The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-07-21
TO TILE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

ing this eventual period we nave oeeh enBdSeu IN
severe conflict as Interesting and important TO the
Reoublc as any that has iranpired since its organ
zation The c use and our course, have attached
10 Us many interests which will not permit to
tire as we contemplated.
A period has arrived therefore, when II has be-
come necessary In justice 10 ourself and the public,
TO indicate our course for the future
II is well remembered that the MApsoNIAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests OF the country as well as The success Of
the administration required another organ AZ the seat
of the National Government Born in the Repnbh-
can faith aud nurtured in Republican doctrines we
were DESTROYS of seeing the leading principles Of The
party to which we attached, preserved and car
ried out, not only in theory, but in practice. We
pledged ourself to sustain the principles and doc
trines the Republican party, as deiineated by mr.
MADISON and here in good faith 70 support the
present administration upon Ae principles gAieh go
reraed he party which elected M. Pan Buren,, and
upon he pledges By icAich that election ras secured
We have, throughout strictly adhered 10 those prn
cples. Had the Executive Of this nation done the
same had he received in the spirit in which il was
offered the advice of his best friends, the continu
ance Of lhisp paper would not have been necessary,
should we have beheld the distracted counsels by
which he is governed, or have seen the disiointed
and defeated party BY which he is surrounded.
No Chief Magistrate since the days of Washing
ton, to that high station under more favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Buren. A combination
of circumstances which seldom iraaspire, clearly
indicated the way 10 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, illomened 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 MapsoNIANr and lis friends were en-
detvoring 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 to the establishment OF an unnit-
tigated despotism, Accompanied as they were BY
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM OF The country, and an
unusual spirit of intolerance, denunciatlon and
prescription, Justice could not have required nor
honesty expected any support from consistent Republic
cans. In that spirit OF independence and love OF
freedom which characterized The founders Of our
institutions, resisted these nefarious attempts TO
depreciate and DESTROY them with the best of our
ability The same spirit which prompted ms TO do
this finds no justification in supporting the men who
made il necessary.
1t is an ncontroverrible 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 to the
Chief Masistracy by the people
In his unfolding 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 60
vemment, and still persistng in it, notwithstanding
it has been fur times condemned BY the Represen-
tatives of the people;
In his recon nendation of Bankrup, 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 urisdic-
ton Them from the hands ofthe State tribunals
In his breaking faith with the States, by recon-
mendng 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 deprsciated gorernmem paper MONEY! for circu-
latng medium; thus exercising a power derived
only from, loose construction Of the Constitution,
and rerudated 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 Deposite
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 SympaheS OF the people; -.
In his attempt TO create "multilude of new Off
ces, and 10 send swarms Of officers TO harrass our
people, and eat out tn rir substance !" "
In his attemp, TO take away charters, abolish
our most valuable laws and alter fundamentally the
powers OF our governments ...." '.... ~
Ia his display of sectional partially;
In his cold indifference to the interests and wants
OF the people during period of extreme suffering;
In his attempt to throw discred upon and eve n
ualy, to crush the State banks through the
power of the government, and embarrass the re-
sumption Of specie payments;
In permitting the patronage of his office to come
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 10 cram obnoxious measures down
hethroats OF dissenting brethren by means unbecom-
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate ..,.
In his refusal TO acquesce in the decisions Of the
majority; and -
In the despotic attempt of his parlisans in the IT,
s. Senate, on the 81 Jnly, inst. 10 seize the public
treasure by aboliShng 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
hnj he h1S nhe fIna fult in
his erroneous course as to preclude all reasonable
hope of his retracng il. '.....
And finally, to this long catalogue of grievances,
may add what may be considered minor Of
fence, bit certainly very obnoxious one, that
trary all preconceived opinions of his character,
Mr.. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
iaccese both TO friends and adversaries of all the
Chief Magistrates that ever filled his station.
And from all these considerations, 10 what conclu-
sion the nation come bnt that their Chief Magis-
trate is either wanting in integrity, or wanting in
capncIy? .s ~
We need not say that we expected different things
of public servant bound by his sacred pledges to
regard the national will the supreme law Of the
Republic. That blind natuation which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought to meet its reward aud sink in indiscriminate
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy of this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle Of necessity, expe
dency, utility practical philosophy sound
my. Its plain object, the perpeiuitv Of power, and
its plain effect, the destruction Of the blnkng system,
require, of course too great sacrifice from the
American people to be, for a moment, tolerated.
The greadesideratum 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 TO
impair will be one of the great objects for which
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