The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-12
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

THE WEST SACRIFICED AND BETRAYED
Ma EDIToR | have seen with regret and read
" tn indignation, the pan you last week published
reported 10 the Legislature, for having off The
State into Congressional Districts | had gre tly
.eared, from what occurred in the election of United
States Senator that there was some malign influence
operating, which did not meet the public eve gut
our friends were not prepar for such an open and
fragrant act Of injustice ii has indie ed been rumor
ed that the Democracy of the West had been in
certain quarter spoken of "only skin deep ~
but who could have supposed that any one who
claims TO be Democrat, could have brought him
sell to the sacrifice of those who had hitherto stood
80 hrm What IS IT that this bill proposes TO do -
Nothing more less than to surrender this norton
OF the west 10 the Nhgs-to sink the Democrats
influence of Mecklenburg, Lincoln, and Cleveland
and TO destroy our prospects of regainng Rowan
and DAVE. The Democracy of these counties are
10 be put under the BAN and the tablets of proscrp
ton are TO be hung out, which are 10 be written
the names OF Fisher, Caldwell, Hoke Craige. and
every other talented State Rights Democrat who
shall dare TO declare his preference for John c.
Calhoun for the Presidency Yes, this is the crime
and this the offence which defeated the elertion of
General Saunders, and which led the Hon Bedford
Brown to declare she ,ooidi role for an ultra T,s,y-
aitSt in preference 10 Saunders" / ask the Demo.
crazy of the West-yes, the State Rights Demo, ra-
cy II they are prepared TO submit TO this proscrip-
tlon' II they are, then do they deserve the chains
and iet ers which have been forged for them Not
only has the Democracy Of this part of the State
been sacrificed but the State itself has been ieopar
died. Yes, the plan proposed will in all probabi-
ty, give lie Wings majority Of the Congressional
Districts. |. The Mountain District 2 The Lin
coin District 3. The Montgomery Districts are de-
cidedly Wing. So, also, is the Edeuton. and proha
bly,, the Newbcru district SO the Orange and r.,
ieign Districts have been arranged as 10 destroy
Judge Saunders aud place them under the same in
huence as has secretly controlled the whole plan |
denounce the whole plan, and tell our Van Buren,
friends, # this IS what are To expect they viii
ind when too late we not thus 60 be sacrificed
They greatly deceive themselves, IL they suppose
our people will quietly submit to be offered uo a,
victims TO their party feelings. Let them pause
be ore II be too late Was 1t not enough Thai old
Mecklenburg should he shorn of her strength but
that she and her ncghboring counties. should also
fall VIC inns TO the same fellsprlt Let this whole
plan be abandoned as conference.-the. But If thew
viii not do that-lf II be so important to make -
- District on the Virginia line then save
US from the power Of the Nhgs-giye US CIevc-
land, Lincoln, Mecklenburg Rowan, Dayie, Cabsr-
rur, and the new county OF Union and give Iredeu
TO e Mountain District In this way YOU save our
District and equalizc the power as to population
II this shall not be done, then should the people rise
at once and denounce the whole plan az beirayiny
The Democracy Of the State, and It's authors as trai5
tors, whoever they may be.
THE SPIRIT OF &c.