The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-21
THE INTELLIGENCER.

THE INTELLIGENCER.
AT the close of Mr. Arnold's non descript
soeech, from which we made several extracts
Yesterday, he made the following singular de-
caraton:
"He did not intend to discuss the question of the
Tuif at present. He merely wanted To answer the
de nag,gical cant OF the gentleman from I've" lamp
shire"
In truth. the debate was commenced IN
novel manner, and members were allowed to
touch upon any subject they thought pro-
per. One gave a history of lunacy-a very
approx rate subject, by the way, and learnedly
discussed The histories o. some States were
introduced Some spoke to elucldate the sub
iect-some to my stity. Some spoke OF the
message-sone to let off stea On the gin,
after this promiscuous debate had progressed for
some DAYS the Intelgenccr thus noticed 1t:
"The debate however, is far from being unprohta'
ble"
Had the digni6ed editors have put IN two 1T
tie words of only two letters each at the end OF
The sentence, how near the truth would they
have arrived? 1t would have then read thus:
s,The debate however,, is far from being unProfita
bile"
How many of these sp eches, MADE ior
Bunkum, were printed at the office OF the Intel
lioencer, and how well the Intelligencer knew
from this diversified opening OF Congressional
debate, at the Wings "were" not "lree rom
ma ,sion,n aud were as determined as ever TO
..head the Captain, or die p How the sympa-
,bsiog Intelligencer chuckled in the dark, at the
success of the plan it had been so strenuousY
prosecuting, to induce the majority OF Congress
10 commence, continue, and finish in thorough
deounciation of President Tyler How they
must have gloried in the prospect OF the 'hou-
sand, of dollars tnat have, since the commence
ment of the session. been pouring into thei
pockets from the hard earnings OF the hones'
citizens of this country The lnielligencer
salved the matter over thus:
"a, some time or other opportunity ought to be al
lowed to every member ,cho desires u, to present 10
his flow-nen bers his views and those oil MS imhe'
diae con stuents, reerence to the ann quesio"'
and also as to things in general; ana all 'h's 'he
consunaed such debate will he Tor oushl 10 oe)
80 much time saved for the House or the county
when specific propositions on the subject snail oe re-
ported by the proper committees.
On the same day that the Intellisencer thus
its friend, Mr.. Christopher II. Williams, made
Speech at the very CO nmencement OF when
he thus rebuked the Intelligencer and many who
had participated in the debate;
AS to the animated debate which had for some
DAYS been carried on, in relation to the larh, IL was
a perfect humbug-an imposition on the puphc
mind"
SO, here are two, who think precisely alike,
and one says the debate is far "iron being un-
proitab!e,n and the other declares it a "perfect
humbug.n If we NAV be allowed in our "child-
ish' way to make an Interpretation oil these
dissonant expressions, we should say, that bolh
these gentlemen intended to assert that the de-
bate was fur from being a perfectly unprotfd-
bic humbug.
Bu what will the People say to this humbug,
when they know (as we intend they shall) the
thousands that it has cost them? What will
they say to Mr.. Williams for thus early using
the following sublime language
He was told that the patriots in both Houses
would pass the bill for the hscality-a miserable,
halfway, go-between thing, half Sub-Treasury and
half National Bank, recommended from the Whi'c
House."
We have now shown where the fight com
menced, and how bitterly the President was
thus early assail ID. We have shown, too, that
the Intelisencer was at the back Of all this, and
urged on the majority in their headlong career
TIE fight had not yet begun in the Senate
but we shall reach that point in day or two
We shall show how the IntelIigencer gloated
like The hungry miser over his golden hoard;
and the "lule or ruin" has been the prevailing
sentiment-the motto on the secret banner
throughout the whole of these disgraceiul head
ings, denouncings, and impeachments