The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-26
From The Boston Mereastile Journal
Caller CUSHING.


We are sorry 10 see that many of political pa
pers ara pursuing the course towards those VINO
profess TO be friends of the present ADMINISTRATOR
that the members of Congress are towards the f-A-
ecutiye. merely factous feeling seems 10 nave
sprung up in and out of Congress- the leaders al
Washington setting them on and every man toho has
been, disappointed obtaining office, or VINO mas soe
personal malgnity to crafty or who receives hn'
from his friend OF letterwriter at Washington, echoes
the miserable slang. This course we nave mole 90,
course in regard the Administration, we have rea
son to believe meets the approval OF many Oh tle
soundest men in the District which he represents IN
our national councils. The principal grounds Oh al
legged complaint against Mr.. Cushing seem to be,
that he has refused to Join in the Remuneration
put forth by the forty members OF the wing party In
Congress- (who sent them to Washington to denounce
an Executive in advance, we have never found out y
and in not reading the Executive out OF Fellowship
without ceremony, because he saw fit to carry into
effect the opinions which he had all his Lifetime
ayowed and which were well known when the peo-
pie voted for him as Vice President. Perhaps an
other may be found in the fact which IS shown
in the records of Congress, that Mr.. Gushing has
thought the interests of his constituents would be
best promoted by supporting the Executive SO Tar as
New England can support him, instead OF joining In
the factous attempt to 'head him. in every measure
He has seldom spoken during this session, but when
he has spoken we beg all who care any thing about
this matter say whether his remarks have originated
in mere factous feeling, or whether they have been
words of peace and soberness, for the purpose OF
stilling the tempest in the House, and bringing the
members to Of their duty to the country.
We speak from mere personal friendship tor Mr.
Gushing, but we despise any such miserable attempt
to crolrd a man down because he has mind of his
own and chooses to be himself the judge of the wishes
of his constituents rather than be ruled by this or that
clique. And W hen we learn too, that this lnterie-
renee is about be carried into his district, and
that persons endeavorng to sow dissension among
Mr. Cushing's own constitute we must say we think
this is interfering where they have no interest And
they will probably find that the of Essex choose
ia do their oUn thinking and Judging as well as rot
ing; and of too much good sense, and too
much Yankee shrewdness and Independence, to con-
denim because he does not happen to think pre-
ciseIy dominant faction in Congress chooses ne
should Mink-and precisely that dominant faction
Themselves may choose to think
We should like t, ask any one of these men, who
so icrcely denounce the course of every one, who
chooses to be somewh hat independent, whether he
thinks the Countrywide People-are quite as well OF
now as they would have been if all the Wing Repre-
sentatives had taken the pursued by Mr. Cush
ing instead of denouncng without measure Pres-
dent, whom they were compcAed-ike him or dislike
him-to have for three years more Would not the
Peopie-not the politicians-but the great mass Of
PEOPLE have been in far better condition than
they are now Would The country now have
had an ExLhequer, which the opinion of some ju-
dicous men, is better than Bank, and in the opinion
of almost every one would be better than nothing,
all tney can get, anu are W y
it? 1.-THE Wing party had continued united, instead
of induging in impotent Indignation against the Elk
ecutve-ifthey had gone forward like men, like legi-
iators, like patriots should not his, have had
some protection to our iabor-and revenue for the
empty Golfers of Government Would there
have been all the confusion, and noise and sheer
waste of tme in the Halls of Congress- which is re-
buked by the people in strong language, from every
part of the land Would the Congress of this country
have been now by-word of contempt, if more of the
Representatives had pursued the that Ca
Ieb Gushing has pursued and is now pursuing p
TheAa and others the queries which the mechanics
and farmers of Essex North asking tiasm-
selves and there be doubt that the press the
who undertakes croacd do,cn their Representa-
tive will find they have got into the wrong place and
among the wrong people.