The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-24

wen, At the same time. to inquire % "na'
end our institutions may be PreciPiiated ny 'ne
;mDroper attempts Of Office holders 70 corrupt
the legislature BY a practical exercise Of the
doc,r;1s &c rewards and prnishments. We
ask nothing Cor banking institutions, and WIN
concede nothing to Office holders, which y not
euioyed BY every other institution, or Citizen
except those in,munities which legally aPPer-
tain 10 their Office.
II has grown fashionable, Of late, TO charge
every political movement that Is adverse to
the administration, to the corrupt influence Of
banks. TWAS an unfortunate Interpretation OF
the result Of the New York election; il i now
the grand key to the late action Of the Penn
sylvnnm Legislature. tits to be hereafter the
Aladdin's Lamp. that is to guide the ieet Of
the Loco Foco federalists, through all the
qualifications of party movements.
The discovery was made by one Of those
accidents which sometimes bring bandttl to-
gether when intent upon mid night plumber.
Official influence aud bank influence may have
met, and in this case, according TO the Loco
Foco organs, the bank director overthrow the
federal picket and carried the day.
We are not surprised at the great ado which
the Loco foco federalists make over the result.
Office holders may claim 10 control legisla-
tive action by the " grace Of Gods" but u
citizen, or legislator presumes TO act inde-
penden,ly of that control, lie infringes the
immunit,es of his superiors, and becomes at
once, an enemy to free government!
We understand that Efforts uere made az
IVashiagton to control the action Of the Lee
gislatnre Of a sopereign Stute, upon the most
recent occasion. lf deannciatory threats
were not employed to drive people from their
honest purposes, then, we have been mistaken
Talk to us Of bank influence, corruption, and
aristocracy; the regime of the cohort band OF
Office holders, as far as their influence ex-
tends, illustrates the reign IF terror
If, then, the bill before the Senate, separat-
ing the government from the people, giving
gold to the former, and "rags" to the latter,
should be carried by the votes Of the Senators
from Ohio and New Jersey, it will be carried
because a higher influence operates, than
patriotic desire to obey the express instruc-
tions of their constituents.
We take the subjoined account of the pro-
ceedings at Harrisburg from the Telegraph:
Every thing that party drill, party organization,
and party rally could do, done here TO prevent
the passage OF the Sub-treasury resolution. When
it was found by the faithful" that there pro-
liability OF It's carrying, messengers were despatched
with all possible speed, TO every point OF the COM
pass, to bring in the absences; and on the day Of
trial, every man was found at his poa.--But all
would not save them. There was few indepen-
dent and determined spirits who nobly spurned the
Loco-Foco shackles, aud resolved to sustain the in
terests Of the country and the liberties of the peo-
Pile, against the fiat Of official dctation and party
folly Il is 10 these, we believe, that the country
will be indebted for defeating scheme of the most
dangerous and destructive tendency.
We wonder how many votes are the
/" CONSEQUENCE OF LETTERS RECEIVED FROM
THE DIRECTORS OF CERTAIN" GOVERN
MENTl'