The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-22

The nsd;sonisn requests the Mercury not to name
Messrs. TYLER aud SALroSsTALL in the same sen
tcnce. We have not done 20 heretofore that we re-
member-and, except now when we cant help It,
will not do
The .Msdisemisa also asks for explicit
avowsl Of our opinion, whether, under the circum
stances under which Mr.. TYLER signed it, Mr.. CAL
HoUn, il President, would not have signed the Black
Tariff bill We answer that believing most faith
fully a. we do in JOHN c. CALHoUN-we most firmly
believe that he would not.
Tho JNadisonism, though it does sometimes talk
dagyent - by the inch, has taken an occasional
carnival sugar plum have flung at it in such good
temper that confess it has oudone in courtesy
aud in consideration thereof, free TO confess
that We concede 10 President Tv,Es all honesty OF
from erroneous views of obligation to the political
charlatans who made him Vice President, because
they miatook him Tor dishonest man like them
selves-and who arc enraged and disappointed in
finding him honest-to whom therefore he owed
nothing but resentment for their dishonorng selec.
ton Of him their candidate for the Vice Presidency
and that though we cannot approve but must de-
nounoe the Tariff, distribution, and cxchequer mea-
he has sanctioned-wc gratefully confess that
his administration has averted immense evil and done
much positive good-we thank him for his vetoes,
honor him for having settled long pending difficult
ties with England-and have made no indissriminate
factous opposition to his administration but frankly
wrong, have a. frankly and cordially commended
where we approved. Witness our I5.-Charleson
.Mereswy
CoAMrNr.--We will let the first paragraph
pass. We may have been mistaken.
We will pass the second paragraph also
We merely asked for information.
As to the ''carnival sugar plums," nothing of
the kind can annoy US in our seclusion. We
say seclusion, because we entered our humble
sanctum year or so ago, with the unexpress-
cd, though inwardly formed solemn determine
ton to devote our whole time, and every facu-
ty, to the cause we had espoused. Nor did
we espouse the cause of the one whom
we advocate and defend without due
reflection, and anticipation that We would
be made the target at which every description
Of newspaper pellets would be aimed But hav-
ing decided to devote our poor abilities to the
defence Of the Wiley illuminated, but wise and
pure Chief Magistrate Of our country-from tina,
moment all minor matters of self were dsregard.d
alike the bitters and the sweets administered
to US by our contemporaries-indeed, every thing
was considered as nought that did not apply in
some way to the object which we had vowed to
effect. Hence we have not even mixed with
the members Of Congress, and this may &C
count to the Globe why Governor Gilmer doubt
I'd the actual existence of "John Jones.n
aud why our nah Deen suited g.
"grow SO long" Devoted to the cause
of Truth and Justice-for such empha,
ticaly is the cause Of the President
we resolved to shun every description of temp
tation which might tend, even for a moment, TO
divert our thoughts from the subject. We were
not seen in the Hobbies when the Clay wing ma
jority were voting to take from US the little Ex-
ecutive printing which every Chief Magistrate
(bu; the present one,) was permitted to dis
pose of-nor have we since been seen there
begging the votes of members for the next cleo
ZION of Printer. But now the light is breaking
in upon US, and the People are about to deal Justly
by the President. We think we shall emerge
from our hiding place ere long
The Mercury comedies the President all
honesty Of purpose" That's something-nav.
such in these times-but it attributes certain
mistakes" to him. This is candid-ay. and
mildly expressed, when compared with the Ian
gusge Of the Globe. We ask our contempo-
rary not to retract, but to suspend his opinion
until the end OF the drama-the sequel NAV
prove the now seeming mistakes to be the very
reverse.
But we will not be outdone in courtesy vet
If there are any honest statesmen living. we
believe John T.. Calhoun to be one of Them
We have always entertained this opinion. and
never hes'tated to express it 10 any presence His
mistakes, If he ever committed any, land who
has not y have operated against himself. but in
favor Of principle. He has borne the penalty
for the benefit OF others-and at the same time
knowing it could be easily avoided.
The Tariff, which the Mercury denounces
was passed by the casting vote of Mr. Wright.
in the Senate-having received the votes of the
New York and Pennsy lvania Democratic men,
bers in the House. Without it, il was said
there was no law by which duties could be col
lected.
When Distribution was a compromise mea-
sure, the President sanctioned it. When bur.
densome taxation was resorted to by the ultra
Wings for the exclusive benefit of the few. The
President vetoed it-once, twice, thrice!
The Exchequer will be adopted by the peo-
pie Of the United States. ItisaRrpop,,o,x
measure, and one on which the party must raj
ly, or else submit TO the modification of see;oo
tens of thousands Of our honest feIow-c;,;.
zens constrained, by necessity, to favor the
establishment Of another execrable United
States Bank, or what is worse, the issue
OF 5000 100000 Government stock. w. AZ.
sure the Mercury, that unless we all speedily
unite on some moderate measure, which will
afford the People currency, (,he exclusive me.
allie project Is utterly imprscticable,) the
foreign capitalists will take courage, and bring
some 100000, 900 to bear against us in the ner,