The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-02-23

judgment Of their relative proprieiy, five may desc
crate such term, by lis use In the same column
where such disgracefu outrage Of It's laws Is re-
corded
3. DR.. Duncan said, In explanation on Thursday
that, the reason why this redress Of his wounded
honor did not sooner take place was that the columns
Of the Globe were SO crowded, that his communica-
ton had been waiting for two weeks for room. This
Is excellent But II is only necessary TO say In reply
that, the letters composing large part Of the publ
cation bear date some OF them the OH some the 18th
some the 18th and some the 10Th, The very day II
appeared and this, the day. too, on which the bill
to prevent duelling became lawl How then could
this grs of redress have been ground for two weeks
previous to Thursday, the 2lst Instant
| This member from Ohio, Is the champion Of the
Administration, and as such, the Globe, Of course
defends him. There is nothing so low, nothing so
mean, nothing so infamous that, that journal will
not defend IT, when party services require, and party
pay beckons TO come on.
says, our excuse Is that II is according 10 the
formula of the duello." CorGrd," liar," "pol
trooa, eaumniaior," is the very lingo Of The pis
toling clan"
This is excellent business for the organ Of that
President, who is bound to see the laws faithfully
executed. A law Is sooner passed, than this or
gan undertakes TO justify itself for publication
according to the formula" of that which that law
was enacted TO prohibit As The very day of It's
approval the Globe is the first TO contribute its mite
towards its inaclion and to bring into disrepule
and TO render II nugalory!
| Bat the "lingo Of the pistoling clan" This is
an acknowledgment that the champion Of the Ad-
ministraion, DR.. Duncan, belongs to the "pstoling
clan" What will the friends OF law and order say
to this7 We suppose the organ Of the Adminisira-
ton belongs 10 the same pisloling clan" Will the
people Of the Union permit their honest representa-
tives to be brow.beaten by the "pisoling clan" Of
Mr.. Van Burenl Letthe ballot boxes answer.
The House, insiiga,ed by an overwhelming sense
OF the presciousness Of The little time left to transact
the vast amount Of public business pressing upon
their attention, thought proper yesterday TO lay the
whole matter by for the present No other conside-
ration, we certain, than that above mentioned,
could have induced that body TO lay aside, even for
day, an opportunity to purify itself and vndcate its
outraged law and insul,ed dignity The vote on the
motion to lay upon the table, was III yeas, and "a
nays.
The duty Of sustaining and executing the laws Of
Congress will now devolve upon the Executive who
is sworn to iha, effect and the Grand Jury Of the
District We ask both to read the publication in the
Globe fthe 10Th ins and The provisions OF the law
to prevent dueling Can the former be tolerated by
the later Shall we uphold the supremacy OF the
lawl or shall our characters be abandoned to the
stiletto of the assassin and the law be trampled and
defed. on the first day Of its existence These are
questions for the Grand jury OF the District We
go for the supremacy Of the laws; and DO they not
demand the punishment of the persons engaged In
these libels including the publishers of fhe Globe
We say, let the peniteniary claim its fugitives