The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-21
THE. TREATY.

THE IREA Y.
We find by the "Globe" of Saturday even
ing, that Mr.. Benton is not content TO trust the
effects solely, of his forty column speech on the
late Treaty but deems il necessary still TO harp
on the subjec, through the medium of pur-
chased newspaper. We believe him to be poll
tic, and will give him more credit for sasaciy
than ever before we should have conceded. He
fears, undoubtedly, that but few will read his
speech; or pay, if they read it, more attention
to its verbage and pomposity, than those upon
whom it was directly inflicted.
Assuming then, for the present, what we pre-
sumo he will not have the hardihood TO deny,
that he has saved Mr.. Blair some difficulty, by
preparing for his independent uncommitted
press, the late editorials on the subject OF the
Treaty, we will show sufficient respect to the
reputed author, and afford an answer 10 the per-
son, which the insignifcance of the arguments
would have rendered unnecessary.
And let US premise that he, perhaps inten-
tionally. strikes heavy blow upon the head of
his former, if not present coadjutor, the Hon.
Levi Woodbury. 1t is not for us to declare,
scarcely to divine, OF what political sins Mr.. w.
has been guilty towards his party, or Of what
personal offences towards the boastful manager
of the Western Division, that he should be vis-
ted BY this wrath, the more potent if concealed,
the more dangerous since unavowed. 1t may
be that the northern star of Democracy sheds
no favorable rays upon Col. BIS long INDUCED
politics. aspirations; by that light, unvarying
though it be, and useful to the tempest-tost
mariners, whose charts in the darkness and
storms of political conmotion avail them not,
he cares not to direct his course, through fear
his bark may not attain the proposed haven
The argument Of his conduct we know not its
results we can read on the page we criicse.
The Hon. Mr. Woodbury. "dislikes all parts
Of The Treaty, and eventually votes for it with
great difficulty and reluctance, and chief.
ly because he feared worse from the pre-
sent condition of the Executive; and there
fore ratified the present, to avoid still
greater sacrifices" Respected readers, we trust
you all belong to the school of the sto-
les, who held it beneath the real dignity Of man
to express the least external indication Of an
emotion-for we wish you to approach the con
sideration of this-this-this argument, in all
gravity and soberness-a state of mind, we
know, that would be most lamentably destroy ed,
if you should indulge in the natural expression of
the feelings which such monstrous absurdity
must, of consequence, give rise to. We call,
then, upon all our readers to repress all their
cachnnatory promptngs, while we endeavor
seriously to defend MIR. Woodbury. from such a
serious charge.
Col. Benton, if not directly, certainly by i'm
plication, charges Mr.. Woodbury. with gross
neglect Of his duty as patriot, with most cul-
pable negligence, and with needless violation,
if not of his OATH Of his engagements as Sen
ator Of the United States. We make the asser-
ton with much pain, and not without due ex-
animation of the subject-but with the hope,
and under the conviction, that Mr. w. will
not consider himself impeled TO undertake
any offensive retaatory measures--we feel
sure he will not, when he takes into considera-
ton the colossal power of his antagonist-ihe
victor Of an hundred fieds-who by one stroke
of his pen, prevented the election of Harrison
in 1910, and thus kept open through the sue
cess of his friend, Van Buren,, '.the safe line Of
precedents," or Presidents-who, by a word OF
his mouth, skilled the Exchequer in one
speech" almost too mracuouslv, for few
heard, none have seen it-who, like another
Democrat of old, but stamps his foot, and the
plains are covered with ready combatanrs-
who has power and authority to declare and
pronounce TO all political ransgressors, bring
penitent, ihe pardon and remission of their sins
and the power, still more irresponsible of con-
demning to those deep shades where the sun of
his Democracy never shines, all tho who are
literally inclined, and believe not in him-and
who, finally, by ''for,y columned" speech, con
structed on the same principle as the rude in
ventions of the early ar,illersis, who held
the piece more powerful, the larger its bore
and the more terrific, the greater lis sound, de-
stroyed all attempts for the adjustment of our
difficulties with Great Britain by seducing The
whole Democratic strength of the Senate to
vote against the Treaty With such CONNIE
ti,or it is but slight reflection upon any mans
courage to fear to con,end-and we indulge an
ardent hope that the Senator from New Hamp-