The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-22

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the Senate.
THE GLOBE-lTS DICTATION-ITS
ARROGANCE.
"We notice in tho New Hampshire Gazette,
Portsmouth, request Of US to publish the proceed
ings Of a meeting recently held in that town, by a
certain conservative clique. We cannot lend aid
10 The promotion OF any such disorganizns move
ments, In Portsmouth or elsewhere
"Gentlemen 80 receatly and SO obstinateiy con-
tending In the ranks Of our opponents as tho mana
gers oil that meeting must be content 10 oiiop, for
While at least, before they successfully aspire TO
lead the democratic party"
We cut these remarks from the Globe about
two weeks since. Not having seen the ~ Hamp-
shire Gazette, we know nothing Of the proceed
ings Of the meeting to which the Globe refers
But we are struck with the proscriptive and in
tolerant disposition manifested by the Globe
That paper arogates to itself the duties of the
office II performed during the administration Of
Mr.. Van Buren,. Then il was master of the
guilotne-grand high priest of the party. No
Mahometan despot ever issued his mandates in
more absolute manner than did the Globe
during that period. II but issued its orders; this
one was decapilated-that one anathematised-
and Others were ostracised. All who could not
submit to It's dcation were placed under the
ban of prescription, and all who listened not TO
It's behests were read out of the party. And
what was the consequence The Democratic
party were broken down, defeated, disgraced
And all through the instrumentaity of the
Globe and the clique that surrounded and sus-
tanned it. Ii was not the legitimate Wing vote
that caused that party TO triumph in 1910. 1t
was the band of independent democrats that
were driven from that party by the arrogant die
talion and proscriptve policy adopted by the
Globe clique, who either voted for the Wing
candidate, or staid away from the polls and did
not vote at all, who decided the contest. In
their hands was deposited the balance of power
Not until the nomination of the Baltimore
Convention was announced was any change
looked for, or anticipated The Globe clique
had, through the fundamentally of the chicane-
y of party, packed conventions, and the fore
stalment of public opinion to considerable ex-
tent, so matured their plans that very few sup
posed it possible to avoid having foisted on the
party as its candidate for the Presidency, the
defeated candidate of 1910. The result in
such an event. could not have been doubtful,
and was confidently predicted. He would have
experienced more signal defeat than he did in
1910. 1t was well known not one of those De-
mocraIs who, in 1910, had been driven from
the party, would return to kiss the hand that had
prosecuted them.
In tha nor ,nfV Il Dzll
candidate for the Presidency, the Globe clique
were defeated and the PEOPLE triumphed. Mr..
Polk was emphatically the candidate of the
People. He had neither sought for nor in
trigued for the high station. 1t was the free
will offering of the People. Nor was Mr. Polk
under any obligations to the politicians He
had held no communication with any OF them
on the subject of the station to which he was
elevated, nor had he ever been connected with
n'rigues and cahas either for the purpose of
elevating Others or for reaching the high emf
nence himself.
From the day that Mr. Polk was announced
as the candidate of the Democratic party to the
Presidency, new light broke forth upon that
portion of it which had been oslracised and
driven from it in 184O by the Globe and it.
clique. They began to indulge the hope that
the reign of terror had reached its end, and that
the rule of the Globe would no longer be per-
mi,ted. Some of the most confident took posi-
ton Immediately, and the withdrawal of Mr.
Tyler OF his name as candidate brought in all
the rest to the support of Mr.. Polk OF the
scores of papers that bad run up the Tyler flag
we know of only a single one that did not sub
stitu,e Mr.. Folks in its place.
Until the election terminated and the contest
was decided, none were seen in the field dis
playiog greater energy, activity and sincerity
than the ostraclsed democrats of 1910. and
those who had been the friends and supporters
OF Mr.. Tyler. They had their numerous and
enthusiastic meetings, and they contributed in
every way in their power TO accomplish the
happy and glorious result.
And what did the Globe and its clioue IN
aid the great democratic cause, and promote
the election of Mr.. Polk2 We believe il did
publish an article containing the proof to show
that Mr.. Folks grandfather was not a tory
That was almost all that the Globe did for Mr.
Polk. In place of strong and powerful articles.
calculated TO stimulate the democracy to united
action on him, that paper contained .lamenra.
tons on lamentations on the defeat of Mr.. Van
Buren, at Baltimore, and eulogies of the highes,
strain on his character. In its constant opno-
sinon TO the annexation of Texas, the Globe
auayed itself against one Of the cardinal prin.
ciples asserted by the convention at Baltimore
and set itself up in direct opposition to the
avowed doctrine and principles of Mr.. Polk.
The Globe too, printed and circulated for the
benefit Of the Wing party, and TO tn. injury Of
the Democracy, the speeches of Col. Benton.
made in Missouri last summer. And we had
almost forgotten another service Of the Clob,