The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-04
r,ou lhe PLiladeIphia Mereury.
THE FRIENDS or PRESIDENT TYLER IN
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHlLADEiT

THE FRIENDS or PRESIDENT TrLt MI IN
THE CITY AND COUNTY or fHiLADEir
PHlA. pr -
The friends Of the President are busy in every
ward passing resolutions ~ favor OF The Nauooai
Administration and eleetlng Delegates TO the Guy
and county convention TO be holden on the annher-
.ary Of The birthday OF Thomas Jeierson-ihs apps
tie OF Democracy. The good, the honest The SUD-
stana Democrats approve Of President Tyler aet',
and determined 10 place him on the same ioot'"s
the other prominent candidates for The fresioeh
ey They can see no son why he, To whom uie
Democracy Of the country is 50 deeply indebted
should be treated worse than those who have done
battle against II all their yes-"hy an act "h'1h
would secure 10 any other man lasting, "en-
earned popularity throughout the country, should pass
without notice when performed by our honest Chiei
Magslrate--why prejudice in favor or against a
man. should more than counterbalance the most une-
quyoca proofs Of correct principles and disln'eres
ed attachment 10 the Constitution.
Democracy, based on the unaIienable rights OF
man. and on the most mpershabie truths Of Christi
anty can gain nothing from falsehood and deception
but is most promoted by rendering honor 10 whom
honor is due We have objection to some per-
sons preferrng Calhoun, Cass Buchanan, johnson OF
Van Buren,, and doing their best to secure the nom
| nation of either of those gentlemen. we do mol
cease to act with Them because of their preference
of another man. But when the qualifications, the
char acter the virtue OF candidate are questioned
of sheer fear that they OF that exalted degree
| which would command the popular suiirage-whei
facts denied and circumstances misstated ior he
other reason than TO weaken one candidate and &c
| strengthen another-when we see every thing done
| for and nothing for prnciples--theh we deem II
duty 10 leave no means unried ana 10 exert oui
utmost energy-not I" to fight up" this or that man
but to see that justice is done to all and that tht
fair reputation of the Democratic party may not be
polluted by gross ISLANDERS and malignant fasehood'
against those who h We served it well, and who are
| in the worst case entitled to its gratitude.
The Democratic party owes It's success to the strlc
| iusIic done to all its members. From the moment
| it commences to be swayed by mere personal mo-
tives it must degenerate into faction, subject te
stand or fa--no with principles, which are eternal
but with this or that prominent leader as the Wing
party stands or falls and becomes dissolved into it:
original clements with Henry Clay. We have nc
disposition make the OF truth and principle
depend on the good fortune Of any one man. The
Democratic party is not reduced to such stress tina
nothing but the personal popularity OF one OF IT.
champions save II from destruction We have
broader basis stand on and afford to act above
board. Our actions bear inspection; party Sc
strong and powerful as ours, need not to have re-
course to stratagem. We can beat enemies il
the field hence all we ask is fair play, and this as
suredly cannot be denied US by men Of our owl
party!
Let il DE once understood that man may bt
universally appauded by the Democratic party for
thing that another is censured for and all mutua
C, nhdence will be destroyed forever. A house di
admired for his &c more than Roman virtue" in veto
ing a United States Bank charter, and Land Dis
tribuon bill, and the noble acts--in position
infinitely more dangerous than the former--is con
strued into seIfishness in anoiher-f deeds judg
ed, not by the good which results from them to tn
community, but in proportion as they affect particu
lar men: then would ask, where our free inslitu
tons will be century or two hencei Shall we en-
trust the fate of great and powerful people to
handful of wire-workers? If So why not at ono
introduce Offices for life, hereditary nobility =
1t does not matter under what name exclusive dis
tnclions introduced; the evils with which the
are fraught are tardy of manifesting them
selves. To-day they operate against an individual
tomorrow they may injure the whole community.
/. We disposed to promote the harmony OF tn
Democratic party. We have repeatedly expresse
and declared, that we contemplate parte actio
organization of third party which is to act on
its own measures and principles, apart from tn
broad mass OF the Democracy Of the country. w
are too 10 John Tyler to have any wish beyon
that entertained in his breast-which is clearl
and ndispu,aby for the welfare, harmony an
strength Of the whole party TO which he has been al
tached during long life of public service, and iron
which not even the calumny and vtuperation of hi
enemies will ever drive him.