The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17

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II is obvious that both the ultras and the
Conservatives cannot be conciliated ny the
same means both cannot be conciliated IN
honesty aud truth by the same measures OF
the same principles.
The ultra party, or as Jefferson, we think,
would call them, the exaggerated democrats"
have acted upon the belief that the admins
tration are doing their business in the mea-
sures which they support, by facilitating, as
the conservatives fear, the overthrow OF ex-
;stipo institutions. On the other hand, there
are number of persons who agree in princi-
ple with the Conservatives, but who are sepa-
rated from them in practice, by the persuasion
that the administration desire nothing, and
pursue nothing, but what will uphold those
very institutions which the ulIras support
them for laboring, unintentially perhaps, in
effect, to subvert. Both of these parties can
not be right.
If these gentlemen are right in their per-
suasion, then the ultras must be deceived.
But if they are themselves under delusion'
then the Conservatives" are right IN their OPP
position.
But whatever or wherever the delusion
NAV be, it is obvious that it cannot last long
The time must soon come, when all liberal
and true Republicans, must, by some eaPer'-
neatum crucis, be separated from the ultras;
when the administration must take or decline
some decided step that will admit of no further
doubt or misconstruction.
The Conservatives believe that the urging
of some of the present measures would ami
hilate the administration party The ultras
are now already in hopeless minority, and
there must be, even now, misgvings and muir
murings in the larger portion of the admins
tralion party, inquiring, why they should lon
ger continue to indulge set of men, whose
objects they deprecate, whose principles they
dsavow, and whom they must leave at almost
the first cross-road. Why should they not
now unite with the great conservative demo-
cratic party, whose objects and purposes they
essentially approve of, and with whom they
will rejoice as soon as possible, to be united
against those present associates who have
bligh,ed, temporarily, at least, their pros
poets.
The administration find an evil of certain
magnitude in existence, for which remedy of
their own suggestion is open and attainable.
But to conciiate a party who are not to be con-
ciliated while one stone Of the Banks (shall
we say of the Constitution y remains upon
another, they resort to new measure, which
they may have the merit of proposing, and of
having repudiated. 1t is urged, too, in man
ner, calculated, as it seems to us, immensely
to infame the evil, which is thus to remain
without remedy at all. But ii has boon very
plainly indicated that sneh cure, cannot be
administered Il was defeated by the peoples
representatives, and their conduct has been
abundantly ratified by the people themselves.
The plain progress of the current is now
towards conservative opinions. Opposition to
the Sub-Treasury scheme, and opposition to
an exclusively metallic currency, and preser-
walton Of State Banks against their dcstroyers,
are becoming policies of the most unbounded
popularity.
When, by the unexpected results of the
elections, the conservative force is manifesty
balance Of power in Congress and the State
Legislatures, are there, among our hard mo-
ney friends, no patriotic or prudent men who
will think it necessary to desist from such an
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producing excitement and discomfort Are
there none who will shrink from perpetually
bringing forward measures only to have them
defeated-from waging an eternal war with
the institutions Of their country, protected as
they are by an invincible and growing host of
defenders! We suspect there are very many
who will desist, forever, from urging projects
and innovations when they neither see when
nor how they are to be accomplished. We
hope that sensible men, particularly of the
Republican party, will practically agree in
abstaning from unattainable schemes, and be-
take themselves to the unexciting conside-
ration of practicable objects.
The trainers of the Sub-Treasury scheme,
certainly have had every advantage they
had, at first, large majority in both branches
of Congress-they had the fixing of the
ground-they had the choice of weapons
they have had the sun and the wind the
power of office and the discipline of party
and 1t has been most nequivocally, and, it
seems to us, irretrievably defeated They
have employed every effort, and i, has been
done in vain.
What now is to be done Will the fruit