The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-04


the garrisons of various Forts. Among others,
two of the four companies now at Fort Adams,
Newport Rhode Island, are ordered 10 other
positions, and their places are to be. supplied by
ain equal number, viz: One light company of the
I'd regiment of Artillery, and one light company
of the 1st Artillery, by which these two compa-
MES will be enabled to exercise on the very ad-
vantageous ground at Fort Adams.
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THE DOWNFALL OF ULTRAISM.
Let no one say that the depression ofbusiness
throughout the country is not fraught with good
as well as i'll effects. We sympa,hise honestly,
fervendy with the distressed People, and we
have suffered ourselves but even in our worst
pangs we can ample cause to rejoice. The
body polite is like human body in this respect.
1t may make our blood run cold, and our tears
start forth to see the surgeons saw and knife
removing decayed bones and unnatural tumors,
but yet we all know that this is often necessary
to be done to produce complete state ofhealth.
That the country is diseased no one will deny.
Let us be careful Of quacks hereafter.
For the last fifteen or twenty years the coun-
try has been more or less convulsed with exciting
party questions and agi.ating politicians. Mr..
Clay contributed, more than any other man, to
produce such wretched state of things. For
tunately, he was opposed by spirits as ndomi-
table as his own--and far more plausible and
deserving.
But now the experiment of the work OF brawl-
ing politicians has been effectually tested. They
have had every thing their own way. The Peo-
pie have suffered themselves to be led by them
TO the right and the left; in short, in every di-
rection but the straight forward road to perma-
nent prosperity. Never were People so in
dulgent, so forbearing. But forbearance now
would cease to be virtue.
A, length the People have become offended at
the impude4ce of their spoiled politicians
They are now rejecting sobery and deeply
And what have they gained? What evil have
they averted, save one? What benefits have
they derived, or are likely to derive, from the
held out to them that they should continue to
submit to party organizations for the i'm mediate
benefit of a few ambitious men?
The People are wearied and disguised with
party strife. The nation is politically pulseless.
The most eloquent strains of the long-lauded
orator have lost their power to fascnate No
throb beats responsive to his own. Men stand
around unmoved like marble statues. Vexed 10
the quick, the wordy combatant retires from the
arena forever No voice walls his exit, but the
cries of millions for bread greet his ears as he
retreats from the Capitol.
Yes, the body polite is pulseless, though the
vital spark is not extinct. The brow of the
country is pale and contracted, and its calm in
dignant eye is fixed steadily on its betrayers-
1t will revive, in spite of all the blisters,
cathartics and emetics administered by the MUIR
derous quacks. 1t will rise from its couch, and
with one mighty effort sweep its enemies into
eternal oblivion.
Brother has been arrayed against brother,
and father against son, in fierce political con-
fict, merely to crafty the ambition of few
demagogues And what have they gained
We ask the People OF America what they have
gained by the alternate victories of the contend.
ing parties. Are they prosperous and happy ?
Have they acquired wealth and honor2 No /!
A paralysis pervades the land. Business Is RI
med. Individual misery and public disgrace
meet the eye on every hand Then, what is
likely to be gained by such contentious in iu-
ture? Nothing; worse than nothing!
Let us have change No change can be
for the worse Let the People take matters in
to their own hands. Let us not suffer an un-
principIed hand of deslructives and demagogues
to sport with our dearest interests any longer.
Let us not elect men To office merely for their
own benefit as aspiring politicians Let us
elect those who are willing and competent to
labor for the welfare of the country
There never was more propitious time for a
thorough and wholesome revolution in politics
than the present The present Administration
is in the midst Of, though detached from the
army OF partisan leaders. 1t claims 10 party
but the PEOPLE it offers nothing bur equal JUS
tice to induce all honest citizens to rally to its
support 1t extends the olive branch 20 all. 1t
depends upon the patriotism and virtue of the
citizens to sustain it. II the country is sick of
angry, ffaternal dissensons-w of the fu-
tile sch mes of selfish parti sans-disgusted al
the degradation of reckless disorganizers, and
would return 10 the old Republican fold to en-
Joy its long lost peace and prosperity in all their
pristine simplicity, the opportunity is now offer
ed to it.
Mr. EDITOR ~ observe falsehood in the Intel
nication in the Madisonan, on the subject of MI
Mangum's election. 1t is not true that your
pon,ent made any such assertion the Intelligence