The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-07-20
PRINCIPLES OR MEM

The Democracy of the country should, and
doubtless will reason together dispassionately
on the subject Of the Presidential election and
act in harmony, for, by union and concert of ac-
lon alone can we hope to succeed agains, the
:, Federal enemy.
Has it not ever been the boast of those who
claim to be Democrats, tina, they go for princi
Piles and not for men What TO them would
hA tho s"n.s s~I.~s~a aud vxaisvd men In the ma
ton when weighed 10 the balance against De.
nocra,ic principles
Thus promising, let US view dispas sionatey
the present state of things. The Democracy OF
the country Is triumphantly in the ascendan.
How came it SO? BY rhose erertions was
Whiggey, so recently flushed with an unprc.
cedented victory, laid PROSTATE, and Democracy
raised from defeat and dependency TO victory
and power7 Will any one, can any one saw
that the measures and exertions of JonN TyLtn
and his friends have not been the means of eE
feeling this wonderful this brilliant and sublime
moral achievement To what else NAV or
can justly be attributed the recent revolution
which has made the States Of Maine, Massa-
chuseits, Connecticut, New York, New jersey,
Maryland, Georgia, louisiana, Indiana and
Ohio, to say nothing Of several others, all, all
Democratic II President Tyler and his
friends had submissively followed the grand
DIcTuM Of Henry Clay, would things have gone
so well for Democracy as they have done 2
Who will pretend liz
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON and JOHN Ty,re
were Of the Old Republican School. Know
ing this, the Wings, at the Harrisburg Con-
ventIon, put them in nomination for The two
highes, offices in the gift of the People, in pre-
ference TO Henry Clay and some other Bank
Wig. HARRISON and TYLER were elected
The former died, and The latter continues IN
administer the Govern nent upon sound Re-
publican principles. For this, the Washing
ton Globe and some half dozen other papers
protesting to BE- Democratic, bitterly and abu-
sively denounce him. They, at first, praised
him, and were ready to pat him on the back for
steadily persevering in the Democratic work.
but no sooner did the shouts Of Democratic
victories, achieved in consequence of TyLrp,s
Democrauc measures and by Tyler votes,
reach the ears from the States above named
than these brave, magnaninous and penerou.
~-'SN '"'H CouTse 10 the TIghf-abOuf.
and commence abusing President TYLrn. charg
ing him with ingratituJc to the Wings. &c
&c. The Globe, and such as the Globe. .G,r
this, prae Of ingrati,udc!
These self-consttuled guardians of the d.
mocracy, proclaim that President TyLrs'.
name shall moi 60 before, or be considered in.
the Democratic National Convention. And
yet they profess to support measures, not men
They proclaim that all Democrats who take of.
hce under this Administration to help carry ON,
IFS Democracy, shall be Democrats no longer.
And yet they profess to go for principles and
not for men
Are such men hypocrites, or not If they are
indeed Tor measures and not for men. wb,,
matters It whether Mr. Van Buren,. Mr.. Cal.
honn, Mr.. Tyler, Mr. Cas-, Mr.. Buchanan or
COL r. M. Johnson, is the candidate of m, H..
nocraiic pary7
But why should any one wish to exclude NJ,
Tyler, who has done so much for Democracy
ost at the Juncture when il most needed The
Import Of powerful arm, from the Democra