The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-21

sd1'SbeAlS Oh dltaCk aud IN novel SuOcEll
o. punishmens Nay, the accustomed acceptat'on
OF names IA respect Of things they interchanged at
'neir own pleasure. Thus rash headlOng daring
was accounted faithfully devoted courage pro-
s'ueht Delay, speeious eowardce; prudence, cloak
lpr pusilianimity aud tho use of wisdom ia any
'ung, was being sluggish in every thing An uncon-
soliaoly passionate spirit thought to form the
par OF uahiiness and caution IA projecting was ao-
counted speclous excuse for declining project
inc inriousy violent esteemed trusiy, while
he that wtthstood him was suspected. lie wto plot
ted any knasery was, IL successful, thought clever,
ana he mat suspected and anticipated him
thought YET more knowing bat he who u ed prudent
oreihought, so as TO need neither the one nor the
o,her' was esteemed discover Of good fellowship,
and craven before his foes
In word, he that would be beforehand with ano'
iher, VINO was about to do him wrong, was commend
ed, as was also he who another doing so, that
thought not OF IL and, indeed, relationship was es-
teemed not So close tie as facto,s association be-
cause At was more disposed TO unhesitalingy dare
| Tor such sort OF combinations were not made for
mems good, according TO the existing laws, but for
unjust gam, contrary TO them; and pledges oil iaith
towards each other were confirmed, not 10 much by
sacred pledges as by community OF CRIME. ANY
equitable overtures from enemy they admitted II
they were superior in power, but so as to keep
guard over their actions and not with generous con
hdence to retallate another was held preferable
10 oneself not rst suffering and oaths, there were
any ior reconciliation being nterposed for The pre-
sent on some difficulty, continued in force so long on
~ as the parties had no power from any other quar-
Ter. But when occasion served, he who first dared
an attack II he saw his enemy off his guard, thought
ms revenge the sweeter as taken on one lued into
security than if he had gained it in the open war;
partly because he thought it the safe course, aud be-
cause by overreachng his foe he also gained the glo
ry OF dexterity. Thus it is that the greater part of
men are more willing to be called cierr roguss than
honest fools. OF the latter they ashamed; in the
| former they exult
vi all these events the the lust of rule,
inspired by avarice and ambition and from these
arose eagerness ever hurryng men to contentious RI
valry; for those who held authority in the cities,
each party with specous name whether as main
tainers of a political (or constutonaD equality Of
rights and pririieges in the people, Of moderate ars
focrdcy-these, though in words they courted the
public, made il the prize Of their contention and
st aiming every nerve by whatever MEANS to get the
better Of each other, they ventured upon the most
horrible outrages went beyond all hounds of mode
ration, enacting punshmeDts greater and greater
and not as faI justice and the good of the State
authorized, but limiting them either party, only
cording to their own pleasure and they ever
ready either by unjust decree Of condemnation or
by the hand Of assassination, when they gained the
power, to satiae the iniuriate passions Of the mo-
ment--so that neither party were in their conduct
guided by any regard to religion nay, those who
happened 10 accomplish any thing memorable by
plasbIlity OF words were in the best credit rs 10
me modera part Of The citizen, they the
refims Of both, either because they did not take part uih
| He" OF through envy Ndt hty should Surrtre.
" mus, by faction, every species Of wickedness
was set on foot in the Grecan nation, and simple
honest-heartedness Of which generous natures have
so much, was laughed down and had van she'd"
Mr.. c. went on to say that il seemed TO be taken
for granted by the two great parties among u.s. that
the moderate men OF the country, to be now, as
then, the "yctims of both " And he had himself
been admonished that he should himself inevitably
become the victim OF their collision. Now, he beg
ged gentlemen not to be deuded with the idea that he
uyas rata 49, H..
had the least idea of being the passive victim Of both
the il-moderate parties. Not he. WHAT Had not
the gentleman from Virginia (Nr Wise) and himself
the right to hold opinions of their own And had
they not right to act upon them Nay, it not
their duty To act upon them, and far they could,
to influence public opinion in the United States in ia
vor Of them II was. Ard when he stated that po-
ston to the House in behalf of himself and others,
instead OF holding up the spoils Of Government to
auction he had only insisted the lust rights of self
defence, and had but intimated that he had a right
and should consider ii his duty a proper time I've
heard on the question of the Presidency. This the
gentleman called putting up the Government to sale,
| as the Prsetorian Guards did the Roman empire
Now, instead of this being tender of spois TO any,
act Of seduction TO any, it was if any thing,
hera subject of accusation, as having made ndi-
rect threat TO the House and to represent il the
/ gentleman had done, 10 give disngcnuous con-
1 strucuon TO his remarks.
! The gentleman from indiana Mr.. Thompson) had
designated no portion Of Mr.. ca remarks which
he rested his accusation Till this done Mr.. C.
had no answer to give but an emphatic positive de-
NAL of all that gcnteman's positions. He denied his
charges and repealed them When the gentleman
would put his hand on the sentences which he
founded his representations, il would be time enough
! TO reply TO him. Mr. had called gentlemen 10
do this but of them had attempted to do il. IT,
vain for MIR. c. to fight of straw, to be
\ fitting at windmls
| To the gentleman from Kentucky Mr.. C. would
again say that the true question was question be-
tween constitutional order in the hands OF the Pres
dent of the United States and party luminosity in the
sctoH of Compress. II was not patronage IT was
not the veto power it was not the initiative
power of the Pr, sdent which had destroyed
| the Wing party but the constitutional fact
of the existence of President of the United states
/ for term of four years. That the rock on
which the Wing ship had struck and foundered.-
! They could not change the Administration here as
they could in France, by vote OF the Chambers. II
fixed in the possession Of power by the Constltu
ton for four years and il was in vain 10 struggle
against the fact
| IL had bel Mr.. C.'s intention to comment on the
speech Of the gentlemen from North Carolina, (Mr.
/ HAyNER,) but he was admonished that he had not
| time. That gentleman did not impute to him the
motive which the gentleman from Indiana did, but
| he imputed another thing which was incompatible
W III such a motive, and which MIR. c. was bound TO
deny I he gentleman rhetorical in his illustra-
ton and also in his eXaggaraton OF IDEAS. The gen
eman had accused Mr.. G. Of saying, IN the face oil
the Representatives Of the nation that here was con-
| stitutional power which sh uld be welded for the
benefit Of whoever would sustain the Administration.
\ NJ. c. averred that he said such thing. What he
had said was far different and rose far above the
dank and noxious ogs OF party. What he had invited
aid 10 was not the supp 1T of the Administration or
of the men who were IN IT. hut the carrying on OF
the Government lie ms sted that it was the duty Of
every friend Of his country to concur in this effort
II was mmaterisl who were in power, or whether It
was to be accomplished by Wing votes or 10y Demo
/ nv nf boh III by Mhiu
votes alone, IL might be done by Democratic alone
or if not by either exclusively, it must be by both
combined
There was in all this corruption, nor any thing
like corruption The charge all arose from hea,eo
imagination II 1t was necessary 10 obtain such votes
II was not wrong; there was nothing 10 conceal or TO