The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-11
From tie Phiiade iphiG Mercury.
THE SUPPORTERS OF MR. VAN DJREN


! We do not affect feeling when we affirm that
we are deeply panied at the suicidal pursued
by the Globe and its limited number of assoc lated
presses in regard 10 the selection of a Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. We are panied, be-
cause, If pers sted in, the apparently inevitable
sequence VIII be the division and overthrow Of the
II /; fde 10 suppo iTat The RESPECTIVE friends of
Calhoun, buchanan, Tyler, Cass and johnson, will
submit without murmurlng, to the summary manner
IN which those gentemens claims are set aside even
bJore he decision II the National Contention TO make
room for Mr.. Van iiuren.
IL angry controversy be of the early fruits of
the dictatoral and proscriptve COT duct OF MIR Van
Burens supporters, let the responsibility rest with
them. For one We dIsuwn all participation in H.
IL IS not sufficient that the immediate and confden-
tal friends OF the distinguished politician Of New
York, discalm for him any share IN the impolitic
game playing by the Globe, Richmond Enquirer and
Pennsy lyanian. He hardly expect 10 reap an
the benefit Of their labOrs and yet not incur any Of
the fatal consequences of their misdeeds. II is i'm.
possible TO mistake either the temper or the design
oil the following paragraph which We extract from
The New York Plebeian OF the Both ult
hBusE OF Mn. VAN BuRrs We should think
that our friends would be pretty well satisfied, by
this time, that temporizIng is OF no utility whatever.
All the political parties OF the day are combined to
put down Mr. Van Buren, aud eventually they will
all subsde IN favor Of Henry Clay. LII the line Be
dram. lie that Is not for IS against US We ask
no isvors; and never, from the beginning expected
a hela clear OF traitors. Hang out he banner.
Well, il il must be So why then "LEr ruE LIME
M DRAWN, and that Immediately Let that be done
openly, which has been ieiineutd in e6eo for he lost
ten months.
MIR. Van Buren's friends will pardon US though for
a few sober reflections, which we assure them are
uttered in kindness and with the best feeling for the
EX-Prcsident.
The indications Of future events show that the
contest IN 1874 for the Presidency will be no COM
mon struggle. Ii will be Mr. Claws last chance
lis friends comprise amount Of talent energy
cod pecuniay resources, which combined with tact.
ind their well known personal devotion 10 the
Great kcntuckian," will demand the united forces
of the Democracy to withstand Let not these facts
pc passed lightly over until 1t be too late TO correct
nc biunder. Let US be warned 10y the events Of
1870
Is Mr. Van Buren,, then, the best candidate TO on
pse Mr. Clay Would not Mr. Tyler Mr. Bucha-
mn, MIR. Calhoun, Gen. Cas-, or Col johnson be
moe certain Of uniting all the elements Of opposition
than hoi ~
Car be expected that MIR Van Buren, viii poll
1910; Can he then by any possibility be elected
Has the course Of Mr.. Van Burcns supporters been
such as to conciate any portion Of those who before
successfully o. posed himi Have they not bitterly
-eviled and denounced many Of those who before IA.
bored hard 10 secure his rc-ecctiOn' Can IL be sup
posed that after having been thus illuminated, they
Ri even, under any circumstances, contribute 10 tie
Elevation and triumph Of their reyilersi
Will not the nomination of Mr.. Van Buren, under
he circumstances which exist, be triling with the
iesiiny and energies Of the Democracy will Il not
DC asking too much OF the party for the sake Of one
nan, who has for series Of wears been the REGIMENT
IF their choicest bounties 10 risk the fate of the
whole country