The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-11
ABOUT RIGHT.

We believe, after all, that every thing WIN
come out about right Ii is true the oo"y Po-
lite has suffered somewhat during the past TWO
wears; but no one will pretend TO deny mat IL
had been engepderng disease for many years
before. And when the crisis came, II was wen
for posleri,y tina, we had "amsn Tor the Crisis"
Party spiri, had reached that alarming height
whence 10 advance another step was to enslaye
the People--and not To advance, was TO recede,
aud bow in subsection TO the majesty OF the
People Al this crisis the country was Prov
dent ally favored with a statesman who was
said 10 be " without party" The saying, nay
the fact, at such a crisis, was neither crime nor
r,proach. Because he had consulted his con
sc Ell ce and the Constitution as his guides, IN
stead of the diclum Of party leader. he was
accommodated from PARTY. He then turned
TO the p, ople, such, and not as parllsans, and
b came THEIR leader.
Ii was not long before the true REPUBLICANS
left the standards Of ultra party leaders, and
rallied round the Constitution. Notwihstand-
ing the factious leaders moved heaven and
earth 10 crush The one who had dared 10 head
colored assaults (and some of the antagonist
chiefs united against him. with patience and
forttude, having an abiding confidence in the
Justice, patriotism, and pouer of the People.
For two long years the evil spirit Of party ran
riot against the President and the People. The
demon, unclaimed, had possession Of the Capt.
tol during three sessions Of Congress! Let any
one calmly glance back at their niquitous doings!
Contemplate their constant efforts 10 annihi-
late the constitutional head ofthe Government
their attempts to mutila,e the Constitution IL
self-ther schemes TO buy up the States with
the PEG, de's money-taeir vast expenditures
their efforts to impeach the President-their in
quisitoral commilees--iheir resolutions OF CEN
sure-ther "two thousand" electioneering re-
poris-their violent abusive speeches without
number, and their reflections of nominations
without reason-and all to make Mr. Clay Pre-
sidenl
Whether or no, they did enough to make Mr..
ed, it might not become US TO say but we are
certainly warranted in saying that, during the
whole time they were thus operating for Mr.
Clay's benefit, the interests Of the country
were not only entirely neglected, but constantly
injured and outraged. And if it had not been
for the interposilion of the President al such O
crisis-if, on the contrary, he had permitted the
country TO Hsuii.r on" two years longer, ant
rn-nn4-nt4d -.;,L- ;-.--i -r ~rPosius ,n~un, la'
Mr. Clay insisted npon his doing) then it needs
no ghost TO tell US what would have become
the country
But now, we repeat, we believe that every
thing will come out about right. Nearly every
head Of the d magogical hydra is in the dust
The Bank being demolished fret, the victory
was made easy. Yet there were other eneme.
beside the Clay-whg host. Mr.. Benton, al
though he had publicly shed tears of joy ovel
the fall of Mr.. Cla, IS Bank, aud acknowledged
in the Senate, that the President by that ac
had put the Democracy in the ascendant, vet he
was by no mean. willing that the People should
make any such acknowledgment. Having
crept from the Clay ranks into the Democratic
party while Mr.. Tyler was battling for Genera
Jackson, lie became fearful Of a yirai in hi.
benefdctor. He too, as well as Mr.. Clay, wa,
under the dominion Of the spirit of party, ant
he resolved that the same party which he &C
knowledged had been rescued from destruction
by the President, should, by his instrumenaly
be ungra'efully arrayed against its rescuer
But how was Mr. Benton TO accomplish bis
object2 The TREATY, he thought, afforded the
means. So he seized upon the Treaty, and
(Which was mere pretence) denounced it as
base" and dishoDorablen settlement of our
difficulties with England. He made a SEVENTY
COLUMN speech against it. He declared he
would rather support the father of the Alien
and Sediuon law than John Tyer-the Repub-
licsn who demolished Mr. Clsy's Bank.
Yet the President trusted in the People.-
After overcoming the Bank, he did not think
there was much to apprebend from Mr.. Benton.
The Treaty was ratified. The seventy column
speech sank under its own ponderosity, and MIR.
Benion's believing hostility cannot now even
make itself heard.
Therefore we say everything will come out
about right The People have subdued the
spirit Of party, and the interests Of the country
will now be attended to. The body polite is
rapidly recovering from the evil effects of Mr..
Clay's President makers, and we shrewdly sus-
pect the People will ultimately decide that they
are very well satisfied with the President bey
have on hand.
DTThe New York Courier and Enquirer