The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-02
FOR THE MApIsoNiAN.

THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSPIRACY.
Any one who has noticed the progress Of affairs at
Washington from the meeting Of the extra session Of
Congress up this period must have perceived the
studied design which has been conceived by~certain
political clique to destroy the President. Why did
not Mr. Clay accept Mr. Rivess amendment the bill
which he introduced chairman Of the Finance Com
mee which amendment he had every reason TO believe
that day would have met with the appreciation Of the
PRESIDENT Why did he turn cold shoulder on Mr..
Ewings prcjst, and strenuously endeavor to pass a
bank bill through Congress which he must have
known the President would veto7 If Mr.. Clay had
not have been checked in his course by the refusal Of
certain Senators to vote for bill which they knew
would disrupt the party beeving they did that the
President would veto bank bill on the old bass the
bill of the Finance Committee reported to the Senate
by Mr. Clay, ,oouid hare bsen urged through Con-
gress By that Senator Does not this fact speak vol
explanatory of the recent Of the actious
Wings in Washington Isit not fact to show con-
cusively that Mr.. Clay had desire to preserve the
integrity Of the Wing party Yet these men will
have the nsoence to say to the People that the Pre-
sdent has been guilty Of treachery and that his adj
herence to the Virginia doctrine has distracted the
party They forget that when an honorable man is
accused Of perdy there is double necessity to show
proof Of the act for which they would condemn him.
Has any evidence been adduced, or can any satisac
tory evidence be shown justify these accusations
against the President? No. In this wicked at
tempt to load the character Of an honest man with
gnominy, they have only added to the catalogue Of
their crimes 1t is said that those who in the
habit Of acting crimnally Especially in the political
worldly gradually lose just appreciation of the crimes
they commit and by analogy it is Lut fair TO presume
that they lose just appreciation of the enormity of
the charges which they may prefer against others On
this principle, the charity of nature may enable
us to look with pity upon the offences which these
hacknied politicians have committed, at the time
that justice compels to condemn them. When they
accuse gentleman, and especially the President of
the United States Of the basest acts Of treacery and
perfdy, they must prone the charges should them
selves be cond emned to infamy. Have they succeed
ed in furnishing satisfactory evidence, or is bold
sertion to be mistaken for facts A mans reputation
is dearer TO him than money or property, and in a
court Of law, to deprive Of his property you must
prone the right to be in another. TIL. q
Does Mr.. Ewings letter, admitting every thing
which he has derived from betrayal Of Cabinet SCI
crets demonstrate the fact Of perfdy in the President
Does not rather it's malicious weakness and its admit
ted inconsistencies consgn its author to the lowest
position among political charatans7 Does he not him
self admit, that if the President moment thought
he could conscenconsly sign the BILL that after refec
tion and before the passage ofhebH, he had changed
his opinion in respect Of which change Of opinion
Mr.. Ewing was cognizant? Will he deny the fact that
he sol He dare not Because an individual at one
moment beholds proposition in view, and after
examination sees occasion, from misconception of
its character to change his opinion to its merits
does that change prove perfdy2 This is the sum
and substance of Mr. Ewing's charges, even if what
he says were true. Does Mr.. Badger attempt to
prove perfdy the part Of the Chief Magistrats2-
MOI he does not pretend say that the President did
not change his opinion about the character of the Ex
change Bank BILL but the offence to him was that the
President did not tell him of IT, Does disrespect to
Mr. Badger form psrddy the part of the President
to the Wing party2 Unless Mr.. Badger is the Wing
party, we humbly conceive not; and Heaven forbid
that the spirit the source party should be con-
centered in the person Of individual who Is poll.
tican 1--WE have understood has expressed and in
his most recent act has evnced the utmost contempt
for the intelligence and virtue of the people, and has
even protested doctrines Of the most ultra
character. "
In addition to the two letters of which we have
spoken above, the only testimony which has been
brought forward to sustain these wicked and unjust