The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1841-12-17
PERFIDY.


all the country by the various channels of vilu-
peralion. "He was guilty of perfdy, because
elected by the votes of the Wings for the pros
ecution Of Wing purposes, he has chos en- to
take decided stand against measure denomi-
mated by excellence the great Wing measure
He was elected by the Wings, and il was ex-
pectcd he would co operate with them, both in
the station to which he was chosen and the one
TO which he has succeeded-and if honest he
ought TO cooperate with them. He has refused
perfect coalescence with them, and hence he
is guilty of perfdy" The charge has been tri-
reply.
A battalion of members Of Congress assem-
bled last fall in caucus, assumed the name Of
the Wing Party, aud put forth Manifesto pro-
claiming what they deemed the objects Of Wing
reform, and denouncng the President for not
STOPPING humby to the dictation which pronoun-
ced National Bank the only mode of reforming
the vitiated currency of the country. Their as
sumption of the name of the Wing party is suf-
fciently arrogant-the application Of the name
Of party to an aggregate Of such dscordant ell
ements, is eminently ridiculous. Their right to
the name Of party, or to the title Of the Wing
party, we may canvass hereafter we wish now
10 examine briefly to whom the charge Of perfdy
in all equity belongs. We do not therefore take
the denunciations Of these gentlemen of the
Manifesto for the voice of the People or the
voice Of the Wing purity. Their own sins we
III, aIA
their satellites charge the President with per-
fdy-they affix to his name the odious denomi-
nation Of traitor-while to themselves, or to
many of them, at least, justly belong the treason
and the perfdy. They acted with perfdy to-
wards the People, and they acted with per6dy
towards the President. If there was treason,
they were the traitorsif there was hypocrisy,
they were the deceivers.
In the Manifesto. they put forward Bank in
corporated by the National Legislature as the
panacea designed by the Wing party for remedy
ing the disease which evidently affects the cur
rency. This they proclaim one Of the prin-
cipa measures of reform contemplated by the
Wing party, and tell the people that they were
frustrated in the execution Of their honest inten-
tons for the good of the country by the con
tumacy Of the President But did they tell the
people, during the Presidential canvass, that a
National incorporated Bank was one of their
measures Of relorm2 Did they struggle so
energetcally for the election Of Harrison, be-
cause he had declared a Bank one of his mea-
sures Of reform? Did they tell the people
openly and fearlessly-put US in power, we
will soon discover the means to relieve you
from the distress occasioned by the vtiation of
the currency-and that means will be a National
Incorporated Bank2 They did not-they burst
not do it. Did Mr. Badger urge the people of
North Carolina, to give their votes to Harrison,
with the prospect Of the establishment Of a
Bank Did Mr.. Ewing raise the Bank stand
ard to herald the Wing party TO victory Did
the Wing Convention of Virginia, say to the
old republican voters Of that State-support the
claims of General Harrison, because he is in
favor Of an incorporated Bank scheme? To
prove his republicanism, to demonstrate his title
10 their sufIrages, they repubish a letter of his
printed first in 1922, breathing the spirit Of
old-fashioned republican, and showing that his
opinions are not made for the occasion, but that
his sentiments have been uniform and always
republican % What are these sentiments, that
are republican, II believe" he says, in that
letter !" that the charter given to the Bank OF
ahe United States was unconstitutional" The
votes of Virginia were demanded for General
Harrison, not because he deemed bank one OF
the great measures TO be introduced under the
auspices of his Administration, but because he
pronounced such an institution unconstitutional
Who have then deceived the people7 Certain
ly not President Tyler. The people were in
duced to give their support TO General Harri
son and to him, because they were persuaded
that certain reforms in the administration OF thu
Government were necessary, and that these
candidates for the highest Offices of the country
would honestly and energetically labor in tn,
prosecution of them. But, among these mea
sures of reform, Bank was so far from being
enumerated, that both the candidates were
known and declared to be hostile TO 1t. Who
then was guilty of perfidy2 Those men, wh'
publicly declaring, both directly and indirectly
that the establishment Of Bank was not con
templated in the event of the success of tn,
Wing party-secretly cherished the idea, tina
this favorte scheme would, by trick, treachery
or intimidation. be prosecuted successfully. Be
fore the election, they said to the people, we de
not contemplate the establishment Of a Bank
but now they avow, that its establishment wa
always the principal object of their designs
Are they not, then, chargeable, with deception
aud per6dy Are they not GUILTY of perfdy
Yes-and they are doomed to bear the ignomi
NOUS brand they would fan fix upon the brow
Of the PEopLEs PRESIDENT.
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Mr.. v. Ellis, Of ST. Louis, has become tn