The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-13
THE MORAL INFLUENCE OF THE
FIXED FACT.n

.Tyler paper" This is rather change Of the
.sue Of these courteous gentlemen. lew
months ago efforts were made TO impress 'ne
People with belief that no single man could
be found ia aay place 10 advocate the cause o.
the Admiuisiratio President was left
without single friend. without solitary indi-
yjdual 10 ssy ss0od speed"-and by some, IN
the unrestrained license Of their humor, il was
proposed to catch The FIRST Tyler-man that could
be found, engage HIM, and exhibit him to The
admiring world as 4 moral monster, "an inexpll-
cable dumb show" Editors now. however, in
voluntarily echoing the public voice, acknow-
ledge the growing strength OF the President;
aud. with stinted generosity, grant him some
tsw friends. II the moral weight Of the Presi-
dents character and influence be Of no more
moment than such persons represent. why do the
ullras Of both parties continue their united as
saulIs upon the President7 II he stands in no.
bod,s way and is shom Of influence aud
friends, why do Blair and Mosely, with their
confederate peasants, late editor the ofIndepen-
6enf. meme, meme teAel, take such infinite pains
TO persuade the People of the Presidents impo-
tence No newspapers TO sustain him Will
not the People know their own minds whou.
advice2 Does circumstances depend upon
foreign suggsstions7 And i. the mind of the
mass dormant and imperative. till stimulated BY
external rxcilement7 The very fact that these
editors labor so assiduously to pervert the public
mind, proves the reverse Of their unfounded as
ser,ions. The People are the friends Of the
Peoples President-they support him, whose
measures are intended for their support, and
though the base chicanery Of party has been used
against him, and arful men have done all with
gence 10 mislead the popular feeling, the arts
they have used have been too gross, and the
machinery Of their operations too bungling, to
tolerate confirmed deusion. Truth is active,
and. infused into the masses, operates with in
tense rnergy-it grows with its encouragement
The article we this day copy from the "Demo-
cratic Republican" breathes the true spirit and
reveals the undeniabe facts. They will rush to
the rescue Of their country, and save it from the
Bedami,cs Of politics. The press Throughout,
the country is beginning 10 come on, - trumpet
tongued," and il will not be long before the free
people Of free land will tell the leaders that
the country requires measures for its own pros
perity, not their individual advancement; and
the man whom they have assailed with selfish
maligniiy 10 subserve dishonest views, will be
hailed throughout the land as the defender of
the C0nstitntion.
From tie Rahscay (JN ~ Republican
STATE OF PARTIES
The singular position of political parties at this
moment in the United States is subject which is ex- |
citing moro attention among the people than mere |
questions Of advancement and ambition. The proud |
eninenoe 70 boldly mounted and unAinchingly main
,aDed BY our present Chief Magistrate, has drawn
toward the gaze of all clusses-the frowns of leader,
and the smiles Of the people. Elected by an ava |
lanche Of public sentiment that called for change
and that imboded concentration Of portions of ali
parties, to the second Office in tho gin of the people,
hundreds Of those OF whom voted the ticket Of their
natural enemy merely because his name was upon il |
sui seauenty elevated by constitutional provisions
to the frst Office In the nation-he resolved 10 he
the peoples President, as he had always been the
peoples man. His opposition to q National Bank |
had been known for years-the question Of bank |
had been purposey busted by the Wing party during
the cection-yet, upon succeeding to the Executive
Chair the first demand made upon him BY the Wings
to gre he I've openly to opinions he had avowed
for thirty yearsto sign the charter for another in
stitution to swinde widows and orpbans-to cut tho
throsh Of oil the honest Democrats who had support
ed him because they had the utmost confidence in |
his Republican Democracy.
For refusing TO sacrifice his country to the politi-
cal deceit and hypocrisy Of 1910, and obeying the |
dictates of honest conscience he was marked a. /
the victim Of faction while they who had sung no.
sannas to his name and followed his banner 10 tri- |
umphant conquest, whetted the sacri6cal knives and
prepared the wood for the unholy altar. Earnest as
they had been in his election, they became reckless
for his defeat and disgrace His Cabinet refused TO
allow him 70 send word to Congress that he did not
intend to be candidate for The Presidency in 1914
and thsy did this that the public might remain 10 ig
To hs Intentions, while the minions of the
press denounced him for seeking bis own elevation
The churse he pursued changed the elections of sI
and l6l2 Tho people who had been seduced in Is4O
turned from their reachsrous allies that they might
still support John Tyler and by resuming their orr.
Qinal stand among their former friends, sternly re-
buked the demagogues that would hare snnihiiated |
conscience and truth to build up an empty faction in
its place. small portion Of tho Democratic party,
taking advantage of this change for selfish purposes
raised the cry that it ell owing 10 the people .
dstrus Of John Tyler Before the fall elections of
last year these very had been the fast friends. to
appearance, Of the President but installing the re.
vofution he had created for their o,cn thnn Icr no
sooner are the results known, than they turn upon
upon him, with still more violence than the Wings
While this contest has been raging between lead. |
Of the two parties the President has stood proud
ly aloof from all their idle chickering's and vain boast
ogS, and the people have been examining for them
selves In looking over his whole life. the people |
have discovered tat from The very outset Of his poll
teal life, (which commenced when he was in hi. |
twenty second year, he has b en- firm, constant,
unwavering Democrat-a true disciple Of the patriot
Jodsrson--a Republican Of the old school. His enc
mics cannot point 10 single vote--a solitary deed
where he forsook the principles with which he enter
ed the 6eld public In vain have they spen,
days and nights in porting old records and thumb
ing old manuscripts-not one word can they find to
justify charge Of deserton Of principles. There is
no such thing on the records,
The total failure Of his opponents to FIX the sght-
est derelicton upon his name, has aroused the peo-
pie u their majesty and they in turn, have conned
~ rAN0rxAn Their ion has IN 4,