The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-06


.Ths Globe itself denounced the Sub Treasury bill
evolutonary despotc and ia its practical operations
rendering the public money liable to DO Pundered by
hundred hands
ran, equivalent to this We corrected il, aitIbuting
4 10 mistake n that gentleman supposng that he had
been led into il by reading garhed and fssied extract
from the Globe, published "a the Madsonlan Another
Senator reproduced this unjust mpnation and inserted
4, n the report Of his Speech carefully written out by
h oyn hand AFTER our first correction before the
public This error was further propagaed by the reso-
iutons OF the Conservative meeting IN the city oil New
York with full knowledge that there was not even
pretex to Justify it, We again corrected IT, by the pub
LEGATION OF the entire paragraph rom the Globe ana ye'
this paragraph bore on its face an abso-
lte refuation Of the inconsistency imputed we see
again paraded by the organ OF the Bank Of tho United
We must now consider this renewed charge wiful
Misrepresentation"
The allegation that the Madisonian pub
lished "taisifed extract from the Globe" is
a doparigAt "assauh upon truth !" and its
mendacious editor knows il to be such.
That individual finds he is placed in di-
lemma, from which he attempts to extricate
himself, and to cover retreat, by basely
charging others with having been guilty of
misrepres entation. We have frequently un.
derstood that he particularly prides himself
upon his adrotness, and skill, in twisting and
turning, by which to work himself out OF any
scrape he may find himself placed in. In
this instance he will find himself hemmed in
by an enclosure furnished by the columns OF
his own paper, from which he cannot escape
He says,
"we declared that Mr. LErou's plan, which denied
the custody Of the public money to the Executive and
the officers appointed by him, TO be "rerointondry" II
it claimed it for Congress, we supposed Il DID, nde
nendenlly Of the Executive Department. and officers APP
pointed by It,"
Now this is sheer subterfuge on the part Of
the editor of the Globe. He could not have
supposed any such thing. The extract which
he now gives was taken from an article pub
lshed in the Globe in November, 1884, which
contained the declaration that, "THE PRO-
POSITION is DISORGANIZING AND
REVOLUTIONARY, SUBVERSIVE OF
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
OF OUR GOVERNMENT, and Of its en-
tire practice from 1889 doon to this day"
The editor of the Globe knew perfectly
well what the proposition of Mr.. Leigh's was.
which it thus branded; because, in September
previous, he had quoted it and most bitterly
reprobated it.
On the Goth of that month, the Globe COM
menced with the interrogatory, WHAT IS HE
AT :" and said, Senator Leigh has written
letter for publication, which has been usher
ed forth in the Richmond Wing, with view
of explaining the lawful alternatives" of sup
porting an unconstitutional Bank, or something
more unconstitutional, presented to Virginia in
one of his speeches in the Senate" The
Globe remarked, "Mr. Leigh does indeed
say
In my opinion, the trainers Of the Consultation had
no thought of any bank agency rhaterer, Stotcor Fee
dsral either for Facilitating The operations The Trea-
Sury or for regulating the currency; and that 10 admit
mister The government in The true spirit Of The Consttn
ton and according TO the intention Of its founders The
Treasury ought 10 be divorced rom aAcoAneGion icth
banks State or Federal
The Globe proceeded. "What then
Why the public moneys, from the time of
their receipt to the time of their disbursement,
amounting, as they often do, to ten or twelve
millions of dollars, must remain in the hands
of individuals, appointed by The President and
removable at his mill. And this comes from
a man who has leagued with scores Of others
to denounce the President as usurper and
coutemner of the constitution and laws, be-
cause he claimed for the Executive the GUS
tody of the public money in much more Ii
mited sense He has never claimed that it
should be retained in the actual keeping of
Executive officers, but only that it must be at
their credit, and within their control, under
such restrictions as Congress may impose in
some bank or banks or other places of depo-
sit But Mr.. Leigh thinks that according to
the true spirit of the Constitution it ought
TO be kept in their pockets, chests or u1uitS,
where they can approach it every day, and
use it without the checks of warrants drawn,
countersigned, registered, and recorded, and
passing through many hands, without which
not dollar can now be touched by any public
officer, not even the President himself We
do not agree with Mr.. Leigh in the opinion
that it was the intention of the Constitution to
leave with the Executive this most dangerous
control over the public moneys. If we did,
not having the flexible political conscience Of
this wise Senator, we should be obliged to
insist that on this subject the Constitution
should be restored TO its original meaning,
and the unauthorized constructions which