New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-17

| I, and solely I'd oiu'' w 'o P'DF
r.. l,a,eo"-sach is the Phr4'eology which Mr.
chooses to employ though perhaps before at
- now in bis old age to talk or write Greek,
~ a. veIl to review bis Greek grammsr-the
- of which principle he tells us WA the great
b., % the election of Mr. Adams. This objec-
:. be ssys he took at the time in q letter 10 the
..,,stiye Of Missouri. but though brought for
r., this formal manner-we wish Mr.. Benton had
q, least an extract from his lctter-it made
eYf.,s.sion compared with another objection urged
Yt,s,t zeal and energy for eight years afterward,
sVp,;.b Mr.. Benton tells us he knew all the while
.bolly false-and indeed, said 30 without be-
81 40 10 make any impression on those by whom
urgod-the famous charge, namely that
H,.ra, had sold his support to Mr.. Adams
~. promise of the Secrctaryshp Of State. The
~ of the canvass in which this false charge
II 80 conspicuous part, and Of the trea-
.ooted both in aud out of Congress by the cOali-
~. 6yor of General Jackson, and especially the
81 ~, raised of Democracy and Reform. would seem
~ttute pretty essential part of the history Of
,rrking of the American Government, and
~ = 10 come fully within Mr.. Benton's plan; but oil
'r,bt which be affords us upon this subject is
u -S.sly dim. He has chapter on the subsequent
N ..i.hment Of The Union newspaper, but none on
y. establishment of The Telegraph.
e tsersl Jackson was elected over Mr.. Adams 10y
81, decided majority-a triumph az Mr.. Benton IN
I M u.s. of the demos krdteo principle-by which he
sa We suppose, the principle that the majority
N to govern, at least in the choice of Presidents.
srdy was this triumph accomplished, when re-
sble breach began to appear in the ranks of the
5ton by which General Jackson had thus been
"A "a to power. This breach was a most important
ID Though the precise occasion OF its breaking
psde it assume the appearance of private quar-
y yween General Jackson and Mr.. Calhoun, it was
Jsnt in the composition of the coalition which had
II General Jackson to Office. 1t indicated the
ere in the ranks of the Jackson party Of southern
%Jprthern wing. or rather Of conflicting northern
slWuthern ideas For the moment northern ideas
-uphed but this triumph was not paramount the
m having subsequently passed into the control Of
I, southern wing and TO such extent that at this
ssnt even Mr.. Benton himself stands as an excOn-
seated member, while that confidential position
fh he formerly possessed with the Executlye-thc
nance without the trappings or the responsibility
fpwer--is now in the hands of southern nulliiers.
,s evidently eadipc object in Mr.. Benton's book
how the injustice OF this accommodation, and 10
re into prominent view his merits as defender OF
shern rights. But if he has conceived of these d
lions in the ranks of the jackson pary-or, as they
se to name themselves, the Democratic party-as
tfng any other origin than in the competition and
8gges of political rivals for place, he has omitted
Iall attention to it, while even in that point of
h his account is exceedingly unsatisfactory.
HE triumph of northern ideas secured by Gen
ksons adhesion to them and the decided stand
= ch he took in consequence against the South Caro-
)broiect for nufyng the tariff, formed the great
Ikts of his first term of office. The most interest
lind valuable information which Mr.. Benton affords
to this latter topic, and almost the only thing
Iich has any touch of novelty about 1t, is his ac-
mt OF the compromise tariff of 1888, introduced
the double purpose of removing the tariff from
karena of politics and of afordng the South Caro-
nufers an opportunity OF escaping that hanging
treason with which their own preparations Tor re-
k;ng the collection of the United States revenue
Gen Jackson's proclamation dOubly threatened
3.
. ne great struggle between Gen. Jackson and the
N of the United States, in which Mr.. Benton him
such a conspicuous and effective ser
as the leader of the anti Bank party in the Senate
ourse occupies great number of his pages. Bu
narrative of this affair considered history, has
Bsame objects with all the rest of the volume The
|e-rooted and from the experience which they nave
the well-grOunded dstrust among the people
N of New England of all banks is quite lett out OF
hunt as well as the special hostility and prejudice
red throughout the South and West by the man
3nent. or rather the msmanagement of the Bank OF
kJnted States during the earlier years OF its exist
-. Neither is any hint given OF the aid ana sup
(which Gen. Jackson derived from the desire thst
ksld Bank of the United States should be super
IA by a new one, to be established In New-fork'
III possibly was the origin of the whole controversy;
n the wish of the local banks to share in the Gov
Naent patronage; and from the expectation on the
of spectators of the great yield which would De
cd for them in the formation of new banks to sup
he place of the National Bank and It's branches.
vbole story is told from beginning to end as II IT
q mere struggle between the BANK DIRECTORS
~ by the political opponents OF Gen. JACKSON on
xlme hand and Gen. Jackson, solus on the other'
kbn acting in the Senate as the mouth-pece oiJach
IA From the very strong feelings developed IN the
Ele of this struggle, and the high degree IN when
Benton himself shared in them, it would indeed
Unreasonable to expect from him anything but
4 one-sded history of it. The impression when
kcount tends to give is, that the Bank directors
&Leir political supporters were influenced from the
by the most corrupt motives, and that 10
~ out their schemes they did not hesitate at the
xkvment of the most corrupt means while on the
E hand the proceedings taken against the Bank are
tod to Ms as perfectly free from any taint OF per-
". feeling party crisis or private interest and as
IN .oa oplv bv pure patriotism and financial WIS