The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-05-14

ng of the Globe and its confedstg w,
low IN their train ,ye sLs, at and disaster fol-
ISOLATION nf L na "A at least have the con-
frankly nerfoTrnt mat we have honestly and
warnna 81 i ID our duty, by giving timely
g. .he coming danger"
!, ,ewhat in the same tone spoke the Specta-
Or of this city on Friday evening:
"Never," says writer in that paper, ain the
history of our Government, has such an attack
been made upon any public man, as that now go
ing on in the columns of the Globe. An attack
so humanity, so unjust, vindictive, and malicious
so uncalled for by any act of its victim, past or
present-that the whole public without distnc-
ton OF party, are struck with amazement at its
feroclty, and disgust for its authors. Everybody
involuntary asks, what has Mr.. Calhoun done,
to call down upon him the concentrated wrath of
Mr.. Benton and the Globe How has he spe-
cially offended them, or thwarted their hopes for
the future? That it is their selfshness, and not
their patriotism, that is alarmed no one can doubt
For it is one of the instincts of that prlncl-
pie, to hate every one whom 1t supposes an OBJ
stacle in the way to the accomplishment of its
purposes"
"Yet in the face of these facts, Mr.. Benton
and the Globe, dashed into fury at the announce
Buren, could not succeed against Mr.. Clay, imme-
diately turn upon Mr.. Calhoun, seize him by the
throat, and in the desperate extremity of rage and
disappointed hope, pour upon him a torrent OF
abuse and utilization, even unparalleled in the
columns of that unsparing print The most abb
surd and false statements are made; the most dis
honorable as we'll as ridiculous motives are as
crlbed the most inconsistent and foolish reasons
assigned the most cruel and unj ust aspersons
IA L e. .l-al I'll
agency in producing, nor no power on earth to
prevent"
"We assure the Colonel Benton further, that
his course in regard to the local matters of his
State, together with his impoltic and ant-Amer-
lean course in regard to Texas, and his unwar-
rantabe and ferocious conduct towards the au-
thors of the treaty, will defeat his reelection TO
The Senate. If the effects OF his conduct resulted
in his own defeat only, it would not excite regret
or sympathy; but as it will most probably defeat
the nominations of the Democratic party, we have
no words to express our regrets at the prospect
of such a calamity"
The Globe, in reply to these fierce castigations,
becomes ,deprecatory and tame, compared with its
usual denunciatory and dictatoria tone, though
t cannot forbear giving Mr. Calhoun stab un-
der the fifth rib In its leading editorial of Sa-
turday, the Globe undertakes to show that Mr..
Van Buren, is for Texas. 1t says:
"He goes for Texas, not for the present treaty
indeed, it is true that, it is admitted, will be re-
jected and was regarded as defunct when Mr..
Van Buren, was applied to for opinion to be
spread before the country. But he will be ready
to sanction the admission on his own accession TO
the Presidency. What, then, is the difficulty
This subject presents the only and the last chance
of defeating his nomination for the Presidency,
which has been wed by the exclamation of his
party. His letter, therefore, must be seized upon,
and schism wrought out of it in some way. 1T
is THE LAST CARD OF HIS DESPERATE
COMPETITOR, [MR. CALHOUN WHO
HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR TWENTY
FIVE YEARS FOR THE PRESIDENCY
WITH TIE PHRENZY OF A CANISTER
1T CANNOT WIN"