The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-06-24
THE GLOBE AND EXTRA GLOBE.

The Globe has established most unenyiable motto.
riety The recklessness of its course s pretty gene.
rally understood among those who have an opportun
~ of correcting ts misrepresentation and unfarness
by having access to other channels of information
Its principles and its party having been overthrownby
abused and oppressed people it seeks to revenge
self those to whom the confidence ofthe people has
been transferred. Its special employment now is 10
msrepresen and give one-sded views Of the proceed
ings of Congress- far such be brought
to bear uniayorably upon the friends of the Admins
tration Scarcely day passes but the Globe contains
some unjust and unfair imputaton individual mem
bers Some members, particularly, constantly and
habitualy caricatured and their course and remarks
wholly perverted We speak OF course, of the edlto
RIAL and not of the reporters columns Every thing
distorted and whoever looks 10 the editorials OF that
paper for any thing like just fair, liberal
count of what is passing in Congress will look in
vain.
All this is well understood here; and if all It's read
ers abroad had the opportunity that have 81
detecting its errors and injustice, we should have
deemed it unnecessary to say word on the subec,
But hundreds and thousands of the Extra Globe, filled
up with the choicest fctions and the most malignant
tances sent into every section of the country,
and read by those who have scarcely any other
Of political information is thus tina, the poison is
nstlled into the public mind and thousands of honest
well-meaning people, mbibe erroneous views of
and things.
We took occasion to look into a number of the E1.
ira Globe few days since and we found ii made W
Of peryersons and the grosset Misrepresentation OF
the principles and proceedings of the Administration
a Ii 1stil If III MAJ NM
abuse of the Government rebotled and corked up Tor
distant markets. This is the same Extra continued
which many of the present e6feehoders in this city
and elsewhere have heretofore been ndustriously cir
culaiing by carloads. 1t is now seen much here
except in the Congressional folding rooms, and in
packages Of hundreds at the boarding houses the
Opposition members, and on their way through the
post ofice-East, West, North and South. Every
night just after dark, the negro servants from the
boarding houses and elsewhere may be bending
under sacks full of them, making their way the post
office. It's circulation is kept up with astonishing in
dustry and what amount of and delusion it
may insiil the minds of the confdng and unsus
pectng, in given space OF time, it may be difficult to
estimate But will perhaps be seen by and by un-
less our friends every part of the country take some
pains to counterfeit the poison
We know, indeed that the intelligent of the Globes
party do not even profess to place confidence in
its political statements There are hundreds if not
thousands who take for certain purposes but who
take some other paper to get correct political informa
ton.
We seldom notice the misrepresentation of the
G ODE to which we have alluded To expose them al,
would take too much of our time But we have fet
doc to our friends, in both Houses of Congress, TO
the Administration, andto the public to put the honest
people of the country their guard against the poll
tical influences OF publication so unworthy of trust
and confidence.