The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-16
THE EDITORS OF THE INTELLIGENcER.

4 THE EDITORS OF THE INTELLlGENCEh.
| These gentlemen are all al once aroused TO
the perpelratng of long editorial OF two col
umns and half, in lheir paper of Monday, in
rebuke of the President for his letter addressed
10 portion Of his friends in Philadelphia on
the 4lh July. That letter, as every one who
has read II will perceive, is strictly defensive
against the attacks TO which the President is
continually subject from the presses of the fac
tionists all through the country, and the most
unmeasured terms of abuse increasingly heaped
upon him by ''mousing politicians" both IN and
out of Congress. The long commentary OF The
lntelligencer arises from an ascrIption which
the editors pleased TO make Of an intention
on the part of the President TO bring Congress
into disrepute with the country. How wonder
fully sensitive the editors have become of the
reputation of Congress, thus TO be led 10 elabo-
rate an article of such prodigious length! They
are exceedingly chary all at once of the true
dignity Of coordinate departments OF the Gov
eminent, and the urbanity which ough. to pre-
vail between them. When the whole country
is demanding relief from the passage of various
measures, and when a combined and closely
affiliated ress, aided by rabid set of faction
lists, with Bolts and Stanly in the lead, are
using every possible effort to induce the belief
that the failure TO pass them is owing TO the
President, why it is Numbered forth in number
less columns, by these impartial editors, that
the President is guilty of great want of courtesy
to Congress, fox simply stating his own agency
in the matter, and thereby vindicating himself
from censure.
What does the President say in that letter
which is so offensive to the calm dignity of
Messrs. Gales & Seaton? Does he do more
than refer to his message to Congress more than
seven months ago, or express any other wish
than 10 harmonise with that body2 Let the
letter speak for itself
But suppose it was otherwise. What II the
President threw back upon Congress the terms
of reproach with which he is daily assailed by
the S,anlys and Bolts and the other "mouslng
politicians" would not the country justify
him in it We believe that it would. We
would desire to know whether Congress does
not owe the observance of as much respect TO the
Executive, as the Executive to the Legsla-
ture Is it not as disreputable and quite as
mere personal assaults, to bring the Executive
into disrepute, as for the Executive to say re-
proachful things Of Congress? Tell US the diff
ference We wise and impartial conductors Of
newspaper press.
When has the Inteigencer rebuked the
eipn 80 IN for he n
hood, vituperation and abuse which have been
heaped upon the President2 Was it asleep
when the Manifesto Whigs"-some fourteen
in number-assembled and concoced their Ii
bellous attacks upon the Chief Magistrate
Has it been deaf so that it could not hear the
bilingsgate abuse perpetuay uttered forth
abuse which would disgrace the lowest stand Of
the ''canaille of the Fauxburg ST. Antoine in Pa
ris 2" Nay more. Is not the InteIligencer it
self the vehicle Of all such abuse2 And not on
ly so, but has it not, of late witully suppressed
Mr.. Snyder's reply TO Mr.. Mathio', so as to give
a false cooring TO the whole of what passed :?
and although lis attention has been called to the
matter, has it as yet put forth correction
What can honest men think Of such editors,
who claim to be lecturers on courtesy, and good
behaviour?
If the editors desire to preserve our Govern
ment from reproach, let them take Congress
the Slanlys-lhe Botts-thc Arnolds, and the
Malhiots-in hand first. But this they fear TO
do for Mey might loose some of The S75 900
for The public printing, and no doubt these
honest and moral and impartial conductors Of
the Inteligencer, think very strangely of our
suggestion, and that "liar, Facilitating, and
miserable aoretch," contemplate traitor"
and such like terms are not at all indecent or
uncourteous, when uttered by the inmdcu-
idtes just named