The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-06

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THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC RAL14X
We look forward Il tho 18th VI March with ~
unusual degree Of siptsg1st Upon ths shoY Of ho-
nes, hands then ue Is this city tot the dtmocrats
Presideot John Elsr %iIl depend much ef the ecist
which so nsccso2ry u tho opening Of an importsnn
campaign. New Yort~ths great intellectual, Imam
cial aud commercial emporium OF the Union-sei-
dom originates important political movements; but
she often acitly suggests them ts the country, and
always truly reflect. the state Of public sentiment
Sho 10 Ut the titne mirror and focus Of pop
ular feeling; and, whatever may DC the nature oil
any important movement" il never makes head
aud gains, II were, individual existence, until
New York has spoken the creative word Thus, the
vast wave OF reaction which has been felt through
out the length and breadth OF the land from the fol-
Iy and madness Of triumphant whggery 10 the calm
and lhlosophic democracy OF John Tyler, although
undoubtedly finding its in the actual merits Of
the and the real position OF MIR. Tyler, yet
ceived its first efficient impulse the great demo-
cratic meeting last autumn 10 express the general
Indignation at thu insult which put upon, not
| ly MIR. Tyler but the American name, before the
preventative of the proudes and most scornfu nation
on the globe, at the Ashburton dinner.
| The political pendulum, which had been long
vibrating amid the reekiDg fumes Of hard cider wing
gerry, reached, the occasion referred to- the turn
ing point and reasonable men, who had for mo
meni been mlsled by camor, or who had retired into
themselves in disgust, paused al the arocy OF this
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act--that their country needed their services Al
that moment the star OF whiggery reached its highest
altitude, and began rapidly 10 decline, while John
Tyler rose like planet in the sky-a calm, bright
emblem Of hope and future triumph to the injured,
betrayed and outraged people,
| No city ia tho Union perhaps in the WORLD,
could have SO suddenly and spontaneously, with
out pre-concert, understanding or efort-have sent
forth upon the spur Of the moment, such volcano
of indignant public sentiment as was witnessed on
that day. The time was ripe--the hour was come.
The democracy, broken and dispirited under dis
| aster unexpected as il was overwhelming,-the
consequence VI milestone which they carried about
their necks in the shape of unpopular and almost
odious candidate, felt sudden their hopes and
energies revive and when they paused and carefully
examined the and the avowed principles of
Mr. Tyler, they exclaimed, "This is the man upon
whom we must hang our hopes Abused, prosecuted,
vifed, bufeted by the bad, dishonest men whom his
frmness has completely baii1ed, il is duty we
owe TO the sacred profess, to rally around
| him who has SO ably, SO boldly, SO magnanimously
perled in its defence his interests and himself
Talk not to Of the claims OF this or that
upon the democratic party. We acknowledge no
claims those which devotion to our principles
and sacrifices in their behalf confer. He who
best subserve the interests Of the country, the
man whom the democracy must and will support"
The news Of this great Democrat gathering, to
avenge insult cast upon the country by the reck-
less and Infatuated Wings, spread like a slogan
through the land and, from the tabled dragons
teeth, every where sprang up armed men, The en-
thusiasm OF the democracy was rekindled-ther in
telects sharpened, their judgment reused and their
chvalry excited. Mr.. Tyler, who, hitherto, since
his great sacrifice TO the Democratic cause which
saved tie country almost as by miracle from the
curse of " monster United States Bank more de-
formed and powerful than the old had stood
almost alone, sustained but by his own proud con-
seriousness OF right, became, on sudden, the grand
Democratic raylng poinl--the Embodiment of that
ennobling and selsacrcing spirit which first struck
out glorious destiny from the chaos Of convulsiye
despotism, and which can alone preserve against
being resolved into our original elements.
| For months thereafter, the country seemed to
seep-but il was only heathfu pause, in which
she might regain her energies and self possession
In The meantime, Congress ACKNOWLEDGMENT Con-
gress from which so much was hoped and predicted I;
and in too short time the people discovered that it
was not for them that their representatives had met
and that, instead Of going manfully to work for The
interests OF the country, they were evidently bent
each upon pushing his own. The halls Of Congress
were turned into arena-an ampbtbeatre-a
bear garden; and the suffering people looked in vain
for CLEAN Of patriotism love of country in the
ranks of either Of those great factions who
convulse the already bleeding land in their fierce
struggles for power.
For all this there is but one remedy Ii has been
so before-it will be again. In a representative
government, factions will always exist, who forget
their country in their eagerness for se-aggrandize
ment But the PEOPLE hold in their own hands the
only corrective Of such abuses and in a nation
where the Press is so free and SO enlightened as
ours-although Faction itself suborns whole armies
of venal editors to lis suppoit-yet dishonest re-
representatives. cannot for long deceive their consttu
ents. Suspicion once excited, burns like purify
ing FIRE, which dssipaes the msts OF misreprcsenta-
ton which treacherous representatives throw around
their movements, and the whole machinery Of cor
| rupton stands revealed.
The recent meetings in several parts Of this State,
but especially in New Jersey, and the mastery
speech of that talented and fearless Democrat "a
briske, show most concusively that the right spi-
rt is at length at work in the hearts of the Demo
cracy-and that too, iercey and unfinchingly. -
\ Now, then, shall the city Of New York confirm her
first great movement and set the seal of appreciation
upon the responsive efforts Of New Jersey-or shall
she fall back from her position, and content herself
with being aggard and loerer in the great bat
tie for Democratic principles which Is about to be
6ercely waged What say you, Democrats Of New
York Think well upon your true position, and the
acts Of Mr.. Tyler, and come on the 18th Of March,
and let US hear your answer.
HARTFORD POST OFFICE
"CHARLEs l.. PORTER, ESQ., the intelligent and
excellent Wing Postmaster al Hartford Connecticut
having been compelled to resign on prQfes to be a
Tyler man. has chosen the former alternative. The
Office will Of course fall into loco foco hands ~
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