The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-05-07
MIR. DRoMGOoLE's LETTER TO MR.
RlTCHlE.

RlTCHlE.
| The great object of Mr. Dromgoole's letter, with
that cunning aud willy diplomacy which eminenlly
eharacterizes an I" Old Hunker,n is insidiousy TO
endeavor TO convince MIR. Richie and the people Of
Virginia that the only pon, in which they differ with
Mr. Van Buren, is on the question of the immediate
| annexation Of Texas, and the only point IN which
hey agree with Mr.. Tyler, any other candidate,
is On this question. Hear him
"Are We to take simply because they are
known TO be pledged the single isolated question
| OF the immediate annexation of Texas and overlook
! all other issues which we had supposed and main
| tanned were involved IN the approaching struggle
for the Presidency? Are the great questions Of the
re establishment Of National Bank, the
tablishnent Of the Independent Treasury, the distr
button Of the proceeds of the public lands, thempo-
siion OF high protective duties, assumption OF State
! debts, dishonest system Of bankruptcy-are all
these to be overlooked, sunk into insigncance or
tainey surrendered, that we may bring ont new
set Of candidates, whose chief merit and highest
commentator will consist in the declaration that
| they 20 for Te1asior Texas Immediately, ind Al
| me present time
| This is pretty well Tor Mr.. Dromgoolc--a besut-
| full specimen Of Bentonan Iatiocinaton--a mode Of
| syogy site reasoning worthy Of an Aristotle Locke,
or Stewart Woai do for The People. MIR. Drom
gooe, if this is your best argument, you are, TO oil
inlents and purposes, an " used up man." Suppose
the Democratic party nominate any man who is now
candidate for their sufrages, and yet in favor Of
annexation, for engrossing and potent reasons which
appeal al Ike to the pride, the patriotism, and the in
| teress of the Republic, Gas General Andrew jack
son ISL does Mr.. Dromgoole TO assert that any
one Of the issues " hch he enumerates would be
| I" oyerlookedi" Who of the active statesmen Of
the country stands most prominently before the
American People in opposition to ga Bank of the
United States, at this day John Tyler, upon his
peioes Who stands most prominently before the
cou TRY in opposition TO the spendthrift scheme Of
the distribution Of the proceeds Of The sales of the
public lands !" John Tyler, upon his Vst0ss. Who
stands mos, ready to rectify the abuses of the tariff
system' John Tyler has shown that he is that man, by
his rsto Of he n.ongrei Tariff and Distribution scheme.
| John Tyler has shown himself much opposed to
| the measure OF assumption Of State debts any
other man. What need is there for dwelling on such
pueri!ily OF conceit and mbecility Of argument p
| The truth 49, that Mr.. Dromgocle, and the men with
whom he is associated, rely now, they have been
in the habit of relying, 10 too great extent the
a,isioeraey, the so.believcd controlling and monop-
o!ising Influence Of the party machinery, aud the
cdies of the "poIitical sages" OF the party. They
blindly Of opinion that the Democratic stomach
like that of the ostrich, is at all times perfectly will
ling TO receive, and capable Of digesting stones and
iron with the same avijity with which ii could swa-
low and digest the :" milk and honey" of patriotic
and truthful sentiments measures and principles"
lie is and ,eiH find himself msiaksn. He would be
more pro6tsbly employed in buiting his head against
a brick wall of the thickness OF the als Of Nine
web, than 10 be endarOrig 10 sustain The purposes Of
THIRD PARTY whose best hopes of success are based
upon a weak and unreasonable opposition 10 ia kson
and Terg.
| Mr.. Dromgvce makes an effort to induce the i'm
preston that The xat,on of Texas is sim
ply a Southern question: and hopes to pro-
duce effect in Virginia, by such an ar
gument What say you men of the Meek
ienburg District Are you opposed to this question
because Mr.. Dromgoole regards it Southern
question Are you opposed TO protecting slave nst-
,u,ions because ii hoPP ms to be Southern question
Are you in favor of abolition because it is question
of Nothern agitation' But protest against any
such argument. The reasons for the acquisition OF
Texas affect every interest in the Union except the
abolition interest The prosperity Of the commercial,
manufacturing and cotton growing interests of the
Union all TO be severely alice ed by the loss Of
Texas. Not only this, but the very safety of our
Republican institutions 10 be eoparded by the
acquisit ion Of Texas. 1t is broadly deeply vitality
.4aeriean question. Who the antsgonistic
powers in referen nee to the annexation of Texas to
the Union' Our own Republic and Great Britain.
! IL MIR Drougoole's wishes could be subseryed they
would unqueslonably play into the hands Of the
! British Minister The question is as broad as the
Constitution, only limited in its vast and compro
hens impor ance, by the objects and purposes for
which our Republican Institutions were established,
and for which they to be perpetuaied. Any man,
Of the most Ordinary powers Of observation can
readily perceive that the British Government would
not give itself all the immense expense and trouble
VIII oh it is manifesng and sncountering for the
abolition Of slavery, for a merely phlantbropic pur-
pose Can any nation who has pursued the course
OF conduct which England has exhibited towards the
Irish the Chinese and the East Ind ans in which the
savage atrocities Of the North Amorc Indians and
| the baibarities of the Goth and Vsndal have been
rvaled and surpassed be supposed capable Of enter
tanning such mild missionary spirit Of Chr tian oms
cipstion' Never. We must look TO the ineres Of the
B.itish Empire for the reasons which have in0u.
eneed that Government, in It's course Of policy this
question of Texas. That interest TO be found in tho
absolute necessity which England perceves to exist, in
order that she may maintain and perpeuate her com
mercia and manu- featuring power TO affect and destroy
the integrity Of this Union She hopes e.c, her OBJ
ect through the agitation Of IL. ,sue question among the
suveholjing and non-saveholdng States Of the Con-
federacy. She would not have slavery in the U. s
L Ssh- A
tcabIo accomplish this result. She only toi,Lss 10
aeitu,e the question. she desires to accomplish the
immense work Of the destruction of her much feared