The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-29
TfE BAL FIMoRE PATRIOT.


The reputable and ueracioas editor OF 'h'
Baltimore Patriot is engaged in the task oil us
covering who is the author OF the letters VI
Z" Haon.o For ourselves, we care not tono n'
is His statements are corroborated oy 'he
published speeches or letters oil the most uis,
linguished men of the country, all oil whom hao
opportunities, more or less perfect, OF arriving
at the truth of what they have asserted.
As to Mr.. Stuart, we repeat what we before
have said. We call upon him for the produc-
ton of the bill which Mr.. Howard, of Michigan,
we understand, has lately asserted, commits the
President " in black and white" TO the second
| Bank bill
| Did Mr.. Stuart authorize Mr.. Howard or Mr..
any body 10 make such slatement2 We can
not we do not believe ii but we must say we
regard it as due to Mr.. S. as much as the Pre-
sident, that the copy he says he has OF the draft
| Of the bill, be produced. We pronounce before
hand, that, if produced, il will recognise
| full authority in the States to erpei the bank
agencies phen they please, so that none could
exist without the express or implied assent OF
the States and this was tn. principle contend
ed for from the first
Many unthinking people, from false represen-
raions made by banded faction Of unPrlncl-
pied politicians, haze been induced TO heap upon
the head Of the President the terms 'Tai or"
"Arnold," "knave," and other opprobrous cpl
thets; and to ascribe to him ambitious motives In
his vetoes of the Bank bills. Still is admitted, he
was anxious for the postponement oil those bills /;
he labored with sincerity 10 that effect. His
Cabinet was most earnestly urged to procure
the postponement Mr. Webster used his siren
uous exertions, as his able letter to the Massa-
chusetts Senators fully proves, to consummate
such result. How, then, does il appear that the
President attempted unworlhy to obtain popu-
arlty by the use of the Veto power? True,
he knew four-ffths of the People were opposed
in principle to the establishment of such mon
suous institutions. But il is not true that he avail
ed himself of such knowledge TO force upon
Congress his vetoes His whole course shows
his ardent wish to prevent collision and yet
few base intrguers, the degraded tools of de-
graded faction. strive to inoculate the People
with belief that the veto was exercised to pro-
mote objects Of personal ambition! Does this
look like ambilon?" And yet the Ewngs, the
Bottses the Archers, Of worthless faction, say he
is ambitious Would TO God, he might add,
and "they are honorable men"
Was not the President charged, in his ankle
ty to prevent the exercise of the corrective
and suspensive power Of the Constitution" as
the eloquent Secretary of War denominates the
Veto,-was he not charged with undue interfer
ence with members of Congress, and with
congressional legislation and by the same men
who now arraign his exercise of the Veto
power, with accusations of personal ambition ?
Will the people believe these Mawworms, these
canting hypocrites =?
Again, when he is forced to the interposition
of the Veto, or to the violation of his conscience
and the Constitution, he proposes, in order 10 APP
pease the spirit Of ravenous faction, and TO
allay unnatural excitement to announce his in
tention of retiring TO private life at the close of
the term; but is dissudded from such DECLARE
ton by the unanimous adrice Of those of the
Cabinet present at The consuitdtiOn-some of
whom have been most loud in their vituperaton
of the very course they advised. They have
attributed to insane ambition what they knew
proceeded from honest principle!
Have we ever witnessed such base proceed
ngs such gross dishonor such negation of
principle But patience, gentemen-c onspirators,
patience. The people of this country are APP
precating your course, and you shall be re-
warded