The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-30


torious, and acknowledged BY every man Of even
suspected candor Men who deplore. it. and
anxiousIy desire to sec other individual brought
forward by the Baltimore Convention.
If MIR. VAN BuEKs ever had prospect OF success,
his LsrrrK in the Globe Of Saturday night against
the prompt anne alton Of Texas, would completely
destroy it, The burst Of Indignation which met Its
promug alton, and which yet rings IN the ears Of has
"Norihern" friends ,sithout Southern principles >
has sealed HIS fate beyond all and every con-
tingency. Like Mr. Cisy's Letter, Il ~as de-
Ia ysd TIL after The yhgiaia elections, and came skulk-
Ing along, one day behind its twin brother Of Ash
land But 1t has reached the public in good time,
and though the gallant old Commonwealth OF Vir-
sina went il blind" at the late election, thank
Heaven she has not thrown her last card Those
who hope to deesire her. nay learn that her honor is
yet In her keeping and that the frauds pactised
by delay will not avail this National question Of
Texas union. II must be met openly-msnfully-
firmly The slough faces" Of other days shall not
play foul with questions involving the best interests
Of our beloved country-interesis which will never
be sacrificed to appease the Aboionists of the Clay
or Van Buren, school.
But thi, is not all. The news brought by the mail
Of yesterday, from Virginia, is ominous Of the utter
hopelessness Of Mr.. Van Buren's success, there.
The presumption is that the elder political Dron'io
Of the anti Ttras farce has succeeded in return
ing jority Of his friends to the Legislature, and
Mr.. Van Buren,, under phox banner the Democracy
fought, is completely routed dead as Potomac
herring four days out of water He carried that
State in 1910, even against Gen. HAsKIsoN-looked
to it As his certain card-staked the result upon il,
and got hieed by the adroit and practsed statesman
of Ashland. Hsw unlike the results in 1912 and
40, when the Vtoes Of John Tyler carried all before
them! Then Old Virginia called upon to sus
tain her principles and her she falters in
the attempt to reestablish the power Of the exiled
Sage Of Lindenwald Wise men never commit but
one bunder on the same subject
If it be conceded that Mr.. Van Buren, is now out
Of the question: (and it is so, to all intens and pur
poses what is the duty OF the members of the De-
mocratic Conventon' On whom will they unite on
whom they rally These questions are full of inter-
est to the ofthe Republican party. Let
talk Of what he would ,cish but of what he can do
This i, the point to which every Republican in the
land is now brought by the events of the last four
months; and pity The potican who fails to see, in
surrounding circumstances, the evidences of grea,
and imminent danger to the existence Of Democratic
Government. !, sir, feel it deeply, sensbly--snd
while my preferences for strong those
which animate the bosom of any citizen, am vii
ling to offer them the altar Of union and harmony
for the sake Of the Republican party.
JOHN TYLER is the inc umbent of the Presidency
and has staked his political fortunes on the Republican
measures Of his .7d,nn These MEASURES have
been assailed in bis person. and he has nobly and
with unyieldng 6rmness, maintained them at every
hazard. What they
l. Opposition to the establishment Of a Nationa
Bank.
2. Combining the Tariff laws to objects of revenue
and to an amount sufficient to carry cheap and
economical administration Of the Government
Opposition to tho Distribution law, till the
debts Of the General Government arc paid and the
public creditors satisfied
T. Opposed to assumption Of State debt. by
the Federal Government
g. Infavor Of a re-anne Ration OF Texas, and r e.
covery Of the National domain, parted with impIo
perly by his pred asors in Office.
g. Extending the laws Of the Union over our Orr
yon possessions, and asserting the rights of which this
Government has never divested ITSELF and never can
without dishonor
These, MIR. Editor, are the prominent MEASURE
Tor which the Democratic party, a, such profess 10
contend, and Tor which they are prepared to 60 be
lore the country and ask its verdict On all Of them
TrLEK is orthodox decided and under,,ood
and that is more than be said in favor Of some
men who are looking for nomination. His guaran.
of del Nv
full life.
take II for granted that every citizen in the land
acknowledge the capacity and talents Of President
TrLER, aud that his Administration has given him |
Mans, IN that respect, inferior to of his prede
cessors. He has been assailed by the opponents of
bess measures, with a r,cklessness having no parel-
eI in the history Of party warfare. Those who
sought to decoy him from the path OF duty, under
The specous pretext Of party fidelity, being repuscd
IT the onset, have, for three years, turned all the
Engines Of their malevolence against him, and be
stands before the country (by the agency Of his un-
iismsyed friends PREPARED to receive its verdict 1t
natural that the real Of the President should
jesire to make an issue between himself and hi, re-
'ier, and that that contest should be decided upon
the principles which called down
upon him the mighty torrent Of vindctive passion.
having its source in the heart Of Mr. CLAY and run
ming through all the ,uces OF degraded party press
He incurred all these denuncistions because he va,
shhd 10 his noble Virginia doctrine, and is il asking
loo much OF those who so loudly cbecred him on in
ls4l to sustain him land through him the doctrine.
Of the Republican party,) in ls4R Why should he
be deserted ne"' When the FEDERAL portion Of the
wings, (by fslsfyng all the professions made by
hem in ls40D sought to epgraa their ultra
measures on the institutions Of the coun
Try, as the fruits Of the victory Of that year.
JoHs TYLEs, by his unsided arm, snatched the Con-
't'tui'op from their touch Of pollution, and sop, n,
nation time 10 rally 10 its d,tepoe. But for him, all