The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-02
TO The Hon. Uiiiie r. .Iangum

TO The Hon. Hiiiie Il. .Nangum
Sin: You have nearly reached the goal OF
YOUR ambition. You are, IN fact, Vice Presl-
dcni Of the United States. II was hard work.
however. The reins were drawn extremely
tight. and even then you had TO stand second
ballot. | must confess that | was agreeaDly
disappointed in this. Only think OF the Clay
leader being elected by MINORITY OF the Senate
their chairman. Ashland will culver when the
news arrives, and little Van will begin 10 doubt
the success of coalition, the object OF which
is so contemplate as the crushing OF a man
whom you affect TO despise With some thlr-
ly Wing Senators out of forty five, twenty
three only were found willing 10 bide by the de-
cison of a caucus, whose dictalion was hereto
fore considered omnipolent The Democracy
had no say in the matter, although they mlsh'
have defeated your election had they pursued
the course of yourself an friends against your
new allies, Blair and Rives, when they were
elected printers. You have trluInphed, howev-
era triumph unenviable even in the opinion oil
your friends Ii was hardly yelled with the
few words Of thanks you succeeded in delivering
10 the Senators.
Does not this result prove something? Aye,
you must say for where are those decided ma
jorllies that accompanied every move OF your
leader2 The fragments" seem not 10 have
been rolling stones, for they have gathered
much more than was expected by their warm
est friends. In fact the Tall Messrs. Clay and
Benton put in motion has made a "retrograde
ADVANCED | think you can perceive 1t, If you
will not acknowledge it. You hold your pre-
sent pc sition for hort time only. Seventeen
Senators 90 out of office after this session !;
among them, your left hand supporter TO the
chair to which you were not elected. VIII
South Carolina, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi
have Clayiles in the Senate2 Look at the
elections. They do not prove the success OF
| Whgsm or Locofocoism, but of !" General
Apathy" according to your decency'' presses.
Who or what created this new commander
He seems to be the offspring Of President ~
Ter, and verify he has proved himself omnipo-
tent. when we consider that no one either knew
or heard of him before | assure you that few
will hereafter be found to act under any other
chief.
And who are you, politically ? Is there one
single act in your past life that you can refer TO
with pride or pleasure? Give as one Per
haps the '.Nullifer," of the paper in your favor
in this city, will furnish US with the documents.
| If YOU can find a file of the Columbia Is. %
Telescope in existence, it might give some OF
his opinions concerning certain Kentucky Sc
nator, and much stronger eulogums on MIR. Iy-
Ter than his dearest friend, since his accession,
has written. If mistake not the course of the
former was pointed out to new beginners as the
facilis descensus duerni, and that OF the latter
as something Of that path which would lead to
political, eternal life. There are also certain
compliments to other gentlemen who act In Sc
cret session with you, that might also be found,
| if the game were worth the powder. | will not
travel out of my path to attack the cur, when
the mastiff is in my way. The smlle belongs
to countryman Of yours in the House, and,
though perhaps given In better taste than ne
used it, am perfectly willing that he shall pos
sess the credit that may attach to IT,
What can we next do to crush Mr.. Tyler :?
As have never exchanged half dozen words
with him in my life, | scarcely know what he
expects, nor yet the expectations Of his political
friends, for obtain not, nor do lseek, their con-
6dence Suppose we leave this question of his
demolishment to the elections after you have APP
portoned the States / am willing Old Rip
Van Wrinkle Gas Col. William c. Preston chris
tened her) comes off first believe me, how
ever, she will not be the last. Her sister State,
which threw away her vote on you, fear will
not hereafter recognise the author OF the satire
on the 'Old North State" nor yourself
Unknown to fame, scribble to you occasion
ally Gas have heretofore stately for feelings OF
friendship in days of lang syne. You will be-
Elieve me when you know that those | write
for know me not. plain, unletered man,
having a knowledge en- PEASANT of things,
can have little TO fear from the frowns OF
. enemies-and as for friends they know him not
4 You Lave promised publicly to be impartial
Let Us see the proof. But beg of you 10 have
that respcct for the Southern character, which
would prevent your descending to an attack
will not say what kind of an attack--on printer
10 your body for whom you voted. | mean
! Mr.. Allen, with whom | may also add, | have
no acquaintance Soar higher, if you wish to
become a great man. Do not descend to the
sculon, when YOU wish to be the master.
HARVEY BIRCH.
s4s drrte0,
I IN the evening of the 3lst ultimo, by the Rev.