The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-22

PETERssuIG, IVA hPfu Az loAt
Remember the SEsslos or rnE VEroHs
THE DsSxspEs OF rnE Cossrnuriosi
Tns DsLivssascE on rHK PxorlK ! "
"Tbe press must give the warning, and II must
speak the truth Ii We suppressed II "o.o, we should
deem ourselves traitors TO the country - Enquirer,
March 10, 1874.
Prinsipia, non ho,aines principles not me',, Is Tho
protested motto Of the two great parties oil the eoun
try Ii is in truth, the only motto under whieh en-
lightened Freemen can successfully rally in their pc
riodcal struggles to preserve tho Republican in'lu
tions established by their fathers II has been Inc
caeL-,oord Of the Old Dominion ever since The Sed'
lion fa,o and blaceoekads Administration Of the elder
Adams, and so long II shall be honestly recos-
Missed as the golden rule of her political action she
will triumphanty maintain her iliustrious prin-
ciples and put her Federal enemies TO flight
But, MIR. Editor, what gross mockcry, what insult
ing ridcule of this tme-honored motto, is now
sought to be practised upon generous People In
these i'll iated times OF bargain aud management,
when eminent statesmen are seen laying ASIDE their
dignity and sef-resPect, and sinking themselves to
the level of trading politicians, who does not blush
TO witness such degrading declension from the pure
| patriotism and Roman virtue Of other and more
| palmy days Of the Republic Who can observe the
| movements on the political chess board-the
and events passing in the Capitol before your
eyes, day after day, and night after night, and yet not
| exclam, in the almost despairing anguish Of his
| soul, Rome, thou hast lost the breed OF noble
bloods !" Shame thou hast fled to british beasts,
and men have lost their reason!"
Again, ask, what is the actual state Of things at
this moment in Washington 7 From authentic in
formation Just receved-and pledge my humble repn-
aon 10 the Mother of States and Of Statesmen for the
truth of what ssy--the arch leaders and their un-
dersrappers arc now r,cking their brains, and
wearing out their boots, and wasting their money
their whole per diem, some of them, in hack-hire,
driving from one end Of that interminabie and
wretched CITY to the other intriguing about the Pre-
sidency" and straining every nerve and fibre to
drive dirty bargain before the Baltimore
Convention shall have met while the Pcople---their
sovereign mastersyes let them hear it, and heed 1t
moi they dareare rising up in all their majesty, and
declaring in resolutions ounceasng thunder that their
WILL SHALL Be DONE. And yet, astonishing to iell,
principle, non homines, is the inscription bold
ly written upon every Wing and every Democratic
flag it is the ad eaptandum eountersgn which re-
sounds in both Halls Of Congress, and is echoed back
from every Town and County Meeting and District
Convention throughout the land. Yes, fellow-citi-
zens il is the song Of the talsman designed to
lead captive too generous and confding People; to
hull you into false and fatal security to make you
the dupes of the vlest ntrgues and the tools Of the
most reckless political chariatans; and at last TO
consign you aud your posterity, without remorse,
first the countless horrors of anarchy, and then to
the endless mseries Of gloomy despotism.
As Democrat and vrgnian, l claim the
of John Tyler. And / say to him, know
ing we'll what l say, you have erode upon
the whirwind and directed the storm" Keep your
right hand hard upon the helm, and LET the Old Ship
move majcstcally into port. You have gloriously
triumphed over your enemies and now, in the name
of Virginia, suffer not yoursefin the last critical hour,
TO be betrayed with kiss" In the language of a
splendid Statesman, in his grave, al am content
to act the part Of Cassandra, to lit up my voice,
whether it be needed, heard only to be disregard
ed" until too lae-I W cry out obaa principals es,
sir, in this case, in many others-e'ta que lie
premier pas qui couiethe first step is all the difficulty
that taken, then the oirewOrkes may take for their
motto, restga nuua retrorsu there is no retreat
tell these gentlemen there is no retreat i do not
feel lightly this occasion-far otherwise-but the
heaviest heart often vents itself in light expressions.
There is mirth Of sadness as well tears of joy
II could talk lightly this sad subject, would
mind gentlemen Of the reply given by a wiseacre,
who sent TO search the vaults Of the Parliament
|, House at the time Of the Gunpowder plot, and who
had searched and reported tina, he had found fifty
barrels Of powder, concealed under the faggots and
other fucl-that he had remored twenty-five, and
hoped that the other twenty -fiye would do no harm
The step you eager to take, grave and reverend
counsecrs is the match to that powder-~hcber it be
twenty-five fifty barrels is quite immaterial-it is
enough to blow-not Mr. Van Buren, alone but your
! selves and this proud Republic TO atoms Pause,
then, besecch you or we too, shall have TO sing,
Fni Hium-we, too shall have TO sing, Where the
, Capitol stood, there grows the harvest.
Your friend and servant,