The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-02

the bet would have been deemed unfairly made In
repy if our memory serves u.s. denied the actuai
possession of the paper at the time the bet was mace
hut acknow lodged had read the article, ana a.
mong other ironical and good humored hits on The
victory said You know, DR.. ais fair IN poies.
Though no politics involved IN this question, YET
Coleman caught at il with his usual skill IN eonlro-
versy, and whenever we attacked Doctor Coiemal'
and dunned hin for that hundred dollars, when we
did for than year, when he paid IL, ne "oulu
say in reply ais fair in politics" in the Advocate
Of this morning contending, &c &c. Ii was IN Tins
manner the declaration was fastened upon us, though
VIGOROUSLY applied TO subject which was mol poiiu
cal at all
We give these "reminiscences in order to show how
from slight causes arise imputaions which stick 10
man through life. Cheetham in his controversies
with John Lang, Of the Gazette, always called him.
lronic ally, " Solomon" Lang.
Mr.. Rufus King once addressed note 10 him,
directed TO Solomon Lang, presuming from long
habit of hearing him called, that II was reahy
his paironymic. We often in these days hear
ourselves called a most inconsistent politician
always changing, always looking on which side
of The hedge to jump. Such terrible mistakes
would distress any other person, but they amusc
us,-n showing how error rapidly travels, and
how wrong impressions are u,sde from reiterated
charges. We never have changed jot OF our
political principles. Our old friend Barnum, OF
the Baltimore Exchange, told one day that he re-
collected when he kept the Shakespeare al the corner
OF aHu OueSUul streets, IN WHICH W.
mere shaver of having frequently assisted us
to mount on a table IN the long room to make a
speech 10 the Democratic Young Men, and were the
first who organized that Committee. We have stood
by our old Democratic principles to this very hour
we changed our views il is true, as 10 men and to
measures, and for good and sufficient cause, but
to principles These charges Of derecti n Of
principle, and an abandonment of party which are
brought so unceremonousIy against political parti-
sans, who have held conspicuous stations IN society
taNn f,t, ,h.,fr to man taF thnT
are public men, who at this day, do not scruple
TO think and To say, you are no Democrat unless
YOU go for me-" These the very heads and fronts
Of all our changes, and such deusions we are glad TO
think are fast wearing away. Principles arc immu-
table.-men only change. How could We then ever
have seriously said 90 diis ia in politics." Nothing
be fair that is not honest, and upon that prnci-
pie have acted through life in every position and
situation; in out OF office without the least suspi
con distrust.
The practice among certain opponents Of picking
out sentences from the middle Of paragraph, and
giving 10 them form, meaning and construction never
intended by the writer, Of the lowest grade of POI
litiCal controversy recent instance OF this digging
for paragraph, we find in the National lneIligcncer
In speaking oil the assaults The President and other
high funconaries, the charges against them Of trea
SON. corruption, and vlalny of all kinds said in
explanation of the causes ut ''men in Office must
expect 10 be occasionally charged with high crimes
and misdcmeanors-they oisets to the avails y
meaning every plain mind viii unde stand that il
Is the honors and emoluments Of the Office which be-
ing the object of envy and malevolence attacked,
and not the temporary possessor of them Nothing
is more common 10 IN Office charged with
every species Of vany, who, before holding Office,
considered pure and unsulIied. 1t is the
which our ierocious politics brings the country
that the office which citizen holds in the service of
his ntry is, from sheer envy, used 10 assal the
character Of the man. Apply this practice directly
to the President Who before his election, was pro-
q n an .qIa q mon hy Ia.
very men who now stigmaiisc him as every thing
base and CORFU, t.