The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-26
From the CircleuiHe CO.. Watchman.
THE LATE VETO-THE PURGATION OF
THE WING PARTY-THESPIRIT OF Ie4O-
FEDERAL DEFEAT INEVITABLE IN 1872
AND ITS DOWNFALL in 1874
(To be continued. J


THE WHIG PARTY-THESPIRIT OF 1910
FEDERAL DEFEAT INEVITABLE IN 1912,
AND ITS DOWNFALL In 1874
"Never II ind" said Wing friend of ours, the
other day, owe will show you what the Wings will
do after while Well show Mr.. Tyler that he will
not be permitted to Veto every bill which our Wing
Congress may pass at his pleasure. Clay is the
choice of the people, and we will elect him, in 1874
by larger majority than we did Harrison in 1870
We intend to rally upon him, and revive the spirit
which pervaded the minds of the people in the year in
which he elected"
1t was all in vain for us to undertake to convince
him of the error under which he was Iaborlug, be-
Cause, at the time he had just finished peruslng The
Veto, and was evidently not little chagrned the
President for the independent stand he had taken in
regard to the tariff. This being the case left him
to the enjoyment of his oel:founded opinions,
and retired 10 mediate, in private up,n the narrow
p,ssb lily OF his sangune expec atoms being real
lied; and our mind Immediately fell into the follow
Ing train Of reflection which, to say the least of it,
appears TO be az RATIONAL as the opinions which
friend had recently expressed with much appa
rent confidence.
list. The Veto Message meets with the cordial APP
probation of every member Of the present Admins
tration, and it is so warmly commended by the Dem
ocra,ic press, generally, that the measure cannot fail
TO give entire satisfaction to the great body Of those
who opposed the election Of Tyler in 1910. 1t then
only necessary for to bring the Democratic and
Tyler parties IN uxa-position and unite them In Ss-
tanning the President in this last noble act, and then
compare the strength Of these parties, united, with
the meagre remains Of the Wing forces which will
be left after tne friends Of the Administration shall
have been purged from their ranks. To do this
did not it is true, descend into arithmetica calcula-
ton but made the enumeration sufficiently accu-
rate 10 satisfy own mind that our friend most
wofuliy mistaken IN supposing that the idol of Wing
gerry cam under any circumstances, be elected in 1874
When We take into consideration the host Of those
who were induced 10 vote for 'Old Tip in 1910,
simply because h,nest 'Ty was upon the Ticket;
when reflect that since the Executive functions
of the Government have devolved upon the Vice
President, another host has been added to his sup
portcrs and taken from the ranks of the Wing party;
when consider these moving in concert with the
great mass Of the Democratic party, whose name is
i,gior and whose cause is the Of country,
we led the TO wonder at the credulity OF
that who can, for moment, cherish hope
Presidency in 1874.
and the cider casks TO be filled to overlooking with
the Wing Arguments used in days gone by; were the
coon-skIns of oil creation rcsusciatcd from the obi
WON 10 which the Wing party has consigned them
there to be general among the defunct
pois-oois and possums viii b once belonged to that
foul party, they could not, and would not ''the
spirit Of 1870" in the minds of the people.
One alter another Of the bright stars of Whiggery
continue TO fall from their orbit and to fall in with
those who 60 for their country and the cause Of De-
mocracy; and still the Wings say they will do some |
thing glorious when their party becomes pmged