The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-05-17

measure o. mlsrue and corruption to find excuses and
apologies lot every act Of mbecity although the inte
rest ana honor OF the country may be eoparded by gno
rance apathy, neglect but, above AM. 10 subject
those who do not think the existing powers, entitled
10 the confidence Of the People to The most
calumny and abuse" Mr.. BosD said he would appeal
to the House and 10 the country if not now ex-
periencng daily the practical application Of what Mr.
Hamilton mentioned as possible state Of things Is
not his description OF sui sdzed press the hands of
the Government graphically true OF the present Ad-
mnIs'rson and its press that might justly be
ecnred that they sat for the picture Every days
perience shows that all who oppose the present admin
istraon are :" subjected the most unsparing calum-
ny and abuse. Another of the jackson reforners in
TINS House, Mr. Floyd, Of Virginia, observed in debate
here that the Executive influence Of the Government
was very great, and had been exeried to calumniate
members OF this House well as great and wise men
Out Of the House" He said I" il had been attempted
70 cut them OIL by dark innuendoes" and that hire
ing scnbbers had been paid dreGiy or indirectly for
performing the task !"
Mr. Speaker, have we not felt and seen the sad rea-
OF an TINS LOT the last nine years. but particu-
larry since Mr. Van Buren, undertook the improve
ment OF the press and display OF its licentous pow
er IN the hired columns Of the Globe ? Who has not
been Disguised with the and unsparing calum-
ny from day 10 day poured out upon members Of Con-
gess and OF the Senate in particular who happened to
think that the existing powers not entitled to
the confidence OF the People 7" Who has not seen
the attempt in the Government press break down the
influence and power OF "members Of Congress-, and
TO cut them of by hireng scrbbles paid directly or
indirectly performing the task Does not the Globe
constantly charge Mr.. Clay, Mr. Webster, and Mr.
Southland and other Senator'S as being paid by and I'M
der the Influence OF the Bank OF the United States when
engaged in the discharge Of their high constitutional du
ues And when these foul slanders are howled from
the throat OF the sturdy masii" at the door Of the
treasury, do not the whole kennel, "Tray, Blanche
ana Sweetheart little dogs aud ALL" the
saryeng runspit that banks the faIthest verge Of
-nrh thu = L.
mer, Mr. Floyd, spoke Of the SANDERS on members OF
Congress and on other men elsewhere Why sir we
daily experience that and The President and his
press have gone on from time to time eliminating mem
beers OF Congress and others, Individually and al length
have got to slanderng tho People in body-a kind of
wholesale Islander business liza Congressional district
IN the free exercise OF its constitutional right elect
member who will not " bow and do obeisanee to the
party" he is at once proclaimed TO be the feed at
torney OF the bank, and the people Of the district arc
sIlgmatlzed as "reprieved debtors"
Here, SIR, desire to read short paragraph from the
PRESIDENTS official ncwspaper-the Globe II print
ed year since, and then met my eye. have pre-
served 1t for the express purpose Of noticing here,
on suitable occasion and this is the first appropriate
moment Ihave had to do The paragraph question
was written the occasion Of announcing the election
OF one Of the present Senators from Ohio (Mr Aen)
IN doing which, the Globe exults at what it was pleased
to consider defeat Of Mr. Ewing, ahghy distinguished
and most valuable member Of the Senate. do nat
propose to dwell on that election; il is foreign to nv
purpose; but do verify believe it achieved against
the wishes Of majority Of the people Of Ohio, and
cent events sustain that opinion And yet, this man.
whom the people OF Ohio delighted and if the signs Of
the times do not deceive, will again delight HONOR
IS at the moment Of his retiring from the Senate the
bosom Of his family, and to all the private relations Of
life, held up and sgmatized in the Globe bank
beneficiary" In the same article, sir, some fifteen
Senators opprobriously named and condemned by
this Government press. The State Of Alabama is par
ticulary congratulated being relieved from the Cal
hounery' Of Gabriel Moore. But now new light has
suddenly opened which wholly changes the medium
through which the Globe secs " CaLhounery," to use
Mr. Blair's own phrase How long has it been since
that paper sgmatized Mr. Calhoun as the banks feed
instrument" and said of him that no man ever NULL
fed the truth with SO little remorse! !" Now however,
the whole scene is changed and Mr. Calhoun is almost
dei6ed by the very Government press which but yes
terday had reviled him Here, Mr.. Speaker, we
realize another truth spread before the country Mr.
Bentons report, which, in describing the power OF the
Paesdsa! oysg aaSiaQRs t shS5d rsft
the advocates and friends Of the State Banks, and after
placing the public money in their custody, urged them
to lend it out Having thus = debauched" aud seduced
them from the "even tenor OF their way" this
administration and press abuse the banks and the
credit system which but yesterday they applauded
and Justify this abuse, asehood substituted for
fact. The Globe day two since stated "that the
Legislative examination Ohio" proved "that the d.
of the banks there had drawn than the
whole amour, Of their real capital" This, sir, is
other daring and impudent sehood Of that paper and
furnishes additional evidence of the desperation Of this
administration and its Government press, in carrying
out the Sub-Teasury system with all its selfish pur-
poses The result Of the Legislative examination of
the banks in Ohio is fully reported by the Auditor of
the State, who is thorough going disciple Of the Sub
Treasury school, His report is now before me, and
invite its immediate inspection, 1t is most creditable
to the banks OF Ohio; shows them to have been pru-
IDENTITY managed, and that they will not suffer in compa
rison with those Of any State in the Union But let
look the Auditors report and test the truth Of the
fact stated by the Globe that the directors of the
banks Of Ohio had drawn out than the amount of
their real capital" BY the Auditors report, il appears
that the amount Of capital stock actually paid in these
banks in December last ST. ,33 ,6lS SO, and the
whole amount loaned to directors and stockholders to-
gefher at that time, only Sl466 ia So. leave
it for others to apply the proper rebuke to the Globe for
lis Islander OF the banks and the people Of Ohio but,
Mr. Speaker, appeal 10 you and to this House if
press which thus basey conducted should be sustained
and cherished by funds from the public Treasury
This same paper took OCCASION not long since, to
quote from some remarks which had the honor to
make in this House, and to say It had never inmated
that the Senate was useless body Why sir the
gross calumny heaped by the Globe the majority Of
the Senate but short time since, must be familiar to
ALL | will not offend far as to read those ISLANDERS
to the House The official organ, by its personal abuse
OF the Senator's and repeated calumny of the body did
more than give the intimation alluded to. Did not the
Globe say Of the Senate that Its dignity" inn
paired" its character for grave consideration gone
that its Justice" was g doubted and its power 10
harm by its most marked censure (" condemned and de-
rdcd!" Yes, sir, this the language held by the
Presidents official press towards the American Senate,
and vet that same press now has the eontery to deny
that it ever minated that the Senate was useless
body.
But, Mr. Speaker, in pursuing the individual ISLANDERS
Al.