The North-Carolina standard., 1843-04-12
THE ATTACK OF THE GLOBE"

II ne A1IACh OF IF1E GLOBE.
The Democratic party must have observed,
throughout the twelve years Of the Jackson and
Van Buren administrations, that whenever an in
dividual or press formed the design of deserting
the party and assailing those placed by it in the
conduct of national affairs, The Globe was always
selected as the first object to make the upon.
seems to havebeen considered sort of piqueto be
driven inn, or sentinel to be shot down-either be-
cause was held to be some little defence to the
main point to be carried or at the least Qike the
noisy geese that saved the Roman capitol,) had
voice enough to wake up the people on the ap-
proach of their stealthy adversaries Another
consideration, which naturally suggested to all
the plotters against the Democracy the advantage
of mak-g the Globe the butt of their first shafts,
the circumstance that it not identified with
the party by any official relation it was only rec
ognised blythe Administration as an organth through
which it communicated with its constituents in the
informal way characterized as semi-official and its
connexion with the great body of the party was,
therefore, every where looked upon as partaking
of this sort of qualified Acknowledgement. which
might be readily and properly disavowed when
ever the conductor, through mistake, or perverse-
ness, failed in his duty. The Globes tenure as
only representing the democracy at the seat OF Go
vernment by sufferance-being always response
BILE to the WHOLE or any portion of the party and
subject to be excluded from its confidence, at any
moment, for misbehavior, without the forms Of
trial-was ever looked upon as tottering posi-
ton. Such an exposed outwork-so accessible,
and from the nature of its functions, so liable to
give dissatisfaction, as failing in the perfect fulfil
ment of the expectations of those to whom ac-
countability was due-as matter of course, by its
weakness, invited attack. The old enemy Fed
eralism-in its glozing. tempting sleek. bright
look uncoiling itself from the bank vaults and
writhing its serpentine way under the foliage of
the aristocracy-soon made its approaches, and
did its worst Whiggery and Coonery, and now
foolery, (in the organ of the present Administra-
tion) have successively made their assaults. But
no enemy has ever effected so much against the
Globe, or worked such mischief upon the Demo
cracy, as the conspirators within the camp, who,
! from time to time, have made secret terms with
the enemy, and who invariably begin their work
of trcachery by lraducing those in whom the par
ty Ito which they profess TO belong) have confdcd
their trusts
Hence the Globe, as we have intimated, always
comes in first for the insidious strokes of these
fair professors of devout allegiance to the cause.
The cry begins "Oh the Globe is such saw
age paper; it attacks everybody. 1t is shock
ing destructive-a monstrous ultra-a dreadful
radical-an unsparing ruffian u The nation has
not forgotten that this the way IN which mod
est Conservatism began that gentle di:ty. which
swelled into full chorus with the hardclder hur-
rah The smooth and varnished-visaged Mr.
Talmadge who established the Madsonian as
Conservative organ most sacredly assured the DE
mocracy that his only object was to support the
administration and the Democracy and 'to repre-
sent truLv' Mr. Van Buren, who suffered SO much
from the ndecorum Of 'the rM6ian Globe" And
how long was it before the little Spartan band of
Conservatism under the wing of the
credit SYSTEM 'the bltst paper credit OF MI Bid
die and his stockjobbng, speculating coadJutors--
'sapproxilnated"to to Federalism How long was
TILL, l~.a h.
with bated breath, only sought to modnlate the
harsh tone of the Globe to something BETTING the
gentler accents suitable to journal truly repre-
scnting Mr.. Van Buren," was out, with phrenzy
in his mouth and fire in his eye, venting lmpre-
cations on the administration, in speeches. where
ever he coull get an auditory Conserva-
tism had no sooner gathered head by its fair pro-
ftssions and means by its foul and secret ar
ran gemcnts with the credit system gentry, than,
with the loud denunciation of 'the spoils of Of
fee" Numbering from the tongue, it rushed heart
and hand into the coon-hunt-not merely to strip
the Government of its skin, but to hang, draw,
embowe and quarter the people themselves. Old |
fashioned Federalism was mill and forbearing, in
comparison with the little knot of deserters who |
had betrayed the Democracy. The Old lniqnity |
might have been content, Ito use the idea of MIR.
FLOYD. of New York ~ like Sir John FaIStaf, |
with the order, ''The first thing thou dost, HAL is
to rob me the Kings exchequar." But snch |
small matter would not serve the Conservatives.
Mr. Tallnadge soon showed whathe meant by the
conservation ofthe credit system. 1t was the con-
fis:ation of the property Of creditors, by sweep
ing bankrupt act. Here was harvest for men
who had appropriated the means of others, in the
cancelment, without the consent of the confiding
class, of the obligations held as evidence of their
rights And who has forgotten MIR. John c.
Clark's little autocratic edct disposng of public
Offices and the spoils which he so much desplsed2
He writes to Mr. Granger: "Mr. A or B. postmas-
ter at c. is thought to be head too tall )" and this
line was sufficient to despatch him with as short
shrift as the axe of the guilotine; and Mr.; Clark
gave the name of another man who was just tall
enough to fiII the place. He was put in, as the
man with the head off was no longer capable.
We recur to this history of Conservative De
mocracy that the teaching of the example may
have its use in revealing the designs of the new
sects of the same sort, who now revolt and refuse
to stand by the doctrines of the old Democracy1
who, although but just investing themselves with
the name. Undertake to speak absolutely for the
party, AMI insist upon tests, to which nll must
subscribe or be disqualified. This new Conser-
hire the