The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-27

Our anxiety to present these three reports in
paper, narrows our editorial space very much this
morning Mr.. Adamss is the first-that report
which the Wings anticipated to be one of the great
est" efforts of his great" mind-the most wonder
full" chef d'euvre of his 90 wonderful intellect But
it far short of the public expectation, and is
admitted to be complete failure by many of his
own party. 1t is neither elegant in its style,
able in its arguments nor clear in its statements
Who but MIR. Adams could have stopped to introduce
into grave State paper a hit at President Tyler,
through his Philadelphia dinner-party letter." Or
who but the author of Dermot McMurough,n Cor
the author of the Ebony and Topaz toast would be
guilty of the vile taste of far travesteng of
the poets quaint and humorous passages to speak
of the g Government forever heapng million upon
million of annual expenditures g to slckle armies and
dry nurse the land -tha IS to say, drynurse the land
for the support of the wei navy, presume. But
the beauty of Mr. Adams report is, that it arrives
at the lame and lmpotent conclusion" of proposing
to expunge the veto power from the Constitution,
when, but few months since, this very consistent
politician denounced the proposition, when brought
forward by Mr. Clay, as calculated to destroy the
Constitution. So much for the author of the MAORI
ty report of the ten Wings out of the thirteen COM
mittee men
Fortunately for the cause Of truth, these three De-
mocraiic Committee men contained more real talent
in the composition, than their ten Wing colleagues,
with the redOubtable John Adams at the head of
them We indebted to them for tloo reports-either
of which is more than sufficient to overthrow the AFRO
CANT report of the majortyand to furnish arguments,
| to address appeals to the public mind which carry
with them more moral power than is to be found in
| the champion and pensman of the Wing party. Mr..
Gilmer's report follows Mr.. Adams's. 1t is an adj
mirable paper-calm in its temper-dgnifed in its
manner, and able in its positions. Mr.. lngersolrs
port is in the happiest vein of the author of Inche
gums Letters-racy in its humor recherche in its his
torical illusions, commanding in its arguments and
powerfully addressing itself to the best, and wises
and patriotic sentiments Of the whole country. With
what prophetic inspiration does it warn the recre-
ant Wings Of the mischiefs which they are bringing
upon their own heads, if they should refuse to raise
the necessary supplies for the support of the Govern
| ment. 1t tells them in language which man can
misunderstood, and which destined hereafter to re-
vertebrate in awful echoes through the whole breadth
| of this Republic.
The undersigned discern, with deep disapproval
that the report of the majority of this committee in
conformity with the votes of its chairman strenuous
y argues distribution of the public lands to pay the
debts of the States. This is the occasion to de-
velop the dangers of that much-condemned scheme.
In preference for another and much better nearly all
Congress coincide in opinion with the President and
the people, viz that immediate relief would proceed
from moderate, discriminating, permanent Tariff.
Why is it not law Why may it not be at once 2
Who binders it Is party passion prevail or mag
| unanimous patriotism The undersigned will not
doubt, though perhaps doomed to disappoint-
ment.
"This mortal issue, if cast by Congress upon an in
ured, insulted oppressed, and outraged people, may
return, with dread responsibility, with deep damna-
ton, to plague the inventors of such mischief"