The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-23
THE INTELLIGENCER.

yet seen, never nau nere Deen SO DOlu reCh-
less push for absolute power, was now unblush-
ngly made in the paper before the Senate. He re-
peated the assertion. Never, never, in the whole
history of this Government, had there been witness
ed push so bold ; which, if successful, must
be attended with consequences vast and so dlsas-
trous to the liberties of this land."-JNr. JMangum'S
speech.
Such, Mr.. Mangum pretended to believe. was
the intention of Pl resident Tyler, and yet he did
not for one moment cast his philosophic"
glance at the spot he had deserted but the sum-
mer previous He could see treason in the trees
and snuff it in the sweet air of the Capitol, but
thought not of the incubus that was pressing
upon his own breast. Nor did the dream of hor
ror awake him from his slumber, for the vision
still threw its dark wings over his imagination,
as the following quotation will show:
eff he believed the country was prepared for such
measure this he should feel depression of mind
which nothing would cheer he should look upon his
children with tears, and must despair of the welfare
of his country for centuries to come"
He would look upon his children with tears,
and mourn over the ruin of his country. We
could almost give the Senator credit for sinceri-
ty in his delusion at least, had he not soon after
followed up this pathetic declaration with ano-
Their that was full Of evil, jaundce, and bitter
ness Such language we did not conceive it pos
sibe could fall from the lips Of an American
Senator. We ask the reader to ponder well
upon the sentiments, expressions, and evil
wishes contained in the following extract:
"When the vengeance of Heaven descended
the man of their choice, all their expectations as
party at once defeated, and they found in the
chief seat of power man who had with them no
nde these.
hope could be cherished? If, indeed, the venge
full stroke had descended another head, and by one
blow the first and second choice the of the People had
both fallen, it possible that some OF our Llllpu
tan politicians fellows of two and half inches
high who were now endeavorng, to throw their
feeble, attenuated gossamer threads round about the
manly limbs and muscles of one who was to them as an
intellectual giant might have been marching along
with high airs of pride and triumph in the Wing
track and under the Wing banner. But, alas he
lived Richard Ceur de Lion yet lived, and the de-
vii was unclaimed and King John, instead of look
ing to the welfare of the State, busy only in the
effort to surround the common enemy with barriers
and PALISADES. Yes he lived, and his cold shadow
was thrown across these Lillipuan heroes, and they
shrunk and shivered in the chilling shade. Though
we had Tiber and Goose creek we had no Tarpe-
ian rock; but had he thrown himself Curtius-like,
into the gulf and noby persisted for the salvation OF
his country there might have been some hope that
these gentry would have conducted the Government
on the principles which the People had sanctioned.
YETI"
How can Mr.. Mangum dare to question the
DEGREES of Heaven? How can he call the death
of the patriot Harrison the vengeance OF Hea-
ven? Was it the vengeance of Heaven that
struck good old soldier, and called him home
full of honors, full of glory-better than all, full
of true piety Was it the vengeance of Hea
ven that spared the life of President Tyler p
We could have concluded that this word unin-
tentionally supplied the place Of some other,
but in the next sentence it was repeated where
he appeared to have been in suitable train of
thought to have considered the death of both our
chief officers mercy
ssPerhaps there might be hope yet"
hope that Daniel Webster would kill John Ty-
Ter, or John Tyler would kill himself? He
could love the first if he would only abandon
the last
We purpose not to examine the political bear
ing Of the above extract We only desire that the
world should know the Senator's idea of the
DEGREES of his Creator and Master. We will
be as mild with Mr.. Mangum can, but
we must declare such language not only unbe-
coming any man educated upon the precepts of
the word of God, but full of hatred, envy and
wickedness while the concluding line exhibits
malignty we could scarcely conceive possible.
Ia the nineteenth century-in the most flour
ishing republic Of the world-when the advance
ment of mind has strengthened and nourished
sweet charity with all mankind-in the midst
of a body the most honorable and digni6ed, how
could he venture to assert that it was the ven
geance of Heaven that took the lamented Har-
rison from the embraces of millions of friends
Did the holy mantle fall upon Mr.. Man
gums shoulders, that he should expound
the will of God Was he enlightened
by a conference in the mountain, that he
should tell the world why death, for the first
time, entered the mansion of our Presidents
Certainly not. He cannot strike with blind
ness, nor cause the frogs to come up from the
rivers He cannot call the cooling waters from
the rock nor feed he multitude with quails OF
mamma He is no prophet, and should not ex
plain Heavens orders.
But how i'll does it seem for him to talk of
weeping over his children and his country, who
can thus play with the DEGREES of the Almighty
And how, we would ask could the Intelligent
Ger publish this speech without word OF cen
sure. and how refer its readers to that essay as
an idea of the fate of the Exchequer?