The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-06
NEW YORK CUsToM.HoUsE COMMITS
SloN-THE PLOTTERS EXPOSED.

NEW YORK CUSTOM. HOUSE COMMITS
sloN-THE PLoTTERS EXPOSED.
We have, for some time past, been convinced
that il was but necessary TO let certain parlsans
of Mr. Clay in Congress follow the bent of
their own weak and wicked minds, in order 10
arouse the Indignation of The honest people Of
all parties, at the treatment which the Pr sident
daily receives at their hands. We know that
certain orders were given by Mr.. Clay previous
TO his leaving tins city. We know the extent
and import of those commands. We know the
instruments he selected, and the duty assigned
to each, and we have been prepared TO expose
to the People their miserable designs and shall
low devices
This session of Congress, like the extra SEES
sion, has been devoted by Mr.. Clay and his par
tsans 10 Presdent-making. The great mea-
sures of relief and reform, for which the People
have been necessarily calling from all quarters
Of the Union, are disregarded and scohed at by
these intrigueis. They are determined that
every hour, every moment, shall be spent in
connecting ISLANDERS against the Executive,
his Cabinet, and the measures of his Admins
tration. The last few days have been thus
barefaced and openly reckless, that instead of
exciting anger, it has elected no other feeling
than derlsion and contempt We cannot afford
time, or eondescend to notice that political per
sonification malignity Mr. Stanly, or that silly
cat's-paw, Linn, of New York. Neither of them
would even be mentioned, We're il not necessa-
ny to give these names as the underings in the
play bill of this Legislative farce.
The first named of these persons having, we
suppose, racked his brains for some successive
days and nights, entered the House big with the
importance of the task he was about to per
form, and gravely reported that the Committee
on Expenditures, of which he is the housing
Chairman, had instructed him to say that, it
had adopted the Investigating Report of
Mr. Poindexter, on the affairs Of the New
York Custom House, as part of the
Report of the Committee. 1t is unneces-
sary to repeat what this parsonage said
upon the occasion, for whoever has heard
him speak once, has heard all that he is compe-
tent say OF course Jesse Hoyt and Samuel
Swarwout were mentioned He abused the
Loco Focos, as he classicay styles gentlemen
in opposition, He vili6ed the President and
his friends, in style nearly equal to his coadju-
tor, Mr.. Bolts, whose copyist he is. He mis-
represented the Secretary of the Treasury as
per order. TO be sure, when called upon. to
say whether he had ever read Mr.. Poindexters
report, he acknowledged that he had not
When asked, whether the committee had ex-
ahmed it, he replied in the negative. Never
theless, he and the committeeadopted it, careing
little what il contained, and anxious only TO
make its introduction pretext for abusing the
President and his friends Mr. Stanly having
possession OF the floor, at signal agreed upon,
Mr.. Linn asked leave to read letter from the
President. it being as he stated, part of the
report Mr.. Slanly, of course, gave way, and
then, with all necessary pomposity, a part of a
pirate letter, addressed by the President to
Mr.. Pondexer, was read. Mr. Linn doubt
less thought that he was effecting wonders,
when, 10 and behold the countenances of the
Clay Wings depicted their modification, for
general burst of appreciation arose all over the
and then laugh at the expense Of the discom-
fitted plotters. Severalvoices exclaimed .sread
all the letter." But Mr.. Linn stood silently,
selfcondemned ".Send The letter 10 tie
clerks table" exclaimed several gentlemen
Butno Mr.. Linn put ln his pocket took his
seat, and shortly afterwards, sneaked out of the
the House, followed by several Of his aiders
and abeters, all charltably attempting to recon
Gle him 10 his disgrace, by lavishing praises on
him for his party subservency. Every effort
to obtain the whole contents of the letter and of
the letter from Mr.. Poindexter, which elected
the Presidents reply having failed, and great
anxiety having been manifested to see chem
published, we have at last an opportunity of Civ
ing them TO the world Mr. Profit having
caused them to be read in the House on We'd
nesday, Mr.. Underwood having yielded the floor
for that purpose, the People Of the U. States,
of all parties, can now judge Of their merits,
and decide whether they ought to be con
sidered as public private letters. The
President has nothing TO conceal; his friends
have nothing to hide from the gaze of
day. All they wish is, TO be fairly and
fully quoted-no garbling-no misrepresent-
ng-no shutting. The following is the letter
from MI Poindexter to the President, which re-
ceved the reply from which the extract was
read by Mr.. Linn, and though its great length
encroaches on our columns still we will not sub
ject ourselves to the charge Of suppressing any
part of it,
Letter from Governor Ponderier 10 the President.
WAsHNGToN February 8, 1912.
My DEAR SIR: have had the honor to receive