The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-04

Democracy
THE TERRIBLE TRIBUNAL OF DA-
VIS-THE AWFUL BAR OF BOLTS.
Early the other morning the special commit
tee on the removal of Mr.. Sylvester had US
closeted in dark room under the Capitol. We
were seated at gloomy looking table, with
pen, ink and paper before us, and required TO
write down answers, under oath, to all the ques-
tons that the Committee might be pleased to
put to us on any subject whatever.
twas fitting place for such business, Eve
mean no offence to our friend the artist, who
occupies it as his studio when the light OF the
sun steals ln,) and the Committee left no.
thing undone. We threw ourself upon the rack
with as good grace as possible, having resolv-
ed to smile at the torture. But we confess that
we did not expect to confront such machine
as was brought to bear upon us. If we were to
be questioned only in relation to Mr.. Sylvester's
removal according TO the letter and meaning of
the resolution authorizing the Committee to
send for persons and papers, &C., we knew that
we would have an easy time of it, and obtain
a speedy discharge. But our horror, and asto-
nishment, and dismay, may be imagined when
we were informed that we were "0bLiged to an
sl0er any and euery question, on any and every
subject, that should be propoumdedto us" by the
omnipotent Committee! Thus were we caught
at last After demolishng Benton and eevating
Mangum-after silencing all the ihunders of the
Clay press, from the Louisville Journal down to
the Independent under our nose-after quelling
the disturbance got up by Vanderpoel, Cambre-
leng, and our good friends, Slam, Bang and
Ming, in New York, and overreaching the
Globe itself-and finally, after getting up beau
uful storm about the ears of Congress for cut
ting off the nations right arm, Eve are charged
with them ally was it not too great an anti-cli
max to be tossed heals over head into the base
ment Git was base-meant) of the Capitol, and
brought to the end of our career IN dark COM
mittee room2
Well, there was no alternative but to diuuLge
whatever was required of us, or to anguish in
prison, and perhaps die there. Inasmuch our
paper must always go on, let what will trans
| pire, and as we had wife and child at home,
and were not ready to die, (God willing) we
preferred the first. eve could not avoid telling
the truth, for we deposed under OATH"
| Thus has vengeance overaken us The
| "Charlies'' may exult now. We, who had been
daily with the President, the Secretaries, the Of
| fce-holders and office-seekers-we, who were
! familiar with the naod1ss operandi of removals
and appointments, were at last brought to our
marrow-bones before such terrible tribunal,
aud at such an awful barD (Botts was not
there.)
We made a clean breast of it, We could do
nothing less, without becoming, in reality, the
unprinclped wretch that our enemies and eulo-
gists say we are. Well the deed is done, and
the sooner the country knows all about il the bet
ter We proposed to publish our deposition in
the Madisonian (and in truth we think we
should be permitted to enjoy the profits arising
from our lawful disclosures" and sthriling de-
velopements," but Mr.. Darts objected. If re
| pentance and remorse should seize upon this
gentleman, (and he was extremely courteous and
polite while disseciing our breast) the world
might never know the particulars of our inter-
view. The country now has right to all the facts
disclosed in that long, low, dark room. Let the
People insist upon having them spread out to
the gaze Of ALL Mr.. Davis need fear nothing
from his Wing constituents, because the inves-
tlgation was instituted in behalf of removed
Loco Foco-have not Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Van
Buren, put their heads together?
But the matter is not to stop here. We must
have another committee-a committee of some
honest Democrats, to inquire into the causes of
the removals Of the many thousands by the RE
TIRED CABINET. Every officer that was removed
by Granger, Ewing, Badger, and Bell, must
send his documents forthwith to this committee
and insist upon restoration to their places, if
no good and sufficient reason is given why they
were removed Let the committee send for
persons and papers. Let them have us back
in the long, low, dark room again. 1t is true
that Mr.. Clay was never President-Mr. Davis
may live TO reach one-but can they escape
.sscot free? ?" We will see. In the meantime,
we beg, we implore, we beseech Mr.. Davis to
give those momentous and my sterious papers TO
the world.