The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-20
"Ir WAS WORSE THAN A cRlME-iT WAS
A BI.uNDER."

| This celebrated expression Of eel ebrated
dpomstisa, when referring to the gres, error Of
Napoleon, in permitting the cruel murder Of the
Duke d'Enghien, may be apply applied TO The
attempt OF MIR. Clay aud his organs TO destroy
both the moral and political characters OF the
President aud those who adhered 10 him, subse
quenty TO The famous veloes. They were as
ed attempt TO Stay them, was fraughl with a:
many perils aud mistorlunes as followed the acl
OF the French Emperor.
| The letting loose Of the blood hounds of party
upon MIR Tyler for vetoing an act which he had
| condemned before the election, and which was
| disavowed by those who elected him, and the
| identical ones that prosecuted him, was fatal,
fatal biunder, of which the melancholy proofs
| are now apparent TO every observer.
All who adhered TO the Administration, all
who would not abandon it, and after abandoning
ii, who would not denounce ii, and all concern
| ed in il, both personally and politically, at the
bidding of Mr.. Clay and his organs, were ex-
| communicated eternally, and forever eYecraled.
Men still have resentments, and OF course all
who were thus assailed, turned upon their i'm
pacable foes, and used their utmost endeavors
10 sting them TO death. The thousands can
never be numbered who were incensed into an
active, bitter, and effective opposition to Mr..
Clay, by the intolerable insolence of his organs,
which only followed too faithfully the example
set by himself. His first desire was, of course,
to be elected President; and he entertained no
apprehension of defeat. His mex, desire was 10
crush and humiliate the man whom he had fail
ed TO bully and browbeat into a mean and SER
vile compliance with his naughty behes,s. So
become after the entire Wing party in Congress
had yielded TO his dctation, that, in view of his
anticipated triumph in 1914, and TO enjoy a fore
taste Of that joyous event, he had the holiness,
more than a>year ago, in letter to one of his
Clubs in Virginia, TO give way TO his malignant
feelings towards his meditaled victim, and pre-
dcted that the acting President would soon
retire amid the SCOTS and derision of all honor
able men,! He did not say he would take his
place, in plain words; but he meant it, he thought
it, he felt it, Hoo does he feel now7
OF this nature, OF this fatal nature, have been
all the blunders of Mr.. Clay's life and the
blunders of the leader have invariably been i'm
hated and multiplied by his organs. If his abu-
sive letters and speeches have alIenated thou
sands, their invective and scurrility have in
censed and Disguised tens of thousands.
1t matters not whether a political opponent
has abstaned from the indulgence of acrimon-
Gus assault himself, or whether his conduct has
uniformly exempted him from personal vilifca-
ton it is the policy of Mr.. Clay and his or
gans to blacken his character TO impute to him
disgraceful motives and conduct, or at least TO
some of his kindred and friends. He must be
tracked TO his lair, run down, and worried to
death by the blood hounds Of party Such is
the policy Of the Clay organs.
1t was great blunder in Mr.. Clay to resolve
upon war of determination against the Presi-
dent and his friends. Ii was as great a bunder
to assail and SANDER Mr.. Folks grandfather, as
it was to calumniate the wife of General Jack
son but MIR. Clay's organs were doomed to
persist in fatal blundcrs TO the end
The last great blunder committed BY these
organs was prompted by Mr.. Webster, who had
Become satisfied that they were incorriglble and
resolved 10 help them destroy themselves. We
can easily fancy the Satanic expression of his
dark scowling features, when advising Greedy.
and Webb, and other Clay organs TO attack
Brney: Lash him-you must now lash him
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against him, and if he will not withdraw, sow
discord 10 the party, and break it up. A maio-
rity of them are well affected towards Mr. CLAY.
and if they have no candidate of their own.
they must join u.s." And the silly organs took
his advice, were caught in the snare, and COM
mitted the fatal blunder OF opening a concen-
trio and simultaneous fire on the CHEF of the
Abo.tionists
We will not attempt to compute the numbers
the organs thus lost Mr.. Clay. Suffice il to
say Is or 10000 votes were cast for Brney in
New York. and proportional numbers in the rest
of the free States.
That the rabid assault Of the Clay organs on
Brney was capital blunder, we have the evil
deoce of the Liberty Standard" the organ of
the AbolitIonis,s published since the election
TO prove it. We copy the leading editorial Of
the Liberty Standard" of the l4th instant, en-
tire
FARTHER REASONS
Last week we offered some reasons why we have
made much effort to expose and resist the attempt,
Of Wings TO seduce abolItionts 10 violate their prIn
cples, and now add something farther.
Their conduct rendered our course necessary.
1t was confidently believed that the Liberty party
might be Destroyed this yesr This was the avowed
design by the Why's, uhii the Democrats pere nearly
siieni. What was our duty in such circumstsnccsl
Obviously to contend a, that point where the danger
existed. II the Wings complain of us for psriail,y
against them, they should bear in mind that their