The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-03-13

thands OF Mi. Woodbury. the keys OF the Urea
sury. With the single exception OF Mr.. Wood
bury, we do not doubt but that the principle
will be honestly applied TO the Cabinet. ne
however, notwilhsl sndng the wrong" WHICH
he suffered in common with hr. van bu's"
has SO far snned, as TO prefer Mr.. Calhoun
and " yindicalion" will be denied HIM. Inc
Post Offices and Custom houses Of the country
must be filed by their old occupants. The
Hoyt, and the Harrises must be restored, for they
have suffered from the "wrongs" of 1910 as
Mr.. Van Buren, did Theirs and his are the
same in kind, and differ only in degree.
We ask the free People OF this Union whe-
Their they are prepared for all this? Shall we
be told that il will not all result from Mr.. Van
Buren's restoration? Then, the complaint OF
the wroags Of 1910 is hypocritical, and intend
ed only to delude. Upon what other ground
can the re election of Mr.. Van Buren, be asked 2
Was his administration vigorous and efficient ?
were lis measures characterized by enlarged
views of national policy was The country
prosperous was il respected abroad2
There is in addition to those classes of voters
before referred TO, which supported MIR. Van
Buren, in $780, and which will now oppose
him, one scarcely inferior TO them, that
must not be forgotten. We allude TO
those gallant spirits who took refuge here
from the tyranny of England, and who, though
yielding 10 none in ardent and enthusiastic
American spirit, yet weep over the wrongs OF
Green Erin We would not outrage grief so
holy and sacred by invoking the pardon of The
American public for this division of their afiec-
tons. 1t is feeling which all must admire,
can breast. We do not propose either TO JUS
lify or condemn the manner in which their over
lures to Mr.. Van Buren, have been met. We
are debating the araitabihty of the New York
candidate. and, as calmly as we are able, exam
lining his strSngth or weakness. II is sufficient
for US, therefore, to know that of the 10000
naturalizeaa Irish citizens, who supported him in
1910, lie will not again receive the votes Of
5000! They regard his course in reference TO
Ireland's rights, as palering and insincere, not
TO say insulting and unjustifabe. They looked
to him as "the acknowledged head of the De-
mocratic party" for Republican sympathy, for
some evidence of the same feeling which was
evincei for the South American States, for
Greece, and for Poland. They found the sterile
breast and frigid indifference of monarchist.
The Irish heart never forgets favor and rarely
forgets a wrong
One additional source Of weakness we must
moi omit to notice and we are done.
The course of the editor of the Richmond
Enquirer, has long been the subject of com
plant among the politicians South Of Mason's
and DiXon's line The control which this vete-
ran editor has managed to exert over the desti-
ny OF Southern statesmen, REFRESHING rising
merit and UNFOLDING medocrity, for the last fif-
teen years, has caused many bitter pangs, and
awakened something akin TO hatred in the
breasts of very many public men. Does a
Southern politician crave a national character
He must solicit the patronage of the Enquirer
Does he wish to be Speaker Of the House Of Rep
res,ntatives, a Minister at any of the first lat,
powersof Europe, a candidate for the Vice Presi-
dency,o or Presidency Wo be unto him, if be
ventures TO indulge such lonsiugs without frs
gaining the permission of the Enquirer. To such
excess has this power of the venerable editol
been employed, in so many minute matters has il
been felt. that symptoms Of restveness through
out the South begin TO be manifested. The pc.
liticians OF that quarter see 10 the second defea
Of Mr. Van Buren,, the means Of removing this
obstacle to their progress-this stumbling block
in their march. They will avail themselves o.
the occasion! With Mr.. Van Buren,, will b,
excluded from power the junto who have ruled
and almost ruined the Republic, during the las
ten years. Mr.. Richie has exchanged both Mr.
Calhoun and Mr.. Tyler for Northern man h,
has embarked all in the voyage, and he canno
complain when all is lost.