The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-05-08
MIR RITctnEs REPLY TO MR. BLAIR.


xvsaooo, COP, the subjoined article with The view
"a o,onote discard and disanion IN The Republican
,.,,,vf,r FROM i,-but % indicate the nature and eh
,.ut of existing difficulties, that steps may be
taken. before il is 100 late, to apply remedy
We incline to the b.ef tina, il Mr.. Riches adj
vice be taken the party will be soon reunited and
a victorious in 1911 as II was in Al and ~
Let the reader study Mr.. Ritchie's article IL was
evidently prepared with great care ana Is unooup'-
edly the candid emanation Of no common mind lis
truths should @nk deep at this Juneture IN the hearts
of all Republicans who desire tho election ofa he
publican President.
To contribute to the harmony and uaon SO ne
cessary to successful termination Of the opening Pro
sdental cam pagn, we for one, would make any just
sacrifice in our power bear any burdens and submit 10
any reasonable restraints which the party might please
Z, i'm, o.e on u.s. II is true have long baued with
tie Globe and The provocolions are well knownto our
readers--but now, since abler and better men
than ourselves condemnng our enemy, we exFer-
cnce of the savage exuiauon said 10 accompany
rrtribu,iye vcngeance-on the contrary, confess
aud we do 1 without blush Of shame-that our in-
clinations are for peaoeior reconciliation with our
foe-so that, truly, "bygoncs might be bygoncs and
that ire all might join together ia one solid pha anx
and vet rout the Wanting hosts of Bit sh FederaisIs
We could do tive ca, do ii-wiih Tyler and
Texas"-and shall il not be done
From lhe Richmond Enquirer.
The Globe has been pleased and polite enough to
saw that "Mr. Richie and others have become dupes"
to an intrigue which it says has been going on at
Washington, during the present session. The first
plan according to the Globe, to get up meet
y M
" get members to sign paper against him." The
last scheme I" was that Of individual remuneration OF
MIR. Van Buren--attempts to work upon the States
ANA Delegates to the Convention hy the eternal con
certed and cuckoo cry, lie can't be eecledP This
is the last maneuvre, and grieyc to that Mr..
Richie and others have become its dupes. The re-
solutions adopted at the Shockoe meeting in Rich
mond was the fruit Of this intrigue and, if acted
upon in that State, the Democratic party there is dis
banded" The Globe is also pleased to compare this
effort to John Bells plot to foist Judge White upon
the nation as the Republican candidate. 1t con
cludes by saying, that the great body of the party
is not the dupe the instrument Of the second ed
ton of the Judge White intrigue, and will not be
governed by it. Mr. Rltchie may rely on this J"
With all disposition to sacrifice every thing
upon the altar of our party, and 10 unite with the
Globe in act and in spirit for the promotion of the
Republican cause, we must frankly tell the Globe,
that there is press in this country which is able to
dictate to us. We have generally heard the voice of
good wishes OF It's editor-but Mr.. Blair may r.y
upon IT, that will far lose our selrespec CT
rs TO bow to its diciation.
We have sympatL zed with him in his sickness
but we regret to see the first eydCnre Of his conva
lescence in this singular effort to cast sur not only
upon ourselves but upon some of the most dstin
gushed Republicans in Virginia We must take the
liberty of telling him, and also polit cal and per-
sona friend, Gen. DromgooIe that they are posting
to their conclusions with too much speed. They may
perhaps what is passing under their eyes at
washing on-but they not sufficiently acquainted
with the public sentiment Of Virginia. The, were
perfectly unacquanted with the circumstances under
which this resolution submitted as a compromise
resolution, by its distinguished author Whatever
exception may have been taken 10 IT, the very last
thing that could have been said against IL was the
slightest disposition TO TALL in with any paltry intrigue
al Washington. Not even Mr. Blair or Gen ID ia
more disposed to do all honor 10 Mr. Van Buren, nor
are they een less disposed to become the satellites
OF any Presidential candidate than the Republican
VINO penncj that resolution, or the man who offered
IT TO the Shookoe Association. No man could have
more sincerely regretted the views which MIR. Van
Buren, has submitted the question Of annexation,
honest and able as they were And We 20 further
and say at once, that if he should become the nomi.
nee of the Batrmore Convention we shall battle for
him against Henry Clay to the last--because indie
pendenly OF our great respect and personal attach
ment TO the man he decidedly goes with Us in almost
every great question, and Henry Clay does not IN
Texas question than Henry Cay-and cause he is
an able and accomplished statesman, whilst his am-
bilious competitor is electioneering dcmagogue,
and would prove arrogant Dictator TO his coun-
try.
But i, would have been rather more respectful in
the Globe TO suppose that, however may have been
mistaken in the course have pursued, The friends
Of the resolution had some motives which were al
least satisfactory TO themselves. BY what authority
does the Gie express the Opinion, which il Il pleas
ed TO sport before the pubcp WHY in this ofT-hand
m,nner, and without the slightest evidence, does il
suspect us friends Of ring "dupes" 10 a mis-.
cradle intrigue at Washington Such a suspicion IS
utterly grnuiioos. We are no dupes. We have
participated in no intrigue. AS far back as March,
l5A3, We expressed Ia our ate Convention, the
sronP desire that the nomination Of President should
he hccied b fore the meeting Of Congress We ex-
Wessly stated, OF the reasons fr that prefer
sree, that there might be some oaballing and some
intriguing about the Presidential candidates When
We heard some weeks ago, that some Of our friends
had express preference for other candidates we
noticed II IN our paper, and advised the members Of
Congress 10 mind their own business bur wi hout
at all suspeciing them Of any pouy Intrigue or any
foul conspiracy" Whatever new views have struck
our minds within the last two weeks, they have had
not The slightest connection with any intrisue at
Washing on. We have had very little communica-
ton with our friends there aimee The day Of cur State
eiec'ion we state without the fear of contfadc-
non, dunng this eycntiul period that no ore has at
tempted 10 influence orr choice and that no one nj
Washington has exercised the slightest bias upon
our Mod. II was not what passed there bot what
was passing IN Virginia, which gave rise TO the free
conference that PRODUCED this COM roni.e resolution
II was the public sentiment, coming up afer the
election, well after the Texas letter of Mr. Van
Burcn, which gave Use TO some movement on the
subject, and no intrigue at Washington, of which in
the cour oous language Of the Gote, We and Others
are SAID to be the dupes. Evidence has been sub
United 10 us from some OF the most respectable Re
pubcans OF Virginia, calculated to arrest our aten
ton and excite our reelection We cannot spread it
upon ms paper The letter of Mr. Van Burcn, able
IN 'ts positions, and honorable IS It may be % the
irsnsncss Of its author, could scarcely have been
sent forth without producing deep. sensation upon