The Madisonian., 1840-02-01
III h MAIDS SONIAN
The TRUE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
INPANrIcIDE AND REvIvIscENcE.

eviction OF a sovereign State, the attempt 10
give free circulation to the "by authority"
newspapers, and the offensive lecture which
the President read to the States in his mes
sage; VIC did scarcely expect to add another
act almost equally wanton and outrageous, SO
soon to the catalogue Of grievances which
this Administration is uccumulating against
itself for the day Of wrath. But the report Of
Mr. Grundy, read to the Senate on Thursday
last, caps the climax
1t will be recollecied that Mr.. Benton, early
in the session, affecting TO fear an application
from the States for the General Government
to assume their debts, introduced a series Of
resolutions against such anticipated assump-
ton, which were referred to select CON-
mttee Of seven The committee was com
posed of Messrs. Grundy Hubbard, Lump
kin, Young, Walker, (adm.) )--and Messrs,
Merrick, Of Md, and Smith, Of Ind (Opp.)
After considering the subject several weeks,
Mr.. Grnndy brings in report approving OF
Mr.. Benton's resolutions, and arguing at great
length and elaborately the inexpediency OF
the assumption Of the State debts by the Ge-
neral Government, and concluding with reso-
luions against such proposition.
The report assumed that the States were
in debt about two hundred milions-it assam
ed that the General Government would be
asked to pay them, because, as it nsinuated,
tho Statao canl1 III L. =.
and assumed the attitude Of debating TO the
States that, as they had behaved very badly
in getting into debt, they must not come to
the General Government Tor any aid or COM
fort in their extremities. 1t went into cal
culation, as we understood, to show how
much all the States would owe if each owed
as much as Louisiana, in proportion to popu-
lation, &c.-a State which had been very,
very naughty
Mr.. Grundy was evidently much pleased
with the result Of his extraordinary investiga-
,ions, and fattered himself that his report
would go down to posterity as the chef de
azure of master statesman--and that he had
built for himself monument more enduring
than brass. His friends encouraged these
complimentary reflections, and Mr.. Benton
was so delighted that he moved the printing
of the extraordinary number of 10000 copies
But, "a change came DER the spirit of
their dreams" Several gentlemen of the
Opposition, seeng at once, the great folly, in
discretion and inaccuracy Of the report, and,
that while it usurped power Of supervision
over the business of the States, not belong
ing, in any manner,to the Senate, it also aim
ed deadly blo,o at the credit Of the States
which would involve all Of them in the most
ruinous consequences, and reflect disgrace
upon them abroad, attacked it in the most
earnest, vigorous and effective manner, and
drovc it ouf of The Senate, without even allow
ing single copy to be printed The report.
thus strangled, on motion Of Mr.. King, of Al
ALBANIA, went back to the source from whence
il came, TO be moulded and touched" anew.
II is due to Messrs Merrick and Smith,
who were on the committee, to say, that they
opposed the report and resolutions from be-
ginning to end
1t was so uncalled for---so inexpedient-
so gratutous-that it was matter OF just
surprise that five intelligent men in the ma
ton, who had any respect whatever for the
credit of the States, should have been found
capable of bringing such report before the
Senate. Had the States applied to the Ge-
neral Government for the assumption ! In
not solitary instance How did the CON-
mi,iee know the precise Indebtedness OF the
States They relied upon the statement Of
the postmaster at Albany! part of which
were expressly conradicted in the face OF the
Senate, by the Senators who know more
about the affairs of their own States, than
any foreign individual partizan!
This whole business is but part Of the
Presidents scheme Of electioneering. But
it is so wanton---so heartless. Is it not fa-
tai step' Il is carrying out the spirit OF the
Presidents Message, and invading the rights,
and attempting to PROSTATE the credit OF the
States. II is part Of the centralising and
consolidating policy Of Federalists, who have
crawled into power in the disguise of demo-
Gratis II is one Of the most alarming signs
Of the tines and, unless the people elect a
Republican President, they will find their
Government practical monarchy before they
are aware oft.
After the dispersion fihe forces. on Thurs
dav evaniua re,o~ofe o1su,oe xvas the conn-
tersign, and Mr.. Gnlndy, spurred on by his
friends, plucked up courage and introduced
the phenomenon aoain To the Senate vester-