The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-01
" PERFIDY.n

" PERFlDl."
This is yet the fayorite charge imputed to the Pre-
sident 1t originated in what is called an elevated
quarter and has been ramiied throughout the
try by the various channels Of vituperation. He
was guilty of perfdy, because elected by the votes
of the Wings for the prosecution Of Wing pur
poses he has chosen to take decided stand against
a measure denominated the great Wing mea-
sure He was elected by the Wings and it was
expected he would cooperate with them, both in the
station to which he chosen and the to which
he succeeded-and if honest he ought to co-ope-
rate with them. He has refused perfect coaes-
cence with them, and hence he is guilty of perfdy"
The charge has been more than triumphanty
reiuted-but its reeration calls FOR reply.
A battalion of members of Congress assembled in
the fall Of l54l in caucus, assumed the name of the
Wing party, and put forth Manifesto, proclaiming
what they deemed the objects Of Wing REFORM and
denouncing the President for not STOPPING humDiy To
the dictaton which pronounced National Bank the
only mode Of reforming the vitiated currency of the
country Their assump ion of the name of the Wing
party was sufficiently arrogant-the application OF
the Of party 10 an aggregate of such discordant
elements, emnently ridiculous. Their right to
the of party or 10 the title of the Wing party
may well be canvassed; but we wish TO ex-
anime briefly to whom the charge Of perfdy in all
equity belongs. We do not therefore take the denun
Citations of those gentlemen of the Manifesto for the
voice of the People, or even the voice of the Whie
party Their own sins we impute to them, and to
them alone They and their satellites charged the
President With pe,fdy-they affixed to his name the
odious denomination of trai,or-while to themselves,
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treason and the pcrfdy. They acted with perfdy to-
wards the People, and they acted with perfdy to-
wards the President. If there was treason, they
were the traitors--if there hypocrisy they were
the decryers.
Ia the Manifesto they put forward Bank, incor-
poraed by the National Legislature, as the panacea
designed by The Wing party for remedying the die
ease which evidently affected the currency. This they
proelOned Of the principal measures Of Ieform
contemplated by the Wing party, and told The people
that they were frustrated in the execution of their
honest intentions for the good of the country by the
contumacy Of the President. But did they tell the
People, during the Presidential canvass, that Ma.
tional incorporated Bank was one of their
of reform Did they struggle so energeticalIy for
the election of Harrison, because he had declared
Bank one Of his measui of reiormA Did they tell
the People-openy and iearlessly-put Us in power,
we will soon discover the to relieve you from
the distress occasoned by the vation ofthe currency
and that means will be a National Incorporated
Bank They did not--lhey burst not do it Did
Mr.. Badger urge the People of North Carolina 10
give their votes Harrison with the prospect Of the
establishment of Bank Did Mr. Ewing raise
the Bank standard to herald the Wing party to vic.
a.
the old Republican voters Of that State-support the
claims of General Harrison, because be is in favor Of
an incorporated Bank scheme 2 To prove bis Re
publicanism to demonstra his title to their surages
they republished letter Of bis printed first in 1922,
breathing the spirit Of old fashioned Republican,
and showing that his opinions are not made for the
OCCASION bot that his sentiments have been uniform
and always Republican" What were those senti-
ments, that were Republican al believe he says,
in that letter "hat the charter given 10 the Bank of
the United States was unconstitutional" The votes
Of Virginia were demanded for General Harrison,
not because be deemed a Bank one ofthe great mea-
surcs to be introduced under The auspices of his Ad-
minisiraon, bot because he pronounced such an ia.
stitu,ion unconstitutional. who have then d, cey-
ed the People Certainly not President Tyler -
The People ndnced to give their support to
General Harrison and to him, because they were
persuaded that certain reforms in he administration
Of the Government were necessary and that these
candidates for the highest Offices Of the country
would honestly and energeticay labor in the prose-
cuton of them. But, among these measures Of re-
form, a Bank so far from being enumerated that
10th the candidates were known and declared TO be
hostile to it. Who, then, was guilty Of perfdy,
Those men, who publicly declaring, both directly
and indirectly, that the establishment Of a Bank was
not contemplated in the event of the success of the
Wing party-,erety cherished the idea, that this
favorite scheme would, by trick treachery or intim
dation, be prosecule' successfully Before the cleo
ton, they said TO the People we do not contemplate
the establishment Of Back; but aler the election.
that its establishment was aways the principal OBJ
ject Of their designs Are they not. then charge
able with deception and Terfdy Were they no,
eUnry of perfdy' Yes-and they ave doomed to
bear the ignominious brand they would fars fix upon
the brow Of the PEorLE's President.
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