The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-10-03


think or act for himself until the freedom Of election Is
seriously impaired There IL scarcely public meeting
now held in the city and county Of Phiadephs on The
side Of the administration, Of which the ocers Of 'e
government are the chief actors and orators IL 10
but a few days since saw Il announced, as most
merorous act, that Of them l~ho is paid IRON the
public Treasury had provided feast for mn assembled
nultlude Of intellectual food, ior That we suppose
was supplied in the speeches OF Others but oil meat ana
drink, which cost money, and which, politician OF
former times has told Us, seize men by their throats
These form the solid phssnx Of the administration, the
regular oops whose virtue Is obedience 10 the master
thai pays them, and whose employment u Is 10 support
the administration and maintain the Globe, night or
wrong If these be Republican practices, we acknow-
ledge them not. They will be the destruction oil lie.
publcanism, and It becomes the free citizens oil me
United States at once, 10 rise IN their majesty ana put
an end them. by the exercise OF their power at mo
balo, box The yelled author OF the stab at the heart
of The Navy, in the columns Of the Globe, may bid de-
6ance TO all attempts TO iasen upon hum the base CRIME
by legal proof, but Mr. Van Buren, never oxcupate
himself from the cnminallty OF organizing force OF
Office holders against the people, The assault upon the
Navy, malignant as it in It's purpose and mean IN
its mode, was yet harmless In comparison win the
daily wounds inflicted upon the Constitution, and the
freedom and purity Of election, by the means the Exc
cuve has employed and is now employing, TO support,
to carry through his project Of Sub-Treasury The
practices indicate what the principles must be, and we
can no more acknowledge the one than the other
And who are the Republican leaders Of the present
/ day-the leaders of what is called the Republican
party7 A distinguished Senator has told us the
process, in modern times, for making Democrat
dyed in the wool" Formerly he was known by his
principles his habits his course Of life. But now
he has occasion for any such evidence OF ME-
| The single requirement is, 10 accept The dogmas
that from time 10 time are propagated from w ASH,
ingon, and do the will Of the Executive. lie need
not renounce any heresis, however fagrant The
one test Is all sufficient and having borne that, he
admitted 10 fellowship without further proof.
Unfortunately, all these dogmas are, in their ma
ture destructive. They destroy security-they de-
slroy propery-hcy destroy complementary de-
stroy the freedom OF individual pursuit-they ae-
stroy The peace and at the same time the prosperity
Of society, by encouraging fierce hostility, nay, I'M
bridled rage against classes of our fellow citizens
on account Of their occupation and business, though
lawful and useful, and the lawful means they EN-
ploy TO better their condition in life and provide for
their families. How else can we interpret the de-
nuncations Of merchants, of credit, OF banks, ana
the recent more sweeping remuneration OF al VINO
borrow from banks They threaten to destroy our
institutions, and to overturn the whole social fabric.
In word il their end and object were TO bring Re-
publican government itself into distrust and con-
tempt they could not do It more efectuaily than by
thus ATTEMPTING 10 establish under It's name and
forms, despotism at once blind, wicked and IN
tolerable.
Marking the progress of this ruthless spirit which
seeks to itself with the mantle Of Republican
ism, have at length, come TO solemn pause. and
asked ourselves whether il is allowable longer TO
stand by without serious and open effort 10 arrest
our attention, and seemed TO demand our exertion
The one is that extraordinary project, styled The
Sub Treasury; and the other, the no less extraord-
nary project, to overthrow our State Constitution
We deeply decidedly, and in our hearts opposed
to both. We believe them to be fraught with meal
culabe, and lasting evils. Nor is II necessary here
to distinguish the extent of their operation. The
one, to be sure, seems to be confined TO the limis
of the State. But when we consider the influence
of Pennsylvania in the affairs of this Union, we
cannot but feel that what shakes her stability must
have sinister influence throughout the whole
Certain are, that il Republicanism be blighted
in this great central commonwealth, where II has
fouriShcd under good old constitution Tor
almost fifty years, yielding rich returns OF all
that under Heaven can make man happy, the hopes
off elsewhere must be correspondingly diminished
We forbcar to enter into the discussion or either
of these great subjects. We address ourselves TO
men whose minds have come TO decision upon
them and who, like us, are inquirng what IS to be
done This question we have deeply pondered.-
We have arrived, at conclusion which we fir my
believe to be right. What that is, you will in some
measure have perceived already. We are citizens
tives. period has come when it is necessary to
stand forward, openly and actively TO maintain and
very dear to u.s. They are all in imminent danger
for the spirit OF destruction is abroad and seeking
nothing less than universal conquest. 1t must be
met and resisted. We are aware of the peris we
must encounter. strong party led on by the Exc
cutive Of the United States, with all its patronage
and presses, its officers and expecants is in the field
employing its power in everv election, in every
State, by all the means of intimidation and corrup-
hon II can command, and great they unquestionably
are Their forces are in every district and at every
meeting, and at every poll. The whole Treasury is
in their service, with an expenditure of forty mil
lions a year, against people who have been i'm
povershed by the ADMINISTRATION Of the fiscal
concerns Of the government. The officers richer,
in comparison with the people than they ever were
since the period of the revolution. While the re-
sources OF the people have been reduced the sala-
ries OF office have suffered no dimnuton. While
the people had only deprecated paper, the salaries
have been paid in gold and silver. The government
and the officers, and their subject presses from the
pampered organ at Washington to the most obscure
OF them, never had SO much power to Cypress and
conquer the people.
And surely this power is exerted to the utmost
In every form which rancorous malice can devise
are they hunted down who dare to exercise the free
dom of opinion. To be Conservative, is 10 be the
object of malignant persecution. Senator or Re-
preventative, who ventures upon legislative ques
ton to obey the dictates of his conscience, the
will of his constituents rather than the orders Of the
President, or the Globe, is forthwith like John Han
cock and Samuel Adams pronounced an arch trail
tor, and excepted from the royal clemency.
But shall we, the free citizens of free State, be
awed into submission or frightened into non-resis-
lance, by such array Of force and such an exhibit
ton of terrorist Shall we yield our country 10 the
fear of the bloodhoundS-et loose upon those who
in defence of freedom have dared TO brave the re-
sentiment of The cabal at Washington MOI We
must awaken again the spirit OF 1776. We must
rally round the Hancocks, the Jefersons and the
Madisons, who have stood forth, at every hazard
Tor Republican freedom-we must like the patriots
of the revolution, unite and act against the common
enemy, until we have compelled him to acknowledge
our independence, and gained our rights.
In this solemn undertaking must use all law
lul means to secure success. Here, in Pennsylvania
we nave every thing to point the way. The cause
tr &c 8. IL.