The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-10

The following paragraph is taken from the
Mobile Register. In the act Of resigning his
seat in the Senate and of becoming candidate
for the Presidency, Mr.. Clay in consonance no
doubt with his notions of the dignity becoming
both stations, has thought fit to make personal
attack on the President. His conduct has
brought on him the merted and manly rebuke
which we give below. We value the extract,
however, mainly on account Of the liberal spirit
it manifests, and the proof it furnishes that GER
tain would-be tyrants over public opinion are
not 50 omnipotent as they would themselves
family believe, or would have others to think.
Neither the people at large, nor conductors Of
the public press, will suffer themselves to be led
blindly by party dlctators at headquarters. The
Register, though Democratic journal, is by
no means influenced by MIR. Benton, nor die
taxed to by the Globe.
1t happened that we did not the Advertiser yes
erday and nobody thought it worth their while to
tell us how much of the attention of the editor
therein bestowed upon little paragraph of ours, in
Mondays Register. 1t is only by lthe accident of
taking up yesterdays paper for todays, that we
to the knowledge of the political significance he is
disposed to attach to our brief comment upon Mr..
the North Carolina letter He seems to think it be-
tokens new and marvellous affection for Mr.. Tyler,
that we should consider Mr.. Clay actuated by
tves of resen ment, rather than BY any elevated
of the real dement's of Mr.. Tyler politician and
a man. We have had frequent occasion before, to
notice that indiscrininate devotion to Mr.. Clay in
the columns the Advertiser, which allows doubt
of his infalbiity, and treats all dissent from his
opinions or question of his conduct, as proofs of
want of integrity and intelligence. This mental
slavery to political IDOL is again exempifed very
strikiDgly in the arraignmen of this paper for fues
toning the proprety Of such formal denunciahon of
the President by Mr. Clay himself, notoriou sly about
to be candidate for the Presidency, and implying
that the Of this vituperation rests
in the political faults Of the President towards Mr.
Clay, than his deficiencies a statesman and chief
magistrate. The conduct and motives of President
Tyler, are fit subjects for examination by all persons
and verify, the political press devoted to Mr. Clays
interests, has exercised its privilege on this head
without scruple, moderation or folbearance But we
must be permitted to say, that what is excusable
perhaps in partisan press, and excusabe by reason
of high political excitement, is not quite consistent
with the dignity of retiring Senator-retiring with
professions on his lips, of kindness and courtesy to-
wards all public men and with the avowed intention
of being candidate for the Piesidency--a purpose
in which the of the President is thought to have
breated weighty obstacles to his success If it be
Tylerism to express such opinions of Mr.. Cays evil
dent bad temper, and coarse discouesy towards the
President, there is much larger Tyler party than
we had thought for, or than Mr.. Tyler himself can
look for 1t will not be third party however,
for these sentiments will pervade not only with the par
ticual friends Of Mr.. Tyler, and the particular oppo
nents of Mr. Clay-but will we have charity enough
to suppose he entertained by many of the friends OF
Mr.. Clay himself, who cannot but be sorry that he
should lower himself, by opening his new campaign
for the Presidency, in style so indicate and Ill
tempered.