The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-14
HE MADISONIAN.

Il Ill r M A DISC N A N.
We copy the subjoined review of the charge
of Mr. Bolts against the Secretary of the Nav
from the Philadelphia American Sentinel, pa
per unbiased by party prejudice, and governed
by no aspiring political leader. We are happy
thus to be afforded an opportunity TO speak IN ad-
miration of truly Independent journal-one
that bases its actions on correct principles
that advocates the right cause, regardless alike
of scheming men and party denuncialions.
THE DEFENCE OF MR. Bolts EXAM.
INED.
Il will be seen that Mr.. Bolts presented what he
calls his proofs day or two ago, in the lnelligencer
against The honorable Secretary OF the Navy.
lie has scraps of conversation that took place six
years ago and some distorted extracts upon which
he thinks he makes out his bravely. |. is how
ever, madness in Mr.. Bolts any man in his es
TO suppose that there is individual living in this
country who is has been the advocate Of dis
UNION unless upon condition or limitation Not
disunionist for the sake Of disunion itself
During the last six or eight years, the South has
been in Of feverish excitement growing out OF
the proceedings certain abolition fanatics IN the
free States. These abolitionists without regarding
the provision of the Constitution of the United States,
which guarantees the right Of holding slave properly
in the South, free from Northern ntetercnce, have
been sending incendiary publications south OF Mason
and Dixons line calculated as the Southern men be-
lieve to produce insurreclionaIy movement among
their slaves. Under such circumstances, it Is not TO
be wondered at that Southern men generally should
be angry with these inractions OF the Constitution
by aboitonisis and should express themselves in
terms of high indignation. Doubtless under some
such rcunstances these the Hon. Secretary may,
with the whole South have talked Of disunion at the
crisis, when the abolition excitement was more vlo
lent than at this time. The movement then was be-
lieved to have had wider extent than it since has
been discovered to have had for we have seen State
after State frown down the abolition m0vement-and
the OF their principles by lectures in the
North has been almost universally dsapproved by the
people and as a manifestation of good feeling towards
the South favor of guaranteeing the constitutional
pledge. Congress has refused, upon solemn cnne'de-
ration of the subject, TO permit ~"y aoohion peiohs
10 l,a ~ any committee.
This decided avowal Of the Representatives of the
country has tended greatly lower the of excite
ment in the South, and has resulted in producing
better state OF feeling between the North and the
South on the subject of Abolition. Southern fears
but slightly excited now with any thing that the
aboli,ionists do contrasted with the earlier
ments of the agitaors We rejoice that this state OF
feeling has arrived and were sorry to find Mr. Bot,
forgetting his Congressional duties by revving aresh
the bitter excitement Of by gone years. 1t TO
especially improper at this time to have mixed in
the late debate the past conversation of the honorable
Secretary He viii derive no thanks from the coun-
try for this absurd movement, for there is in
the nation who does not believe that Judge Upshur
only most vgant and faithful officer, but pa
triolir individual AZ presided the Navy
Department Of the country. The Judges letter to
Mr.. Wise was full answer to MIR. Bolts, and We
think the charge made by MIR. Bolts in the House
against the honorable Secretary be only uncall
ed for and unprovoked but absolutely preposterous-
For do not imagine that there ever was an Amer-
of good and discreet character who prefer
red disunion as thing positively desirable in itself,
without reference to some greater evil which dis
union alone would prevent 1t strikes US as rather
strange that Mr. Bolts should attack the honorable
Secretary with so much rancor on an alleged CONVEX
saton relative to a charge Of the dissolution of the
Union, and should at The time range himself
among the aboitionists of the country by voting in
favor Of the reference OF memorial asking dssolu
ton OF the Union. This consider as positive
declaration the part Of M Bolts as could well be
gwen in his Representative capacity the nation OF
his mock honor of a proposition to dissolve he Union
There is one curious fact, however, contained in
this heterogeneous address of Mr. Botts that can
not pass without asking readers to give it a full
consideration 1t IS one, when properly examined,
that would seem to the Secretary from any fur
Their trouble Of making special answer to MIR.
Bolts. We allude to that portion of the extract of
the article said by Mr. Bolts to have been written by
the Secretary, which proves him to be friendly the
amended constitution 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Bolts said he intended to make the Hon. Secre-
tary the principal witness against himself and we
were led to suppose that he had some printed docu-
ment that would prove that he the advocate of dis
union, but, instead OF producing any such document
he has produced an opposite papera paper, which, in
judgment, places the Secretary before the coun-
try every other Ii hit but that of dsunionst Mr.
Bolts apparently quoted the article for another pur-
pose, not seeming to perceive, at the time, that its
publication left him ground to rest his charges
against the Hon. Secretary. If Judge Upshur had
been disunionist in the which Mr.. Bolts has
been desiring to prove, surely he could have had no
better opportunity of presenting his views at full
length than in the article referred to. But mark
there is not single suggestion of that kind in any
part of the paper and surely, if there had been Mr.
Bolts would have discovered it but, on the contrary
we find able discussion, all the arguments going
to show the proprety of amending the constitution
the United States in constitutional way
However, In conclusion we remark that mans
reputation is not to be measured by an incident
here or there in his life. To make up Just judy
ment, we must review him in all his relations in
society. If test Judge Upshur by these unerring
Standards shall find him one of the most accom-
plished men of his time In Virginia, distinguished
among the distinguished and since his elevation to
his station in the General Government ranks fairly
with the best men of the nation There has scarce
ly been single paper of any character note
that has not commented in terms thigh admiration,
upon his mastery report upon the navy,-a report
breathing throughout, It's whole length the most
dent patriotism; il being just such paper an
American, devoted to the whole country, would have
sent forth from his pen. The truth is, that Judge
Upshur has warm place in the affections of the
people.
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