The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-07
RErUBLlcATloN No. 8.-FRoM THE MADIsoNIAN OF
APRIL o. 1912.
THE UNITED STATES GAZETTE.

The UNITED STATES GAZETTE
The editor of the United States Gazette in his pa
per of Tuesday, has very awkward article the
| authorship Of what we called Mr.. Clay's General
Orders appearing in that paper some days before.
Without denying our assertion respecting that su-
thor-hlp, Mr. Chandler talks Of the great, the too
| great compliment, which such ascriptIon Of his
editorials does to his humble powers This is child
| ish, very childish. MIR. Chandler knows that Mr..
Clay wrote dictated every word Of the article up
on which this paper commented. He will not deny
| it. We know he will not. He will Eol say on his
veracty, that he Mr.. Chandler, himself the bona
called Mr. Cays General UjffdGeffss' ' Knowing our
selves that the production was Mr. Clays and every
word Of it written or dictated by him, have
cared, and we repeat ard eaffirm and we say
again Mr. Chandler will not declare his veracity,
that he is himself the author.
Having quoted part of our remarks The editor of
the Gazette observes "There is belligerent tone in
the above which indicates the Department Of It's ORR
GIN" Its origin is immaerial, but that its tone is
belIigerent, is certainly true We meant it should
be. We are at war with Mr.. Clay, a war certainly
not of our seeking, but war of his seeking-a war
in which he is the assailant, which he is waging by
all the means in his power, open and covert.
| We have said, therefore, and we now repeat it,
that within ten days from the commencement of the
last session of Congress is the ezra session
| Mr.. Clay resolved on breaking down and DESTROYING
this Administration 10 further his own future ad-
vancement And that object he has steadily pur-
sued, and is still pursuing. Whether in Congress or
out Of Congress, through the Press or among the
People, every energy OF bis mind is excited, and
strained to the utmost pitch, in efforts TO embarrass
to annoy, 10 cripple, to destroy President Tylers
! Administration. We are not blind enough not to
this notwithstanding all Mr.. Gays Probabilities
nor are we timd enough not to proclaim it. Has
not Mr. Clay publicly pronounced Mr. Tyler to be
WEAK, yAcnLArsc, and usyAlrBruL' Has he not
sneered at him as President without parlyi"
and at the same time denounced him for attempting
to create party, by the patronage of Government
In the very article in the Gazette did be not re-
proach the President and scott at all the member. of
his Administration And yet the editor of the Ga
zet,e maukish enough TO think IL strange that the
tone Of this print should be I" beIgerent" towards
Mr. Clay The United States Gazette is a Clay pa
per. Its editor is Clay editor. Very well He
has right to be so, although cannot feel regret
at seeing an old and u.eful paper beeulled
iuto willingness to throw away its lust in
huencc, in such hopeless pursuit. Neyertbe-
less, he has right TO do this, if he so choose
but if he opens his columns to reproach and
abuse Of the Administration, whether furnished by
MIR. Clay himself or others he has no right TO com
plain, If what he intends "begerentr toward The
President, rs met IN tone "bellgeren" to Mr. CLAW
Al this very moment, the editor OF the Gaze,,.
full well knows, the conductors Of the PRINCIPAL (,j
presses are as black moutbed and venomous towards
the President and the members Of his Admin,,ra,;o
as ever were those Of the Globe or other the mos,
low and loa'bsomc Of the Locofoco newspapers.--
The editor of the United States Gazette see, all mi.
and knows all this aud every body else sees and
knows It; and every body knows that Mr. Clay could
stop all this, If II dispieased him. by the raising Of
his hand He does NOT stop. This unprecedented out
break Of blsckguardlsm and abuse ba, received pei
thcf check nor reproof from Mr. Clay. nor ,nv q,
his leading friends. And yet, when this press deoc,
iog q new and hostile movement on the part Of Mr |
Clay, and hearing and knowing that Mr. CLAY him. |
sell Is the author Of well studied article 6,I of |
contumely towards the President and his friends ex.
poses that article, reveals its author and brings him
and his purposes into broad daylight Mr. Chandler
charges II with 'msgnsncy of intention toward. IN,
great statesman Of the ageni
The editor assures us that he shall refer "more
than once" to our former article We do no, doob,
IL And he will refer "more than once to thi. ar,ol,