Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-07-29
DAILY WHIG.
SENATORS HAYWOOD AND NILES.
Charges Of "Bnbery and Corruption. ~

which is upquestionably to diminish the resour-
ces Of the Government at the very moment that
the enormous expenditures on the frontier re-
quire that they should be greatly augmented
should have excited the anger Of their political
sociates. But did not suppose that gentle
men occupying positions elevated, who have
heretofore sustained unbemished regulations, and
against whom charge Of moral delinquency
had ever been preferred, would be unhesitatngly
and directly charged with having an Etching
PALM and accused of having "sold the mighty
need of their large honors" for purse of gold
Yet such is the fact. The New York Evening
Post, speaking of Mr.. Miles, for example, asks:
show has Mr.. Miles been turned about from the princi-
pies Of the who elected him. and, is common with
aposiates berang with ten.fod hatred the and the
principles whom he has jus; deseredi"
This question is answered, in effect, by
Washington correspondent of that paper, who
says:
mo effort will be spared defeat the bill was told
few days since by gentleman who knows that $4,000
$4,000 would be given for and tina, the
party then there ready for such arrangement should
disposition to accept be minated. l cannot believe
that any DO base enough to make such propo
siuon directly any honorable Senator, much less do
believe it would be accepted but il painful know that
such base propositions rumored and feared"
BY insinuations of this sort, thrown out in ad.
vance, 1t was designed TO deter honorable Sena.
tors from pursuing the dictates of their own judg-
ment, formed under the imperative obligations of
their solemn oaths, lest they should render them
selves liable TO imputatons which the public mind
was thus insidiousy prepared TO entertain. 1t is
not unlike the "bargain and intrigue" SANDER
concocted against Messrs. Adams and Clay in
1S24,-6rst whispered by some convenient tool,
and the truth of which afterwards boldly ar
gued from the fulflment of prophecy originally
intended to operate upon the fear and the pride
of the party TO whom it referred. We are now
forewarned by some anonymous writer, Of whose
claim to credbility the world is ignorant,
that some Zone who ws,"-another man Of
straw like himself-has ''told" him that 30 or
10000 dollars would be given for n vote And
this falsehood-as we doubt not it is, and lift be
not, let the writer give his own name and that Of
his lnformer-s thrown out, in advance of the n.
ticpated action of one more Senators whose
fidelity TO the party suspected, for the purpose Of
driving them back, if possible, in order to escape
The artfully excited suspicion, revolving to q
sensitive mind, Of being influenced by a bride, or
failing in this, with the design Of ENGRAVING upon
it afterwards the cruel and unj Just mputations upon
their integrity with which the Administration pa.
pers already begin to TEEN. We have no acquan-
lance with Senator Niles; but they who have
heretofore extolled him to the skies, and who
would still do so if he had consented to surren.
der his solemn convictions, at the bidding of "the
party" should feel that they are dishonoring
themselves by casting this stigma upon their as
sociatel
The Enquirer makes a similar charge against
Senator Haywood-in the form OF an insinuation,
it is true, but not the less pointed that account.
Ii says:
"on the streets, yesterday, asserted all hands,
that he had been bought up by the gold Of the manuac
botray his principles Can any doubt that
his strange and unJushable conduct has induced by
sinister influenced What possible motive save that of
sefntere be conceived for his putting of his dsei-
I'LL the last moment He could have certainly form
ed opinion upon the great question: many days ago. and
the country could then have known what result look for
We forced them the conclusion that his weak prin
cipes and political integrity could resist the pressure
Of the manufacturing interest lie fell victim their in.
sdious designs and sacrificed his principles and himself
forever"
With Mr.. Haywood, as with Mr.. Niles. we have
n personal acquaintance But we have ALWAYS
heard him spoken Of a gentleman of a nice
sense of honor, who would " feel n stain as a
wound" The editors of the National Intelgen.
Ger, who have known him from boyhoOd, reply.
ing to the feroclous attack upon him by the Wash.
ington Uhion, say, that the private character
and bearing of Mr.. Haywood, unblemished, fair.
and even exemplary, as it is, ought to have shield.
ed BIN from the most malignant Of the thrusts
aimed at him." and they add, that the last hand
by which they should have been dealt is that Of
the Executive-whose, or that Of the Admins
tration, the act must be considered-with whom
he has, if public report speaks not falsely, been
in habits of the most friendly and familiar inter.
course.
The Enquirer asks, What possible motive,
save that Of self interest, can DO conceived for
his putting Off his decision till the last momentl'
Does not the Enquirer see that this very fact
ought TO dlssipate its ungenerous suspicion Of
s'sinisier influenced" lad bribery been success.
fully employed, Mr.. Haywood would no, have put
of h,s resignation ull the last moment. " He
would have resigned IN time to have enabled the
Governor Of North Carolina to have appointed a
successor, the vote Of whom may be necessary
nay, If the conectures Of that paper be true, iri
BE- neccssary-even TO bring the vote Of the Sen
ate tot tie Why should any one buy Mr.. Hay
woods silence-or why should he sell himself
when the effect Of this bargain and sale, If Mr.
flanagan shall vote for the tariff bill, will be
not to defeat II, but merely to reduce the majori
~ from two to one-or, if Mr.. Jarnagin shall no
vote at all, TO tic the vote Of the Senate, and de
Volye upon the Vice President, who, according Il
the Enquirer, is in favor Of il, the responsbt
fits decisionl BY the Enqurer's own showing
those serious imPulations against the integrity 0
Mr.. Haywood are unjust and prePosterous.
Ir indeed Messrs. Niles and Haywood had de
sired GOOD PAY for services rendered, they woul
doubtless have been sagacious enough 10 apply 70
~ quarter much more able and willing &
comply with their demands than the Demo
cratic panic.makers" who have assembled a