The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-03

lag and Presideai making, VIC intend, for ono,
TO acquit ourself Of all responsibility for tho
consequences. We seek TO establish PRINCE
pies first-men afterwards. We make terms
for THE PEOPLE first, and as TO party, we be-
long 10 the party FOR the COUNTRY. We
wear no msnacles. We came here TO resist
the war upon commerce and credit--the Sub
trea- sury scheme we find the grand Z" CARA
pULrA" Of the war; WeshalI spare no efforts
to destroy its force. When that object shall
be accomplished, aud the country shall be-
come permanently secure from the dangers Of
sudden and revolutionary innovations, we are
willing to lay down our arms and retire from
the field. The plan proposed by Mr. RlvEs,
we think well calculated to meet the wants
Of the country and We shall make il the point
fappui of our iabors.
We are aware Of the superciliousaess with
which the Chairman of Finance in the Senate
affects to regard the State Bank deposite plan,
aud the little importance he affects to attach
10 the efforts of its friends. Ii is our mislor-
tune to differ from him in regard both to the
estimation in which he holds his own scheme,
and the opinion he coadeseeads to entertain of
others.
The Conservative force, Mr., WRIGHr will
find, is far from being so impoteat as he affects
to believe it. He very well knows, as all
others do, that if the PEOPLE Of the several
C,,ataa cr Ibis En;ou x,ora rony 70, rl,y ranr.
scented in the United States Senate, or if the
expressed opinions Of the several State Lee
gislatures were responded to in that body,
as they should be, according to the Demo
cratic doctrine Of instruction, the Sub-irea-
sury scheme never could pass the Senate
of the United States. Has not New York
declared against the Sub-treasury scheme by
10000 votes majority Is not Maine against
it Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylva-
MIA Ohio? Tennessee and many other
States With what grace then, can any man
stand up in the United States Senate, and
bring to his own efforts the influence of the
Administration, in attempting to force blessings
npon the people against their will. Is there
any hope Of National Bank None what
ever. Is there any reasonable expectation that
the Sub-treasury scheme will pass the House
of Representatives None. Why then should
it be untrnely stated that the real issue is
National Bank or the Sub-treasury, when
neither Of those propositions can pass Con-
gress, or be sanctioned by majority Of the
American people, at this time ! Why should
the honorable Chairman of the Committee on
Finance affect so little respect for plan
which he himself supported in a more objec-
tonable form twelve months ago, and which
he knows is the second choice sof two parties ,
and the first choice Of third, AMI therefore
more likely to pass Congress than either of
the other two! Something must be done.
A portion of Congress cannot support either
the Sub-treasury or National Bank, from
Constitutional and conscientious scruples,-
they cannot, therefore, be forecd into obedi-
ence to either of those parties On the other
hand, is there any Constitutional difficulty in
the way Of recognizing system that has
been in practice from 1889 down TO this
day." None Then there will be no apo
logy for the PATRIOT, if he returns to his con-
sttuen,s and tells them he has done nothing
for the relief of the country