The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-30
THE HONESTY OF THE INTELLIGENoER

THINGS cHARirr.-Augudtn.
THE HONESTY OF THE INTELLlGENCER
Ia our article of yesterday in relation to the Intel
hgencer, we did not enter into the details Of it
shameful and unprncipled charges against the Pre-
sident We do il
The Inelligencer of the 18th inst, in an article
under the head of "the United States and Mexico, -
referring to "copies of two Mexican official papers,
which the same paper contained, impeached the We
racty of President Tyler, and, in effect, ascrbed to
him The uerance of falsehood in communication
he made to the Senate. The lnteIigencer quoted
from that communication the following 81 have to
say that message has been sent to Mexico in or.
der to obtain her assent 10 the treaty with Texas. "
The lntelgencer then undertook TO convey the idea
that what the President stated was a falsehood Ii
said that "aiter positive denial that the messenger
to Mexico sent for any other purpose than TO bear
TO the Charge d'Afaires Of the u. States at Mexico
despatch already in the possession of the Senate,
how great ought not our surprise 10 be TO learn that
Mr.. Thompson instructed to make direct ap-
proach and overture to the President Of that Repub-
lie" The lntegenceI, not satisfied with this al.
tempt to fasten falsehood on the President endea-
vored to mpeach his character in another part of the
same article. "The answer Of the President of
Mexico TO the protesatons, suggestions and Of
fers of this Minister of the United States, and
ssnt ,cithout the consent knowledge Of the Senate
whilst the treaty yet before the body were such
as might have been expected from him"
Now, what was the authority of the lntelligencer
for these aspersions the character and false al
h.. Of nita5
Why, letter signed Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna,
addressed to the Minister of Foreign Relations of
Mexico. This letter might or might not have been
a forgery. The letter states that an agent of the
United States, Mr.. G. L. Thompson, Chief Engineer
of the Navy of that Republic had arrived at Vera
Cruz, and as he had informed the General Comman-
dant of Vera Cruz of his wish to confer with ne
personally, | caused that funciionary to let him
know that he could pass to this place to which |
would repair" 1t will be perceived that Santa
Anna styles Mr.. Thompson an agent only. Does
he make any mention that MIR. Thompson exhibited
any credentials authority to act 4" agent :"
Not at all. The letter bearing Santa Annals sigma
ture, proceeds to detail what 1t says passed between
this agent and the writer of it. 1t says that Mr.
Thompson made certain propositions being the
wishes and desire of the American Government, and
states what Santa Anna said in reply 1t such
authority as this that the lntelligencer charged
the President with ultering falsehood and at
the time it passed a high COM
pliment what purported to be the answer of
Santa Anna as reported by himself Mr. e. l..
Thompson and Santa Anna the witnesses on whose
testimony the lntegencer based the vile ISLANDERS
and foul charges against the President.
These charges reiterated in effect by the Globe,
we repealed. We called the attention of the latter
TO the official correspondence between Mr.. Green,
the Official " agent of our Government at Mexico
and MIR. Bocanegra, to show that, if MIR. Thompson
did have any conversation with, and make the propo
stions to, Santa Anna represented, it have been
wholly unauthorized. Both papers remained silent.
No notice was taken of it-no explanation made
The ISLANDERS the President were to stand record.
ed against him.
We put an inerrogatory to the pure Inlelligcncer
connected with the testimony of one of its wit
nesses against the President, touching its honor
and even honesty. No response. We repeated 1t on
Saturday. We made it pointed for the purpose Of
forcing the lntelgencer TO take notice of it, 1t did
so yesterday and we rejoined. The article headed
and spleen vented against this paper. 1t is nconss
tent and contradicts itself. 1t says the original
articles Of the Madsonian are rarely read
even by those who regularly take the paper
For ourselves, we are frequently eperai days oge her
without reading line Of it," This assertion is
made when it had previously charged that this pa
per is daily committing the character Of the Ad-
ministralion Sc Now how does the Intel.
lgeDcer know what the Madisonian contains
"daly," when it declares that the editors are
"frequenuy several days together without read
ing line of i'm The services of the Intelligent
will do not doubt, be properly apprecia-
ted, in its kindness in extending its protection to the
" character of the Administration" " to the co
ordinate branches Of the Government" and seven in
respect to our relations with different Foreign Pow
ers," from what it terms "the inconceiyable foes
and impertinences' of this paper
Let the CALLED jade vince, our wthers un-
wrung"
THE IMMACULATE GLOBE.
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