The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-09
"REMEMBER MARCH.-THE lDES or
MARCH REMEMBER r'

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"REMEMBER MARCH.-THE IDES Or
MARCH REMEMBER
The time for action--seteTmined action-ap
proaches al rapid pace. Let every freeman
be in readiness 10 answer the call of his coun
try. The dearest rights of the People are in
volved in the conflict about to take place with thu
self-constitued party dictators. Therefore lie
Us be prepared to engage in desperate struggle
If the party tyrants shall succeed in the grea
battle which is at hand, and which cannot nov
be averted by any amicalle arrangement, theI
the experiment Of selfgovernment is at an enc
the attempt of the People TO rule perpetually
is lamentable failure
But we will not even think of defeat. We
shall regard such an event as utterly impossible
We will go forth to the battle animated by the
recollection of the glorious achievements Of
our Republican fathers, and with firm convic-
zion that the benign Providence who guided and
guarded our Washington in all his assaults up
on the principle of tyranny, is still with us
still guides and guards u.s. Else why was the
present aspect of affairs brought about? Why
the way prepared for the demolition of cor
rupt party organizations by the demise
of General Harrison on the very threshold
of his Administration The pays oil
OF Providence are above our comprehen-
sion but the results are percepible and palpa-
bic. We cannot fathom the mystery which
plants certain impulses in the breasts of men,
but we can easily perceive the tendency OF these
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the All-wise One. Let US yield to our honest
impulses under such convictions. If we re-
fuse, we may be lost.
Under the appellaton of Wing and Demo
crat, men who neither understand nor regard
the import of the terms, have long been forming
combinations to overthrow the liberties of the
People, and 10 build up an aristocracy in effect,
though not in name, which, if not checked at
this ]uncture, must speedily vest all power for
evil in the hands of few ambitious politicians
Already, in the halls Of Congress, it is apparent
10 every one who listens 10 or reads the debates
all Legislation is made to conform to the rules
and conditions of what is proclaimed TO be
Democratic or Whig principles. Thus is a
Fictitious standard erected by demagogues, by
which all measures are tested The interest,
the pelfdre of The phoie country, is neither
mentioned nor thought of, and the principles OF
our REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION are
desecrated by the substitution of the anomalous
principles ofpdrfies and factions.
Now, if it is ever 10 be accomplished, is the
time for REFORMATION. THE REPUB,
Lie is IN DANGER-and the REPUBLI
CANS of the land must rescue il from its peril
Gus condition. There are true Republicans
enough in the rank and file of both parties &c
accomplish this great work We shall approach
them as members Of the REPUBLlC-tha
Republic which is in danger-and not as the
members of this or that party. We will mol
heed the sneers and excavations of party lead
ers and ultra journals. We expect nothing
less. We will seek out all those, no matter
where they may be found, who hold to the same
Democratic Republican principles entertained
and promulgated by Washington, Jefferson, ant
Madison.
Wewill be charged with forming alliances, anC
entering into compacts with the members Of Thu
or that party. We care not for this We will
treat with them as FREEMEN-as the PEG
PLE-and not as coiiar-mer, the serfs of lhi
or that self-constituted dictator We will com
bine with them to drive back the Goths an,
Vandals from the walls of the Capitol. We vii
form coalitions TO preserve the Republic An,
in ,his great work-lhe struggle of the Peop
against their woud-be masters--the noble ban'
of true Republicans will have the Chief Magis
trate of the nation at their head They vii
have the President Of the United States OF
their side and cooperating actively and heartily
with them, for TWO YEARS, at least. This Wi
suffice for victory-and victory will perpetual
the power of the People.
The day is at hand to commence operation
operations which are not TO .foiter Till th
great work is consummated.
To the Democrats, we proclaim that those @
their leaders who are true and pure (and by n
means the least poperfuD will be found bat
tling against the Destructives.
To the ultra Wing leaders we say that man
Of the companies, bsltalions, and divisions, G
ffties, and hundreds, and thousands, which the
affect to think they can bring to bear against US
are RIPE FOR REVOLT.
LET THE WORK OF ORGANIZE
TION-FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF
THE PEOPLE-NOW BEGIN
ANOTHER SIGN OF THE TINES.
The New York Plebeian, one Of Mr.. Va
nr.~.,~ - o,,.ck,o1 Governo,