The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-26
TYLER AND TEXAS.
PH,LAprLrn,A. April "a, 1914

| DEAR SIR: The cause OF yer anu LA
asn was never more prosperous or more certain
of success tban al the present moment People
al distance can form no correct idea Of the
enthusiasm that perv AIDES our whole population,
and which is but family depicted by The press.
1t is true, the Van Buren, presses concede 10
strong and powerful" and that "they hold
the balance of power" but that is not the ihingj
the friends OF John Tyler do not merely hold
the balance Of powerfully possess the Ioleer
itself, and are determined TO use IT,
The meeting Monday evening lat,
position Of the President in the city and
county Of Philadelphia. The Van Buren,
men held meeting, on the same evening"
at the County Courtroom, corner OF Sixth
and Chestnut; but it would not do. They
could not gather more than three or four hun
dred, while the friends of the President muster
ed five thousand strong, marching in Procession
from Kensington and Southwark to the sound
of martial music, and with banners and lanterns
bearing the inscription, "Tyler and Texas, 10
the place Of rendezvous, which in an instant
was filed TO OVERLOOKING, presenting one dense
mass ofpeople. When the question was ironi-
cally put to them by one Of the orators 'Whe-
ther there were any Tyler men there" they all
answered with . shout that made the walls
ring AYE! giving three cheers for Tyler and
T'eras
The fact is, the Van Puren and Tyler men
vie with each other as 10 which shall he fore
most in support of the Annexation but the Van
Buren, men. 10 use vulgar phrase, "cannot
come il at alp BY the side OF the Tylefites.-
They have not even a place where TO meet, as
the Democratic Headquarters at Holahans
have been taken possession Of by the Tyler
men. They tried on Saturday last, when the
friends Of President Tyler met at the Demo
cratic Headquarters, to organize a counter
meeting in the adjoining house but, after about
thirty had convened, they found they appeared
too small by the side of the supporters of the
Administration, and quilted the premises.
And here it may be the place to explain the
forged call Of meeting for Tuesday evening,
which appeared in the Public Ledger Of Monday.
This spurious call was made undoubtedly by
person opposed to the Administration, append
ing to it merely the names Of gentlemen known
as its staunch supporters, in order to divert the
attention of the public from the real call which
appeared in the same paper for Monday eve
ming, hoping thereby TO create some doubt in
the public mind as TO whether the meeting was
called on Monday or Tuesday, and thus expect
ing to produce failure Of the meeting actually
called on Monday. Notwithstanding this ruse
de guerre, the meeting on Monday evening
was one of the most brilliant ever held in the
city and county OF Philadelphia, and certainly
the largest that was held here since 1910.
The anti Anneration meeting held on
Thursday previous, was shabby affair from
beginning TO end 1t wa, not Uhig meeting
properly so called for there was not single
person Of note consequence in the Wing
party present. In vain did look for the vete-
ran Chandler, for John Sergeant, Josiah Ran
dali, John Swift, Morton McMichael, and the
usual array Of influential Wings; they were
not forthcoming. | saw a few religious presses
well represented. DR.. Robert Hare, the cele-
brated chemist and inventor Of the compound
blop pipe chow very ominous y was the princi-
pal speaker, and one Of the leading abotionisls
his echo. Several attempts were made to pro-
duce something like manifestation Of enthusi-
asm but the chemists Of the meeting were Of
too nevative a character TO produce positive de-
monstration the mathematical rule that minus
multiplied by minus produces plus being not
applicable TO the case.
Philadelphia, you may depend on it, is not
an anti-Anneralon city. The People here are
no; afraid that Philadelphia will be depopuaed
by emigration to Texas, in case the latter be
annexed TO the Union. Our city is too beauti-
ful, our Pennsylvania soil too fertile, our mar
ke too plentiful, our climate too salubrious, and
our People too happy, contened and industri-
Gus to expect aught but an increased demand
for our manufactures by the opening of new
markets at the South. Our beautiful "mulripli-
cation table," as il has been called, will continue
to have new squares added to il, and will only
increase faster by the extenlion of the happy
bonds of our common Union.
PBuo PHILADELPHIA.
pENNINGTnNiS hEnnETaT