The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-10-02
THE GLOBE DICTATORS.

IN 1910. The lives OF some OF the distinguish
ed Individuals who were constrained to oppose
certain measures Of General Jackson's admins
traton, afford many instructive lessons for the
young politician, and from which some curious
ed in their acts, may be drawn. For instance,
scarcely week passes which does not bring us
Democratic papers advocating the claims of Mr.
Calhoun, and which, directly or indirectly, and
certainly very indscreetly, censure Mr.Tyler for
permitting Wings to vote for him in 1S40-as
body else, would decline the votes of any por-
ton Of their fellow ctizens-and sert that, by
his means, the Democratic party suffered de
feat; but, as long as his acts are Democratic
say they, ''we will sustain his Administration
to the end of his present term, when we viii
elect one Of oar own party" On the other hand
number of the presses devoted to Mr.. Van
Buren,, with equal inJiscretion, which name Mr.
Calhoun as one of the recognized Democratic
candidates, are altogether unwilling to have any
fellowship with MIR. Tyler. We presume these
presses have never entered into a comparison OF
them so differently. Mr. Calhoun certainly
abandoned General Jackson several years before
Mr.. Tyler withdrew his support from his adj
minstration. Mr.. Tyler neper did oppose
General Jackson-he only opposed one or two OF
his measures-one of them in compliance within
structons-but voted for him both in 1928 and
1889. But Mr.. Calhoun not only opposed the
General at the rolls, and the measures of his ad-
minsiration, but went over with arms in his
hands and fought for years in the ranks ofitbe
enemy. He voted against the nomination of
Mr.. Van Buren, as Minister to Ensland-Mr.
against General Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,,
in the Senate, until 1S37-Mr. Tyler, when he
could not support the Proclamation, vdcated
has seat and retired from o0ice resolv-
ed never to bear arms against the old hero, if
he could not fight for him. And he remained
in private life until the nation called him forth
in 1910. We alude to these things, not in a
spirit of hostility to Mr.. Calhoun or Mr.. Van
Buren,, which we desire to be understood, but to
show the absurdity of the course of some of our
Democratic contemporaries.
But we have strayed from the subject. The
Globe clique Of Exclusives, for the purpose Of
monopolising the spols, began their proscrip-
tive policy at the early day we have named, and
every honest man whom they thought, from his
position, would be likely to oppose their hyena-
like operations, was, by hook or by crook, driven
from the party. Judge White, Mr.. Tyler SC.
q. III #
forecast could easily see that the loss of scores
of such men every year, must ultimately result,
as it did finally, in the overthrow of the party.
In 1896, after the old lion had retired from the
field if all the elements of opposition had been
consolidated, the diminuon Of the Democratic
the Globe clique, would have admitted of the ee-
walton of General Harrison. In 1910, after
another four years of "reading out'' and drag
ging to the stake" Harrison and Tyler came in
like a whirlwind. Thus ended the proscriptive
policy. Such was the downfall of the Globe
tated by the violence Of its "organ." Then il
was that President Tyler proved to the world
notwithstanding all the abuse the Globe had
heaped upon him before he resigned his seat in
the Senae and retired to private life, that he was
an honest, true, and consistent Republican, as
General Jackson ever admitted him to be.
Wings voted for Mr.. Tyler, it is true but it
is no less true that they did it with knowledge
that he was an anti-Bank, States right JefTer-
sonian Republican, and this they asserted on all
occasions, Tor the purpose of winning converts
las they dd) from the Van Buren, ranks. And
when President, almost his first act proved that
he still occupied the same ground held by him
under General Jackson's administration. His
subsequent course has placed the Republican
party an precisely the same triumphant aui-
tude IL occupied under General Jackson He
has recalled to the party most Of the noble spi-
rts that were banished by The profigaie tyranny
of the Globe and its evil advisers i'll years past I;
and if The same career Of folly and intolerance
be avoided in future, the doom of Federalism is
sealed forever. But like course viii produce
similar results. II the party, RESTORED
BY JOHN TYLER, should submit to the
guidance of the Globe, now more dctatorial and
ntolerant than ever, its success will be as fleet
ing as the CLEAN Of the passing meteor. Choose
between them