The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-27

unless we can avoid it for he future, we sl,i
look IN vain TO reciprocal treaties or any o,..,
new plans for the general welfare.
The two great interests that are now Sim.
Cling against each other for the asccndcr..
are, on the one hand, those who labor. and ri,
the other, those who live without labor, orln oH
er words the producing and the non-produein,
classes. Attempts may be made TO conceal Nh.
fact, by every device of the non-produclr,
classes, with MIR. Clay and his Bank al n. .
head, can invent, but The People, who do H..
work, must not, and, | trust, will not be- d.
ceived. National wealth can only be produc,
by labor, and those who wish for banks Or ,,..
issue OF 5000, 100000 of stock, never has.
nor never viii labor, and, therefore, never bov.
nor never will add TO the wealth of the cogurf.
am Wiling TO believe that the experlcpr..
of the last two years has settled The matter
that we shall have no more miscalled Win,
Congress es TO squander the Peoples money, and
failing to iaslen moneyed oligarchy upon them
consume all their time in nelarious endeayor,
embarrass and insult the Executive
What most fear Isl that such political a.,
element may be got up upon the next pre,d,n
.ia election, as may cause such a dsunion anon,
the representative OF the really honest hLo.a,
classes. as may disturb the process whichsIog
in successful progress towards rectifylns all the
evils we have encountered. With ms view
of things in prospect, | would urgz upon m,
Democratic brethren everywhere the ncccssU
of union aud harmony. Nothing can be gained
So. any uuv &c tho candidates by an opposite
course-however much certain prominen, moo
may think to anticipate or influence the cLors
of a Democratic candidate, eiiher,n thetme.
manner Of holding National Conviction H.,
can low and vulgar abuse or calumnious CLarg,.
against any candidate, have any other eEr,,
than TO reccil upon the parties resorling to such
base means, with view 10 ben, fit their cause
A dispass ionalc and calm examination into
the peculiar merits and fitness of the sryera
acknowledged Democratic candidates, and The
relative positions they hold giviRg them more VI
les, power TO be useful, are the onI, true aud hon
est principles upoa which the selection shouDI
depend.
You well know, from my previous letters,
that President Tyler is my choice, because /
think he has saved US by his wisdom and iru-
ness, and for SO doing has been revrd and
abused TO such an extent as 10 ente him to a
verdict Of well Done from those who approve
of his course, as am confdent.is the case wuh
every true democlat.
He has shown US his attachment TO Democratic
principles under the most trying Circumstance,
more so than any in which any other Pr sLcu
has ever been placed, and i. tn, reiore entitled
to have the approving voice OF his brethren Of
that family, in the manner most grateful 10 Ia.
own feelings, and most decisvely 10 how Their
now occupies position which places mora
within his lower Than that OF any other of the
distinguished men whose names are before The
county
Surrounded as he is by a Cabinet in whom
every confidence is justly placed, both as 10
their sound principles and high capacities; and
with hi. course already marked out, We know
precisely wi at we have TO look f,r-and hi, see
cannot know Of either Of the others. We cav
not tell what would be the course Of a new Pre-
sdent, unless we knew those who would be hJ'
advisers. II may be said il would be DEM.
cratic course. SO was Mr.. Van Bureu's said lu
be Democratic course; and yet he DID not
sympal hize with the People-he thought th,y
expected to- much from the Government
return, they thought he expected too much from
them, and he was signally rebuked by nineteen
out of the twenty-six States deciding against
him. He had then all his machinery in full opc-
ration, but il would not avail him. Much
know has been said about "Coonsn aud hard
cider as the cause Of his defeat but that man
must have little confidence 10 the People and
the theory of self government, who can believe
that such powerful effect could have been pro
duced by means so unworthy of an Intelligent
and Tree constituency. We must always looa
for a sufficient cause 10 produce an effect ami
any man having the just pride OF an American
freeman utters an unfound,d cslumny agsn,'
his elowcizens who would assert that such
trivial, not to say corrupt devices, could seducr
nineteen States from that Democracy which bad
regned triumphant for so many year. bog
cabins, too, have been brought into the account.
Now say nothing OF the Coons or the hard
cideri but there is something in the log cabins :;
and am bold in the assertion that they all con
tanned the friends of Andrew Jackson.
am little Of newsmong,r; but were there
anything going on here worthy OF notice, hIHk
ii would have been known to me; however |
hear Of nothing that would interest your read
ers Of local character, and would fain hope
shall not be considered a proser on the great
matters touched upon, which. assure you,
much occupy the public mind in this goodly
sy.
Yours, &c.
HOMO.