The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-18
THE WIG PLAN OF MAKING MR.. CLAY
PRESIDENT

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the fullness Of the heart the mouth speake'"'
We have no doubt of the truthful sincerity IN
which the Wing makes the declaration. Ana
why do the Wings in Congress refuse 10 per
mil anv measure for the relief Of the country TO
be adopted? They "prefer to suffer on" and
find relief at last from other hands y!
And what is the plain English OF this 2 Is 1t
not an open ayowal that the proceedings OF the
WhigImajority in Congress were predicated on
belief that if the measures recommended by the
President had been adopted they would nave
given relief TO the country And that they are
convinced that the only means OF electlng the
Wing candidate (Mr Clay is to compel the
RRass e sager On" Sadsr belief that con
Mr.. Clay?
What say you People Of the United States
Are you prepared to endorse party who bear
upon their banner such language as this ?
PARTY VS.. THE PEOPLE.
Mr.. Marshall in his efforts to define himself
back into Mr.. Clsy's ranks, said that this Ad-
ministra'ion was like parenthesis, meaning
thereby that it had secured The support Of nei-
ther Of the great parties into which Congress is
divided; and thar, therefore, the measures in
vovns the public interests are deferred until
change of administration.
SEEKING upon this idea the Richmond Wing
and other affiliated presses, Chat is Mr.. J. q.
Adams's phrase) respond, "We aDiU not be re-
Hered by them." 1.-THE ADMINISTRATOR Why
do they not abdicate the Government Let
tha,, u,y nd oil mill he nd uhv
will all be right then Because, says the Wing,
g one or the other party will succeed to power,
and the voice Of the People, now sthed by the
inlerpostion of a virtual interregnum, be again
heardn
Here is the single idea, that nothing must be
done now because, to relieve the People, may
defeat the end and aim OF party lrad,rs. The
present Administration must be treated as
"parenthesis" an interregnum," because, il
Con ress shall faihfu Is di charge its duty, the
parties in Cohgres- deslr to substitute
some other admin islrallou may be disappont-
ed!!!
Well may it lie said that these are degenerate
times. That men should entertain such pur-
poses is most lamentable. That influential men
should dare openly ayow them is most alarm
ing! Does the Executive desire proper ad
jusment of the Tarff-no it must not be done
And why not7 We will not be relieved by you,
says The Wing. We will not be relieved by
you, responds the Baltimore Patriot. We will
not be relieved by you, repeat the majority IN
Congress, because if we modify the Tariff pro-
perry nor, we cannot elect Mr.. Clay President !!
Does the President call upon the majority in
Congress to provide for an exhausted Treasu-
Iy-to revive the fallen credit of the country
no, they will not do it. They are deaf TO every
other motive but the desire to elect Mr. Clay !!
1t is thus that every regard fof the honor and in
terests Of the People-for the character and Gre
dit of the country, is sacrificed TO advance the
political interests Of Mr.. Clay !!
Mr.. Clay himself has been so long candi-
date-he has so long identified his own personal
feelings and personal interests with his eleva-
ton TO the Presidency, that no one who knows
him well, can be surprised that he should en-.
terrain such feelings and sentiments; but is not
the fact, that majority in both Houses of Con
gress should so far forget what is due 10 thei,
suffering constituents, as 10 act, professedly act,
upon them; and that their leading newspaper
organs should openly avow them-we ask, is
not the fact, that these things are so, a proof
that the deg neracy of the public morals is such
as to alarm the fears and to arouse the dormant
energies of every patriot7 Is it not a proof of a
most extraordinary infatuation-the most in
comprehensive contempt for the public opinion
the most blind and wilfu self-delusion, that
ever was recorded in The annals of faclion7
Have these deluded pariisans forgotten, that
this Government was created by the PEOPLE,
and for The PEoPLE7 Have they forgotten the
lessons taught by the elections of 1928 and
ls407 Who was it that elected Gen. Jackson
in 1927 Was it a party, as contradisnn-
gushed from the People? Did not the Demo
cratic party, in conformity with the usage of
the party, nominate Mr.. Crawford, in 1924, and
did not the People refuse to obey the party man
date2 Did not the party, as party, nominate
Mr.. Van Buren,, in 1910, in contempt of the "iog
cabins" and the People7 And did not the
People Indignantly hurl Mr. Van Buren, from
power, with an unanimity unparalleled in the
history ofthis country7 Is it not lamentable
party infatuaton, which, in The face of these
facts, can stimulate the majority in the present
Congress, put in TO office for the express pur-
pose Of vindicating the power of the People,
yea to assert their determination to choose for
,hemselve. their own President, not only re-
gardess Of, but in opposition to, the party nom
na,ion-we repeat, is it not most lsmentabIe
party infatua,ion, which, in the face of these
recent and known truths, can stimulate these
men to turn upon the People who put them into
Office, and say to them, ''we will not be re-
Iieyed" by the Admin stralion, whom you put