The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-16

you know, has been the position Of this man OF
the people. Standing between these hostile pow
ers 1.-The predetermined victim of eaeh-he has
boldly brayed the unmeasured assaults and denuncia
tons o. bolh-and armed ouly with conscious integ-
rity aud spirit of dauniess devotion To his country
aud its constitutions he has pursued bis wsy OF duty
to his constituents, regardless OF personal conse-
quences and estimating alike the smiles or the irowns
Of political demagogues and party huckslers. And
here again ask, dos fidelity like this deserve no
signal commentator from those 10 whose interests
il has been given with unceasing zeal aud whose
happiness has been the polar star by which II was d-
rected What terms of reproach--what epitbets OF
dlsgrace-what words Of foul dotracton aud damn
ing import have not been employed alternately, by
those who eld unwortbily the t,rannio power Of
these old party systems And yet with all this array
Of hostility, active, sloepess aud malign, what
has moi your President done for his country What
requirement OF duty has lac disrogardedf What left
undone which could add TO the public welfare Will
you contrast the condition OF your country when he
took the helm of Administration with that in which
you tnd IT now Remember your ruined currency
your crippled lrade-your PROSTATE commerce-your
merchants bankrupt--your manufactures idle--your
Government itself corrupted in the channels of its
acton--s operation inbece--its credit sunk--its
name humiated-the public faith, therefore intact,
become by-word and reproach, and the public
Treasury free booty, seized and pundered at plea
sure 10 go no further, sirty four of the ,iry-spen
land Office receivers being defaullers to he Depart
ment OF the Treasury. How changed the scene -
Are your ears now panied by cries of distress
Are your mechanics and laborng men now begging
the privilege to toll, and terrified by Of dest
futon and starving wives and childrcnl See you
animation, activity, and success impaired 10 ali the
fields of enterprise, and industry in all il FORMS I'D
equatey rewarded You have, too a Government
conducted with wisdom and purity, and success in
all It's departments no public faith impa red, pub
Inc engagements violated; public money plumber
ed no Official deiaul;ers, robbDg the people and de.
IA ne nj t.nv b.t.
IN short, through the fundamentally Of an honest
and elective administration, entire country con
Tented, prosperous, and happy lis well al usled go
vefnmenta machinery performing all its functions
with regularity and order, fulfilling the highest
p.ctatioDs connected with its existence in the uni
vcrsa good 1t fuses al home and the universal re-
spect which It commands abroad When were the
foreign relations Of this country placed upon
advantageous ioolingI and by whom have they been
managed with more ability. and brought 10 sat
oisiactory results! ur national intercourse, diplo.
matte and other, with the potentates and powers Of
The old world, and with the States of the American
Con'inent,w equally attest, in all IFS parts the zeal,
The energy, and The talents which have distinguished
the Admin, strait Of President Tyler
Fellow-cihzens, .et now completed the end
proposed Our opinions Of the engrossng subject have
mus inadeqnately been presented and our arguments
are before you. The final disposition of the solemn
gu sioh IL embraces remains with the great Republi
can brotherhood Sooner or later they will do am
III
Try and themselves. We have said that we prefer
John Tyler as the Chief Magistrate of the Repub-
nc, now soon TO be elected, among all the dslin-
guished men oil worth and reputation, whose names
nave been associated with that high place We have
endeavored to explain why this preference is found
ed, not alone his merits his honesty his capabil
" and his fathluness Though this were indeed
enough We have found other and strong reason
Tor IN the extraordinary circumstances connected
win his present position before the country-(to
81 nn n hErB h.Fa \
lions he has suffered from bad and faithless men ac
cldenially clothed with The power Of mischief-and
III Tue steTh existing necessity of protecting the lib
erty we enjoy and the Institutions designed for their
security, IRON the subyersion with which they are
threatened by seeming auxlaries but real though in
sidlous adyersarle.. For John Tyler-for ourselves
as his friends-we have nothing 10 fear-nolhne TO
experimenting to denounce and defy-nothng to
AK, but JUSTICE and RIGHT. This will be rendered
lme WIN It's truthful revelations and its righteous
Judgments will indicate the man and the statesman
IN that day OF retrlbuton, those who have stood by
him IN SIX troubles and forsak him not in the sew.
enth, VIII share with him in the need of Justice which
The decisions OF unperyerted truth and purer light
shall award him Nay, fellow citizens even now
(and YOU IN candor will bear US witness that we af
urn uuly)-even now, IS that Just man enshrned in
the popu ar heart IL the popular action shall be in
consistent with The convictions Of the JoI ular mind
the anomaly will be reierable TO those Herculean en-.
she- OF uespotsm, to which we have before alluded
anu "'NHt B'HcIatCu III party 1anallrlsm and mould
ed and cherished by cunning and selfish and gnoble
ambition, have acquired a supremacy as potent a.
law ITSELF yea which practically supercedes the fun
damental law and demands of popular opinion sub
mission to IFS own injunctions. Can freemen long
endure bondage -uch as this: And why is sucb q
form Of slavery to be held more toerable than that
which IS regulated by responsible will Our fathers
repeled the enemies Of freedom coming in the shane
o. cruel men with bsyonets In their hands il will be-
long TO their sons TO break the letters put on them by
a Ne n free al.
fatal TO liberty
We add but word Speaking for the Republican
reemen oil this great Stale, frankly announce our
earnest desire to cooperate with Republican CO.
emporarles throughout the country in the selection
and sustentation OF Republican candidate for the
Presidency, with whom we could enter the csmnaign
al "a with an assurance OF succession looking
upon the ascendency Of federal principles in the prae
teal government as always disastrous the triumph of
tne party embracing those principles, consider at
TINS Juncture TO be replete with danger But while
we declare our readiness 10 abide the result of free
frank, equal and fair deliberalion and conference
win the friends and advocates Of every Republican
aspirsnt to the Chief Magisiracy we repudiate the
Yrannous edicts OF any pseudo republican caucus
which in the guse Of Democracy demands obedienc,
to its will the condition of title TO its coun,enance
and favor; and with the mask Of Republican liberty
on It's lace, mocks IN its proceedings the Democratic
principle, and seeks by its own fixed and fraudulent,
contriYances TO secure It's fixed and fraudulent
~, ''''"'"ee "H JeaHyto dH sueh combinations
Inc above address, being read received the hearty
appreciation OF The Convention, and adopted by
reclamation -
On motion, the Convention then adjourned TO meet |
again at the City Hall at O'Clock, P. NJ
CRY Hall, 9 O'Clock, p. NJ
The Convention met pursuant to ad journment Mr. |
Leonard, First Vice President, in the Chair
ID smith, Esq Of Montgomery then responded 10 |
the loud and repeated calls to address the Convention
and never since the organization Of the State Co
Vernment, has been delivered more thrilling or clio
quent address within her borders Rich in thought.
ABUNDANT M resources, and unsurpassed in manner
and intonation Of voice MIR Smith. fo, more tban |
two hours enchained the attention of that vas, an
dlence, so much so that a uhianor or LII. m -.