The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-08
.BARGAiN AND CORRUP rION."

ing uS Denton 1ud dali tot Husne 'S~S"~
honor, manliuess, consistency, thers are noae
to compare with them, We have been aosc-
lulely dyiren into these complimentary remaFks
by The perusal of choice article written by Mr.
Benton (ar least we believe SOD in Mondays
Globe, under the head Of Denominations"
How badly General Jackson must feel q.
this implied attack For, unquestionably, il
Mr.. Tyler was wrong in Recommending his
friends, under the circumsfances, General
Jackson must have been equally wrong. But
behold Benton's consistency! lie voted for Ge-
neral Jackson's denominations throughout, and
if General Jackson, with bis accustomed firm
ness, in sustaining his friends, had continued
for six months constantly 10 renominaie them,
Benton would, in every vote, have sustained
such denominations. With what consistency
then, can Benton, who has repeatedly endorsed
the sentiment and principle Of "a denomination
now denounce denomination to the Senate,
as an insult to that body by "the weak and
wavering Mr.. Tyler" in other words, "by a
weak and vacating Chief Magistrate" Is il
mol wonderful how Clay and Benton conduct
the coalition, not only with unity OF action,
but OF sentiment, nay by similarity ofthought
and expressions
The Globe says, 'the final vote Of tmo only
for each nominee, was clear expression Of the
opinion of all parties in The Senate on the con-
duct of the President" Who were these two
gentlemen so grossly insulted in this para
graph2 Who does the reader suppose they
are2 We will inform him. These two gen
llemen were Messrs. Culhbert, Of Georgia, and
Walker, Of Mississippi. And we suppose that
now Messrs. Cuihbert aud Walker may as
well hang their "harps upon the willows Pr
They, like Tyler, Calhoun, Cas-, Porter and
Johnson, are eternally prescribed. What tao
,icians the Globe men are They really expect
TO elect their candidate with magical Eowers--
certainly they do not reckon TO get many
votes.
But we have word TO say about this mat
ter. We distinctly declare aud proclaim,
and can prone, an actual coalition between
Benton and his clique Of four Radicals, and the
Federal Clay Wings, 10 defeat the wishes OF
the President and The rest Of the Republican
party, consisting Of thirteen Democratic Sena-
tors aud large majority of the House. On ere-
ry rote III lame Of Benton is found associated
with those of the Clay " hIgs. We will take
the vote in MIR. Cushihss case, for example:
The FIRST vote stood thus
YEAs-Messrs. Bates, Buchanan Calhoun, Choate
Cuihbert, Evans, Fultcn King, JNcDu6a, .MeRoberts
Rires, Ssrier, Sturgeon, Tallmadge, Walker Williams
Wileor, Woodbury., Wright-l9.
NAYS-Messrs. Alien, Archer, Barrow, Bagby
Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts
Crittenden, Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr
Linn, Mangum, Merrick, hlill.r, Morehead, Phelps
Porter, Simmons Smith, Sprague, Tappan, White
-27.
II will be perceived at once by The reader
that The five Bentonian votes, uniting with the
fifteen Democrats and four Wings who voted
for Mr. Gushing, would have secured his con
irmation by two majority. And further, that the
five Bentonan votes were given in the face O
the recorded wishes of almost the entire Demo
crallc parry In The Senate, in union with The
Clay Federal Wings, to defeat The object of the
President and the desire of the Republican
party. Here, then, we charge, is a practical
instance Of the "bargain and corruption" coali-
ton between Benton and Clay. How did the
second vote stand Thus: Yeas-Bates, Cal
houn, Cuthbert, Fulton, King, McDuGe
Rires, Serier, Sturgeon, Ualker-lO Nays
as above exactly. Benton and his "fororr
hope" of FIVE voting for The sake of appear
ances, and TO get as strong a vote condemnator,
of the President, and the rest of the Republican
party, as possible.
And now for the third vote: Yeas, Walker
Cuthbert. Nays as above, with The addition O
one Wing vote.
Ii will be remembered that only Benton ant
his four friends, of all the Democratic party, vo.
ted against the nomination. Two staunch ant
able Democrats voted for the denomination, ant
those two are decidedly more valuable to an,
cause than Benton and his -four factionsts. Fo
IT IS OF the material Of these last two that par
ties are buded up, and it is of the desuuctiv.
elements of the las, five that parties are disor
gained and Frustrated. These are the facts o
The case. Let the Republican reader Judge O
The result. We will make no further common
on this p int, but we reiterate lriumphan,ly on,
charge of the bargain and corruption COAL
| ton.
But the most curious feature of this articl,
is an nsinuation that the President is or was !
Bank man. We had supposed if any mar
was free Of the charge of Bankism, tina
man was John Tyler. He has never been an ad
vocate for any bank of any kind. Mr.. Benton
like all grea, men, has changed and change.
about with vengeance. II we do not for
get, Mr.. Benton did not change his Banl
views in Missouri, Till the bank of that Stat,
mos completely piHoged. If we do no, mis-
take, Mr.. Benton, who now so falsely denounce