The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-27
THE MANY-HEADED plot"

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THE MANY HEADED plot"
Not even the tabled hydra OF old, had as ma
nv heads and venomous fangs, as have oeeh "''''
hu,ed 10 the n Texas plot The first alarm was
that the re-acquisilion oil our ios' 'e.'''o'' -,
Texas would wound Mexico in "tender part
and cause an immediate declaration oi wal
Nevt il was said that England would lake uui-
hraoe in the event of annexation; as IL Eng
Lard had any right TO open her mouth III al
fairs which did not concern her. Theh 'he
alarm was sounded that the plot "ouiu ann
bilate The free States, dissolve the ohioh' anu
increase slavery All these alarms have pee"
hushed by the force of calm, unanswetaoie
arguments. and we presume that none oil 'hein
will he revived, with any expectation OF oPpos-
ing the will of majority OF the People, no"
distinctly pronounced ia favor of the measure
in the elevation of one Of its chlei advocates
TO the Presidency
But alarms have been sounded in other quar-
ters and in 80 mysterious a way, that We are al
a loss what arguments to use TO soo'he Tue vi
ri6ed victims, and we very much fear 'hat no
interposition within our power can save lhe"''
Little did we deem that this dlabolicai lexas
plot" was designed to blow up certain andtp'au-
als. and much less those in an humble capacity
or at least not aspiring to any elevated positions
in the Government. We must confess 'hat II
never occurred to US once, that Mr.. AaahS
would be destroyed by the agitation OF the SUB
ject, or in very pity we should have had nothing
10 do with this 'deep-laid plot" But that II
was "deep-laid plot we have the evidence
of Mr.. Adams himself, in his famous Bridge
water speech, to prove it, as foloweth
al saw clearly enough that Aaron Vail Browns
publication was deep land plot for my destruction
but not till the publication of Charles j. ingersohs
views of the Texas question, that it had been Jour
teen years in the breeding and thai 1t was also pro
for breeding war with England"
The reader of course understands " Aaron
Vail Browa's publication" 10 be the palrlouc let
ter of General Jackson in favor OF the immedl
ate annexation of Texas; and we have not thu
slightest doubt but that MIR. Adams, ever since
he cheated his competitor out OF the Preslden
cy, in 1925, has had presentiment that the ole
hero was destined to " destroy" him for II. M
doubt he is haunted in his sleep, with visions
dire, ever threatening terrible vengeance for thu
injustice perpetrated on the occasion alluded
10. Every new measure that is proposed, eve
or letter published, causes Mr.. Adams to trem
bic in fear of I" deep-lad plot" Squdmi
dsfantibus Hydri.
From Mr.. Ingersolps ndomitable spirit, ant
resolution never TO tolerate blot on the TAI
escutcheon of mis- country, TO crafty the inso
lent pretensions Of Great Britain, whether urg
ed under the pretence OF philanthropy, and b!
an ey-President as her chosen champion, or b!
the force of arms, Mr.. Adams has become con
vinced that this Representative from Pennsylva
MIA is bent on his destruction" and has beer
engaged in "a plot for breeding war witt
England" We presume that the destruction o
Mr.. Adams, will be enough of itself to MAKE
England declare war against US.
But we are not yet done with the horrors
this by dra headed "plol," and the celebrated
Jackson letter. 1t was not 10 be content will
nous "gunpowder plot" it was to blow up I
whole house full OF sages and patriots. Ever
Mr.. Benton, who had just escaped from the eI
plosion on board the Princeton, was to b,
"blown sky-high" by this continuance. Hea
him in his Boonville speech:
"He had denounced
Il long before to many persons, and particularly al
the late session of Congress to Mr.. Aaron V. Brown
member Of Congress IRON Tennessee, who had vi
cariously obtained the Texas letter from Genera
Jackson, aud ~ho seemed TO be vieario,'y charged rih
soms enterprise himself
There is coincidence for you. What crime
had Mr. Benton ever committed, that he should
be F." charged upon" with some enterprise John
Quincy Adams, and Thomas Hart Benton
blown up by the same bomb
can things we're full Of terror and alright,
And dreadful cen the silence Of the night"