The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-14
THE U. s. GAZETTE-THE PRESIDENT
THE CABINET

When Mr.. Clay issued his s'GENERAL Or
pERs ~ it was at once resolved by all his special
organs that every means within the scope of
mans invention should be resorted TO to ami
hilate the character and prospects of the Presi
dent. Having consttutionally succeeded TO the
Presidency for nearly whole term, (not being
elected President directly by the People, and con-
.equenty having no regularly organized party, it
was determined that every means should be inter
posed Gas far as the Wing party was concerned)
during his Administration, to prepent him from
acquiring one. For this purpose il was neces-
sary Tor the generality Of the Wing journals to
lmpugn the motives Of the Chief Magistrate,
and TO condemn every measure emanating from
the Executive in its nciplency. Another class
Of journals We're to deal in rumors, and always
keep the political world in a state of incertiude
and distraction. Another class 0he lowest)
were TO deal exclusively in SANDERS, and keep
upconstant (and groundless) assaults both ON
the political aud pirate conduct OF the Presi-
dent, his Cabinet, and all connected in any way
with them. The next class (the highest, such
as the u s. Gazette, and one two in New
York and Boston, were TO abuse the President
oniy--assa him in every possible manner-and
at the same time exhibit disposition to screen,
vindcate, and defend certain members of his
Cabinet. This peculiar warfare was expressly
designed to prevent any portion Of the Wing
party from adhering to the President. This
mode OF warfare, however fair it may seem at
superficial glance, we regard as the most mi
quitous, unjust and dishonorable Of all. IT. by
: false differences and misrepresentation, it can
be made to appear to the Wing party that the
very things Mr. Clay and his organs condemn
in the President are hkewise condemned By
his o,on Cabinet, or that they yield a reluctant
and compulsory assent TO his measures, then
the text of Mr. Clay, viz: "a weak and vacila-
ting Chief Magistrate" can be dilated on with
astonishing effect The utterer of the SANDER
will stand excused and justified, and the victim
Of this base conspiracy must suffer in silence
the execution of the sentence pronounced by
the dictator.
Thus the unrehecting readers of these jour
nails are imposed on. Every editorial ingenui
ty is resorted to to prevent them from viewing
the merits Of the subject dispassionately. Their
tention is confined to this one fact the lead
ing Clay journals brand the President with all
the infamous epithets bestowed upon him by
Mr. Clay himself and at the same time they
affect to paate the conduct Of the Cabinet, and
often seem to justify and defend them in the
same article devoted TO unsparng, savage abuse
Of the President! This mode of attack is cacu-
lated to deceive. 1t is designed to deceive.
But it shall deceive no longer A half dozen
words will suffice TO overthrow these sappers
and miners. "a man must be judged by
the company he keeps" If the conduct
Of the President were so repugnant to the
Cabinets sense of justice, why do they remain
with him2 That il IS not So we have sufficient
evidence in their determination to remain with
him and share his fate, for veal wo.
But we desire specially TO direct the attention
Of our readers to the artifces Of the United
States Gazette. This paper is conducted witt.
ability, and enjoys high standilg in Pennsyl
gana, and generally throughout the country
We remember that, when Mr.. Forward was
promoted to the post he now occupies, this pa
per, though it condemned the Presidents We,
Toes of the puerile Bank aborlons, yet hailed
his appointment with undisgused satisfaction
The inference conveyed 1--WE will not say it was
intended) was that the party was thus guaran-
teed check on the action of the Executive,
should any other so-caled Wing measure can
hict with his Interpretation of the Constitution.
We all know that the paragraph was entirely
gratuitous on the part of the editor But it in
duced u, to watch him, and others Of that Xix
Not week passed that we did not discover
this malign disposition in the Gazette. 1t was
delicate subject, and it was lenderly handled
But recently il has assumed boldness and ten
dency that leaves us no alternative but to strike
the growing ny dra-head fatal blow.
When Mr.. Roberts Of the Philadelphia Gus
tom-House was ordered to remove SOME Of the
culpable partisans of Mr.. Clay, and re- tore the
old lncumbens that had been elected, or ap-
point others who would not be guilty of hostili-
ty to the Administration, the editor Of the Ga
zete made most furious and gross attack up
on the President. He affected to know every
movement on the part of the functonarres en-
gagged in the Transaction in advance of all
Others he seemed to be IN the daily receipt Of
notes or bulletins, both from the Treasury De-
partment and the Custom House First, he
purported TO give the contents Of the Presi-
dents letter TO Mr.. Forward next the cold and
indignant manner in which the letter was re-
celved by the Secretary. Before any thing in
the matter was known here, we find paragraph
in the Gazette limiting that Mr. F. would not
contaminate his hand by writing an order 10 Mr..
Roberts for the removal of certain +" Whgsn-
and that he Just threw an envelope around the
Presidents letter and dispatched it TO the Col
lector, that the President might speak for him
self