Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-11-28

General OF this State, appointed by Governor
Mtrcy. He is gentleman of the highest
| character and standing. From his testimony
twill be seen that Mr.. Tallmadge's charge
has been most triumphantly sustained in eve
! ry essential particular. He shows that Gov.
Marcy condemned Mr.. Van Buren's recon-
| nGndation of the Sub-Treasury scheme the
very moment the special Message was receiv-
| ed--that he condemned the scheme openly
during the extra session, AND THAT HE APP
PROVED OF MIR. TALLMADGE's COURSE ON HIS
RETURN FROM THE EXTRA SESSION. After
al this. can any one doubt the other part Of
Mr.. Talmadgc's statement, that Gov. Marcy
| ADVISED aim to oppose it previous to the extra
session, when, from the manner it was put
forth in the Globe, and in certain articles ack-
nowledged to have been written by Mr..
Wright, 1t was believed that Mr.. Van Buren,
Intended to recommends it? 1t does not admit
of the possibility Of doubt neither can any
one doubt that Governor Marcy said he would
not endorse 1t In his message. No one sup
posed that he would take different ground in
his message from that which he had taken in
his conversations with his friends. General
Hubbell says that those with whom Governor
Marcy convcrsed ''believed that, if he should
come out In his message. and take the ground
he had taken in his conversations, he would
be sustained by the great body of the people
oppose 1t In his message, the people would
sustain him !; and yet, when he came to pre-
pare his message, he was compelled. by par
ty discipline or by Executive influence, to en-
dorsc the scheme
Aside from General IIubbell's testimony,
which is conclusive of itself. Gov Marcy's
refusal to answer Mr.. Tallmadge's letter, in
which the charge was repeated and denial
challenged, is an admission of its truth. Yet
Governor Marcy unites in the. denunciations
OF MIR. Tallmadge as a traitor to the party, for
doing what he himself recommended him to
do, and achfcd lie approved after ii aras done !.
lie unites In the prescription and persecution
OF one who, above all others, has had the mo-
raj courage to stand up against Executive
dlctaton. and in defence Of the great interests
OF the country, while he, although entertain
ing the same views, and urging them upon
others, has basely betrayed those interests,
and ignobly deserted to the enemy
We have endeavored to divest this contro-
versy CT all eXtraneous matter, and to confine
our remarks and our proofs to the true point
in issue. We have also avoided the example
setus by Governor Marcy, in the Argus, of
substituting biilingsgate for facts; and we
now leave him to the Judgment of an enlight-
ened and intelligent community.
ANOTHER WITNEss.-The Poughkeepsie
IN. W Journal of Tuesday published the
following letter from the Hon. JOHN c.
CLARK. confirming the statement of Mr.. TALL
MADcE and Gen. HuBBELL respecting Cover
nor MAncY's opposition to the sub-Treasury
system
BAINBRlDGE, Oct. 81, 1889.
SIR: On my return home, after an absence
OF ten days, found your letter of the 18th
inst, inquiring of my knowledge of Governor
Marcy's opinions on the subject of the sub
Treasury previous to the extra session.
Onmy way to Washington in August, 1887,
called on Gov. Marcy the course of the
Globe in regard to the banking and credit
systems, and in regard to the suggestion there
an made far suL-Ileaswy, acre subjects Of
conversation. did not treasure UP the pre-
else language of the Governor, but left him
under the full belief that he dis0gproced of lie
course referred TO, AND THAT HE WAS OPPOSED
TO THE sUB-TREAsURY. Your obedient ser
want. J. c. CLARK
Hon. Il. p. TaLLMApGE.