The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-29
THE MILESTONE.

Some Of the lay-whig journals really seem
10 think there is a prospect oil Their candidate
succeeding in 1914. No such hope can be pre-
dicated on Tie strength Of The Bank party, for II
has been too often cleft TO The chine OF late
wears ever To make head again il must, there
fore, be based on the supposilion that the Dem
ocratic parry is destined TO tumble to pieces un-
der tho operations Of the iacous partsans OF
us several aspirants. But the idea is futile
The party will not dissolve to please any man.
Instead Of going TO pieces to crafty the resent
ments OF certain aspTants, il will be found in
the end that all intrac,able leaders will be thrown
aside by The party, and a sandaTd-bearcr will
be selected around whom every Republican can
rally
In all candor we would advise cur Bank
friends not 10 wager any money on the success
Of their candidate. They must remember, for
ii was pa,pable 10 every one, the llght-hearled
ness, and exuberance of spirits, manifested by
the Wings everywhere, when il vas announced
that Harrison and Tyler were nominated by
the Harrisburg Convention. Almost every
Wing felt as if great burden had been renov-
ed from his shoulders by that act of the Con
veniion. They Immediately spread themselves
among the People, and The first words they Ut
tered were these: "Harrson aud Tyler are
both opposed to the Bank-ihey are both good
Democrats !" The fl, CT Of the removal of the
millstone-lhe Bank-from the shoulders of the
party, was visible IN every face. HIihero they
had struggled, and struggled desperately, in
vain, with that dead weight ever pulling them
back, and sustaining defeat after defeat, until
every vestge of hope had departed. But now
the scene was changed-the announcement that
anti Bank Democrats were nominated, impart-
ed thrill OF encouragement from heart 10 heart
with the rapdity Of the bright lightning running
along The heavens. The effect was truly cleo
trica, and the patriotic flame was kept up unlll
victory perched upon their standards-then il
was hurled into outer darkness" again by
the treachery of Henry Clay, who insisted upon
taking up once more the old discarded mill
= stone
But "OLD VETo" branded the milestone
with marx Of condemnation, and advised his
friends 10 abandon II forever, il they desired TO
avoid being ground to powder under il. And
thousands and tens of thousands did abandon
it, but The pcrfdious leader, who had so long
begulled the Wing patty by his scrpcntlke fas-
cinaIion, succeeded in fixing again the enor-
nous weight on his followers and thus burden
ed they encountered the Republican hos IN tn,
States, and have been overlhrown, as wa, fore
seen and predicted, in almost every contest.
Nor WAS the veto the only blow inflicted on
the Bank party. The "great intellectual
GIANT" next removed his mighty shoulder " from
undCrn the mlllstone. And Daniel Webster, il
must be admitted, can STE about as far into a
milestone as any other man. Hence il may be
taken for granted that, before he threw il Of, he
looked into IL, and saw that nothing was likely
TO be gained by carrying it any further
Thus deserted, thus branded, thus weakened
it is not among The probable lhings of this life
that the Clay faction can carry the millslon,
on their shoulders aud win The race. lflhcy do
it will be because Their opponents sleep on rb,
road side,
We call upon the ant.-Bank men TO rouse W
then, and keep wide awake, for The milestone j.
in the field