The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-09
COMMUNICATED.
COMMUNICATED.
THE DEMOCRATIC CLUBS OF WASHING
TON CITY.

THE DEMOCRATIC CLUBS OF WASHING
TON CITY.
In tho election of Col. Polk, the people have
achieved glorious triumph. The great maxim o'
the Democratic party is, that the People ca" S0'e"
themselves; the cardinal principle OF Federalism main
tains that the People cannot govern themselves ano
must therefore be governed The recent hard-earned
victory has taught the enemies OF free government
lesson which they will forget, viz hat The
bgb-born tsp have no divine 'ghI 10 govern the less
favored n.any;-that the blessings oil Freedom hAe
the grateful dews of heaven, should descend upon
the vrtuous laboring thousands as well as on inc
naughty and wealthy units The time has come ior
a sovereign and enlightened People to assert their
rightful supremacy they have too long played he
foolish game of losing the substance OF Republican
liberty, by grasping at the shado'o'
Those who have been selected from the ranks oil
the people aud hoaoraby assigned 10 high places oil
power, should not forget the source from which that
power is derived They are in truth the commission
ed servants, and not the seli-w lied massers, OF the
sovereign electors an, trust the present able and
patriotic Administration will carry out, in good faith,
this sacred fundamental principle OF popular rights
The country has just passed through the most peril
Gus and momentous contest we have ever witnessed /;
and on the part Of the Democracy, il has been en-
phaticay contest Of principle against privilege. 1t
was indeed, tremendous struggle but happily for
the cherished principles of our fathers, the Demo
cratic banner is gracefully waving every where
in triumph.
The eloquent and immortal HENRY once eIclaim-
ed tho battle not to the strong alone 1t is to the
l.;I. ~. ,ba trav ubn npft THAR
shoulders 10 The hesI and discharge their whole duty
to themselves and their country, in the Presidential
campaign are justly entitled to the thanks and honors
of that country But few portions of the Jealous
and gallant advocates Of Messrs. Polk and Dallas
contributed essentially to this great and glorious
result, than the Democratic Associations OF Wash
iugton city. They were sentlnels who never slept
at their posts. They walked boldly the outer
walls of the citadel and sent forth the rayisg cry
of Polk, Dallas, and Texas, upon the wings of the
wind.
These spirited Associations are composed almost
entirely of Workngmen-the enlightened and enter
prising mechanics of the Distric-the men of brawny
arms and honest hearts, who know that "eernal yig
lance is the price Of liberty" They collected, at
their expense and TOLL all the valuable informa-
ton in the shape of the most authentic documents
and sent out three millions and half of these among
the people of the several States but chiefly those oil
Pennsy lvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maine, Georgia and
New York and their patriotic abors were not lost
The masses confdng, unsophisticated, and truly
devoted to our Republican form Of Government; and
when these documents threw such flood of light
upon their minds showing the insidious plans and
dangerous measures Of the Wings, on side, and
the LIBERAL wise and salutary policy advocated by the
Democratic party on the other, they reflected and de-
cded for themselves and that decision sustained the
great principles of 90 and 49, and rescued the coun-
try from the hands of the most reckless and despotc
party that ever clamored for power and vengeance
believe and the facts will fully sustain the deca-
ration that these united associations of working De-
mocrats in the District, with such fearless and I'M
compromising champions as the ex-committee of the
senior association of Washington, to rally and cheer
them on, have proved Gibraltar of defence for
Democracy, which the most violent assaults of the
foe could not storm, and DER whose ramparts the
proud flag of our principles is ''gallanty stream
ing" They have done "yeoman service" in the
good cause and deserve the lasting applause Of the
country Who shall pretend to estimate the wide
extended and redeemng influence of their patriotic
efor,si Who will dare to scorn them' Who, in
deed is prepared to that the Government could
have been rescued from the grasp of FEEDER alism,
without the effective means afforded by the honora-
BILE associations of hard handed and enlightened me-
chanics' The history of the last campaign has
proved that the professional men are not the only
available politicians and truchearted patriots The
"great wealthy arisocracy of the land j." who " fare
sumptuously every day." have no patent right under
the Constitution, for their superior virtue, dignity
and intelligence; and while they were lounging in
their brilliant halls of Eastern pomp and luxury the
more substantial and practical have nobly thrown
themselves into the BREACH and secured the election
of eminent and pure-minded Republican, who
may justly boast of the and distinguished honor
of having received the unsought SURFACES" of he
American people. These clubs are formed of men
who are no "sunshne patriots"-no summer SOL
ders"-and if few of them should ask clerical
situations under the Government, their well founded
| and powerful claims should not be disregarded A
large number Of these mechanics have good educa.
TONS write very splendid hands, and are well quail
fed in all respects, to discharge the usual duties de-
living upon the clerks of the various departments
A DEMOCRAT.
NEW YORK CITY NEWS.