The Daily Madisonian

From the N. O. Daily Republican.

The friends of the President have reason to be proud of the man of their choice. This is not merely a temporary subject of honest exultation—it is one enduring, which is destined to be enhanced, one that will furnish them with a lasting source of grateful recollections. He has gone through an ordeal severe and trying, and has come out unscathed and triumphant. Amid all the difficulties with which he has had to contend, his faith in those principles which he imbibed from a Jefferson was never weakened, his courage never shaken. And now, as the people are coming by thousands to give him their approval and support, we behold in the sequel another and a brilliant instance of the triumph of truth over error.

It is a precept divine in its objects if not in its origin, beautiful as true, that the actions of man are guided by the hand of his Creator, and that, however rough the road of life may appear to our purblind view, He contemplates ultimate good in all. The whirlwind which has swept over the country, and lashed into storm the public mind, is rapidly subsiding; and, though fierce as the struggle at present is for a prolongation of their existence, the evil spirits which conjured up the disorder are sinking to the bottom, and tranquility is rapidly returning. The shocks which our institutions have received have only served to show their ability to withstand them; while the people are furnished with a practical example of the tendency of public men to abuse their trusts, that will not be lost.

The position of the President at this moment is truly enviable. Without taking into account the triumphs which are in store for him, he stands over the prostrate forms of his enemies, the conqueror in an unequal struggle, embodying the painter's beautiful conception, that represents corruption and tyranny at the foot of patriotism. Truly, truth is omnipotent!

Nor is public justice to be doubted. The events of the hour give ample proof that the people have formed a just estimate of the labors of their servants, and will reward them accordingly. They have not been unconcerned spectators of the contest between the Executive and the Legislature. They have already spoken the doom of the unprincipled, the selfish, and the factious.

The Legislature arrayed itself in the most hostile attitude against the Executive, and their influence was exerted to the utmost to ruin him in the public estimation. Force, intimidation and subtlety were resorted to on the one hand; falsehood, unblushing and daring, and denunciation unsparing were dealt out on the other. Yet what is the result? The President, with an abiding faith in the justice of his cause, threw himself between the infuriated partisans and the Constitution, and called upon the people to come to the rescue. He did not call in vain; the confidence he reposed in their love of justice was not mistaken Their intelligence enabled them to judge, and their patriotism pronounce the sentence, which elevates him to the observation of all, while it consigns to oblivion the plotters against the liberties, the interests, and the faithful servants of the nation.