The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-28

Nsw y o3x, April oath, ls43.
You will see by notice in our pspers,
thai meelisg Of the Old Meas Democratic
Committee is called to meet at Tammany Hall,
this evening, no doubt with view To procure
their endorsement 10 the Albany caucus.
Whether or no this will be given, can only be
determined after The attempt has been made.
All good Democrat. have their confidence IN
The People, aud mol in commiliees which are
often nothing more than puppets in the hands Of
demagogues.
Tous who are acquainted with New York
politics. mel her the Albany caucus, nor its en-
dorsement here by the commitle of tonight,
will create the slightest disturbance of our equa-
nimty. The future Democratic course of the
Administration is SO perfectly confded in BY its
friends of the great Democratic family, thai, as
II developes itself more and more, you may be
assured great increase of strength viii be the
result
What need an Administration care for forced
caucuses and packed Committees, when
the bone and sinew, the real norkies
among the mass are their friends Some
say that the General Committee will call
a mass meeting if h shall do SO, and any at
tempt shall b. made al such meeting to endorse
the Albany proceedings, you may look on. for
some fun for il is difficult TO .nce.ye greater
excitement than such an attempt will produce.
was there ever any thing SO absurd, as the
idea that forced caucus at Albany, composed
OF men who &c short-lived power was at an end,
many OF whom may never be heard of ag lin in
public lie--cond any thing, say, be more ridi-
culous, than that a number Of men should meet
merely 10 record The edict of Mr.. Van Buren,,
and that such edict should be expected TO gov
ern the great Democratic family of this widely
extended Uni M
What will the chivalrc South think of an at
tempt TO trick their highly gifted son of his fair
claims upon the Democracy? The gallant Col.
Johnson, too, who ha, so many warm-hearted
admirers, and Mr.. Buchanan, what " ill his
friends of the Keystone Safe thi.k of MIR. Van
Buren, and hi, salelliles2 Then there is our
| neighbor the State of Michigan, with her noble
son, recently returned from foreign mission,
with the confidence of his country and la lly,
there is HONEST JOHN TYLER, but for
whose devoted patriotism there would have been
lil,le if any hope for The Democratic party =
Think, only for one moment, that Marin
Van Buren should conceive the ii of out
whiting all these iavortes f the People by pa-
ry attemp' TO steal a march upon them! The
thing is really beyond all precedent in its
bareiaced impudence and will be properly met
aud put down-for although Mex York is, in
deed, great State, yet there are other great
States in the Union, and ii is high time that Mr.
| Van Buren, should learn that "tLe world was
not made for Cesar" which he most assure div
uiU. and that e,e very long.
Our merchants are in much better spirits
since they have begun to feel the reviving in
huence resulting from the free navigation of our
noble river. The weather has become quite
plea nnty wa m, aud we may hope when
the new Drooms of our recently els cued
Council, shall get fairly TO work, that our
ST ects will be relieved from much of the e III
which now abounds, left to us as a legacy by
the reforming Whigs, who claim great merit
for having, as they say, saved few thou sand
dollars in our annual expendilur by contract
which is improperly called contract to clean
the streets, and would be much better named
did II purport TO be to sol them.
Our Wing Council, in a small way, resembles
that Congress which has just gone to the shades
the only ocular traces they have left behind
them is the impurity Of their rays.
Yours, respectfully,