The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-01-15
PREVIOUS QUESTION.


'Nir. CrsHsiAN, Of New Hampshire, has done him.
self much honor by bis manly and conclusive de-
fence of the Secretary Of the Treasury from the as
PERSONS of Wise, PTenss, and their coadJuiors, In
The work Of defamation"
The only part Of this manly and conclusive de-
fence, we remember was something like this;
"Mr Speaker: The Secretary ofthe Treasury was
lawyer in New Hampshire and stood high, sir, as
man of talents and industry. He is accused Of
negligence and remissness sir, and many cases are
referred to to show it, But, sir have before me a
document which completely refutes this charge of
his enemies. Here, sir, land Mr.. Cushman held up
large document is the evidence that Land Re
ceiver in the west in his pronounced
with emphasisl TO the Secretary Of the Treasury;
and what did the Secretary do sir under these try
ing circumstances lie accepted il sir, with that de-
csion for which he is SO justly distinguished. Sir,
he don't object to investigation, pyorded the COM
mttee shall be appointed by the Speaker, and not
chosen by the House" Here Mr.. Cushman's
remarks were interrupted. On resuming he said j
"Mr, Speaker was going on, sir, to make
remarks similar TO those have already made, had
not been interrupted by the gentleman from Virgil
MIA But, sir do not desire TO take up the time OF
the House. Sir, have DONE"
We confess that The "conclusiveness" of this
"defence" somewhat confused us, for il seemed TO
us that it was long story CURLY, concisely and
succinctly epitomized." But we did not understand
the genius of this defence" quite so well as the
New York American, whose sagacious and well
timed observation will help out of the darkness of
this eclipse;
at is a little curious that the defender, on the
floor of the House. Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
Is his townsman, Mr. Cnshman, who has experience
in defending official denquents II is not very long
since, in the Legislature of New Hampshire, this
same Mr.. Cushman assumed the defence of a Mr..
Stimson, the Warden Of the State Prison. who was
charged with defalcaon, and for whom the noto-
rious Isaac Hill was bondsman. We do not remem-
Der what the issue of the proceedings before the Lee
gislature was but the issue as 10 MIR Stimson was,
that he ran off in debt 10 the State many thousand
dollars-notwi,hstanding The innocence which his
defender, Mr. Cushman, claimed for him before the
Legislature. .". ~ Il. "..- 80.
1.-THE intervention of snch defender in Mr..
Woodbury's case is ominous."
THE OSTLER OF THE AUGEAN STABLES.
| How, hosteler feche my horse bollel OF hay.
Shelton.
An ignorant sort of Lcndoners called oslers,
| serving with innholders in their stables
History Of England
Committing his horse to the Oser, went directly to
the kitchen, cabnet.]
Fielding.
If the Globe administered affairs in the kitchen,
during the late dynasty, il has under this certainly
changed places with somebody, and received an APP
pointment in his Exceencys stables. We mean
the Augedn stables. We have no serious objection
10 the appointment, If the new oster will but conhne
himself 10 his own business. But we never saw an
oster in good pay who was not great brag, and
great critic in his line The Globe ostler, faithful
even to the technicaes of his trade, speaks of Mr.
Clay as having made Mr. Tallmadge bridle,cise
and manageable" although he had kicked at Mr.. c.
an hundred times in the Senate" Proceeding then
in its usual ostlerke courtesy and decency, it makes
the silly endeavor 10 produce the impression that Mr..
Rives has also been under the training" Of Mr..
| Clay, and discourseth in the following scientific
flourish ..,s.... as.
GA FESTIVE and reluctant steed is soon brought to
submission, by first wringng his nose, then pating
him on the neck and 1ourshing whip over him."
The Globe gives abundant evidence that a more
judicous appointment to the Augean stables could
not have been made. We have no doubt that those
animals which draw in The Executive traces will do
| good service, under the judcious and scientific
training" which the Globe ostler will give them.
| The Globe" takes its leave of Mr. Garland, hav-
ing first let fly of lis Parthian arrows sped with
malignity and barbed with fasehood but harmless
| in its effects. That Mr.. Garland voted for us, as
public printer is true and he has uniformly avowed
it, 1.-THE Wings, finding they could not elect their
own candidate, saw cause to vote for us in prefe-
renee to the editor of the Globe is that any proof
of combination between them and Mr.. Garland
Certainly not '.. ... ,a...
As sample of the candor and ingenuousness of
the "Globe" in this unprovoked and wanton cru
SADIE against Mr.. Garland, notice single state
ment to expose its falsehood, and we have DONE 1t
says " lie (Mr. Garland) ras missing nhen the rote
,ras taken, but not at the distribution Of the 6ooks'
Did the editor the "Globe" know when he peDned
this paragraph that under this resolution Mr. Gar
land did not receive a single book. The only books
which Mr.. Garland received, were under resolu-
ton of the 9th Congress, against which he voted
see Journal of 1885 g. page lila. As TO who voted
the original job to Gales & Seaton, we know not and
care not Mr. Garland was not then member,
and had nothing to do with it. Mr.. OAKLAND has
amply vindicated himself and needs no aid from us.
The foolhardy attempt of the "Globe' to destroy
him will be duly appreciated by the people.
Small Bills Democracy" varies according to
circumstances The Legislature of Ohio, pursuant
| to wishes here, have prohibited the circulation of
small bills.
The Van Buren, Senate of New York, are trying
to steal march upon the Wing House, by repeating
the a,c of that State which prohibits the circulation
| OF small bills.
| Wv. SMITH Esq, Editor and proprietor of the
I Onondaga Standard, a leading jackson paper, has
Withdrawn himself from the politicai neid. MI;
smith has been considered ofhe ablest political
writers in the State He assigns as the reason that
/" he cannot give an efficient support to the present