
ance to the tyranny of John Tyler-and the Wbig
support, as noble concession OF opinion to suffer.
ing country But the poor Loco-focos which ever
way they voted, are actuated by selfshness and
treacbery, especially in voting against the ll-al-
though, more than oDe-third Of the noes were CLAY
men OF the first water, of them Wing chieftans
of the highest rank