The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-11-11
Fsom The Po,ssaoaih (ys Chroniels s Old Dsssinsa
CoNGREss-TnE HOUSE PRINTER.

| Is close al hand, anu from the peculiar ndnus
IN which il is constituted, we do not apprehens
that any important reforms will be consumma
| ted OF salutan laws enacted. The Senate .
yet in the hands of the Federalisls, and 0
course every thing that will have a tendency Il
| meliorate the condition of the People, or brn;
back the Government TO its original simplicity
and purity will be energetically and doggedll
opposed by that body. Besides this, there can
not be possible doubt, but that the coon iaf
tion, in The House of Representatives, will
every thing in It's power 10 SOW discussion, co
fusion and distraction in that body. There
one other subject which we fear will cause |
| lay--and that is the elections which have tap
place in some of the States in non-conforpy |
TO the law Of the last Congress orderingle
| States TO be Distracted We have also sefal
contested seats, which, if suffered 10 bepn-
Quoted on the principles that have heregore
prevailed in the House, will consume a'eat
part of the session, as there can be no douFhai
such men as John Minor Bolts have onlyiade
this demonstration, in order 10 get fo'hoid
| within the bar OF the House, in order Fcarry
on the nefarious schemes which wef prYareu
and acted on during the last whi saturalia,
marked by The retiring from pubhsliie Of MI
| CLAY, and known as The Twenty -svenh Con-
gress; Congress whose acts wei more fatal
10 the prosperity Of this country, han would
have been ''war, pestilence and mine" so
fervently and devouly prayed for the Wing
| Cynosure, Henry Clay, raging over Or beloved
land for the same period that That Cogress was
in existence.
Although we must bow in submissn to the
will Of an inscrutable Providence, wo has so
chaslened US, and who yet withhold from us
the full fruilon Of our wishes as Alton, by
leaving the yoke on our necks, in the sape OF
| Federal Congress, we have cause loreoice and
be thankful that the Executive Heal Ind Re
preventative Department of the Govrnment is
Democratic, by which we are assured,o farther
encroachmenis on the Constitution viii be al
lowed-lhe torrent of corruption will stayed
al least until the time arrives when i'e People
and the Constitution will purge tn. Senate
Chamber, from the Federal majory which
stands between the People and their ri.hts, and
which would now be materially lesseied, had
the Globe, printed by BLAIR RvEs, been true
TO the party that enriched them, insead If insi-
diousIy aiding the enemy, by scatteiing It's FIRE
brands in our own party, and Illuminating It's
denuncaions against the great an, good men
in that party. To this press, (and ew Others
that followed in its lead, UNCONSCIOUS oil
| the evil that they were enialling upon the
country, we doubt not,) may be attributed
our total overthrow in Tennessee and Mary
land, and our partial defeat in Georgia, Penn
| sylvania. and Ohio. This press, ostensiBy sus
tanning Mr. Van Buren,, and speaking for tn,
Democratic rarty. has done more than any oae
TO njure that gentleman and advante the pros
poets OF Mr.. Clay, than all the Federal pres>e
of the country could have accomplished, a. i
has never, until few days past spoken of Mi
Clay but in the most milk-and water mshner
when compelled TO notice him at all, while IT
columns teemed with fiery wrath, and bitter de
nunciation against every prominent candidar
for the Presidency, and every press in the coun
try, not submissive TO its dcation was l, ad gu
of the party by 1t.
The Globe is now candidate for the Con
gress Printing Shall it have it? SO far a
our voice goes it shall not What claims has
upon the pary2 lis editor francis PREsro
BLAIR, has been enriched by the party. II
came from Kentucky rreking with bank coruI
zion, his hands unwashed from the Infdmou
transaction that cheated Gen. Jackson out
his election in 1924 and seated the Old F.der'
Abolitionist, John Quincy Adams in the Pres
Dental chair, and made Henry Clay tailor
his party He came 10 Washington poor an
despised, but the unbouuded popularity Of Jscl
son, the DETECTION OF Duff Green, and the necer
sity of an organ AT the seat Of Government
brought this unlocked cub into notice, and CAV
him importance and power, raising up brut'
pdrreRu whose touch was contamination, an
with whom TO be associated was disgrate.
the defeat Of Mr.. Van Buren, in 1910, it was hi
intention to have discontinued the Globe, unit
he was compelled to publish it by the party VIII
had given him hi. weallh:-bow he has perform
ed his unlhaukful duty, let his columns speal
The election of Printer devolves on I'll
House Of Representatives at this session III
party has many estmabe men in its ranks, !,
the House choose any of them but the Giob
and we shall be satisfied. We have said ID
much to call the attention Of our editorial bretl
rem to the subject; let them one and all spca
out on this matter, and thus save the Democrat
from the disgrace Of having such a fW
Sheet" and polluted editor as the organ Of Il
House.
From The " Y. PLbtian.
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