The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-21
fR. CLAY AND LOUISIANA-THE RE
PUBLICANS.

MN EDITOR. Ill mere was d otdtc III u'S
Union, besides Kentucky which Mr.. Clay reck-
oned as his own, few short weeks since, II
was Louisiana. Gallant Louisiana was the
Ultima thule of his hopes. II was the barrier
TO further Democratic triumphs, the shore upon
which the ever-angry wave of popular rights
was to break His name, joined 10 that OF
SCOTS, was the ralying word Of the party
Clay, for President, and Scott, for Vice Presl-
dent, were the leaders under which their sup
porlers went forth to the battle. Money was
clans. Clay and Scott clubs were formed, and
there went out from their shreds among the
People the most glowing accounts of the patriot
ism, honesty and glory of these two eminent
men9and the most fervid appeals to the sove-
reign voters TO sustain these gentlemen and
their measures of policy, as indicated by the ac-
ton of the Congress of the two hundred days
and in their published letters Fraud was prac-
Used at the polls. The Banks entered the field,
and played the game of resumption and suspen-
sion, as best suited the objects TO be gained
John Tyler was attacked in the most violent
istralion was prosecuted and hunted down with
terocity truly alarming to the cause of freedom
of opinion and speech.
And after all this parade, this preparation, the
battle began. Hundreds and hundreds of the
men who voted for Harrison and Tyler in 1910,
refused to raj under the Clay and Scott ban
ner They looked to the country. They saw
that a triumph for these men would be a triumph
for National Bank Land Distribution, uncon-
dlonaQy prescription for opinions sake; the
plucking Of the Veto power from the Constitu-
ton; High T.rif, or taxing the labor of the
many for the benefit of the few; and, above
all, it would amount TO declaration in favor Of
their election to the two highest Offices in the
Republic. They saw, too, that if the Clay
cause were to succeed, the Bank power at home
would be freshly let loose upon the oppressed
subjects of its tyranny. All these evils they
resolved TO assist in eschewing, and led on by
the Dupres, the Brashears, and other eminent
gentlemen, they united quietly with the Demo-
cratic party, and the result to the Clay and Scott
men was an ingorious defeat, ''a sound and de-
served drubbng-a thorough LICKING"
Alas! for poor Mr.. Clay's hopes, for General
SCOTS aspirations. ''Tell me your company,
and can tell who you are - said some saga
cious writer. SO it fares with the hero of Lun-
dys Lane, much to our regret. He went into
the battle with Mr. Clay, on the fat soil of Lou
siana, as his lieutenant, and both have been
routed, horse and foot
Some of the results in Louisiana are astound
ing, as showing the Indignation of the People
against the present iaithless Congress, which is,
as it were the incarnation of Clayism. In New
Orleans, the Harrison aud Tyler vote of July,
1910, was reduced 1000; in the parishes OF ST.
Landry and st. Martins, it was entirely re-
versed, beng two years ago 400 and 600 in each
for Harrison and Tyler. The men who made
up the Harrison and Tyler majority, in July and
November, 1910, are the bone and sinew Of the
State. They go for the country, before party.
They went against Mr. Van Buren,, because
they disapproved of his acts. They now sus-
tain MIR. Tyler, because his acts are democ ATTIC,
look to the interests of the country, and do not
offend the spirit and letter of the Constitution.
They are not ultras. They are ever ready to
check utraism in the bud. They care not by
what name they are called. It's principle, not
name, thai guides them in the selection of their
agents, though that principle gives them name.
In every community there exists such body OF
per sons but nowhere is it SO prominent as 1t Is
ia Louisiana, nowhere is its influence SO sensi-
bly, felt They have helped the Democratic
party leader to dru5 the Cay men, bat they ask
for none Of the fruits of the victory. All those
fruits will enure, where they should enure, to
the benefit of the Democratic party leaders,
The REPUBLICANS of Louisiana hold the balance
of power between the Democrats and Whigs,and
ia 1914 they will show their strength again. If,
before that time. they do not enrol among their
number the great mass of the voters of that
State.
Harrison and Tyler Whig Of 1910.