The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-07-15
MASKS OFF.

some months past, aternated in its hattery OF
the friends Of the prominent Democratic candi-
dates for the Presidency, is al length suppantsd
by the audacty which was the wont of that
press when il was the recognized organ Of the
Democratic party. The measured periods IN
who it recently affected impartiality towards
all the possible nominees of the National Con-
venlion, give place TO the short. bitter, and die
latoral phrases which, in its day Of riot on pub
lie patronage, il dealt out upon all opponents
and the nicely adjusted balances in which the
merits of the most distinguished members Of the
party were to BE- weighed by it, have suddenly
lost aheir equilibrium, and the scale in which
Buchanan, Calhoun, Cass, and Johnson, were
placed, is made 10 kick the beam 10 favor Of Mr..
Van Buren,, whom the Globe calls "the leader
of the Democracy"-" the chief under whose
banner it fought the late battle"
The Globe, having arrived at the fact that
wherever there has been demonstration in ia
vor of Mr.. Van Buren,. there have, likewise,
been evident and indelible marks of dissatisfac
ton, which are hourly extending their influence
upon his prospects with tn. masses, and
aware that all those demonstrations have been
the results of secret drills by partisan hacks.
and would-be leaders, impudently denounces
those Democrats who have dared TO think for
themselves, and those presses which have had
the independence to give form and pressure TO
The thoughts and resolves Of those who will not
acknowledge Mr. Van Buren, as the sole 'leader
of The Democracy" or as its "chief." The
tru h is, and the Globe now feels il, that every
where, and every day, the Democracy is mani
Testing its determination TO resist every approach
to that system of diclation by which our prima-
Ty assemblies have been hitherto overawed.
The People have spoken, and will continue to
speak, their pr, ferences, and free press does
and will proclaim the wishes of the People, al
though, for so doing, that press may not be spar
ed the maledictions of the Washington Globe
But what has thrown the Globe off its guard
and so suddenly contracted and corrugated
,he iarriy pisriu fun OF Its amiable conductor
Why has the journal which but yesterday as
sumed TO be the organ Of the Democratic party,
so suddenly and fully avow ed itself the special
organ Of Merlin Van Buren7 What, in the
name ofcoaLtion, combination, and organization,
with all Of which the Globe is familiar, and by
which it began, continues, and hopes 10 live
hereafter, has SO reused its meek faculties TO-
wards John Tyler and his Cabinet, and especi-
ally the new members Of the Cabinet? We
can tell the reader. Nothing more nor less than
suggestion in this paper that. as the friends
Of all the other candidates for the Presidency
had organized in behalf of their respective favo-
rites, the friends Of John Tyler should, in like
manner, give some token Of their earnc stness in
hi, behalf. The friends Of Cass, Johnson, Cal
houn, and Buchanan, had at various conven-
tons, expressed their preferences, and that too
without mourning the anathemas of the GLIDE /;
nay, more, The Globe, haring The Congressional
printing in riep, exhausted its vocabulary of
soft words in praise of the commanding talents,
the high services, and deserved popularity of
each of the aspirants, and column after column
OF the Globe was surrendered TO the use of the
successive conventions. If there was any cha.
riness Of this species Of favor, il was towards
the friends Of MIR. Van Buren,, for the Globe had
not then become so fully persuaded, as it now
seems to be, of the paramount popularity of its
Chief" II was not yet ready to throw The
other candidates overboard-it was not then
sure who would be ' Chier'-it had not vet
heard the voice from ST. Louis
Under wh;cA king Benonian'
Speak or die J"
A simple fact, stated in the Madisonian in
few words, has called forth nearly two columns
from the Globe on the subj, C, of organizing.
II was said, and said with truth, thai the patron.
age Of the Administrative had been used by
the friends Of some Of the candidates TO perfect
an organization in their behalf, and il might
have been added, and the Globe no doubt was
conscious OF IT, that the friends of Mr.. Van Blu.
rem had so used that patronage. Is not the fact
rs stated3 Has there been any organization
perfected or even commenced by the friends of
John Tyler, either with or without the patron.
age Of the Government Have they not been
loo supine, and permitted the abuse of the Gov
eminent patronage by the secret enemies of Mr..
Tyler and the Democratic party They have
and because the Madsonian has at last spoken
out on this subj CT the Globe is seized with
paroxysms of patriotism az and Van Buren;sm.
and while protesting ignorance as for whose
benefit, among ALI the candidates, the PATRONAGE
has been used has the brazen hardihood to pro- |
claim that il has discovered against whom this |
patronage is ultimately to be used, and ara;n.,
whom the proposed organization is 10 be directed
Il has discovered that Mr.. Van Buren,, and ne
'lope is to be drowned by the scattered fiIs of
Executive patronage drawn TO head.n
How beautiful how poetic, is ha, quota