The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-30
Mem Yorh Correspondence
New YoRk, Sept. 81, 1912.

recent elections, have driven the leaders and
wire -pullers almost mad. They are not even
discreet enough TO conceal their modification
under some show of dignity and seli-reliance'
but exhibit in their every movement, all that
irrilabilily Of temper and disregard oil consis-
tency which usually characterize desperation
For instance, you find the Courier & Enquirer
denouncng John Tyler as the cause oil all The
late defeats and disasters of Whigsn' ana, 10
the same paragraph, asserting thai ne mas no
influence, no party and that 'live Tyler man
would be curiosity for museum Again.
you find The Clay press venting lis indignation
against the President IN the coarsesi language
because us il is alleged, he violated his PieaSes
and broke faith with The party that elected INN
while, at The same time, the delegates to the
Harrisburg Convention, from the Stale oil Ma
ryand, declare, in their recently published "Ad-
Dress" that ''phen the name OF John Tyler mds
propose,i 10 The Contention, we (the delegates)
ASKED NO Observation-Disclosures NO ExPLANA-
roNs-DEMANDED NO PLEDGES"!!!-
The Address from which quote Is intended to
be very severe on the Pr, sident. for breach oil
faith, and yet, in the very outset, admits that he
came into office unshacki,d by a single Ptedge'
and uncommihed 10 any course o. po',cy =
But then, say the delegates, IN continuation, MS
acceptance Of The nomination was an tmPhed
pledge. An implied pledge 10 support what
The party proclaimed no policy, aud all they
ayowe ed OF their principles was, that they were
.Democratic Jefersonian Republican" The
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Tossing such principles was an implied piedSe
On the part of the nominee that he would deiend
and support them that he would, II cIcuin-
stances should require il, practise what his
nominees then professed. He has done So
he has redeemed his "impled pledge; ana
while the Wing faction has proved false 10 all
The promises which it held out 10 the nation I'D
1910, the distinguished citizen whom l, select
ed for the Vice Presidency, stands forth the
repre- sentative and champion OF The principle
which that faction at the time declared should
govern its future policy. IL is not John Iyler
who has broken faith with the Wig party,
but The Wing party that has broken faith WIN
the country This the People feel, and they
will rally round and sustain the man who has
stood between them and the traitors TO whom
they had confded their interests, with the same
zeal that they have recently displayed in visit
| ing retriburion on their unworthy and faithless
public servants.
New York is the forlorn h pc OF Clayism.-
If it regulates Harry of the West' in the
coming election, he may throw up his hand, hl'
game of Drag will be over. All that money,
organization, aud conscienceless press can do
to prevent such a result will be done; but with
perfect union and cordial cooperation Of all
the Democratic elements in the State, The issue
is certain. Such combination now crisis
and the federalisis well knnw that their only
chance is in breaking il up Tn, ir presses,
therefore, are doing their best to SOW dissension
in the Democratic ranks. They will fail
There no g eDbers" TO sfan." The friends
of Mr.. Tyler and the Democratic party are
sections of al party az ee regards measures,
and as there is no Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in the field, there are no heart
burnings among them, no petty jealousies TO
distrac their attention or divert their energies
from the great work Of putting down the COM
mon enemy. They waive all discussion upon
minor points till that glorious contamination is
attained. Thus the line is once more clearly
drawn, as in the days of Jefferson, between
FEDERALsr and DEMOCRAT, we shall hear no
more Of EARNED neutras." There are now but
! t1oo parties each occupies distinct ground, and
each exclalms, g he that is not for me is against
me-" The position Of the one has long been
defined, and M. Clay has, " thin few day.,
indicated the present views o. the other. Ac-
cording to his diclun which is law to his fac
lion, ga BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
ABOLITION OF TIE VETo POWER" "ALIENA.
TIoN OF THE PUBLIC LANDS" may henceforlh be
considered The watch words of The enemy
Why not have iumped these '.reforms" in The
single sentence " Abrogation Of the Constitu-
hon" Could there BE- n happier synonym?
The convention of young f,deraIists at Au-
burn turned out, as | understand, very fat
affair. Beyond the fact that they published
long address adulatory of Mr. Clay, nobody
seems TO know any thing of their sayings and
doings.
Our merchants complain of the operation Of
the new Revenue law. From an oversight,
suppose, no specified duty is imposed on silk
and cotton stuffs. Consequently these fabrics
(under provision imposing upon an article
composed of two or more materials, the duty on
the material paying the highest rate J pay the
same duty silk goods, viz So so per pound
equal IN some cases TO l25 per cent! The law
is complex, and in one or two instances con ra-
dctory. That it viii be materially modified, i'll
not repealed, by Democratic Congress. II
have no doubt, and it is to b. regretted, that its
details were not the subject of more careful de-
Iheralinn hecansn alterations In lhn Rnuenna