The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-29
From The Ptatisbu'gh Republican,
PROMISES AND PERFORMANCES.

Pending the political campaign-whch, through Sc
vera causes now useless to consider brought the rem
nants ofvarious factions into power under the iPos
ing title of the I" Wing party"--innumerabe proies-
sions of patriotic devotion to the common interests OF
the country were made, not one of which has peeh
performed.
Immediately after the accession of Gen. Harrison
to the Pres dency, it became known, that pooe' IT.
responsible to the people, to move the affairs oil
the Government through the popular instrument
In other words, that Henry Clay was to be the head
of the State de facto, and issue his DEGREES IN the
name of the President. To his bitter mortihcauon,
the Hero of Tppecanoe found himself, ere he was
aware Of it, fettered and shorn. Like Laocron, IN
the wrthe of the deadly serpents, he found himself
encircled in the coils of an Implying monster whose
embrace was death. Unable to move OF his own
will, and agonzed by the tortures Of sef-uporaid-
ing conscience, it is not wonderful he soon Tell VIC
tim before the envenomed breath Of one whose very
hiss poisons and taints all it breathes upon.
Succeeding the death OF General ilaIrison, the
Moloch Of the Wing party essayed by the same arts,
to cause the present chief of the State to be subsda-
ry 10 his sefaggrandizing views, and to carry out
prescription Tor opinio Is sake" But to his unut-
teraEe disappointment he found the noble Vrgnlan
proof against his designs and honest In his proles-
sons and pledges From EXPIRE sions OF The grentest
confidence in the integrity and patriotism Of John
Tyler we find Mr.. Clay passing suddenly, "as the
light nng's fash" totcfms 81 whitening scorn and
bitter invective-convcy ed in Sye f,herwoman Of
Bngsgate would IN vain enarasor 10 reach,
On coming into power, the present incumbent,
with purity of motive that the honest OF all parties
must commend, determined TO exercise his office for
the good of the choe country and not for the bene
fit otunprlncped tactionsts. Failing to crafty their
cormorant appetite--craving never-betore-made
known intentions of the Wing party-he found him.
Self almost upon the threshold Of his la deserted
by the very who had presented him to the Amer
lcan people as one worthy to rule over them Why
was this Had he fallen from his their political
faith No, His determination to carry out their
own professions alienated them from his support for
it commend ng to themselves most bitter
draught that they had psepaed for their political OPP
ponents. Stung with disappointment a painting for
revenge the whole army OF otlice-seekers that be-
seged the captil, and like the ads Of Egypt had
crept into every whole and corner of the ten miles
square, scattered over the country again, to tight
for the loaves and fishes Of Executive patronage,
though all the while repudiatng the doctrine, " to
the vIctors belong the spolls"
Put 10 flight by TIE moral ifmness of one man, we
find them raying under numerous leaders, and, with
various devices attempting again TO seduce the people
from the honest cangs OF life into the idle ur VII OF
phantoms Of political perfection conjured up IN The
dniA h orgies of drunken and debauc ed conspira-
tors gains. the repub ic.