The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-28
From the Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle.
ATTENTION THE UNIVERSE

The "Gredt Retired' of SOLITUDE and desert
trdste' memory, as again upon The political
chess board.
All! indeed (is the natural inquiry has the late
exposure of his S252 7O4 of Land scrip speculation
secured to him by his own management and votes
in Congress drawn him forth from his dignifed and
sacrifcial retirement Has the long catalogue OF
of Revolutionary Soldiers widows and orphans,
whom he paid cents for their dollars, touched his
Shyock feelings, to come forth and vlndicate,
and exienuate deny his participation in the traudu
lent and infamous transaclions2 Not So dear reader
He has DARED appear before the public that
subject. He stands before the world having in the
presence of assembled multitude called high Hea-
ven witness that he had never, either directly or
indirectly, specialized in land scrip Az ,ins which,
stands the proof positive upon the public records OF the
nation that he has been the direct purchaser of land
scrip to very large amount. In such predicament
how can he attempt defence!
But with a view no doubt, of smoothing over and
dverting public attention from the enormy OF having
wronged scores of ''wool hated little brats Gas he
termed the children of farmers and mechanics, upon
certain occasion the 'Great Retired" renews the
question of differ ence between himself and President
Tyler that occurred near year since, and which
drove him of the Cabinet
1t will be recolected by our readers, that when the
Hon. Thomas Ewing, resigned the post of Secretary
OF the Treasury he caused copy OF his letter of
| sgnation to be published, in which he attempted to
sgmaze President Tyler with perfdy and lreach-
cry founding his charges upon what he knew from his
own private confidential Cabinet and CONVEX ational
intercourse with the President 1t will also be recolect
ed that though President Tyler cou not with propre-
ty descend to personal alteration with MT Ewing,
any than with any other private citizen, yet the
letter of Mr.. Ewing Immediately followed by the
declaration on the part Of the Press which is known
to speak the sentiments of the President well as
by his friends in public speeches that 1.-THE charges OF
falsehood and perfdy which made against Pres-
dent Tyler, by Mr.. Ewing in his letter of resigna.
ton, are themselves FALSE" Under this plan and
pointed reIulson of his charges, Mr. Ewing remain
ed silent for nearly year The question then arises
why does he take it up! Why does he now
voluntarily and Unexpectedly speak on this subject
from his retirement at Lancaster, Ohio through the
National lntellgencer at Washington city, medium
which will at once attract the attention of the people
in every section Of the Union? The mystery this:
the exposure of Mr.. Ewing's dishonorable partci-
patton in specializing with the property of soldiers,
widows, and orphans has presented him IN charac-
ter which has placed the imagination of both friends
and foes upon stand to the proper degrading es-
timation in which they should hereafter regard him.
This suspense of public judgment MIR. Ewing well
knows, is an lmportont tide in his political life; and
there scarcely be doubt that he agates the long
since ''sheted" Cabinet misunderstanding at this cri
teal period, to operate as the lawyers term 1t, sin
mitigation" of that judgment And though he
scarcely expect exonerate himself fully from the
odlum attached to a breach of confidence in exposing
the deliberations Of Cabinet councils upon question
that would necessarily nave 10 DC disCusSeu III d
great variety of points of consideration yet by getting
up an investigation, and lawyer like confuse the public
mind by referring disnct issues, "a single fact:
or the aggregate of facts "infeences "averments,
Charges made in terms" and various other "Pead-
ngs" used by the legal profession to raise TWO sides to
question: he hopes to create discussion which will
connect his name for time with subject different
from that with which it has lately been presented
That he will succeed in raising such discussion is
evident from the following pregnant paragraph from
| the last Madsonian:
| Mr. LANpscRIp EwING.-The ''re,ired" gentleman
occupies several columns of Tuesdays Inteligencer,
in an attack on the President and Mr. Webster. We
are glad this opportunity is afforded U.S. to do Mr. Ew-
ing and others full justice. The public may expect
a candid and elaborate exposition of the history o.
the veoes and of the conduct of all concerned in
few days. We shall endeavor to set this matter a
rest forever. At least, doubt very much whether
any of the retired Cabinet will ever rake it up again
when done with it."
Thus it will be seen that Captain Tyler" is not t.
be ihcadod' by Mi. Ewing, without SHOW o
fight" Among them be it, 1t is "a grab ane
stab" struggle between Turk and Turk; and we car
but little which whips. In the mean time, we WILL
NOT forget nor neglect the Land Scrip transaction