The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-12
THE JEsUlTIsM OF THE IN 9ELLlGENCER

HE JESUiIlSM OF THE IN "ELLIGENCER.
The lnielligeDcer, some time since, charged in di
rect terms, tho giving uiterance OF fsehood by the
President of the United States, for the purpose Of
deceivng the Senate. II founded it's allegation on
what Santa ANA is reputed to have said, that MIR.
Thompson proposed to him. MIR. Thompson sends
to the Int lgencer commune alton in which he de-
clares that letter Of Santa Anna Is, Sin many re-
- =
iished. The lhtellgencer declines to comply with
the request A, the request Of Mr.. Thompson the
letter then published in the Madisonlap The Intcil-
gehcer OF Tins morning copied the letter Of Mr..
thompson from the Aladisoniau, with comments Of
as Jesuiical character the celebrated ingenuity
oil Its senior editor could well prepare. Now that
The letter "has assumed Official character by be-
ing published IN the Government paper, "tbe OBJ
Jecuon' which the Int ligcncer had Of becoming the
medium Of communicative b,i,c en- Mr. Thompson and
The public does not apply What well-founded objec-
ton could exist TO the Intel gencer complying with
The request OF MIR. Thompson to publish his letter
Nor do we discover how the letter Of Mr.. Thompson
has assumed an official character" by being pub
iished in the Madisonan. The Intelligcncer had as
sailed the character Of the President ia the
most Migrant manner 1t declined to repair the
wrong II had inflicted. Il docs not do il now
upon the assurance Of its own witne., when making
The aeg tons, that i, has committed an error, ex-
cePt by resort to mean evasion and contemp,ibe
tquivocat'on IL does not come out in flank. omen
and honorable manner and acknowledge its error The
lntellgehcer gfrnid 10 do il and 1t dared not be
the first TO promuIgate the letter # Mr. Thomp-
son contracicng portion Of this statement Of sana
Anna Hence the IntelIigencer desires TO convey
the idea that the letter assumed an Official cbarat-
ter" before j, was published in its columns
The lntelligencer says "from desire 10 see the
President OF the United States relieved from the AUS
Pic'on OF having dsat dsingenuo with the SEN
ate, we shall willsgy believe upon the declaration
Il Mr.. Thompson himself-w hich declarat on he ha.
no, made that bis interview and his conversation
with General Santa Anna were alike who'll, unsu
thcrised by the President, or Secretary Of State
Having before its face the dsavowaI of Mr.
Thompson, as 10 the accuracy OF the statement o
Santa Ansa =" in many respects and having admit
ted tscitly that whatever Mr.. Thompson might have
stated TO him was whoiiy unas'hoYirsd the Ioteeen
Ger winds up its article with the fooy ing upcapd
and equivoca'ing paragraph The President in hi,
reply TO he Senate, docs not even hint a, such tr.
~; "a treaty of boundary with Mexico which SAINTS
Anna says Mr.. Thompson proposed,) so that wha,
ever Mr.. Thompson may have said on the subject
was literally not inconsistent With what tho Presden
said in that reply; and yet Mr.. Tbomp.on may (o
may noD have said substantially oil TINT Gener.
ssnta Anna has 80 Enthusiastically related in his let
ter to Mr.. Bocanegra Could a retained counsellor
well p'id, labor more ngen'ousy to defend his crn
ihsn the Inclligcncer does TO sustain the statements
OF Santa Anna, in the letter referred top We Ieav,
Mr. Thompson to defend his statements which the In
,eIIigencer has implicitly, If not directly, sought t.
impcsch.