The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-24
AN ExEcRABLE TRAITOR.

AN EXECRABLE TRAITOR.
We ask our readers and the whole country to
use The following extract from the Washing
correspondence Of the NEW YORK AME-
RICAN
,hserye iha in your editorials on the subject Of
vsIalions with Great Britain, you say that your
V ,y,,e Washington letters make no mention Oh 'he
Pnaao If The impression produced here by the de-
n auh and public intelligence by the Acadia Wen,
nav here il is from your public corr sponueni,
e Ln would have given II 10 you before he hau neeh
ous of any especial public interest IN the subject,
en,;ey as TO the prospect of war In fact, any
ora rho knops the mind Of Congress on me sutjeei
ma , oar, but one of absolute defencs, (FaR WHICH
n", "a NOT ANY PROBABLE occAsioN,) must feel too
T contempt for these "rumors Of uar," 10 turn has
.,;on 10 a matter disgraceful 10 the American
uci,rs-soon lpe trust, to be forgotten foreper.-
% ,eaders by the way, will please To observe that,
tbs Constitution of the U. s., Congress alone "has
declare war" So that the OPT Mons of the
bpESiDENT AND THE SIX HEAD CLERKS
AROUND HIM, 10y some singular and gross perper-
.ian Of language, miscaied CABINET though des-
;tof erery distinctive poicsr Of that sovereign d.
;r, council so styled in constitutional mondrchiss)
nsrsusrED AS THEY ARE BY MAJORITY OF JUST AZ
t,r,ls OF CONGRESS, ARE THE LAST MATTERS TAKEN
'xro ACCOUNT HERE IN ESTIMATING THE CHANCES OF
Van AND PEACE. Your readers will please TO observe,
c,rtIp
MbIcan Government, the Minister of Foreign AT
rs here is not the head Of the Department Of State,
nn, the Chairman of the Home Committee of Foreign
Affairs, John Quincy Adams. WHENEVER HE RE-
sntyEs TO REPORT IN FAVOR OF DECLARATION OF
I'm IN DEFENCE OF SLAVERY AND THE
TAsLE; AND | SHALL THEREFORE, HOLD MYSELF IN
CoyscIrNcE BOUND TO GIVE you EARLY PREMoNlrIoNs
as an EVENT so DECISIVE OF OUR MA
TloNAL DESTINY.
We appeal to the Speaker Of the House of
Representatives to, say whether he willingly
permits this British Abolition Tory TO hurl his
fire brands from the very Halls Of Congress
throughout the Union. To say whether such
fend enjoys his countenance and protection in
denouncing the PRESIDENT and his CABl-
NET in the CAPITOL of the nation. We
United States, the son of a patriotic sire,
10 say whether this despicable traitor has his
authority to implcate him thus in his treason
able designs We do not believe tive 1eiH
not believe il
Washington and his Cabinet entertained pre-
csey the same sentiments in relation to ''the
property Of slaves" as is professed by President
TYLER and his Cabinet-and the American who
can thus sig,natlse the Government of his own
country, would not hesitate to exhume the bones
Of Washington, and hang them on a glbbet!
And is there paper, with the word "Ameri-
can at its head, that will print such perfdious
and incendiary sentiments 1t is too true!
Aud this is the paper which is ever foremost in
its denunciations of the President! VIII the
Wing party longer tolerate its intlammatory
and reasonable ebutions? If it does, ii can
not long continue TO be party.
And does it really seek toavert var by such
brutal bravado2 Would it intmidate the Presi-
dent and his Cabinets Would il '.ian the EN-
bers" Of discord in Congress 10 induce that body
TO yield to British influence and make war on
the President and the Cabinet instead Of
naughty overbearing British toes2 We will
see. II such is the purpose Of hired abolition
journalists in this country the sooner the day of
comes the better. The sooner this
growing cancer on the body polite is eradicated
the better The purging and blood letting had
better be done at once, before the Constitution
is undermined by the insidious disease.