The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-20
THE REPORT OF MR.. ADAMS

THE REPORT OF MR.. ADAMS
Will be found in this days paper. Mr..
Adams himself will, if he ever again becomes
capable Of cool reflection, heartily wish that
this document was expunged from existence.
1t is what we pronounced 1t to be the other day,
mere tissue ofscurrilous newspaper paragraphs
strung together in Congressional report. That
It'll beneath the dignity of an ex-President. and
unworthy even of Bolts, the reader will be
forced to acknowledge when he peruses the re-
ference made to the letter qoritten by the Presi-
dent to his friends in Philadelphia The
Committee thought Unnecessary to garble let
ter written by the Chief Magistrate to num-
Der of his fellow-citizens some time since, for
the purpose Of attempting to make out case of
inconsistency! The reader will see how far it
was successful. We confess, however, that we
have heard it whispered that Mr.. Adams did
not write the paragraph criticising the final
paragraph Of the Veto Message. 1t was fur
nished ready made TO his hand. But he adopt
ed it as his OWE, and he must make the most
of it.
Mr. Adams pretends to have an utter abhor-
renee of the some man power" Was it not
this same one man power"--a casting vote
that once made ham PRESIDENT Was it not
done Git is quite the reverse in the case Of the
veto) contrary to the will of majority of the
People? And was not the act most justly con-
demned by the nation at the next election OF
all men on earth, Mr.. Adams is the very last
who should lift his voice against the "one man
power'-for he is indebted to it, far more than
to his merit, for the lofty position he once occu-
pied.
But Mr.. Adams made solemn pledge to Mr..
Clay-binding his very soul for its ful6lment-
that if it should ever be in his power, by
hook or by crook, by the Zone man power" or
otherwise, (and he has continued in the House
for the purpose) he would repay his debt of gra-
titude, by making him President in turn! And
this pledge he will strive to redeem, provided
there should not be another chance for himself (;
if there should be, he would not only pledge,
but barter soul and body both TO compass the OBJ
ject of his ambition.
But the recent move-the appointment, by a
Kentucky Speaker, of Mr.. Adams as Chair
man of the Select Communicable report-the
resolution, attacking the Constitution the very
act which MIR. Adams himself denounced early
in the session when proposed by Mr. Clay, be-
fore it occurred to either that the debt Of 1924
could be paid in this way,) and the effort of the
member from Massachusetts to belray the Nor
them manufacturers for the benefit of the Lord
of the Western Distributionists-a force the
irresistible conclusion that Mr.. Adams is endea-
voring by trick 10 throw the game into the
hands of the one who, in like manner, once
made him President. Does Mr.. Adams intend
to accept the Office Of Secretary of State
Wo, wo to the manufacturers of the North
Mr. Adams has beggared them to make Henry
Clay President. To discharge his political OBJ
legations to the Lord Of Ashland, he has taken
the bread from the inhabitants of New Eng
land
Lett no longer be wondered that the young
Distribution members from the West, conhde
everything to the guidance of the Federal Rep
resentative from Braintree. The Tariff inte-
rests were once indebted to the head of the
Western Distributionists for their President in
the days Of their prosperity, and now the debt
must be paid
The North must submit to the West! The
capitalists and monopolists must disgorge their
treasures for the benefit of the Lord of Ash
land The decree has gone forth. Mr.. Adams
has said il, For the mere protect, that Distrl-
button cannot be honorably Abandoned, Mr.
Adams has consented that there shall be no Ia
riff till 1915.
Wo! Wo to the manufacturers of the
North!