The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-11
From the Philadelphia Mercury.
THE SUPPORTERS OF MIR. VAN buren,


We do not affect feeling when we affirm that
we deeply panied at the suicidal course pursued
by the Globe and its limited number Of ISOLATED
presses, in regard to the selection of Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. We panied, be-
cause, II pers sed In, the apparently inevitable n
sequence will be the division and overthrow of the
Democracy at the coming Presidential election.
1t l. idle 10 suppose that the respective friends of
Calhoun, Buchanan, Tyler, Cass and Johnson, will
submit without murmuring, TO the summary manner
in which those gentemens claims set aside, even
6tore The decision u the National Contention, TO make
room for Mr. Van Buren,.
If angry controversy be one of the early fruits of
the dictatorial and proscrptve coLduct Of MIR. Van
Burens supporters, let the responsibility rest with
them. For one we disown all participation in it.
1t is not sufficient that the immediate and confden-
tal friends of the distinguished politician Of New
York, disclam for him any share in the impolitic
game playing by the Globe Richmond Enquirer and
Pennsy lvanian. He can hardly expect to reap all
the benefit of their labor and yet not incur any OF
the fatal consequences Of their msdeeds. 1t is i'm
possible To mistake either the temper or the design
of the following paragraph which extract from
the New York Plebeian Of the goth ult:
ABUSE OF Mn. VAN buren, We should think
that friends would be pretty well satisfied, by
this time, that temporizing Is of no ut lily whatever
All the political parties of the day combined to
put down Mr.. Van Buren, and eventually they will
all subsde in favor of Henry Clay. Let the line be
dram. He that is not for us is against us We ask
no iavors and never, from the beginning, expected
field clear of traitors. Hang olt The banner.
Well, if il must be so, why then, "LET THE LINE
DRAWN" and that Immediately. Let that be done
openly, which has been ,oitnesSed eeet for The ias
TEN months.
Mr.. Van Buren's friends will pardon us though for
few sober reflections which assure them are
uttered in kindness aud with the best feeling for the
Ex-President
The indications Of future events show that the
contest in 1914 for the Presidency will be no com.
struggle. Ii will be Mr.. Clay's last chance
HIS friends comprise an amount Of talent energy
and pecuniary resources which combined with tact
and their well known personal devotion TO =" the
Great kentuckian" will demand the united forces
of the Democracy to withstand Let not these facts
be passed lightly over until il be too late to
the blundcr Let us be warned by the events Of
1910.
Is Mr.. Van Buren,, then, the best candidate TO op
pose Mr.. Clay' Would not Mr. Tyler Mr.. Bucha
nan, Mr.. Calhoun, Gen. Cass, Col Johnson be
certain of uniting all lie elements of opposition
than he'
Can it be expected that Mr. Van Buren, will poll
q single vote in 1914 which was opposed to him in
lS40i Can he then by any possibility be elected
Has the course of Mr. Van Burens supporters beer
such as to concate any portion of those who before
successfully OF posed him? Have they not bitterly
reviled and denounced many of those who before la
bored hard TO secure his reelection Can it be sup
posed that after having been thus illuminated, they
will even, under any circumstances, contribute TO the
elevation and triumph Of their revers'
Will not the nomination Of MIR. Van Buren, under
the circumstances which exist, be ,rinng with tho
destiny and energies Of the Democracy Will IT moi
be asking too much Of the party for the sake of on
man. who has for series of years been the recipient
OF their choicest bountes, TO risk the fate OF the
whole country