The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-06-15
MR.. PEYTON'S CARD--MR. r. D. DAVIS
SLAMM

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tatives, during the discussion upon the merits of
Mr. Polk, which sprung up in that body last
week, that ne had heard Mr. Folks pretensions
ridiculed by Locofoco member of the New York
delegation, who declared that the Locofoco can
didate for the Presidency wonld not get an cleo
toral vote except from South Carolina, and that
his chance even there would depend upon the
caprice Of MIR. Calhoun. To this statement
nineteen of the delegation from New York re-
piled in card published in the Globe, in which
they attempted to censure the conduct of Mr..
Peyton. They endeavored to leave the impress
sion that they constituted the whole Locofoco
delegation; and, denying the charge as appca-
bic to themselves, the impression was sought TO
be left that Mr.. Peyton had uttered an untruth.
Several persons, to our knowledge, were thus
deceived by the artful wording of the card and.
had supposedthat an issue of veracity was fully
made up between Mr.. Peyton and the New York
delegation. But it turns out that there are four
other members from New York who have hith.
erto been ranked with the Locofocos one Of
whom, Mr.. Davis, was the gentleman alluded
| to by Mr.. Peyton The latter, in card pub
lished in the Intelligencer (the editors of the
Globe, with characteristic unfairness, having re-
fused its admission into their columns COM
ments with just severity upon the conduct of
Messrs. Anderson & Co., who had assaiIed him
in their card. Mr.. Davis, it seems, has de-
nounced and ridiculed the nomination of Polk
upon all occasions, and this fact was known to
Anderson & Co. The conversation which Mr..
Peyton had reported him to have held with Mr..
Black took place in Gibbs's BARRIERS shop at
Gadsbys-one Of the most public places in
Washington number Of persons were present,
shaving and being shaved, and the conversation
in loud tone of voice, was not intended to be
private in any sense of the word. Mr.. Black,
who was in the House when Mr.. Peyton re-
peated the conversation, bowed his assent to the
correctness Of the statement. The conduct of
Messrs. Anderson & Co. will therefore be regard
ed as mean and insdious.
We have thought that perhaps, one object Of
their card was to read Mr. Davis out of the
party and, it may be, that they intended to ex-
clude the other three, members from the nomi-
nation OF "the Democratic delegation from the
State of New York" The following denuncia-
ton Of MIR. Davis by the notorious Slamm, In
writing from Washington for his paper, 1.-THE
Plebeian,) would denote concerted purpose Of
attacking that gentleman The Tribune contra
diets the charge Of Federalism made against
Mr.. Davis His offence is, that he will not sub
NIT to the dictation Of such creatures as Slamm.
In a letter from Washington, after referring to.
the letter of the nineteen members from the
State of New York, he adds.
"That card was not signed by R. D. DAVIS, of
Poughkeepsie and one or two Others and it
may not be amiss to say that in almost every
instance during the present session, | may say
every one involving an important measure Of
the Democratic party, Mr.. Dauis has voted
aoiM the Wigs" His whole course seems to
have been directed to the embarrassment of
the party, and its consequent defeat. AS a
protested friend Of Mr.. Van Buren,, his con-
duct was such as to lead many of Mr.
Van Buren's real friends to believe him, early
in the session, to be his secret enemy. Upon
the Abolition question he was an imitator Of
j. I'm Quincy Adams upon the Tariff question,
his votes told the hollowness Of his Free Trade
pretensions of 1910; upon that great American
question, the annexation of Texas, he stands
by the side OF Giddings and Pakenham and
upon the glorious nomination of Polk and Dali
las, solitary and alone, among those who rep
resent the Empire State, he prows among our
opponents Win WORDS OF encouragement winch
themselves do not believe, and which every
mail stamps with the brand of .falsehood The
entire Democratic party an Congress haze lost
all confidence in him, and regard him not SO
much as a renegade, but as one who has re-
turned to his first love. The reader will bear
in mind that Mr. Davis, until few years past,
was dyed-in-the-wool Federalist, and that he
was originally one Of the most violent oppo-
nents of General Jackson's administration" 1t
IS an unpleasant duty to say what have in
relation to Mr. Davis, but it is an imperative one,
and one which will never hesitate to perform,
when deem it necessary to the success Of the
Democracy. We like an open enemy, but we
lespise one who deals his blows in the dark
INFORMATION WANTED,
0f the whereabouts of the Hon. William Lucas,
who left Harper's Ferry, Va, in the railroad cars