The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-19
MR.. STANLY.

1t is with some regret, that we are compelled
to take the trouble to notice this little gentle
man /; but il fly becomes troublesome, we must
brush it away. We observe that Mr.. S. has
again (on Thursday made furious onset on
the President, denouncing him with the usual
humorous and original and gentlemanly epithets
Of traitor, &C., to the great Wing party. What
perfect inanity or uneavened stupidity all this
augurs Have not all such calumnious charges
fallen, still-born, from the lips of the retiring
Cabinet, and does Mr.. s. suppose that his small
peevish voice can produce conviction in the
country Of the Presidents dishonesty, which all
the combined efforts of the {" Illustrous Re
tired" of the 6 Manifesto Club of politicians,
and the Examinations of the sat last resigned
Representative of the Union" have so signally
failed to accomplish If such charges are
made out of personal malice towards man
whom all admit to be amiable and high-souled,
they are, we conceive, in exceedingly bad taste,
and the President in our opinion, pays about
as much attention to them, as he would do to
the tuneless croakings of tiny summer frog que
rulous for rain.
Are such charges calculated to advance to a
sound and prosperous condition the PROSTATE
they fortify our coast against foreign invasions?
Do they increase our naval force, in order that
the Governm mt may furnish some defence to
our great mercantile interests on the high seas?
Do they furnish currency, or fill the vaults of
an empty Treasury? Ifthey accomplish none
of these things, for what purpose are they made?
Has Mr.. Stany, or any other man, right,
when all the best interests, almost the very faith
of the country lies bleeding, to be consuming
the precious time of the legislative session, and
the money of the People, in committing as
sauls upon the credit and ability of the
Executive branch of the Government through
the President ? Neither is there any good
policy even on the part of the enemies
of the Administration, in such attacks
When the President first came into Office, he
was, comparatively, unknown to the People of
the Confederacy. Those senseess clamors
might then avail, to a certain extent-but now
the whole People, with almost common con-
sent, Certain patry ciques alone except
ed,) acknowledge his sterling abilities, his
Roman integrity, and his bold resolution to do
the right. Mr.. S. in attempting to Willy the
Presidents political character, (and we can see
no distinction between mans private and po-
litlcal character, though it is nowadays fash
ionable to make a distincton) might as well
attempt for all hope of success in such design,
to cause an earthquake, by piping forth his
senseless trades against the Administration, in
the House of Representatives.
Mr.. S. is not altogether without talent. Let
him be content to move in the sphere in which
God has placed nina frog cannot swell HIM
self into an OK, nor a fox into lion, though
they each do pretty we'll in their way. BY
making a tilt against the President, MIR. S. only
discovers his weakness; he shows that instead
of a barbed and fiery eyed steed, he is mounted
on kicking and vicious donkey, and that in the
place of a lance, "to do good battle withall,"
he switches about in his ungoved hand point
less willow wand.
Why should the legislative branch Of the
Federal Government wage such continuous and
hot war on the Executive, and endeavor to shift
las far as effigy Whiggery is concerned) their
misdeeds on the President. The People are
quite well satisfied, we should presume, from the
hundreds of newspapers which daily come to
hand from all parts of the country, that there is
disposition on the part of the Executive to
serve the country. Let Mr. S. and others OF
the same paternity look to their own conduct a
little more narrowly, and they will possibly find
out where the coven foot is.
Mr. Stanly intends Qhough he cuts himself
of from the Administration to attempt to swa-
low the Exchequer plan of finance. This is