The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-16
THE INTELLIGENCER AND THE PRESI
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could hide from their own eyes, while they atacA
the President and the Administration almost every
day. in the name of the Wings Of the country and do
every thing, and since September, le4l, have ne
every thing in their power to set all the Wings IN
the country against the President constantly com
plain, nevertheless more properly speaking, nave
frsted constantly and scolded at what they consider
the efforts of the Administration TO concliate the
favor and respect Of the other party The lnteigen'
Ger would have the Wings be against the President,
but at the same time would have the President be or
the Wings.
Not unfrequently it reprobated ip the har hes
terms what il pleased to call "cooing and our
ship between the President and the Democratic pa
ty" in the very same columns in which it accumn a.
ted from its own otner sources pin us
Of reproaoh and contumely against the President,
such found their way into that paper before,
applied to the Chief Magistrate of the country, in
the forty odd years of its existence.
In all this the lntelligencer only follows the lead
ers Of the Manifesto Wings, whose conduct in this
respect we must ever say, was characterized by a
very remarkable degree of assurance.
1t is fit that the People should always keep in
mind the general outline of the history of the discus
sion between the President and the Wing leaders of
the 9Th Congress.
Both the President and the Wing members Of the
9th Congress came into power the same tide of
popular opinion, in 1910. By the death of General
Harrison, the Executive authority devolved the
present President, and the power of Congress, all
the world knows, welded by Mr. Clay. Diff
cultes and discussions arose; Mr. Clay spurned Mr..
Erins', Bank bill, and the President negatved two
subsequent bills In this state of things the Wings
assembled in the Capitol square, the 18th of Sep
tcmber, and prescribed the President This is the
whole story briefly told. 1t has been said that only
some forty or fifty members attended the meeting
However that may have been, the meeting purported
to be, "a MEETixc OF THE WING MEMBERS pr>IHE
SENATE AND OF THE HOUSE, OF RErREsENrAIIvEs OF
TINE TwEsrr-sEvEsTH CONGRESS-" We believe il
true that there were many Wings who did not at
tend the meeting; and that some who did attend dis
approved the proceedings but neither the class
the other had courage TO make their absence their dis
sent knoscn. They allowed the proceedings to go
forth the proceedings of the Wigs Of both Houses Of
Congress. We need not republish these proceedings
every body knows that in substance they we're vo-
lent denuncation of the President ending with de-
claration that the most they hoped for that they
might be able to check present Of the ,niseie
which, under different state Of ajor,s, the President
might hare the poorer to impose
Now, can any body wonder, after this, that the
President should withdraw lis confidence from the
Wings Of Congress- We say the Wigs Of Congress
because il is certain that very many Of the most
spectacle and patriotic of the Wing party o'a Of
Congress, lamented reprobated all these proceed
ings and still continue reprobate them and to de-
plore the consequences which have flowed from
u.,,t al. Of 10
concurred in this manifesto, and those who,
curing, had not decision enough TO make their dis
sent known-is there any for all any of
these to complain that the President has Withdrawn
his confidence from them and given IL to others ?
And the Wing presses which justified, and still justi-
fy these and other yet hostile and violent pro-
ceedings against the President-with what face
they arraign the President for being untrue to them
and their friends in mspifestng a desire TO throw
himself upon the country-upon the patriotic men Of
all parties-for reasonable support OF the
of his Administration
Time has already shown how really inconsidera-
lie were the q ouDds upon which the leading Wings
in Congress who professed be Republicans in lsi0
went into this crusade against the President Time
has already shown how unimportant, practically and
really, the measures were which threw them into
such fame. Who cares anything, now, about the
Bank bills which vetoed in 1912 Or who
thinks, now, that If there such thing a
Veo in the world, Bank Of the United States, upon
the old models, could be es,abisbedi
But our purpose j. not, at present, 10 60 into an
extended discussion upon these matters. II simply
is TO present to the view Of the world the bald in
justice and cool assurance, not to use a stronger
n al. D. l..Ix =.
presses and using every opportunity 10 represent his
conduct inconsistent with his previously expressed
opinions and, at the same time vociferousy finding
fault, that he should have thought any body else
worthy of his confidence but the leaders Of the WING
party.
The Presidents course, meantime, are quite
sure, will be commended by majority of The People
His path difficult and thorny bu, y, was strsgh,
and he pursued it, unseduced and unterr6ed by the
uitraisr which would have caused him to swerve TO
the one hand the other And " bile the Globe and
Mr.. Benton assaed him daily, on one side, and the
Intelligenccr and the partsaps Of Mr.. Clay on the
other, the great Of patriotic citizens who have
no selfish interests in the squabbles Of parties will be
very likely to think he about right
We copy the following from the Globe Of yester-
day IL will be seen with pain and modification that
the officers Of British vessels are presuming on the
Partially for British interests eynced by certain 20.
tical leaders and presses in America TO perpctrale
insults and outrsges on vessels and crews We
should not be astonished next to hear that our mer.
chant vessels are forbid to approach the shores Of
TErAs, by British crusers-since the Globe and
Mr. Benton, Mr.. Clay and the Intelligencer have
taken the British side against the Executive Of our
Government and the People. Since the majority in
the Senate, and the leading presses, Join the British
against our Government how can we expect our
rights to be obsc rived by the British apd -, 49,