The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-27
i" A QUESTION OF vERACITY"-"MR. TALL
MADGES VERACITY"

MAD1Eo fEhAClil.
Under these two heads the Globe has quot
ed from the speech made by Mr.. Tallmadge,
recently in the Senate, the following
"This act suspension sct) of the Legislature was
openly denounced by public meetings in the city OF New
York, composed Of those claiming to be the exclusive
friends OF the Administration and fhis deRunc'dhon
ras reiterated BIZ The official organ Of me Government
here claiming 10 speak The sentiments Of the Adtnis-
fratlon on an important matters. Why this act
thus denouncedl Because il there had been no such
interference the banks would all been Frustrated as
have already shown and we should at once have been
brought to The golden age which has been solong de-
sired"
In the first of the articles as above headed,
the Globe said, This assertion of Mr.. TALL
mADGE we peremptorily deny. We deny that
we ever expressed an opinion against the
measure Of relief adopted by the Legislature
of New York towards the banks, much less
did we denounce it." 1t also declared that
sswe have carefully examined our files, to see
whether we let fall even careless expression
which could be construed into +" a denuncia-
ton" Of the relief law of New York, as stated
by Mr.. Tallmadge. We have not been able
to discover a solitary passage which could
authorize the assertion made by the Senator
in his place in the Senate, and now affirmed
in his speech written out by himself for the
public"
In the second article, the Globe, referring
to the first, said " we then challenged him to
point to "Me editorial paragraph in which he
relies to support the charge" It then pro-
4
ceeds with charge against Mr.. T.with garb-
ling from an editorial article Of the Globe 10
answer it through the Madisonian. The no.
tees Of the attacks Of the Globe, contained in
our columns arc entirely our own, of which
Mr.. +. could have no knowledge until he saw
them in print
Now, to meet the challenge of the Globe,
"to point TO the editorial paragraph" in which
| the Globe denounced" the relief law of
New York For the present we give the fol-
lowing which we apprehend will be sufficient
TO determine the question Of rcracity between
Mr.. Tallmadge and the Globe.
In reference to the suspension by the banks
the Globe said "The General Government
has no other alternative but TO issue paper OF
its own to supply its wants and SO again Gre
ate national debt, or it must compel the
banks to sue their debtors, and press for vast
sums in gold and silver which the paper cir
culalion has banished from the country
against the very apprehension OF this, wehave
seen the state governments provide, and stop
lars arc already passed by the Legislatures to
protect their stopping institutions. 1T is
TRUE SUCH LAWS HAVE BEEN
PRONOUNCED BY THE SUPREME
COURT VIOLATIONS OF THE CON-
STITUTION, AS ADVOCATING THE
OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS"
Will the Globe have the hardihood TO say
now, that it never denounced the relief law OF
New York !? Will it say, there was nothing
OF a denunciaiory character, in declaring it to
be unconstitutiondl---A stop la,c-passed for
the benefit Of their stopping institutions
Shame shame upon your mcndacity.
A resort to the subtertage, Of charge OF
garbing, is no new thing with the Globe,
when hard pressed. II has been frequent Of