The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-06-19

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duty TO be IN offce."-Pompey.
EXTRACTS OF MR. sNYDER's SPEECH
WITH COMmENTARIEs.
There but three representatives. from tho State
OF Illinois, aud am the only one Of that delegation to
my knowledge, who has given any intimasion that he
would support the Subireasury."
And we venture 10 assert that he was the
first one Of that delegation, who gave any in
timatioa that he would not support the Sub
treasury and at the special session he voted
to lay it on the table.
In these days of the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF the press,
every public man receives full measure Of abuse"
lin these days Of the lcentousness Of pub
nc men, every public press receives a full mea-
sure Of abuse and ingratitude from those who
have been pulled by it into notice, and into
whose public character and reputation it alone
has breathed the breath Of life.]
- 1t is true, the ARTICLE makes no direct specific
charge Of corruption"
lt did less lit named no mani
The author Of the ARTICLE ntimates that have So
lcited Executive fayors and Executive Smiles and that
promises and favors have been returned"
Ill only intimated what "we should not
hesitate to believe" if certain contingency
|happened-still naming nobody]
"Sr am not an applicant for Office, neither have
ever received the Smiles PROMISES favors Of the
President Justice to him and TO myself demands Of
that here, in my paceI should say that that well
the charge Of corruption insinualed by the ARTICLE,
false and malicious"
Nov il strikes us that the honorable Mr.
Snyder must have seen himself in that " AR
TicLE" as in painting unlike that OF the
g Golden Lion" however, which had the
name written under it, or, as in a mirror
And he will find, perhaps, that his greatest
misfortune has been that he has held that
mirror up to thousand eyes, when none but
his own might have seen it. A gay old wo-
man, says the fable, seeing all her wrinkles
represented in a large looking-glass, threw it
upon the ground in passion and broke il in
a thousand pieces but as she was afterwards
surveying the fragments with spteful kind
of pleasure, she could not forbear uttering
herself in the following soliloquy What
have got by this revengeful blow of mine :
have only multiplied my deformity, and see
hundred ugly faces, where before saw but
one"
As to the terms false and malicious" we
suppose they were necessary to impress upon
the nearer the fullness Of the passion, or to
give a graceful rotundity to the period. They
have no application to us--perhaps the public
will fasten them upon the honorable members
speech.l For we ask the honorable gentle
man to deny if he can, that he has personally
solicited an office from the President-that he
procured has tpo colleagues to intercede for him
that he HAS DINEp NTH the President, and
boasted Of the qualification he experienced from
the smiles of the Executive. If he will deny
this in any form, we are prepared for further
action on the subject.
aThe manner in which the editor of the Madisonian
hassssssssa p,.as.- por,ion of the demo
embess Of this House, before he received their
votes for its printer-nameiy, that he would support
the present administration, and the rules and usages OF
the democratic paryrenders any other or further no.
tce Of him for the present unnecessary
rand the gentleman might have added
/" And quite as Improbable as unnecessary"
That the editor Of the Madisonian ever
made any pledges to any portion OF the De-
mocratic members of the House that he would
support the present administration in the sense
which Mr.. Snyder would impart, is totally
untrue--we will not say, as the honorable
member said of US, " false and malicious"
We did come here in good faith to support
the administration upon the principles upon
which it was elevated and to which it stood
pledged. But the mere announcement OF the
intention excited the jealous avarice of the po-
lite Petronius " at present distinguished the
favor and confidence of the administration"
and he commenced upon us, as he had con-
tnued upon others, his system of detracton,
falsehood and caumny, by which he recon-
mends himself to the " favor and confidence"
Of those who hire him. The very ararice of
that man, we have no doubt, contributed much,
by the persevering activity of its passion, to
induce Mr.. Van Buren, to abandon his pledges,
and take new position which the Madisonian
and its true friends never could support. No,
we have not violated our pledges. We defy
the most malignant enemyto prove that we
have varied in our course from the issuing of
our prospectus to the present moment. Our
history is all published, and there is no excuse
for not accompanying these charges with the
proof The best refutation Of these accusa-
tons is, that the honesty and consistency of
our course have commended themselves to
the more liberal and Independent portion of
the administration party, and our friends have