Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-14
From the Tean.sse. Journal
WHO ARE THE FEDERALlsTs.

We have heretofore alluded to this subject, bu
1t may be well to refer it to you again, seeing
that the Van Buren, party arc making hobby o
1t. And as they have chosen their hobby, we arr
willing they should ride upon il, but are deter
mined they shall not mount others upon their blear
eyed, sp!intcr-ieggcd and li:nping charger. lie
IS a nag Of their training, fed and pam
pcred in the stall Of the party. and let them ride
him.
What constitutes the fedcralists? This is the
question
II will be rccollccted that during the admins.
tration Of Gen. Washington the whole American
people were styled fcderalists, because they were
the friends and supporters of the federal govern
ment. Our Government, being in it's very form
and structure Federal, its supporters were, Of
course, called Federalists, and it at that day
popular and proud designation. But whca Dir.
Adams, the elder, became President, end set 4
bout establishing policy calculated and intended
TO strengthen and increase the power Of the exc
cutive, and lessen and friitcr down, by constr
ton. the constitutional and legitimate powers of
the States and the people, an opposition sprung
up, with Mr.. jefferson its head, who denounced
the administration dangerous and unconstitu-
tional This latter party assumed the name of
Republicans, and having succeeded, the Federal
party and their measures became odous to the
people. And this is the true and proper meaning
OF the word Federa!ist at this day-onc who adj
vocatcs and supports the power of the executive
wishes of the people, expressed through their
representatives in their popular branch of Con-
gross; to wit, the House Of Representatives.
Who now are supporting these doctrines and
THIS policy? Are they not the friends and sup
porters Of the present Chief Magistrate Of the
Nation? Have they not advocated, defended,
and supported the most fragrant abuses Of execu-
tive power? Did they not elect Mr.. Van Buren,
and Col Johnson, in obedience to the expressed
wishes of the late cxecutivc? Did they not
ia in the executive officers of the Government in
closing their doors against the peoples repre-
scntatlvcs, and rcfesc to suffer full examination
into the executive departments of the Govern I
meat? All these things have they done; while /
the opposition struggling for the rights of the
pcoplc-were advocating the frc6S4nd impartial
c, .ression Of the popular will, unbiased by the
:.aacklcs Of party disciplinc-wcrc cndeavoring /
10 examine into and purify the unclcan precincts |
Of pandercd power, and yet, forsooth. these advo-
Gates defenders and supporters of executive dc
alton and usurpation, are, according to their wise
md sell important pretenslon, the only pure and
UPRIGHT Democrats God save the mark IN the
iatIon, and every one else is red hot Fedcraist.
6, they Democrats, because they nave sup
,o-ted the late President, lin every measure Of
us admins ration, whether right or wrong-(go-
ne upon the principle, we suppose, of the royal
SIS of Europe, that the executive could do No
vrong) and are now supporting the present ex-
cuiiyc, exactly according to the same principle.
This is, surely, upon what they base their claim
0 Democracy. and make a boast of it. .
But is not all this Federalism Of the rankcst
RIDER? Was it not for such principles and Praci-
cs, or rather beg inning to attempt what is now !
cnplctcly carried out, that John Adams and his
artisans routed and driven from power, |
nd their party designation rendered odious in q
he of the whole nation? Certainly it was. +
Veil. what is Federalism at that day is Federal /!
I'm still; principles never change, though men
'ay And again, where are the old Federal lea /,
ers9 They understand the principle, and they
now with what party to congrcgatc. Where $
re Richard Rush, Roger B. Tanney, John @. .
dams, James Buchanan, and host Of others? $
hey are now leaders OF the Van Buren, party. O
Iere then, Administration gentlemen, is your
)bbv, ready caparison, mount him and ride; t.
1t don't attempt TO put him under false is
g and call him by false name; for neither by d
'ess Or by can you change the nature of D
e Beast.