The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-12-08


as SPEECHES OF MEMBERS OF CON.
GRESS will be printed in pamphlet form at the
Madisonisn Office, at the shortest notice, and on
moderate terms.
A SAMPLE OF WHAT is COMING.
Tue Globe of Wednesday, in speaking of the
recent election of friends Of Mr.. Van Buren, as
officers of the House of Representatives, says
"Instead of the friends of the supposed strongest
candidate for the Presidency becoming the point Of
attack Of all the rest they have become the points OF
concentration of the whole force Of the party This
will indicate how honorable and patriotic party,
preerring the triumph OF the to all personal
and selfish considerations Should and doubtless ,cH
use its great national convention to heal divisions,
and make good the ends contemplated by the people
who convene it. 1t will ascertain the man whom
the Of the party would have the entire Demo.
cratic suffrage conferred and he Will unite all dele
gates of every other Presidential asprant in favor of
his nomination"
So the matter is all comfortably settled and
applicants for office under the next Adminisra-
ZION, from the post of Cabne. Minister to that
of tide waiter on a custom-house, may now be-
gin to deposite their pe titions and testimonials
with the clerk OF The Globe office, 10 be filed
away in his pigeon holes. Bow low and rever-
entity, we olfice-holders and offce-hunters, 10
the Dictator as be rides by in the pride of his
power and beauty Fall down and worship,
We Representatives Of the People, the God OF
your creation, for he makes and unmakes Presi-
dents, he smies Governors to the dust, and a
half dozen members Of Congress would be but
br, akfast 10 him. Keep cool, ye hotspurs OF
the South, nor dream of Texas, until the battle
of the Kilkenny cats is over, for abolitionsts
will be in the melee, on either side.
Every honorable man, it seems, must aud
will acquiesce in The decision of the majority of
the Baltimore Convention as 10 the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency there can be no
other than personal and selfish considerations"
for refusing to do So And as it is beyond all
question that Mr.. Van Buren, will be the choice
Of majority Of the delegates TO the Baltimore
Convention, whose opinions are already known,
it follows that no honorable Democrat will re-
fuse TO vote for Mr.. Van Buren,. Does not the
editor ofthe Globe know-woud he not be will
ling to stake his chances Of salvation, whatever
they may be, on the ceranty-;hat Mr.. Van
Buren,, if be lives, will be the nominee Of the
Baltimore Convention Does he not know
that the mode of constituting the Convention
was perlinaciously insisted on for the purpose of
making the assurance Of Mr.. Van Buren's NOM
ina,ion doubly sure? Is there one tenth part
of the doubt concerning the determination of
that Cow ention, that there was respecting the
choice of Speaker or Clerk by the present House
of Representatives?
We have, therefore, line drawn by this ar
rogant type-setter TO Congress-this corrupt bar
gain-maker and aUoNDAM tool Of Mr.. Clay
which no one claiming the tile Of Dem crat,
though he may have earned il by whole life OF
Underwriting adherence TO principle, and repeated
sacrifices of personal and selfish considera-
tons" must dare transcend, under the penalty
of being stigmatized as dishonorable. The
friends of other candidates may be INDUCED
with The expression of their predictions, pro-
vided that they do not attempt to carry them
into practice; they may ramble about in play
hours, but when the bell rings, they must come
in and say the lesson as it is taught them, or be
whipped and expelled, no matter how well
grown they may be, or how high they stand in
their class.
But is the Globe sure that in the exhiliralion
Of LIS spirits al a narrow escape, it is not drawing
very large conclusions from very small premises2
The election of an officer of the House. clerk
printer, or doorkeeper-it seems 10 us is a
very triiins matter, and one in which the Peo-
pie can take no sort OF interest. Surely upon
such an occasion as that, no friend of any of the
Presidential candidates would wish TO divide the
party, or Introduce feeling of acrimony and
therefore, as matter of course, the wishes of
the majority were acceded to- without much in
quiry or examination as TO how the express sion
of those wishes had been obtained. This fully
proves The honorable" disposition and disinrer-
estedness Of the friends of the Presidential can
didafes.
But the choice Of a Presidential candidate is
quite different matter-one Of intense interest
TO the whole People and we doubt whether the
friends Of the respective asprants will readily
submit to be trcked or managed out of their pre-
elections, or Quilted out Of them by threat of
being denounced as dishonorable.
The friends of the Administration have all
been read out Of the Globes party and vet thew
do not repine, for they do not, and will not. CON
slider themselves thrust out Of the Democratic
party.
EMULATION ON BOTH SIDES.
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