The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-05-15
Correspondence of the Madlsonian.
PErEnssuxG, May Is, 1914.
Remember THE SESSION OF THE NEroEs
TaE DEFENDER or rHK CONSTITUTION
THE DELNERAxcE OF THE fEoPLE!!!
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

naments OIL the American Navy and ILLS name Is fo
sistered high on the rolls of fame He is Of the
gallant and successful defenders of his country
rights and honor. A generous and grateful people
Justly appreciate his signal services and history will
assign 10 the record Of his deeds Of her bright
and immortal pages. But let the gallant and dis
tinguished Commodore keep IN view the ennobling
virtues and principles which have shed such lusiIe
upon his ocean-path, and enshriDed his memory in
| the hearts of his counrymcD. Lei him remember with
JUS, and lofty pride that " his march is Ger the noun
| tain wave, his home is the deep !" that his coun-
try is rapidly approaching a momehtous crisis
when If those great and glorious occasions may
arise for throwing himself in the perilous
breach, and placing himself in proud array against
the British Lion he with roaring thun
ders over the " dark blue sea-" VirginIans will ever
cherish his lofty virtues, AID proudly commemorate
his chivalrous deeds ard from her knowledge of his
unblemished character, his enlightened and discrim
mating judgment his pure and passed devotion to
| The national honor and safety, she is furnished with
the strongest guaranty that he will not, at such
junctuIc, abandon the " star-spanged banner" with
whose bdianttriumphs and matchless glory he is SO
proudly identified. We Hater ourselves that he will
not present, abandon the sarion in which he has
happily blended the virtues the citizen with the
chivary Of the soldier. We trust that he will not
suffer himself TO be betrayed by the soft Establishments
Of intriguing demagogues and willy politicians into
false, embarrassing, and hazardous position before the
country. To such fearless and noble spirit, take
the liberty, in the name of this glorious old Common
wealth. TO address these frank and direct observations
and beg leave most respectfully to say that, an idea
has gone abroad, and is making an impression upon
the public mind rather unfavorabe to the characeIs
tic frankness of that justly distinguished officer. II
is this that portion of his recent letter published in
the Globe, was suppressed after due debeaiion and
that the paragraph withheld from the public view
would have done hdt justice to his enlightened pa
triotsm and honorable feelings, and placed him in his
chosen and elevated position regard to the reckless
andldisgraceful scramble Of the Globe Dctatois for
the next Presidency. Mr.. Editor, ia Justice TO Old
Lonsdes,' who is one OF the fixed stars of the Am.
| rcan Navy, ask, is this report tue not2 Iftrue
| think it demands some commentary a, your
hands.
rumor OF still gr, alter Importance 10 the interests
and honorable success the Democrats cause now
speeding on The wings of the wind namely, that
the editor Of the Enquirer after all his gigantic efforts
to maintain the principles and TO concentrate the
strength Of the Republican party, is actually, at this
| moment, and in the face OF the noble sacrifices and
splendid achievements of John Tyler, intriguing for
certain aspiring gentleman a candidate for the
Presidency. After finally yielding to the imperious
and overruling necessity of surrendering the high
claims Of Mr.. Van Buren,, will Thomas Richie, the
incorporating champion Of principle and the vic
torious leader of the Virginia Democracy, thus wan
tonly hazard the glorious cause to which his whole
| life has been consecratel Will he thus ingorously
seek to rob John Tyler Of his hard earned honors and
enved laures, and dress up his blsshng faporie
in borrowed pumes, to be given in uniaefui marriage
to the protesting Democracy with empty "pomp
and circumstance" by a Baltimore Convention p
Has 1t como to this, fellow-citizens of Virginia. that
patriotic and enlightened people, who are inpatient
and clamorous to do full and honorable justice to
President withou, party" should be thus lam.
percd with and insuItedi / will not believe it, 4
repel the mputaton, in advance, for that fearless
Democratic champion. And | call upon him 10 do
justice to his established and unsullied character
VIII he not promptly respond 10 the least and low
est Of the people," who, politically is "bone Of his
bone, and flesh Of his flesh !" Or, is he resolved
has he sworn upon the altar Of his country that he
will never do justice to the man who sprung from
tbs lons Of illustrous Sire Of whose virtues and
public services Virginia is proud TO boastl Has he
sworn, IN illfited hour lend all his powerful
influence to the urholy piratcal and bloody crusade
against the eminent Patriot who, in Mr.. Ritchie's
own language, by his Spartan courage and Roman
sef-deyetop, has won the highest admiration Of has
country, and encircled his name with halo Of glory
Let him pause before he tskcs this leap into the
dark-bs fatal, suicidal step Let him count the cost
to himself and TO beloved Virginia and to the
whole Democratic party. Let him consider the fear.
full the Tremendous responsibility he is taking upon
himself in thus tamporing with just, emil htened
and magnanimous people They have been exhibit.
ed long enough like the Gagged Lion for the sport and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of political managers and they are
resolved to burst asunder the iron letters with
which their presumptuous keepers have so long bound
them, and show the world what untrammeHed freemen
ean achieve in the noble cause Of Tyler and Texas
They scorn to be led to The polls like parish bull
rilh ring in his They will also scJrp the re-
cream, Democrat who unblushingly thrusts himself
upon them, with the desecraed lsurels Of John Ty
Ter thick upon hin, to claim their sufrases Thew
will rally upon the good and faithful ser
want" who saved the Constitution from able
Outrage, and rescued, by the rcdceminq power Of the
Veto, the Whole Democratic puty from utter annihi.
ls'ion, when no other human agency-no not al the
millions Of American iroemcn combined, could have
accomplished deed 80 suebt with blessings TO the
present generation, and, perhaps to all posery.-
Thus IN stern defiance Of the insulting manifes,oes
issued by unprinoiPlcd leaders, who have, in faef
r'urped the elective power ofthc People, and in ,op,.
relsn contcmp, Of all the dark and damninu Gin |
,ngps.' which disgrace the Capitol and clsev here.
they will prove to the entire satisfaction of their SELF
important and sslf-compI'eeni ~rrans in Congress