The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-18
Correspondence Of the MadisOnian.
ELlzABETHTowN, Marshall Co., Va,
June 9th. 1912

WoIlu ways III tnlS part OF the ''Olu OOmlnlOD,
and conceiving it the bounden duty of every
well-wisher of his country to keep the "organ
at Washington" supplied with such information
from abroad as will enable the Administration
to "judge and act," have therefore concluded to
address you this letter for the purpose of 'show-
ing up" the doings of certain men, and of
''rending the veil" which clique of intriguing
demagogues would fain hang around the poliu-
cal sanctum of Western Virginia.
Previous to the late State election, the whole
Of the 'Northern-neck" seemed converted into
political mill-pond, and the croakings which went
up through the green scum that covered its
length and breadth, made the very welkin ring
with the interininable croak, Veto! Veto u
| Veto ~"
Oh General Morris, had you but heard the
"doleful sound" which these full-grown political
bull-frogs sent up, you would have sighed for
the immortality of your inimitabe Southern
refrain, the whole zest and life of which seem
derived from that toad.*
Of all parts Of the "Ancient Commonwealth"
this, certainly, seems doomed to be the fag end
| OF Executive denunciation. Here, every tyro
in politics deemed it specially enjoined upon
him to anathematize the President, and here
each pigmy Illuminated his little thunder, swearing
by all the powers of Jupiter to avenge his coun-
try's wrongs in manner that would render his
name a terror to the friends of Veto and Con-
sttutional freedom for all time to come. Bah
such pseudo-patriots, one half actuated by the
basest selhshness, while the other half chimed
in partly bee ause they lacked nerve to repudi-
ate Flashlights. and partly because of an insult
| ficient discrimination in matters pertaining to
| the public veal or woe. But, am DEPRESSING.
! Well, matters waxed warm until that great day
which was to see realized all their hopes and
promises-it passed, and the only visible out
giving of feeling is to be found in the alarm
ingly elongated visages of those chimerical, self
deuded persons who were ready to sacrifice
party, country, PRESIDENT, to their own vile, un-
halowed purposes. Thus has the party which
held the dominion over this Senatorial district
by mole than 300 majority, fallen victims by
their own suicidal hand and thus it should be
whenever worth has an admirer, political recti-
tude friend, and interrupted patriotism an ad-
vocate. They have "sown the wind, let them
reap the whirlwind." Political deception was
their aim, political nfamy is their reward
For months aye years, these self-important,
staggering partisans have arrogated to them
selves the whole, sole control over the political
rights and wishes of the freemen of this dis
! trct and especially Of this county formonths,
these self-consttuted Popes over the Wing
in hou al cd
sit upon and judge of the orthodoxy of each
and every one who might chance to fall under
their ponti6cial displeasure. If one were sus-
pected of lack Of fealty-if the faintest rumor
got abroad that he was tinctured with Tyler
protesiantism-if he failed to count the requisite
number of beads, and to cry olt cave Marie"
when the name OF MIR. Clay was mentioned,
instantaneous and irrevocable excommuncatlon
was the sure penalty. No absolution could
| avail in his case; there was no Purgatory for
him; he was gone, utterly gone. q mean no
disrespect to the Church by my fgure) But,
| thank gracious, the worst of the inquisition is
past, and these men,
'Lean lank, and brown
As is the ribbed sea-sand"
have been made to feel their insignifcance, and
have skulked from the arena, real personifca-
tons of whipped dogs.
Indeed, it was most signal defeat; ay,
buke, which should, if any thing can, teach them
the impotency of their base and malignant as
sault upon honest worth and well-tried patriot
ism, and their utter incapacty to hold to-
gether as party while bowling with worse
than oriental servility to political idols which
the good and virtuous of all parties have repu-
dated as unsafe, impracticable and unconsti-
tutional.
The brilliant conquest of 1910, served TO in
fate many weak minded partisans with an idea
of intalbity Like Belshazzar of old, flushed
with success and drunken with the halucina-
ton of their own invincibility, they had sought
to perpetuate, by an unhallowed course, their
present position, and to frown down every obsta
Gle that might dare be interposed to the carrying
out of favorite schemes and like, too, the be-
sotted Babylona king, they have read, to
their infinite discomforture, the unerring in
scription, "Mene, meme, tekel upharsin"
With regard to other portions of the State,
cannot speak but as for this, assert, with
out the fear of contradiction, that from 300 to
500 "good and true" men stayed away from
the polls at the recent election, determined not
to give the sanction of their names or presence
to the cowardly and unrighteous course pursued
by the party towards the President merely for
the exercise of Constitutional prerogative.-
| can tell you, Mr.. Editor, the day is fast ap
proaching-lhe log of error and misrepresenta-
ton is hurrying away before the sun Of truth,
and the good people Of Northwestern Vir-
81, hor Coo all