The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-07-28
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.


ing this evenlful period we have been engaged in a
severe conflict as interesting and important 10 the
Republic as any that has lranspired since its organi
cation. The use, and our course, have attached
TO us many Interests whtch VIII not permit Us 10 re-
tire as we contemplated.
A period has arrived therefore, when Il has BE-
come necessary, in justice TO oursef and the public
10 Indicate our course for the future.
II is well remembered that the MApisoSiAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests Of the country as well The success OF
the administration, required another organ al the seat
of the National Government Born In the Republi-
can faith and nurtured in Republican doctrines, we
were DESTROYS OF seeing the leading principles OF The
party TO which were attached preserved aud car
ried out, not only In theory, but In practice. We
pledged oursclf TO SUSTAIN the principles and doc
irines Of the Republican party, as deneated by Mr..
MADISON, and came here in good fifth 10 support the
present administration upon Ae principles rhteh go
rerasd kas party seAich elected Mr. PaR Buren,, and
upon the pledges by hfeh that election secured
We have throughout strictly adhered to those prin-
cipes. Had the Executive of this nation done the
same; had he received In the spirit In which II was
offered, the advice OF his best friends the continu-
ance of this paper would not have been necessary,
nor should we have behed the distracted cnnnses by
which he is governed, or have seen the disjointed
and defeated party by which he is surrounded.
No Chief Magistrate, since the days Of Washing
ton came 10 that high station under more favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Buren,. A combination
of circumstances, which seldom franspire, clearly
indicated the way 10 the affections Of the people, and
the very measures which would have established his
popularity. But nLomened and evil counscls pre-
vailed and the hopes of that political millennium,
which many Republicans cherished as the fulhlment
ofther creed were disappointed ard Tsss psned.
Whilst The MAplsoNlAN and lis friends were en-
deavoring to restore The prosperity OF the country
the Executive and his advisers were urging forward
measures directly calculated to destroy ito keep
the country convulsed and prostrate-measures,
subyersive Of the principles of Republican govern
ment and tending 10 the establishment OF an unnil-
tigated despotism. Accompanied as they were by a
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM OF The cunntfy, and an
unusual spirit Of intolerance, Remuneration ana
prescription, Justice could not have required nor
honesty pected any support from consistent Repub
cans In that spirit OF independence and love OF
freedom which characterized the founders of our
institutions resisted these nefarious attempts 10
depreciate and destroy them, with the best Of our
ability. The same spirit which prompted us to do
this finds justification in supporting The men who
made It necessary.
Il is an inconrovertble truth that every prominent
act Of this administration has been an open, une-
quivocal violation Of every principle and profession
upon which Mr.. Van Buren, was elevated 10 the
Chief Magistracy by the people.
In his upholding The specie circular, which made
determinations unauthorized by law, and which
had been twice condemned by Congress;
In his recommending the Sub-Treasuay scheme,
contemplating union of the purse and the sword,
and the subveIsion of the entire practice OF the go
vernmen and still persiSting in il, notwithstanding
it has been four times condemned by the Represel-
tatiyes Of the people;
In his recommendation of Bankrupt law to be
passed BY Congress, applicable only to corporations
so that this government should possess absolute
control all the State institutions and be able
crush them all at pleasure and taking all lurisdic
ton them from the hands Of the State tribunals
In his breaking faith with the States by recon-
mending repeal Of the distribution law
In his repeated recommendations of the issue Of
Treasury notes, 10 supply the place Of legal money,
recurring thus to the exploded and ruinous practice
Of deprect@ted gorermn.ent paper money for crcu,
lating medium; thus exercising a power derived
only from loose construction Of the Constitution,
and rerudiated by the best Republican authorities;
In his attempt to establish Treasury Bank with
an irredecmable paper money calculations
In his effort to overthrow the State Bank Deposi,e
system, established by President jackson, and take
the public moneys into his actual custody and con-
troll; ~
In his attempt 10 divorce the government from the
interests and sympathieS OF The people; -.@
In his attempt TO create multitude Of new Off
ces, and 70 send swarms Of officers to harrass our
people, and eat out their substance !"
In his attempt to :" take away our charters abolish
our most valuable laws, and alter, fundamentally the
powers Of cur governments"
In his display Of sectional partially
In his cold indifference to the interests and wants
ofthe people during period of extreme suffering;
10 his attempt TO throw discredit upon and even
tuay, to crush the State banks through the revenue
power of the government, and embarrass the re-
sumption OF specie payments a.s
in conflict with the freedom Of elections;
In his open contempt Of the will Of the people as
expressed through the ballot box
In his attempt TO cram obnoxious measures down
the Threats of dissenting brethren by unbecom
ing magnanimouS Chief Magistrate
In his refusal to acquescc in the decisions of the
majority; and
In the despotic attempt Of his partisans in the u
S. Senate on the 81 July inst. TO seize Tie public
treasure by aboishing all law for its custody and
safe keeping.
>TIe has abandoned the principles by which he came
into power, and consequently the duty which they
prescribed; and he has so obsnately persevered in
his erroneous course as TO preclude all reasonable
hope Of his retracing it,
And finally TO this long catalogue of grievances,
we may add what may be considered minor Of
fence, but certainly very obnoxious one, that con
rary to all preconceved opinions Of his character,
Mr.. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccessible both TO friends and adversaries of all the
Chief Magistrates that ever filled his station.
And from all these considerations, TO what conclu-
sion can the nation come, but that their Chief Magis-
trate is either wanting in integrity, or wanting in
eaRaeity2
We need not say that we expected different things
Of public servant, bound BY his sacred pledges 10
regard the national will as the supreme law of the
Republic. That blind infatuation which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought TO meet its reward and sink in indiscriminae
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy OF this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle oil necessity expe-
diency, utility practical philosophy or sound econo-
my. Its plain object, the rerpetuity Of power, and
its plain effect the destruction of the banking system,
require, of course, too great sacrifice from the
American people to be, for moment tolerated.
The greatdesideraum, sound, uniform, and con-
venient currency and system that will equaze, as
nearly practicable, the domestic exchanges Is de-
manded by The practical wants of the people, and,
sooner or later, in one form or another, will be OBJ
tanned BY them. To accomplish this end, and TO
preserve and regulate" the credit system Of the
country, which this administration has attempted 10
impair, will be one of the great objects for which
We leei con strained TO continue our labors
40 Administration of this Government can pros