Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-08-08
THE ENQUIRER" AND SENATOR HAYWOOD.

continued attacks, by papers known to be most at
the Executive disposal and command, upon the late
North Carolina Senator. It says:
1--WE quoted yesterday the assault Of the Union upon Mr.
Haywood, OF North Carolina, for resgnng his in the
Senate We had thought that attack surely maeyoent
enough Mr. Haywood dubbed an apostate and de-
serer the deepest odium invoked upon his head
and all confidence in his stability declared to be gone
We had supposed bad enough to make such accusations
these against prominent Senator whose honor had
tainy before been questioned by his own party.
But that the modification of the party, at Mr.
Haywoods detection, has induced its votaes to prefer far
accusation than the failure Of adherence to party
obligations. The Richmond Enquirer Of yesterday,
tent with seconding the Unions impuations, charges Mr.
Haywood, in the following unequivoca language, with hap
ing been bribed By the manufacturers
"He is condemned forever, (says the Enquire) and the
country will naturally ascrbe his conduct to the corrupt
notices On the streets yesterday asserted hands
that he had been bought up BY gold The manufacturers
and unjus6abe conduct has been induced by flu
ence? What possible motive, that Of self interest
be conceived for his putting of his decision till the last
men He could have certainly formed opinion upon the
great question days and the country could then
have known what result look for We forced them
the conclusion that his weak principles and political integrity
could not resist the pressure Of the manufacturing
He fell victim to their nsdious designs, and sacrificed his
principles and himself forever"
The war of opprobrium upon the recusant Sena-
tor, it thus appears, is suspended here, only to be
shifted, with still more shocking obloquy, to the
secondary columns at Richmond!
The organ itself was content to stigmatize Mr..
HAYwooD as " an apostate" and " a deserter "a
criminal Of the that are burned, in religion,
and shot, in war. His motives, it did not explain :
them it left to the suggestive imagination Of Loco
focoism. But when the Richmond organ takes up
the natter dropped here, all is at once explained :
nothing is left to inference the aninus itself of the
crime takes body and shape; and whereas the
Union only whispers the deed, the Enquirer pro-
ceeds to trumpet the motive. Nay, it proceeds to
prove it, with all Richmond for the witnesses-for
there, it appears, evidence decisive and universal
exists of what, though done here nobody could
here attempt to prove. Doubtless all these corrupt
ing manufacturers live in Richmond, and are dis
Greet, when they have bought United States Sen
ator as to hasten into the streets and blazon the
thing with drum and trumpet
Are we not come to deplorable pass, to be call
ed Republicans, when thus, at the mere bidding
Of power, men lately honored and caressed by pow
err itself are, without any crime but that of dsobe-
dence, dragged to the block the gibbet to be- up
on such proofs as these, and in the face of every
fact that manifests public honesty, seized on and
decapitated by the hand of every party execu-
toner of the press Atwhatstrength must authori-
ty and at what morals party have arrived, when
those elevated in character and lately eminentin ia
vor can be thus set upon by signal! 1t is like an
Eastern despotism, where the Sultan's smile makes
man all-powerful to-day, and his frown consigns
him TO the bowstring tomorrow. Life, certainly
is safe; but goodname and nearly all that one values
more than life gone, at the first sign of official
power to its ministers of shame and calumny.
| Observe the openness of the fact. Could Sultan
or Bashaw proceed more summarily, or with more
arbitrary contempt of every thing like justice de-
cency! Not only is Senator of the United States
his peers alone Nay, the Executive is rather re-
sponsible to him: for he may be called to sit as
the Presidents Judge Nor is this all remark the
wanton partially, the obvious corruption Of this
duct towards him has he temporized one-tenth
CARDS the Tariff as the President himself, or the Vice
President, the Secretary of State did, in Pennsyl
mia He has not temporized at all, that can per-
ceive. Has he offended more than Mr.. CALHOUN
upon the Oregon question Has he been half as
contumacious as Mr.. HANNEGAN, when he so
openly denounced Mr.. Polk in imprecatons that
stretched even beyond the grave Mr.. BENTON
did not hesitate 10 declare this Tariff an extremely
bad one: has Mr.. HAYwooD said as much, except
by his mute resignation! Messrs. NILES, CAME
RON, and STURGEON have gone every length, and
voted and even spoken bitterly against the bill is it,
then, less offence to do all this than to lay down
Office rather than vote for what one disapproves
And, if Mr.. HNwooD is an apostae and a deserter,
what must they be
No mans character, in the entire ranks of his
party, is fairer and every part of his conduct, in
this particular matter, is pledge not merely Of his
integrity, but Of such integrity courageously en-
counters selfsacrfce. Are they of higher charac-
ter of conduct more UNREASONABLE, over
whose heads the bolt of Executive vengeance and
obloquy whistles TO strike down his reputation
What, them is there to justify, what to explain,
dealing so different with different men-none of
whom the Executive should dare to assa thus
except the fact that Messrs. HANNEeAN and ALLEN
and BENTON and CALHOUN, and NILES and CAME
RON and STURGEON, still haze Uofes in the Sen
ate while Mr.. HAYWOOD has conscientously given
up has!
The Cumberland Civilian says: " We regret to