The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-04
ABOLITIONISM.

rator, containing the most violent attack ON the
President Of the United States, and through
him upon every man living in the slave-hodng
States. We do it, because il these fana-
tics are to succeed in their attacks on him, then
the door of an honorable ambition is alike closed
upon every man inhabitng the holding
States. What chance has any man. however
distinguished by talent and by virtue, to attain
official distinction if the voice OF this fanatical
editor is to control the public sentiment of the
country. We caution Southern men TO beware
how they join in the effort now making to pull
down this administration by cooperating with
such misguided editors in their unhallowed de-
signs. What are they to gain by its destruction Ell
ther personally or politically Andyet some letter
writer Of the Richmond Wing of the 26th De-
cember, foretes new combination Of leaders
on both sides, in order accomplish this object.
Ne,p conrerts to the Wing cause in Congress
are spoken Of The signs of the times, we adj
NIT, are ominous of new combinations. We
shall patiently await the issue-but we are in
credulous yet to believe that this .Liberator,'
whose allies in the work of destroying the
Union are to be found in foreign land, will be
permitted to throw over the memories OF Wash
lngton Jefferson, Madison ard Monroe--to say
nothing of the living, the charge "of political
prohigacy and religious hypocrisy" because they
came from slave. holding State, and were them
selves shareholders.
| Weannex few brief extracts from the paper
of December 18th.
| We are constrained to confess, in Hmne, that we
cannot contemplate the spectacle of a SLAVE
HOLDER filling the Presidential chair of
proiessedly democratic and christian republic with
out feelings of the deepest modification and the most
profound amazement II is act of political profit
gacy, and an exhibition of religious hypocrisy, which
cannot find parallel in any other age or nation be-
cause in other age has much light been shed
abroad and in other nation have the inalienable
rights of man been solemnly asserted of divine
origin A Shareholder is ipSo facto disqualified TO
| rule, or TO hold Office, in free republic people
truly free, and sincerely chedto liberty, could
er entrust him with power, or extend to him their
confidence. They would regard his nomination
outrage their moral sense, and impeachment Of
their political honesty. The fact that such man is
now President Of the United States, demonstrates
to the world that the American people have alb
jured their Declaration of Independence and under
the mask of republcanism and christianity, dis.
posed not merely to tolerate, but heartily to approve,
and sghally to honor the werst form of tyranny
devised by the ambition the wickedness of the hui
man mind Yet John Tyler received the votes Of
many who proiessed to be abolitionsts Nay, more
many who had repeatedly, lat anti slavery meetings,
soemnly pledged that they never would give their suf
rage in favor of the election of stakeholder TO fill
any office in the gift of free people.
Is such man qualified TO govern represent
m, raj and religious people, Is he christian 7 Can
he be republican
The President of the United States is a slavehold-
erl He was elected by overw helming majority Of
the people Was it accidental unprecedented on
l thpIr ri -ha thn psrJb aiau hrlI
whom they had elevated to the same high station
| What then must be their real characterl
For harot to give homles upon the duty ofchas-
tty niser to declam against the sin of covetous-
ness, or swlndler to euoglze the virtue of honesty,
universally regarded act Of fragrant hypocrisy
Is it not equally impuden and prohigate for slave
holder to expatiate upon the blessings OF liberty de
who takes from another the rights which the Creator
has given impartiaIy to all mankind deserves execa
ton if he attempt 10 vindcae his tyrannca conduct ;
but when he presumes to the language of patriot
ism p:ety, or affects TO worship at the shrine Of
freedom, it is impossible to find words TO describe the
enormity OF the act. F@
| No body of men in the wide universe commit great
er outfages upon the sacred cause Of liberty than
American Shareholders; yet they, of all men, the
oudes in their denunciatlons OF tyranny, and the
most vouble on the subject of human rights They
profess 10 reverence the American Un'on and to che
rish sacred regard for the Constitution yet they
practically trample bo' under their feet.
| President Tyler commences his message with the
following dd captdndum flourish;
We are in the enjoyment of all the blessings of
civil and religious liberty, wi nexampled means of
education, knowledge, and improvement"
This is bombastic mpudent, false. If the people
swallow it, in their present condition it will be
| because their drgradationis complete w no are we2
Is there single class of the people, in any portion of
this land who in the enjoy ment of all The bles-
sings of civil and religious liberty = Let US begin
with those who have monopolized all power who are
nil In " w hn claim IN ha
wit, the Southern Shareholders. Are they freel La
fearful sense, they are-free to whip, free to punde
free to debauch, flee to murder their slaves But
this is desposrn, not freedom. Heaven has ordained
that the penalty of reducing human beings slavery
shall be loss of liberty TO the oppressos. They who
truly free under no apprehension in regard TO
the freedom OF the press, of speech OF conscience, of
the pulpit They are not in terror lest the mail shall
bring some documents calculated 10 create insur-
rcctlon But what is the condition of the savchod-
ers Every one knows that they tole-
rate free press, or free speech free pulpit than
the Autociat of Russia, the Sultan of Turkey
and without these there be enjoyment of civil
and religious liberty. II is equally well known that
the publ c mails have been repeatedly pundered and
ter contents destroyed at the South order sup
press the circulation of anti slavery pubicaio
This the heritage of the opp essor which he shall
receive Of The Almighty because he hath oppressed
the poor, and violently taken away house which he
buided not; surely he shall not feel gu etntss his
belly, he shall not save that which he desired there
shall OF his meat be left; therefore shall man
look for his goods In the fulness of his suifclency
he shall be straits; errors upon him; dread
full sound is in h s ears it shall go i'll with him that
is left in his tabernacle the heavens shall reveal his mi
putty, and the earth shall rise up against him God
shall cast upon him. and not spare; shall clap
their hands upon him, and shall hiss him out of his
place"
Shareholders do not possess liberty Of speech They
can speak freely the subject of bank, tariff,
and other governmental measures and they can
threaten 10 lynch every abolonist who shall dare TO
visit the South But they are afraid to talk openly
respecting their slave system pro and con, They are
tongueed in the presence of their victims, whose
ears always open to catch the lghes whisper on
any topic that relates to their condition. There are
troubled consciences among Southern planters, but
hnsn arc moi allnwcl nhnin relief ihrnnnh The me-.