The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-02-26
THE FRIENDS OF THE ADMINISTRA-
TION IN PHILADELPHIA.

We commend to the attention of our readers
the proceedings of an enthusiastic meeting in
another column. Philadelphia has made no.
BILE demonstration in behalf Of the patriotic
principles Of the President. The Presidents
letter developes his principles and purposes.
He aDM nerer be moulded to suit the pie1Ds of
ambitious dspirants Factions may exist, but
they will never reign while he is President.
The Rubicon was crossed when he refused to
submit to the dictation of an irresponsible party
claiming the right to govern him and control
the Administration. To retreat from the posi-
ton assumed when the two new heads of the
old HYDRA were crushed, would be Gisgrace-to
submit to the behests of unprincipled leaders,
(however powerful they may be,) whose over
throw has been universally ackno wledged by
the country, and humbly admitted by them
selves, would be dishonor. The President is
incapable of either. He appeals to the people !;
to the people he will go. They will uphold his
Administration. He asks for no &C Tyler party"
Any party believing it JUST may support the
Administration. If the Administration shall
win the applause of the country, must certain
men, because they were Wings or Democrats,
be unceremoniously thrust out of the ranks OF
the Administration party? Shall the door be
slammed in their faces? Heaven forbid Who
composed the meeting in Philadelphia +? Wings
and Democrats mingled together. They met
on neutral ground. They met as FREEMEN, and
resolved to sustain an INDEPENDENT President.
Look at the independent press, in all the large
cties-he independent press is with the Adj
mnistration. The cumbrous presses of aristo-
cratic cliques, whose conductors are fed by mo-
nopolizing corporations, sheer at the 'penny
Sheets" and offer double faced support to
the Administration, provided all the GoUern-
mcnt patronage is giren them. "'he INDEPEN-
DENT PRESSES support the Administration vo-
LUNrARlLy, in behalf Of PRINCIPLE. and demand
no venal reward The poor are with them !;
the honest are with them; the numbers are with
them; they must triumph.
Every Wing is not an ultra Bank man; nor
every Democrat a Bentonian humbugger. 1t is
to the moderate men that the country looks for
salvation. Behold New Hampshire. The mo-
derate and rational Democrats of the granite
State are coming to the rescue. They have
assembled together, and adopted this, among
other patriotic resOlutions
Resotred, That we approve many OF the measures
of John Tyler since he into the Executive chair
of the Nation that the country is deeply indebted to
him for his successive vetoes of bills chartering a
National Bank or Fiscal Agent, with the most odious
features; that we hail the magnanimous spirit that
has in many cases carried out the declared Wing
doctrine of refusing to prescribe in Office for
opinon's sake; that we will forgive in 50 gen.
erous an opponent as President Tyler the few de-
partures which have been made under him in the re-
moval from office of political opponents, provided he
will hereafter make no change-except for some
known cause independent of political action and
opinions in any commission running for specific
time: when that time arrives, he will do injustice to
himself to continue an opponent in office where he
had friend equally capable and honest to fill it.
P. S-We have learned, since the above
was written, that further and yet more de-
cided demonstration in favor of the Admnstra
ton, will be male in the Granite State in few