The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-05
THE MADISONIAN.
THOMAS ALLEN.
EDIToK AND PRoPRIE Tok.
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

ing this evenliul period we have been engaged in
severe conflict, interesting and important TO The
Republic as any that has transpIed since It's organ
cation The cause, and our course, have attached
to US many interests which will permit 10
lire as we contemplated
a period has arrived, therefore, when il has be
come necessary, in justice 10 ourself and the public,
10 indicate our course for the future
II is well remembered that the MADsoNiAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests OF the country well as the success OF
the administration, required another organ at the seat
Of the National Government. Born in the Republi-
faith, and nurured in Republican doctrines, we
DESTROYS of seeing the leading principles OF the
party to which were attached, preserved and car
ried OUT not only in theory, but in practice. We
pledged ourself TO sustain the principles and doc
trnes Of the Republican party as delineaied by MT
MADISON and came here in good faith TO support The
present administration upon The principles HAich 60
ssr1sd he party ,oAieA elected Mr. Van Barren aad
upon the pledges By Which thai 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 counsels by
which he is governed, or have seen the dsjointed
and defeated party by which he Is surrounded
No Chief Magistrate, since the days of Washing
ton 70 that high station under favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Buren,. A combination
of circumstances, which seldom transpire, clearly
indicated the way the affections of the people, and
gave him the power to have disarmed opposition by
the very measures which would have established his
popularity. But ill-omened and evil counsels pre-
vailed and the hopes of that political millennium,
which many Republicans cherished as the fulflment
oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MADIsoNIAN and its friends were en-
deavoring to restore The prosperity OF the country,
the Executive and his advisers were urging forward
measures directly calculated 10 destroy ito keep
the country convulsed aud Observation-Disclosures
Subversive of The principles of Republican govern
ment and tending TO the establishment OF an unmi-
tgated despotism Accompanied as they were by a
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM of the country, and an
unusual spirit Of intolerance, denunciaIon and
prescription, Justice could not have required nor
honesty expected any support from consistent Repub-
cans. In that spirit OF independence and love OF
freedom which characterized the founders of our
institutions, resisted these nefarous attempts
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 il necessary ~.
1t is an incontrovertible truth that every prominent
act of this administration has been an open, une-
quivoca violation Of every principle and profession
upon which Mr. Van Buren, elevated TO 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 Treasury scheme
contemplating union of the purse and the sword,
and the subversion of the entire practice OF the go
vernment, and still persiSng in it, Notwithstanding
il has been four times condemned by the Represen-
tatives of the people; 'sm .~
In his Recommendation of a Bankrupt law TO be
passed by Congress- applicable only to corporations,
SO that this government should possess an absolute
control over all the State institutions and be able to
crush them all at pleasure; and taking all jursdc
ton them from the hands the Stale 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, to supply the place OF legal money,
recurring thus to the exploded and ruinous practice
of deprecated government paper money for circu-
lating medium; thus exercising a power derived
only from loose construction Of the Constitution
and rcrudiated by the best Republican authorities;
In his attempt TO establish Treasury Bank with
an irredeemable paper money circulation;
In his effort TO overthrow the State Bank DePosie
system established by President Jackson, and take
the public moneys into his actual custody and con-
troll;
In his attempt to divorce the government from the
interests and Sympathies Of the people;
In his attempt 10 create "multilude of new Off
ces, and TO send swarms of officers TO harraSs our
people, and cal out their substance )"
In his attempt to 'take away our charters, abolish
most elaws, and alter fundamentally, the
powers Of our governments"
In his display of sectional Partially
In his cold indifference 10 the interests and wants
Of the people during period Of extreme suffering;
In 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;
In permitting the patronage of his Office 10 come
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 means unoecom
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate;
In his refusal to acquesce in the decisions oil the
majority and ....
In the despotic attempt of his partsans in the U.
S. Senate on the ID July, inst TO Seiee the public
treasure by aboliShing all law for its custody and
safe keeping.
He has abandoned the principles by which he came
into power and consequently, the duty which they
prescribed and he has so obstinaely persevered in
his course as TO preclude all reasonable
hope of his retracing it,
And finally, TO this long catalogue of grievances
may add, what may be considered minor Of
fence but certainly very obnoxious one that con-
trary to all preconceived opinions of his character
Mr.. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccessible bolhto friends and adversaries of all the
Chief Magistrates that ever filled his station.
And fro all these considerations, to what conclu-
sion the nation come, but that their Chief MagiS
trae is either wanting in integrity, or wanting in
capacity?
We need not say that we expected different things
of public servant, bound by his sacred pledges, to
regard the national will as the supreme law of The
Republic. That blind iniatualion which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought to meet its reward and sink in indiscrmnate
and everlasting overthrow
The financial policy OF this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle of necessity, expe-
diency, utility practical philosophy, or sound econo-
my. It's pam oDect the perpetuity Oh power, ana
its plain effect, the destruction Of the banking system
require, of course, too great sacrifice from the
American people TO be, for a moment, tolerated
The greatdeSderatum a sound, uniform, and con-
venent currency. and system that will equalize, as
nearly practicable the domestic exchanges, is de-
manded by the practical wants OF the people, and
sooner or later in one form another, will be OBJ
tained by them. To accomplish this end, and TO
preserve and regulate" the credit system of the
country, which this administration has attempted TO
impair will be one of the great objects for which
we feel constrained 10 continue our labors