The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-22

Midshipmen NJ. Wells, and G. T. Welsh, TO
the Levant
Midshipmen C. M. Morris, A. J. Drake, and
h. N. Wes'cott, TO the independence.
TThe following letter was written by friend
of MIR. Calhoun at ST. Louis 10 Calhoun mao
in this city, aud handed US for publication. IL
confirms what is said by our own Missouri cor
respondent
ST LOUIS, June 9th, 1913.
Ma. EpIroR: Presenting that your leaders "ouio
be pleased to learn the state of the political eimos-
phere IN the Far West, send you few important
items OF news for publication. Aiew weeks ago. the
senior ed tor of The Washington Globe, f. I. bieir
probably ia accordance with arrangements made IN
you, city prior the adjournment of Congress, visit
ed this place for he express purpose Of starting ane"
paper here as branch Of his establishment, 10 al
vance the particular views OF Col. Benton more d.
reelly than he dared do through the g eat Globe
itself" When such ntrgues resorted TO, In or
der TO defeat the viii Of the Democracy, II Is right
tie public should be fully informed of the details
and of the acois in the plot IL Is well asceHained
fact which the Globe dare not deny that the dram TO
procure the money TO start its branch here was drawn
b, Lynde Elliott, the brother-in-law OF Mr. RVes,
on Blair Rves, payable three days after sight, and
endorsed by Montgomery Blair, of this place, son oil
the senior partner Of the Globe, and Tyler gDice-
holder in ST. Louis. You have frequently asserted
thai the Globe was hostile TO Mr. Calhoun, and might
have added with equal truth to every Democrat who
stands in the way of Mr. Van Buren, in 1874 and of
Col Benton in lSiS. The friends Of the latter have
publicly declared that +" The success of MIR. Van Blu
u il ho Of Col Reuton lS1S."
and called upon all Bentonians rally in favor ofthe
eI-President, in order TO the "successon" to
the Missouri Senator The branch Globe has been
established here to make the succession secure, and
as antic pa,d the first number assailed the avo
rite of South Carolina. In speaking OF the an
of the difleren, aspirants to the Indiana con-
mttee, it makes the following outrageous assault up
Mr. Calhoun in pursuance of orders from It's own
ers, Blair & Riyes:
We are sorry to find in Mr. Cahoun's letter
want of frank ness and confidence in ,he to whom
he is riting and the patty to which he Processes to
belong He is not, surrey Opposed to unite himself
with Mr.. Clays friends permit his name TO be- used
in opposition TO Democratic nomination by Ma
Iional Convention. We hope, at least, that such Is
not his desi, and yet he leaves himself abundant
room to take that COURSE"
Indeed this is the cry OF stop thlef with ven
geance Il is well known to every man in the coun-
Try all familiar with its political history that no
two are at anlipodes IN political principles
than John c.. Calhoun and Henry Clay. Can the
same be said of Col. Benton and the editors of the
Globe The Missouri Sena.or and F. p. Blair were
both the devoted adherens and confidential friends of
the Kentucky Orator in 1924, and the Globe editor
even advised the famous bargain and intrigue be-
tween the Puritan and Black leg" Col. Benton has
been a perseverng advocate OF high protection and
the American system voted for he tariffs of "a and
'2s, and against the Compromise act; and on the
rency qu ST on, of which he says more, but less to
the point, than any other Democrat in the Senate,
he has adopted the motto of Clay" An exclusive
metallic currency, or United States Bank" The
points which separate them very small, and Col b
since be left Washington, has been residing within
few miles of Ashland, instead # returning to his
constituents, whom he has bu' rarely visited for many
years. The complimentary language in which Clay
and Benton always speak of each other bodies
good, and suspicion has been for some time turned
that quarter. The Branch Globe wishes 10 turn It
of false scent, and hence he insinuatlon
tanned in the above paragraph. want of frank
meas This is, indeed, novel charge 10 be br ught
against Mr.. Calhoun by Disciple of Mr.. Van Bu-
rem but wonders Will never cease.
presume you are well aware that Col. Benton
repeatedly declared, whilst here last fall, that he
would not support John C. Calhoun, even if he
the nominee Of the National Convention. 1t so hap
pcned that the editor of the " Missouri Reporter
5. Penn, jr Of the Oldest 6rmest and ablest De-
mocrauc editors west Of the Alleghanies, remarked
about the same time in his paper that, IL MIR. Cal
! ha ,la al, Lo
give him cordial support Since that period, he
has been bringing his tremendous energies to bear
in favor Of the selection Of delegates to the National
Convention by districts, and you may rest assured
that the wire-worked legislative caucus Of last win
ter will become as odous to Missouri Democrats as
it is to true Republicans every where The Re-
porter" has therefore committed an objectionable
sin in the eyes Of the Globe, and its master spirit,
Col. Benton; and the veteran western editor, Of
whom General Jackson said " he had done more for
the cause Of Democracy than any other editor in the
great West" must be crushed in order that the in
triguers for the succession may have clear field.
They have reckoned without their host in all this,
and before the present year closes you viii learn that
there thousands in this region who will not suffer
themselves TO be barganed off like sheep in the
shambIes The proceedings Of the legislative
Gus will be set aside, and delegates selected by dis
tricts. The wire-puller will not be able TO with
stand the tremendous broadsdes the Reporter" is
daily pouring into them
Missouri IS TO be the battle-ground this summer
The Globe will advance money and editorials 10
keep its satellite in motion. Through this branch it
will carry on its war upon Calhoun, Johnson, and
Buchanan, all three of whom were the objects of
Col Benton's abuse when he last visited us. The
friends OF those candidates will have TO look to the
" Missouri Standard" alias Branch Globe to discov.
er the real designs of Blair and Benton The Mis-