The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-02
From the Constitutional Denocra
POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT.

The position at present occupied by President Tr
before the American People is one of proud pre-
misunderstanding himself under the broad SHE'D
of the Constitution and laws of his country, steadily
pursuing the path of rectude and duty in the dis
charge of all his official functions he has fearlessB
and manfuy withstood the most bitter and unre-
lentng opposition in the darkest hour of peril To
| such public agent, dsregarding every encroach-
ment upon rishtful and fearless discharge of he
high and important duties incident 10 his elevated
station and treating noight the clamors Of those
who would make public stations the pathway 10 the
plumber Of the public treasury and the qualification
Of schemes Of sel-aggrandsement, the people owe a
debt of gratitude which can only be paid, by h,ir
APPRECIATION, and their acknowledgment of the hon
es,y, frmness and unbendng iniegrity, evinced by
fearless and faithful public servant. Fortunately in
the Of the President the ''sober second thought
of the people," bids fair TO do him ample Justice
From all quarters Of the Union, we can discover by
the tone Of the public prints and by repeated demon
strations evinced in the proceedings of public meet
ngs that the and conduct of the President, in
his contest with unrcenting opposition, evinced
for time in own councils and subsequently, in the
halls of Congress- meets with almost universal appro-
baton at the hands Of the Democracy Of numbers
To him, these expressions of public appreciation,
coming from those who ask and expect nothing at
his hands, must be peculiarly gratifying He en-
tered upon the contest against those who had eeya.
ted him by their sutf ages to power-aDd hence for
time, had party to back hin in his laudable eff
forward in his defence yet, amid all these difficult.
ties, he has stood firm and unyielding, and has
marched stead ly TO ward in his career, until large
majority of the American People with other con-
cert than that produced by their settled conviction
OF the wisdom OF his policy and measures and the pu
rity of his motives, have emphaticaiy rendered a
verdict IN his favor.
II gives us great pleasure in being enabled to re-
capitulate, thus briefly the many and manifest ev'.
dences of public sentiment, spontaneously demon
stratlng themselves in various parts Of the country
In favor Of the course OF our present high-minded
Chief Magistrate; and We do so with the more plea
sure since daily discovering from the signs Of
the times, the orma ion OF intimate alliance, be-
tween the Presd nt-who, from the force Of circum-
stances, was for a time apparently separated from
his original friends and allles-and the old Demo-
crazy Of the country.
Ii Is gratifying To find the steadlast friends Of a
strict Interpretation OF the Constitution and Of the
sovereignty and independence Of the States, assem-
bling in the sheep-fold; and those who are
found most able and willing to live up to the great
nd-msrks unerringy pointed out by the trainers Of
our Constitution of government, and who will con-
tend without shrinking for the just rights of the peo
plc-are best entitled TO our confidence and support
for high public trusts.
The time has arrived when we must have at the
head Of affairs, just such fearless and hard-he
veterans as JoBN TyLER-men who will fearlessy
carry out III the administration of the affairs Of the
Government, the great principles Of the Constitution
Around such men, public sentiment, unrestrained
and Invested of excitement, will uneuingly rally.
Such proved 10 be the case, in the struggles
encountered by JEFFERSON and JACKSON, and such
has proved TO be qualIy the in the conflicts
countered by JoHs TYLER