The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-02-07

oecIetary OF war for the purpose of forcing him
(Mr' ID from his Office but that ejectmenl must be
followed up by the attack Of the official organ
The attack made on the Navy was, at first, as
cribed TO DIR. Martin, a clerk In one of the public
Offices, given him as reward for The service he had
rendered the party, In the productions of his pen,
signed Ye0nnan, that appeared in the columns OF
the Globe. Il was stated that he wrote the articles,
and that they revised by the Secretary Of the
Navy, before publication. This was denied by the
editor Of the Globe. The Postmaster General, Mr.
Kendall, was next charged with being the author;
which was also promptly denied by the Globe. The
Albany Argus declared that the editor Of the Globe
was not the. author: and ii asserted else where,
that the Secretary Of War was not the author, both
he and Mr. Kendall having no connection with,
could not therefore have the smallest motive what
ever for making an attack on the Navy. II was
stated and repeated in the Richmond Enquirer, that
Mr.. Pauldng was not the author Of the attack, for
the editor had been shown letter. under secrecy
stating that Mr.. Pauldng was not, nor did he know
who was the author. There was published in the
Baltimore Chronicle of the 18th o. October, a
letter, said to have been written by Mr. J. Barney
vindicating the Secretary Of the Navy from the
charge Of being the author; but which, in reality
amounted to no more than the opinion OF single
individual. IL said that Mr. Paulding, in con-
yersng with his friends has reserve; the article
referred to, was never or heard of by him. un-
I'll Il was read in print" Mr. Barney, OF whoever
the writer Of that letter was, did not say that Mr..
Paulding had authorized him to assert that he was
not the author. Thus much has been said as to
MIR. Panlding's not being the author of the attack
Now let us state what may be considered as con-
demnalory of these attempts to excupate Mr. Pauld-
ing, and then leave to the public to decide whether
does not go far, very far, to nculpate him in their
judgment. Mr.. PauldiDg has no where denied that
he was the author SO frequently alleged though fire.
quenty called on to do II; nor has the Globe ever
denied It, On the publication of the first article on
the LIST day of August Immediately under the of
Mr.. Paulding, we should have supposed, il the pub
lication took place without his sanction, that he
would have made effort to arrest the publication
OF the second article that appeared the following
day He owed 1t TO the corps over which he presides
to have done SO.
Mr.. Paulding might have had several motives we
could name when placed in office to assail that which
he had defended while oM of office. We cannot ad-
mi what ii was said he considered, that there was
no obligation for him 10 dsavow publicly that which
he was more than suspected, and charged with hav-
ing written, or that there would have been devia-
ton from course Of propriety in his doing SO. If
he was not the author, justice TO himself and duty
and respect to the whole Navy called upon him to
disavow promptly in the most public manner, that
which had been charged upon him. 1t was no ex-
cuse Tor him TO say that, "every anonymous scrb-
bier through the press, might create expectation;
that the Inscription to him. Of any exceptonable para
graph, required to be formally disavowed" .
II is well known that il Is rule rigidy adhered
to by the o8cial organ, never 10 publish any thing,
having a relation TO either Of the Departments.
(hough falteIing) without the sanction of the De-
partment itself Under such circumstance, the
mere ascribing Of the attack to Mr. Paulding called
from him prompt disavowa, (if he was not the au-
hor) to satisfy the officers OF the Navy that he had
not commenced his career, as head of the Depart
ment, by violent and unjust abuse of them. His
own simple denial would have saved his friends much
trouble in defending him. and must have been final
The place from whence, and the organ through which
the attack was promulgated, together with the time
il appeared, all seemed to demand the disavowal, and
the anonymous scrbbling, in other papers, did not
render it essential for Mr. Pauding to have made
the denial Of the authorship at that time as Gin our
opinion it will become for him to do SO hereafter
We have understood that MI Paulding, since the
Of the Navy and his private friends, expresses
opinions and entertains views in exact accordance
with the charges contained in that attack As strong
y corroborave of the business Of the suspicion that
has fastened itself on Mr.. Pauldng as being the
thor of the attack we advert again to the following.
Mr.. Panding, tits known was the author of a review
of Mr. Winess, two years and half in the Navy,
that appeared in the American Quarterly in 1882.
In that, he says, "We cannot agree with Mr.. Wines,
in ascrbing the regrets, of our imprisoned naval
officers to the debasng influence of envy; that gene
rous ararice of fame whieh is characteristic of great
minds and gallant souls" &c. &c. In the attack
made in the Globe, is the following: That gene
rons ararice of glory arhieh"" should inspire every
true sailor" &c. &c. Here we have the same idea
conveyed in almost the identical words in the two
articles, and in peculiar style that is seldom, or ne
yer met with in the works of any other author
With this we have reached the point to which we
limited ourselt when we commenced this subject.
Our object has been, far our limited knowledge
extended TO bring up before the nation in bold relief
some Of the distinguished and important services
which that great branch of our countrys defence
Uhe Navy has rendered ito rescue it from the
odium which has, in most wanton manner, been
attempted to be cast upon i-and If defects do exist
of which are fully convinced, 10 point to their
origin, that the cause may be removed and the RENE
dy applied. If we shall have succeeded, though in
small degree in accomplishing our object, we shall
consider our labors amply rewarded.
NOMINATION OF MR. TALLMADGE.
The Wings OF the New York Legislature held
meeting, preliminary to the election OF U. States
Senator at Albany on Friday last, On the first bal
lot there were eighty-nine votes given, of which
Nathaniel P. Talmadge, had 76
Albert H. Tracy,