The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-10-28
MIR. BILLINGS.
THE PROPER SPIRIT.

THE PROPER SPIRIT.
! Mr. EDITOR: Perceiving call in the Mad-
sonian of yesterday for public meeting in
Georgetown, TO make the necessary arrange
menls for the reception of the Hon. ALEXANDER
! DUNCAN, member elect TO the Twenty eighth
| Congress, and to tender To him public dinner
on behalf OF the Democrats of that place. many
| Democrats Of this City attended and were highly
gralfied al the feeling which seemed 10 pervade
the bosoms OF those present, who were ANNA
ted alone for the ultimate triumph Of those prin-
cipIes which they believe to be concomiant
with the Constitution, the text book of their po-
litical creed.
After the Transaction of The necessary bust
ness for which they had been called together,
calls were made upon several gentlemen TO adj
dress the meeting, and Mr.. DANIEL RATcLIrFE,
of Virginia. rose and addressed the meeting in
an eloquent and Impressive manners in which
he called upon every Democrat in the Union to
stand firm and erect in defence Of those princ-
pies which had so often crowned the Democrat
ic party with triumph worthy of the cause OF
civil, religious, social. and political liberty, for
which fathers fought and died, and not
for the mere ephemeral triumph of men, lose
sight of their principles by quauelling with one
| another about their personal favorites He said
although he, like other men, had his personal
iavorite, yet he would support any man who
embodied the principles of the party TO which
he belonged-no matter who he was-because
The Wing party-ihe common enemy, not only
of the Democratic party, but of the popular in
| stltuiions of our common country, which alone
should cheer them onward in the discharge of
that duty-caculated TO gain their ends not by
the popularity of their principles, but by divi-
zion of the Democratic party. He impressed
| upon hi, hearers, in the most vivid manner, the
absolute necessity of union and harmony-eve-
ry thing for the cause, nothing for men-that
the " hig party may not only have the pleasure
Of he should so express himself) of witnessing
party defeat but of their political humiliation
as the great q Universal Wing party" whose
prin ciples (f they have any) are c,nter,d in
Mr.. Clay, whose extraordinary conduct, during
the Extra Session, is full exempIi6cation.
MIR. RATcLIrrE said he had but a short time
been resident of the District, and did not,
| therefore, know their feelings sufficiently for
him, at this time, TO enter into full discussion
OF the leading questions Of The two antagonis-
teal parties; but when the proper time should
arrive, he would be found in the front ranks of
the party battling with his adversaries. Before
concluding, he said, let me admonish YOU as
members Of the same great party to do justice
TO the man of the Vetoes" if he is not your
choice. (He took his seat amidst great cheer
ing)
The meeting then called upon Mr. JAMES
WILSON, young man Of great promise a ma
tive Of Georg town, who, In a most satirical
manner, descanted at some length upon the I'M
worthy manner in which the Clay Club of George
town, IN their resolutions, had studiously eva
ded the Tariff, the Land Distribution, and the
expunging from the Constitution Of The Veto
power the great conservative principle of the
Constitution, all OF which are the componenls
of Mr.. Clay's political creed. He said. The on
y tangible position assumed in the resolutions
was that IN favor Of Bank OF The United
States which he should, on another occasion.
discuss more fully. Although, he said, these
resolutions were juvenile in their conception
yet he could discover the imprint of aOldn
upon them and because John TYLER had molly
stood by the Constitution and Vetoed their dar-
ling measure, he had been denounced in the
most unmeasured terms, not only by Mr.. CLAY.
but by every Insignificant satellite, who reflects
the SCI tments of the Wing party. He has been
denounced by them as dishonest man. bur
(said Ma. WILSON, | here, in the presence of
every Democrat within the hearing Of nv voice.
land know their are Wings too in the room)
pronounce him an honest man i-becsuse no
other than an honest man would have dared. in
the face OF seventeen millions of freemen. TO
have Vetoed The favorite measure of those who
had elevated him to power, if be had not been
conscious that II was in derogaton of that in |
strument which he had sworn to protect and de- |
fend. John Tyler was an honest man, and he |
was always ready to defend his private and DO |
Incsl character against the assaults Of the com
mon enemy-ihe Wing parry
He alluded to the dsgraceful manner in which