The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-02-05

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nlaces Of the nine gentlemen from New YORK
msreoresen,inp filty thousand electors, ana
beaten by an aggregate majority Of more tnan
five thousand votes, be supplied by true re-
pubIcans, and you add eighteen to inc io"'-
Teen minority of last session against the pni.
sir. let me say TO these, my honoraoie GU,
Isag,es in ali kindness, as you have Deen
d,;von ;o,o retirement, for what you nave al
readv done--force this bill, by your votes on
ra,,c,ant people, and you viii be pursued
80 ,hat retirement with their deep and indlg-
mani curses and execrailons.
I have attempted to describe to gentleman
Of the administration, the rich feast, when
| Conservatism spreads for her disciples
Why will they not draw around the table and
commune with Republicans OF the true and
! unchanged laithl And, why will not my homo
rable colleague of the Ways and Means, be
among the numbers The vote given by him,
some days since, on the resolution to print
extra copies of the "delaulters documents"
lin which he separated from his pary,) fur
nishes some slight evidence that he may yet
tear from his neck the CALLING collar, the de-
| basing badge of party servility. Sir, let me
tell that gentleman to pause, and count the
cost before he becomes Conservative. Is
y
Spartan Band" who have periled all for
their countryl Does he see inscribed on the
portals Of the Conservative temple Hinc
procul este proiami ~ None, but the politl-
cally pure in heart can enter there. Before
you enter its sacred walls, think OF the perlls
which await you. Have you the moral cou-
rage to dare to be honest Can you look
upon the tcrrors Of the party rack unmoved!
| Have you nerves Of steel to endure the tor
lures Of the political inquisitors : Can you
view " the drawn dagger, and defy its Point!'
Can you, with unbanched cheek, look upon
the iaggot and the stake prepared for your I'M
molationl Can you, without emotion, look
into the furnace which the political Nebuchad-
nezzars have heated seven times hotter than
Of old, for your destruction! Il you cannot
do all this, think not Of being Conservative.
But fear not Try it, sir, try It. Nothing IS
wanting but moral courage and political no.
nesty. Armed with this panopy, you may
bid defiance, to Loco Foco assaults, and
laugh in mockery at the efforts of lis impotent
malice. What, though for refusing TO fall
down and worship the golden image, at the
sound Of the Executive music, you be cast
into the devouring flame. Fear not; the
angel of liberty, shall be seen walking in the
midst, to guard and protect you. You shall
come out Of the fiery ordeal, intact and un-
scathed. In the language Of inspiration
"your coat shall remain unchanged, nor shall
the smell of fire, have passed upon your gar
meats"
But this fear is mere fancy sketch.
fear the gentleman lacks The two things need
lul, without which he cannot enter the pale Of
the Conservative Church-politcal honesty
and moral courage. "
For the present, must treat the hon. gen.
tleman as hostile to the Conservatives. He
likes them not and for this, perhaps, he is
not in fault They have annoyed him much
They aided and abelted in consigning him to
the obscurity of private life, which his amia-
BILE and unob,rusive vvtues and splendid Ia
Tents are 81 well calculated to adorn. Sir, |
congratulate him on his release from the
cares and tolls and perpleAities of public sta
ton and official place. In his retirement, |
trust he will enjoy the "otiuna, cum dignuate
to which his political labors have so justly
entitled him, an abundance of the good things
Of this life; and no more be annoyed by the
.traitorous and plundering" Conservatives.
The message refers to the defacaton of
the ex-colector of New York do not pro-
pose to speak Of the enormity of this ransac-
ton, the appalling magnitude of the plumber,
or of the negligence attributed to the Secre-
tary. The report of the investigating COM
mittee, no doubt, will enable us to do Justice
TO all concerned refer to it in connection
with what has been said Of the party politics
of the ci-devant collector 1t is alleged that
he is a Conservative. Has this remark been
called for by any thing which has TRANSFERRED
here2 Has any gentleman claimed, for de-
faulter, immunity from disgrace and punish
ment, on the ground of his politics Do
gentlemen choose to Judge others by them
selves! And because they might feel dis
posed to screen an inuentus non administration
Sub-treasurer from exposure, at any hazard
and at any price, do they imagine Conser-
vatives would incur similar guilt If so, let
me correct the mistake, and assure them that
Conservatives refuse to be judged by their
rule. They are no friends of the white
washing operation. Let the bolt fall, rive
whom il may, be he Wing or Tory, Destruc.
tive or Conservative.
The committee has been appointed as it
should have been appointed by a majority Of
the House and composed, as it should have
been of a majority of members friendly to
the investigations. The manner in which the
Speaker had constituted the Ways and Means,
held outno hope that he would have given the
country fair committee. 1t would have
been packed, most emphatically in secret
Executive influence would have entered the
Speakers room and dictated the appointment
The official organ has recently avowed, that
the Executive is, " in some Sort" responsible
for the appointment of committees of this
House. Under date of the goth, Il think) it
saws "as the REPRESENTATIVE of the majority