The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-20
THE REPORT OF MR.. ADAMS

THE REPORT OF MR.. ADAMS
Will be found in this days paper. Mr..
Adams himself will, if he ever again becomes
capable of cool reflection, heartily wish that
this document was expunged from existence
IL is what we pronounced II TO be the other day.
mere tissue ofscurrilous newspaper paragraphs
strung together in Congressional report. Iha'
it is beneath the dignity of an ex-President, and
unworthy even of Bolts, the reader VIII be
forced TO acknowledge when he peruses the re-
ference made TO the letter toTiHen by the Presl-
dent TO his friends in Philadelphia. The
Committee thought il necessary TO gdrbtc let
ter written by the Chief Magistrate to a num-
Der of his fellow-citizens some time since, for
the purpose of attempting 10 make out case of
| inconsistency! The reader will see how far 1t
was successful. We confess, however, that we
have heard il whispered that Mr.. Adams did
not write the paragraph criticising the final
paragraph Of the Veto Message. 1t was fur
nished ready made TO his hand But he adopt
ed il as his own, and he must make the most
of it.
Mr. Adams pretends to have an utter abhor-
renee Of the zone man power" Was it not
this same Z" one man power"-a casting vote
that once made him President? Was it not
done (it is quite the reverse in the case of the
veto) contrary TO the will of majority of the
People? And was not the act most justly con-
demned by the nation at the next election OF
all men on earth, Mr. Adams is the very last
who should lift his voice against the "one man
power"-for he is indebted to it, far more than
to his merit, for the lofty position he once occu-
pied.
But Mr.. Adams made solemn pledge to Mr..
Clay--bnding his very soul for itstulhlment-
that if it should ever be in his power, by
hook or by crook, by the Zone man power" or
otherwise, (and he has continued in the House
for the purpose) he would repay his debt of gra-
titude, by making him President in turn! And
this pledge he will strive to redeem, provided
there should not be another chance for himself
if there should be, he would not only pledge,
but barter soul and body both 10 compass the OBJ
ject of his ambition.
But the recent move-lhe appointment, by a
kentucky Speaker, Of Mr. Adams as Chair
man of the Select Commlttee-the report-the
resolution, (attacking the Constitution, the very
act which Mr. Adams himself denounced early
in the session when proposed by Mr.. Clay, be-
fore it occurred to either that the debt OF 1924
could be paid in this way and the effort OF the
member from Massachusetts, to be,ray the Nor
thern manufacturers for the benefit OF the Lord
of the Western Distrbulionists-al force the
irresistible conclusion that MIR. Adams is endea
voring by trick to throw the game into the
hands of the one who, in like manner, once
made him President. Does Mr.. Adams intend
to accept the office of Secretary Of State
Wo, wo to the manufacturers of the North
Clay President. To discharge his political OBJ
legations to the Lord Of Ashland, he has taken
the bread from the inhabitants of New Eng
land
Let it no longer be wondered that the young
Distribution members from the West, confde
everything to the guidance of the Federal Rep
resentative from Braintree. The Tariff int
rests were once indebted to the head of the
Western Distributonists for their President in
the days Of their prosperity, and now the deb
| must be paid
The North must submit to the Vest The
capitalists and monopoists must disgorge their
treasures for the benefit of the Lord of Ash
land The decree has gone forth. Mr.. Adams
has said il. For the mere prete.rt, that Distrl-
button cannot be honorably Abandoned, Mr..
| Adams has consented that there shall be no Ia
riff till 1915.
| North