The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-10-02
THE MILESTONE.


Some of the Clay-whig journals really seem
10 think there is prospect OF their candidate
succeeding in 1914. No such hope can be pre-
dictated on the strength Of The Bank party, for il
has been TOO often cleft 10 the chine of late
wears ever to make head again il must, there
fore, be based on the supposilion that the Dem
ocratc party is destined to tumble TO pieces I'M
der he operations Of the iactous partisans OF
its several aspiranis. 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 asprants, il will be found in
the end that all inlraclable leaders will be thrown
aside by the party, and standard-bearer viii
be selected around whom every Republican can
rally.
In all candor we would advise our Bank
friends not to wager any money on the success
of their candidate. They must remember for
il pa.pable 10 every one, the lght-hearted-
ness, and exuberance Of spirits, manifested by
the Wings everywhere, when it vas announced
that Harrison and Tyler were nominated by
the Harrisburg Convention. Almost every
Wing felt as if great burden had been remov-
venion. They Immediately spread themselves
among the People, and The first words they ul
tered were these: " Harrison and Tyler are
both opposed to the Bank-lhey are both good
Democrats !" The effect of the removal of the
mlstone-the Bank-from the shoulders Of the
party, was visible in every face. Hitherto they
had struggled and struggled desperately, in
Il hot do p,ilin
back, and sustaining defeat after defeat, until
every vestge of hope had departed. But now
the scene was changed-the announcement thar
anti Bank Democrats were nominated, iinparl-
ed thrill of encouragement from heart TO heart
with the rapidly ofthe bright lightning running
along The heavens. The effect was truly cleo
trical, and the patriotic fame was kept up until
victory perched upon their Standardization it
was hurled into q outer darkness" again by
the rreachery of Henry Clay who insisted upon
taking up once more The old discarded mill
stone.
But "OLD VETon branded the milestone
with a mark of condemnation, and advised his
friends to abandon it forever, ii they desired to
avoid being ground to powder under it. And
thousands and lens Of thousands did abandon
it; but The perfdious leader, who had so long
begued the Wing party by his serpent-like fas-
cina,ion, succeeded in fixing again the enor-
nous weight on his followers and thus burden
ed they encountered the Republican host in the
States, and have been overlhrown, as was fore
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
UNDER the milestone. And Daniel Webster, il
must be admitted, can see about as far into a
milestone any other man. Hence it may be
taken for granted that before he threw il off. he
looked into ii, and saw that nothing was likely
TO be gained by carrying IL any further.
Thus deserted, thus branded, thus weakened,
il is not among the probable things of this life,
that the Clay faction can carry the milestone
on their shoulders and win The race If they do.
il will be because Their opponents sleep on the
road side.
We call upon the ant:-Bank men TO rouse up
then, and keep wide awake, for The milestone is
in the field