The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-12
ATTORNEY GENERAL GRUNDY's spee,
PUBLIC ABUsEs-"TUCkAHoE,. &c.
" The poor beetle that we tread upon,
In corporal suferance feels pang
As great as when giant dies"

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As great as when giant dies"
The duty Of faithful public journalist who
has been stationed like a sentinel upon
watch tower, to guard the battlements of pub
without, and TRAITORS within, is sometimes Of a
painful character. If he fears to expose any
| iniquity Of the foe, whatever the consequences
may be to himself, he is unworthy the charac-
ter he has assumed and should relinqush his
station TO irmer heart, and more unblench-
ing eye. With stern arm must he hold the
balance Of justice, and never permit it to be
broken. With an unmoying finger must he
point out the evil Vaccinations, the frauds
and corruptions that are disclosed to his SUI
perior position, however closely into personal
conflict with the actors in the scenes the per-
Torrance of such duty may bring him. In
this relation we mean to say that, in what we
have to state in regard to public practices in
the administration of the affairs Of the Co
vernment, we feel on all occasions that we
are controlled only by the sentiment of duty,
and not by any feeling of disrespect or i'll will
to any mere person. II is almost impossible,
however, to treat of malpractices in Office,
without in some degree affecting individual
associations. This is one Of the pains and
penalties Of political life. always as severely
felt by US, as they possibly can be by the per-
sons who sometimes impede the path Of our
political duty.
We have been led to these remarks by the
Globe and its correspondents, "TucKAHoE"
and an" If we were not correct in assign
ing the authorship of !" Tuckahoe," it matters
little for the present. As private, individuals,
we are as Indifferent about these writers, as
about the serjs Of Russia, Ii is the condi-
ton Of their official existence, we have no
doubt, that they write. But, if "M," whose
sentiments Of disrespect are superabundantiy
reciprocated is not the rcdoubtable author Of
" Tuckahoe," why then there is Dromio of
Syracuse, as well as Ephesus. At any rate,
the communications of "Tuckahoe" and the
"Yeoman," bear this similitude, viz both
obliged the editor of the Globe to explain and
extenuate their meaning. And there is
truth in the secret history of "A Yeoman,"
which M" will scarcely presume to deny
Was not "A Yeoman" an utter stranger in
Washington until after the publication Of his
essays in the Globe When he came here
and announced himself as the author Of those
Jacobinical illusions, was he not cordially
greeted and pdtronised by the editor of the
Globe and the Secretary Of the Treasury,
and through their arbitrary influence, foisted
into clerkship Of $1,000 per annum, with
scarcely a qualification for the office, or even
the ability to discharge its duties up to this
time Here then, is synacare, purchased
by the dangerous productions of pseudo
"Yeoman," through the merits and necessi-
ties Of the Globe, and the Secretary whose
virtues are reflected and reiracted therein.
And for what is it continued To supply the
editors lack Of brains, and swell the blood
hound cry of havoc and destruction to all men
and things that do not bow down and worship
the golden calf Of the ruling dynasty But