The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-10
POLITICAL TACTICS.


the Treaty OF Washington, quoted saying OF
the great English moralisl, DR.. Johnson, that
there /, always certain amount of gullibllity
IN the world which must be satisfied. This
maxim seems TO have taken deep bold OF the
Senator's Imagination, and TO have fixed itself
indeiiby In his memory. II IS the great secret,
OF his tactics, as is shown by every line Of the
Globe, since its columns have been placed un-
der his control Formerly, the Globe manifest
el some fear Of, if not respect for, the common
sense Of the people but at present lis whole OBJ
jea sens to be TO cater for an inordinale
amount OF gullibility which il iancies TO exist
throughout The nation.
II there is any fact well known from one end
OF this land to the other, and properly under
stood and appreci ted by every individual in
the country, high or low. who pretends to take
any interest whatever in the affairs of Govern
meni, 1t is the position in which the President
stands towards Congress, and the u.tras Of both
parties who rule Congress. Every man knows
that IL is sufficient for the President TO recon-
mend measure Of any importance to insure its
condemnation without a hearing that he is
~NV'g pS'"NSu W M tnt WHICH DC
III from time to time among the officers of Co
vernment: that IL is The great aim Of dema-
gogues. on both sides, 10 show how powerless
and q. imbecile" is a President without a
party"
Yet IN the face Of this notorious truth, which
is q matter Of every day talk, and of indignant
comment in every steamboat, railroad cdr and
hotel, and al every iireside throughout the coun-
,ry, the Globe iancies The sulbily of the Peo
ple so boundless, that il undertakes 10 persuade
them that the Piesden, is The cause OF the pre-
sent and coming embarrassments Of he nation,
and is responsible for The neglect and omission
of Congress.
A few days ago, while taun,ing the Admins
rration for the failure of The ESchequer, it ask
whether the President had no other measure TO
recommend for The relief of the country, and
seemed TO consider il as a settled truth that il
was the exclusive province Of the Executive to
initiate laws, and its duty TO have always on
hand an assortment of bills, ready framed, TO
furnish subjects for er parfe reports Of Con-
gressional committees, and keep them constant
y supplied with food for denunciation and in
veciive.
More recently, in taking notice Of Mr.. Nc
Duties resolutions, the Globe remarks, The
action which these resolutions urge, is pre-
cisely that which the President should have
recommended in his message at the opening
Of Congress" Now, was il possible for the
Presiden, 10 be more earnest and en-
pha,c than he was in hi- message at the
opening of Congress, in his exhoraiions to that
body 10 take into serious confederation the con-
dition Of the country He went so far into de-
tail as 10 call their attention, almost in the
very words employed by Mr.. McDuiie, to "ihe
system of smuggling on an extensive scale, -
likely TO result from the tariff so chastity and
huriedly passed" And in his message at the
opening Of every session of Congress since he
became the head of the Administration, and by
occasional messages pending a session, he has
done his utmost 10 awaken the National Legis-
lature TO a sense not only Of the embarrassments
of the Treasury, but Of the People. Not the
slightest neglect of his duty, in this respect, can
with any degree Of justice be attributed to him
On the contrary, Congress has felt that his ap-
peals to il have been rather too urgent and i'm.
Fortunate. He has been accused even of Off
cious dictation TO Congress, and OF informed
ding with its peculiar privilege of initiating
laws.
But now that the call upon Congress come,
from such quarter tha, it is likely TO command
attention, il suits the Globe to represent il as
the promulgalion OF some great specific for the
national troubles, some grand discovery in poll
teal economy heretofore known to the Execu
tive, but not TO Congress, and which the Pres
dent is culpablc for having withheld from the
knowledge Of Congress. Mr.. McDuflie, we im.
agne, is very far from viewing his resolutions in
this light, and it is very certain that they ex
press no such idea but coming fresh from tn.
bosom Of the People, and with the recollections Of
the truly national legislatures of other days still
in his mind, nothing is more natural than that be
should be forcibly struck with the present state
Of things, and make an earnest appeal, not a.
the Globe would have him, TO the Executive O,
Administration, which is poweress, but to Con
gress.
How long isl since the Globe became so ndu.
gent to a Wing Congress, and so willing to d.
vert any portion Of the censure belonging to i
10 the author Of the vetoes When the Presi
dent was compelled to resort TO the veto power
we do not recol,ect that the Globe accused hin
Of endeavoring % TO make an issue with Con
gress," or Of using any carts to throw blam,
upon the two Houses :" and what has the Wbif
Congress done since. that the Globe should raj
ly so 6ercely to its rescue7
The great defect of cunning is tina, tbo,,
who possess it are apt TO think the rest Of thu
world blind. The Globe, in talking so mucl
abou, the "snm." payedb by the Administration
has merely revealed its own game and IL vii