The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-25
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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

NV Yosx, April 23d, ls45.
After several days Of storm, at last favored
with fair skies, and bright sun; and, the genial
warmth that the earth receives from It's rays, sends
forth vegetation and all the beauties OF the horal
season. The parched fields are saturated with the
dews Of heaven and the soft and balmy winds fresh
from the tropics add odor and charm to surround
ing animated nature.
Broadway, that great thoroughfare Of the COM
mercial Metropolis Of the Western World, throoged
with beauty and worth, and fashion and be that
wander through its siddy mazes, and think Of aught
beside Joy and happiness must indeed be psensible
to the attractions of glorious world like this.
And yet, amid scenes like these, there not a
few to be found, who sigh disappointed hopes
and blighted prosperty-who lament their hard lot ;
and confess, whilst they writhe, and
g. murmur with their longing"
that is indeed too true that the great sarist Of the
other century was not actually and positively at fault
when he said that patriotism was the last occupa-
ton of "a scoundrel." Ay, many Of the patriots of
these days of light and knowledge have already found
that they erred, when they imagined that every modern
Cato" who has lived and suffered, and bied at the
nose and at the thorax, and the jugular and in the
pocket for the good of the country now 10 be re-
warded And others have ascertaned that Shaks-
peare a wizard and that when he made Car
dina Wooisey excaim,
-how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on Princes favors,
he had an eye to other days than those, which were
immortazed by Henry. VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Jane
Seymour. Ay, and they will do the great Master of
Nature the justice to acknowledge that he had in his
minds eye, other Princes than those of the throne
Of Tudor.
Whilst we lookabove US and quietly count the stars,
and all "yon glttering planets and behold every
thing around US we are occasionally awakened from
our dreams of Hiss by the unwoned scintilla,ion. of
some excenris comet, that augurs the advent of an
hour of turmoil and the of the star-gazer is now
and then, salsted by some strange
"--thunder in the Index"
1t is said omewhere in the Scriptures that two
women wer at the MILL grinding corn, and that ono
was taken, and the other was left Things not dis
similar, haze happened in the political world and the
metaphor las been abundanty defined and under
stood by n,re than one "Cato,n who exposed him |
self for tn good of the cause and who had hoped to
obtain hiseward for oil his tolls and pains of ira
vail on"
There a restless spirit among US and it will no,
easily belaid to rest There are among rs. and
among althe cities and plains of this vast republic
body oyoung, hardy, intelligent, and active young
men, WHARF, impatient of restraint, and who, having
submtedo the dctation of the old and superanuatsd
fathers, the Democratic family, are of opinion,
that it tine that those who ruled in Israel for thirty
years Upwards, should retire, and yield the abors
OF STATE younger generation. This body of
hardy, imiligent, and active young" compose the
1" Young DEMOCRACY" of the American People
lhey are 'rong as they are young and lusty, and
their clam cannot, nay, they will not be resisted
And II anthere be, who imagine that this Young
Democrac can be held any longer in leading string,
can be ST aside to make room for venerable imno
tent and sOeranuated dotage-for the absolute grew
beard democracy ola by-gone age,--they will find
themselves,ost sadly disappointed.
All is It well in Israel Discomfort and bs.r,.
burnings, tveIope themselves each and evsrv doy
ana there g yet those among us, who are destined
10 witness TALL OF another Arlington and Shafts
bury lie 10 rises to fortune, and to fame bv ac-
cidental eyes, and incidentally, rides into power on
the wave OF participated popular caprice and fame,
and having asined the summit of human ambitioo
turns his ok upon the ladder, and scans the base
degrees by woh he assembled, has yet to learn that
the People aisovereign and tina, the Throne wo {
honor is the ,oplcs choice
The news pm Europe received here yesterday BY
the Caledoniaeamcr is important 1t may Great.
some alarm, anything Of the kind, in nv op;n;o,
h.
Oregon quests, and all others, to the eminent and
patriotic s'stman, who has been elevated to tbs
Presidency. le will be found equal to apy and :
every emcrges. Yours, truly,
LIZ BaRoN :