The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-13
THE TREATY.

The publication of Mr.. Benton's speech in
the Globe, of Friday, developes the long con-
cocted plan by which he and his partsans hope
to raise little undeserved popularity His OPP
position to the Treaty, we were prepared to ex-
pect: his denunciation of it fills US with no
alarm: it can serve no other purpose than TO
convince the thinking public of the motives
which actuate the leaders Of this guerilla war.
Mr.. Benton has skilled the Exchquer in one
spe- ch." The laures on his brow are verdant.
as the bushes on his cheek are violet colored ::
and now, flushed with his great victory, he rush
es, the Caploline Jupiter against the serried
forces of the dominant Democracy Has he
never thought of the fate of the former Samo-
neus, who with his sounds of tinkling brass,
once dared to initiate the real thunder of Jove
Let him be advised in time, that the work he
has un lertaken will deceived hi utmost strength !:
he will fail, from impotence, to achieve what he
has attempted in ignorance. The Treaty which
Democrats have ratified, they will assure-ahd
he, who opposes the completion Of its provisions,
must encounter the usual fate Of those men who,
ignorant alike of their own and others strength,
ed the guarded oak, forgot its rebound, and was
left, from impotency of boosted powers, sub
ject for the ridicule compassion of lookers-on
We look upon the motives that induced, and
the measures that consummated the Treaty, as
sterling proofs of President Tyler's and his CO.
adjutors disinleresled patriotism The Presi-
dent knew full well that there was strong feel
ing of hostility towards Great Britain, which,
with little indulgence, might be rIpened into
war-a war, we venture to predict, would have
been attended with consequences disastrous be-
yond precedent to both the countries He knew
that this feeling, ever active, influential and ell
crossing, would be manifested in acts of strong
appreciation for the individual, who, from his
position, could influence, more or less, the rea-
TONS, peaceful or belligerent, that existed be-
tween the nations-and that this feeling, in
creasing the longer it was nourished, would
swell the tide of sympathy that had followed his
Presidential career. He recollected that the
Federalists had charged upon Mr.. Madison the
fostering Of the last war with England in the
intention to secure and increase the popular
voice in his favor-and, denying the motives so
condemnatory of that purest Of patriots, he
could not but know that the bold stand and war
like attitude assumed by the then President,
contributed, in no small degree, TO his POPULAR
ty. He knew this, and, like results following
like measures, he could easily foresee that he had
but 10 throw from their rest the thunder
bolts of war, and rush madly into the conflict to
enlist the support and sympathies of powerful
and active party, if not superior in numbers, po-
tent in energy and in action. He preferred his
country's safety, and its peaceful pursuits, con-
frmed by no dishonorable provisions, to the
rash expedients Of doubtful war and in order
ing the Temple Of Janus to be closed, he releas-
ed from their temporary confinement the ee-
mcnts Of peaceful commerce, and gave free
scope to all the energies of the industrious arts