The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-07-17

We do not deny 70 Messrs. BAR - Nives tuo
right TO establish as many newspapers - hey choose
or any otAer i:ns or 70 echo the views Of 6 prAci
pal establishment at Washington-but they must o.
cuse u.s. il we do not allow the Instruments they may
happen TO pick up, to dictate to veteran Democrats
and prescribe respectable members OF the party.
But we again ask Lynde Elliott whether he IS VIII
ling to call Montgomery Blair, or the Exchange
Committee OF the Bank, to say whether our sta'e-
men is true or false, in relation to the oili or dra'
on Blair Rives to raise funds to put the recTeant
Standard into operations Let the mark DC sosa'-
Missouri Reporter.
You will be able to judge from the iorego-
ing, whether the charge made was well or i'll
founded. The facts here sci forth cannot be
conuoverted, and if any one will take the pains
to inquire at the banks at Washington, they can
be informed that Blair and Rives were drawn
upon by Lynde Elliott, of the Missouri Stand
ard, for certain amount of cash, and that the
draft was endorsed by Mr.. M. Blair the Tyler
office holding SON of Mr. +. P. Blair, Of Wash
ington. The draft was cashed by the Bank of
Missouri, and the money was used TO put the
Standard in motion. The paper, however has
almost no circulation, and is intended main
| ly for effect abroad, and to distribute among the
Benton clique of this State for gratuitous circu-
| lation.
! BY the by, it is high time that MIR. Tyler
should give the Globes SON here gentle hint.
that his office of District Attorney might safely
and properly be handed over to some friend Of
| his own.
| Some have supposed that if Mr. Montgomery
Blair We're removed, il would be looked upon as
an act Of hostility on the part OF the President
towards the Globe, and possibly be construed
as an offensive movement against MIR. Van Blu
ren's friends. But why should the President
longer retain men in Office who are constantly
throwing every species Of odium upon himself
and his Administration, and striving in every
possible manner to break them down ? 1t is
worse than suicide 10 give influence TO those
who are your constant and bitter revilers
1t is true, Mr.. Blair canot do much good or
harm to any party-but the President owes it
TO his friends as well as himself, to cast such
men from his Administration, and give their
places to energetic and worthy advocates of his
Republican principles and measures. There
are plenty of good and true Van Buren, men
here who would rejoice to see this change take
place, and "Captain Blair" of the "Montgome-
ry Guards" left to stand on his Own bottom
Will you see TO this, Mr.. Editor?
This same gentleman visited the Legislature
at Jeffer ION City, last winter, to obtain aid of its
members for the establishment of the :" Stan-
dard," which he intended 10 have put in motion
in March; bur, failing in this attempt to buy
over the members, he decided 10 write Spa" at
Washington, whom he had not seen for TWO
long years, and request him TO visit St. Louis,
that he might see for himself the great induce
ments to establish a Standard of Democracy
here, and thus make "lhe success Of Mr.. Van
Buren, in 1874 the success Of Colonel Benton in
| 1S4S." And, 10! Pa came-the draft was
drawn-the press put in motioa-and the whole
work of riding rough-shoP' over Col Penn
and the liberal Democrats was supposed TO be
no sooner said than done. You have seen the
sequel!
The Globe says the resolution Of the Dem
ocracy Of Missouri TO discard Penn, 1oas ia
ken months before zoe made our roydge 10 81.
Louis" Well, suppose ii was What then
Did not Benton and the Globe instisate the
movement as long ago as last fall 2 and was not
the first open demonstration made on the 9Th Of
February last in the 81. Louis Democratic As
socialion, and its insgators unable 10 bring it TO
final issue until after the Globe made voyage
TO 81. Louis and put in motion its special organ
Of true blue Democracy
And what ards the result, Mr.. Editor of the
Globe 7? Ere this you have seen that the vete-
ran Penn was not read out Of the Democratic
Church, as you had intended he should be.
More than TWO TO ONE Of the hundred mem
bers Of the Democratic Association present vo-
ted to sustain him and his paper, advocates OF
sound Democracy! 1t is high lime the Globe
mended its manners towards other portions of
the Democracy, or it may find itself upon the
shelf ere another year rolls around.
| see it has been throwing out volley OF soft
words in commentator of the letter of the Hon.
Dixon II. Lewis; but does it not suppose thel
bgh-minded Southerner can see through It's
6msy veil Of hypocrisy? 1t need not expect
10 catch bis vote next winter, 10 make that pen
stoned press the organ of the House.
| will close This letter by quoting the remarks
of the Reporter Of the 1s July, relative TO the
draft, &C., which the Globe denies.
In few days, will commence giving YOU
the outlines OF Col. Benton's efforts and move
ments through the State, to drill his old (, rces
into submission with his mandates. They may
put fea in his ear before he finishes his tour
OF the States.
morbid selicitude is displayed by the Standard
| of Lying, to make the impression that il is not
branch of the Globe. We are not astonished at
this There is for it, but il is not our bust
ness to cay what is. We stated that the money TO
pay for the Standard Office was raised on a bill
drawn Blair & Rives, &c. This was denied by
| LyDdc Elliott. But his correspondent, &" Monitor "
proves that Elliot lied. " Monitor says:
ON Rlair Fan hss endorscd hill n exch.ouo