The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-07
WASHINGTON, June 25th, 1912.
We chip the following from the ST. Louis
Bulletin. Let it be read by every body. There
is truth in it. Let it b studied well.
MORE ATTEMPTS TO "HEAD OFF"

MORE ATTEMPTS TO HEAD OFF"
There are certain iactious men in Congress who,
like Hanna of DID, cannot rest SO long AS they see
Mordeca sitting at the kings gate or in other words
50 long they see honest John Tyler occupying The
Presidential chair The whole study of their lives
appears to be how they shall manage to get him
hanged They have had him, they thought, on
the very point of swinging off several times; but
somehow other the rope breaks, the don fit,
the scaffold tumbIes upon those who who built it
other unucky mishap upsepts all their cacula-
tons, leaving heir intended victim to go on calmly
in the discharge of his high duties just if nothing
had happened These modern Hamans have erected
another gallows Fifty cubits high" for the Presi-
dent, and we confidently predict that it " i'll not be
many days before they themselves will be kicking
and dangling on it like their great original
We alluded several days ago to the trick by which
it intended to force the President into the ap-
proval of the land distribution and high tariff by
lacking section to the tariff act repeating the provl
in the distribution law, which directs the proceeds
Of the lands to revert TO the national treasury When
the tariff should be raised to than twenty
per cent. adj paorenl, A new kink has got in
to heir heads 1t is said that the compromise act is
so worded that without further legislation there will
be no duties whatever coeclable on imported goods
after the 30th inst, in which the whole revenue
of the Government will be cut off.
The project now is to hold in terrOrem over the
head of Mr.. Tyler the idea that he is to be left with
out any money to carry on the Govern ent, unless
he signs bill posponing the operation ofthe Com
promise act and this bill is also attached
ing little section repeating the proviso in the Dietrbu
ton law.
Now do those members ofCongress suppose that the
American people are so blind and stupid not to see
through this miserable piece political juggling! lfso
they will find themselves most grievousy mistaken
Should the revenue be cut off and the wheels of Gov
eminent be stopped under such circumstances, the
people well understand upon whom the responsibility
should fall
Again, caution those factious intrIguers to be-
Of srangulation on their own galows. We do
but echo widespread and rapidly increasing public
opinion, when say that no Congress ever oss essed
so little strength or respect among the people as the
present. Let them carry out this scheme OF borrow
ing money the credit of the nation to distribute
among the Statesfor it is nothing more nor lcss than
hs-and they will inevitably sink themselves to
lower depth than they have yet found while, on the
other hand, the President! by veoing it, he surely
will, and thuS doing right regardless Of consequences
will raise himself still higher in the estimation OF The
public. He will have good reason to thank his per-
secuors for driving him to this extremity