The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-22
THE INTELLlGENCER.

lie hau Ueeh pfeceueu ny several Ineuioeis,
an l. among tn rest, Mr.. Tallmadge, who offer
ed TO take the scheme in hand, confident that a
good bill could be made from it, The public
papers of both parties had generally spoken in
| favor Of the recommend ton of the President
Even those most violent and abusive TO Mr..
| T Ter for veloing the Bank bills, had candldy
hpprovel the plan Swallowed forth IN the Mes
Sag, until they received their cues from the
majority in both branches of Congress.
On The 30h, the lnteiligencer published Mr..
|Mangum's speech, and closed short. editorial
with these words:
Whether it Che Exchequer p'on) is likely To be 50
nadhe IN It's progress, 10 be acceptable 10 the two
Honses of Congress and also To the Executive,
READERS will upon reading The debate, be able to de-
er Inc fr themselves quite as Satisfactorily as we
an from any informaon IN our possession.
Here as another Of those I'd gnifed" attempts
o spur on the majo ity in their reckless course
hgain i tie p lent; but why did not the In
teli sencer think ii nee ssary TO rebuke MIR.
Ma GU ~ for the Ian yuage he used, and which
| hey print Immediately, and 10 full
AT tie commencem MT of his sp ,ech, the ho-
no alb Senator cared his Wi h TO express
| his VI VS. on the Exch,qurr plan, because, as
he asserted, "strtnuuu ffJrls were making to
pr occupy the pubic MUD in its favor"
Tese 'sslreuou efJrtsp were made by the
| eope. and from the wietchedness of their po-
'yerty, they cried out to the members of both
Houses to pass the bill. Politicians had no.
'thing e. do with these efforts whatever. They
'wert e spontaneous burst ofpraise to the Pre-
|sdenl for Offering a an that could give offence
| 0 neither party-a plan that would insure a
sound currency. and efiectually deprive the Elk
lee tive Of all control over the public moneys
| Tue papers of the mos ultra Bank Wigs (who,
Of course, could no, have been corrupted by
the President, for they We're Mr.. Mangum's
|fieRis) were the loudest in sounding praise TO
the President, thou n within month or two they
nearly all changed their course, and denounced
the mea ,ure. II was this burst OF JOY at the
pr0>p ct of relief, that so alarmed Mr.. Mangum,
AMI it wa, to arrest this that he delivered him
self OF a speech that the lnttligencer gutted
owe, a, the first damuing stroke to the Exche
qler, referring its aIers to The debate. Why
dad not Ia editors refer at once to the speech
self The hlmsy ven und which they at
tempted TO hide their hatred and disgust OF the
Executive Teco nm 'ndatiol, did not serve the
| purp ,se lntended-lld moi conceal The motives
Of the editors, and might as well have been
omi,tel.
l. Us now proceed with an examination of
| this ,p ch. E ,rly in this address, the hJnora
bl. gentleman spoke as folio
$, FIR IL n exhibiting the free and cearness Of
ny cal mead 1t prrsenei nos obvious detects IN logic;
.tr c1ncu .,ns drawn iro premis, laid d,wn benny
ncons, cu,ive, abrupt, aud, IN one instance, mon
strou-'
Toward the conclusion, he used the following
an luage, which we the reader 10 consider
n connection with the foregoing extract:
The people were sleeping Volcano, Almost
|brggircd and the G,veinm mt steppe f,rw lr and
Offered with money facI ltles far greater and
rneer ,cul tied for the ease Of their distress
than any Na,i nal Bank"
THIS plan possesses no force or cearness, yet
wa, far better for the People than National
| Baak The People demanded of Congress TO
pass this very plan, and Mr.. Mangum says "the
People are sleeping on volcano" The Peo-
pie were sic, ping on volcano! There Mr.. NJ.
right, but it was a volcano OF wild word,
| false ar ,uments and wrong conclusions. II wa,
volcano of bitterness, that whipped the wild
'c1ItS. editors, who had dared 10 tell tie thou ghts
|Or the People back into the traces. 1t was a
magazine of hot shot fired by their pretended
Friends, and for the purpose of gratifying an am
,,t,
of the country at the expense and degradation
'of The mass.
In the teeth of his declaration, that it would
| ,rl money Iacide, to the People, he intro
durel the folio wing clause:
ode had viewed he proposal not like the advocate
.who III written the rcpr.. but lhe an hon, 81 man.
| de- ermiie d do his du.y.
ID te.ni re to his duty 10 his Kentucky
IL ,nI. INV g Iull NJ. Mil5un be so vi lent
h lil,t til, sc re ne, VIII n b h I'd been 50 re-
Gently c, lyet t. the bl king system He
At never to Ich 81 bunk bef,re la sum
| mer," aud con ,ilered the banking system as
" VIM death within ITSELF What a n bile
h trlot To con lie nm the President for veo q
'Ih,nr he hal ever touch d beio @, aud coz
IS red lah ,rtlng d. ,th! What nJbe id a
| to abuse the Executive for sta ding where he
Mr. VI. had al ways st jol before last sum ner I!
Blp rhaps Mr. NJ. considers HIS address better
| log C than the Message of the President and
We are perfectly wi ling he should enjoy his ogi-
cal conclusions.
The lat Iii gencer may now see to what a
c,nc.u,,,n II hurried even the lmmacu.atp Mr.
Mansun, who yer tluched 4 bank fore la /
summ,r; and doubtless the editors rejOiced in
his conversion, for new proselytes are always
| the most thorodghgoing.
We shall con iaue our review of Mr.. Man
gum, address tomorrow.