The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-08-28


and of efis citing an organization OF the friends
of General WILLIAM HENRY HARRI-
son, in this and other States, and offurlhering
the nomination already made by the People, OF
hat distinguished citizen %
This was what made ''the friends of Mr..
Clay rally" And who did they rally against
General HARRISON! =! And what said
the National LafeWgencer on the reluctant
publication of the "Adiress?"
ave took OCCASION days ago. 10 animaduert upon
The extraordinary proposition from, committee Of citizens
Of Harrisburg IN Pennsylvania, Jor National Conren
ton, 10 be held at Ps6lug for The erclsips purpose Of
presenting General II HARRISON as the Whig candidate
tor the Presidency"
A "Uhign candidate What an absurdity
Was he 'Whig" candidate in 1886? Neither
ewing" nor "Whiggery" is found in any of
the proceedings Of the meeting or in any por-
ton OF the Address. The lntelligenctr, be-
sides further remarks Of lis own disapprovlng
the Address, quotes from the Gallipolis Journal
the following:
| We pleased to see, however, that this move
ment in Pennsy lvania is condemned by every W hig
! paper which has come to our notice !"
This is WHY, SHE friends Of Mr.. Clay raj
he'd" And Gen. Harrison, the "Democrdtic
Republican candidate for the Presidency in
l840," was the man against whom they ''ral-
he'd"
/ Now mark the egotism, bombast, gasconade,
and assumption of the remainder of the para
graph from which we have quoted the two pre-
ceding items:
/ "They marked the errors of his Admnistra ton
hal. ocfVn had Inuy la Man
began to think, and their sober second thought led
them to the conclusion that the Jackson dynasty,
continued in Mr. Van Buren,, must cease. TO this
conclusion they by the lofty elosuence Of Mr.
Clay, and they fixed on him the TO redeem the
country; and The glorious feeling that was aroused
the generous enthusiasm that kindled, were for
Clay and the nation Long before the nomination at
Harrisburg, MISC, made, the people had
solved on change, and had resolved to make that
change with Clay. The machinery of party was in
use, the resolution for action formed, and all but
! the great work itself was done.
"They marked the errorsv' "Their sober,
second thought led to the conclusion that the
Jackson dynasty must cease" "Lofty elo-
queEce Of Mr. Clay" "They fixed on hin, as
the man to redeem the country" Glorious
feeling aroused generous enthusiasm kin
died ! for Clay and the nation !" "Long before
1899, The people resolved to make change
with Claym Machinery of party in
use resolution for action formed !-all but the
great aoork itself was done 20! lame and
impotent conclusion the work will forever re.
main to be s'done %
Mark the overweening vanity of this period:
4 "When the meeting held at Harrisburg no
man unacquanted with certain plots expected any
thing but The nomination of Mr.. Clay"
Note the mendiloquent folly of this:
That great statesman had, without any thing like
an effort on the part of his friends, majority Of
votes in the Convention"
l And brand with scorn the base and infamous
libel upon the character of Massachusetts, and
New York, that reeks with the fouest imputa-
! " But treachery at work. Advantage
ken of the generosity Of his temper of his preference
of every thing himself. and clique in Massschu-
sets and New York triumphed over right; and we
are now reaPing the glorious harvest of their sowing
Truly may we eXclaim, +" An enemy hath done this
thing
Dare the Gazette name any man Of that
Z" clique" in Massachusetts and New Y ork
No not for his cars!
I" A few of that ruling clique now enjoying
their reward in lie Offices others are lamentng
their fatal error and few deyising ways and
means TO renew their treachery."
Here is a codicil 10 the tase libel Dare the
Gazette name any Of the legatees, to whom he
has bequeathed so much iniamy There is
certainly good deal Of ambiguity in the will
and we apprehend the infamy" will revert to
the testator for lack of proper description of
parties.
" ith The exception Of few frivolous and
unmeanng lines, The following paragraph con
c.udes the article commented on-as il was be-
gun-with most shameless and truthess as
serton and assumption
Mr. Clay has neper yet been publicly before The people
as candidate for the Presidency"
4 Any thing so shameless and brazen-faced as
the quoted heading" and " failing" of the
beast we have described, QUE ht TO gain the first
prize among all the beasts Of the Wing apoca-
Ilypse. We shall give our unanimous vote 10
have the prize awarded 10 the editor Of the
United States Gazette
BY way of codica 10 our article tesramentary,
we shall conclude with putting plain, brief,
simple question TO the editor Of the Gazette, TO
wit:
! Do you not believe, uron your honor and con-
science, that, but for the scandalous and ground.
less quarrel of Mr.. Clay and his tools with the
President, about a United States Bank, the De-
mocratIc Republican Harrison party would
have been at this dav still unted-stlll a maio-
rity in Congress and out,-stll supporting
the Administration of Mr. Tyler, and still
holding the chief and subordinate Offices of
honor and profit under the Federal Govern
ment?
We don't care which way you answer the
/ question!
| To The Editor Of the nadisonian
Having seen copied into the Globe the pro-
ceedinos of q DemOcralIc meeting held In the