The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-15
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

inc this eyenltul period We have been engaged In
severe conflict as Interesting ana important 70 me
Repubic as any that has ranspired since lis organi
cation The cause, and our course, have attached
10 us many interests which will not permit US to
lire as we contemplated. ~.
A period has arrived therefore, when it has be-
come necessary, in justice TO oursef and the public
10 indicate our course for the future.
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 NJ the seat
of the National Government Born IN the Hepupli-
can faith, and nurtured in Republican doctrines, we
were DESTROYS of seeing the leading principles Of the
party TO which We were attached, preserved and car
ried out, not only in theory, but in practice. We
pledged ourself to sustain the principles and doc
irines of the Republican party, as delneated by Mr.
MADISON, and came here in good faith to support the
present administration upon The principles rhtch go
rerned he PARTY rcAieA elected M Van Buren,, and
upon the pledges By trhich that election iras secured
We have, throughout strictly adhered to those prin-
ciples. 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 this paper would not have been necessary,
should we have beheld the distracted counses 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 TO that high station under favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Buren,. A combination
of circumstances which seldom transpirc, clearly
indicated the way to the affections OF the people, and
gave him the power TO have disarmed opposition by
he very measures which would have established his
popularity But, illomened and evil counsels pre-
which many Republicans cherished as the fufment
ftheir creed were disappointed and postponed
Whilst the MADsoNAN and its friends were en-
deavorng 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 prosrae-measures,
subversive of the principles of Republican govern
ment, and tending 10 the establishment OF an unmit-
tigaed despotism. Accompanied as they were by
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM of The country, and an
unusual spirit Of intolerance, denunciation and
prescription justice could not have required nor
honesty expected any support from consistent Republi
cans In that spirit OF independence and love of
freedom which characterized the founders of our
institutions we 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 no justification in supporting the men who
made it necessary.
II is an incontrovertibe 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 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 subverson of the entire practice OF the 60
vernment, and still persisting in it, notwithstanding
it has been fur times condemned by the Represen-
tatives 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 to
crush them all, at pleasure; and taking all urisdic-
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, 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 power derived
only from loose construction of the Constitution,
and rerudialed by the best Republican aulhorilies
In his attempt TO establish Treasury Bank with
an irredeemable paper -money circulation;
In his effort 10 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 sympathies OF the people,
In his attempt TO create multitude of new Off
ces, and to 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 our governments"
In 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 even
tualy, to crush the State banks through The revenue
power OF the government, and embarrass the
sumption Of specie payments;
In permitting the patronage of his Office 10 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 to cram obnoxious measures down
the threats of dissenting brethren by means unbecom-
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate
In his refusal to acquiesce in The decisions OF Inc
majority; and
In the despoic attempt of his partisans in the U.
S. Senate on the ID July, inst. to seize the public
treasure, by aboishing all law for its custody and
safe keeping.
He has abandoned the principlesb by which he came
into power, and consequently, the duty which they
prescribed; and he has SO obsnatey perseyered in
his erroneous course as to preclude all reasonable
hope of his retracing il.
And finally to this long catalogue of grievances,
we may add, what may be considered minor Of
fence but certainly very obnoxious one, that
trary to all preconceved opinions of his character,
Mr. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccessible both TO friends and adversares 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 Mags-
trate 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 infatuation whch,has needed
not this rule of the American, people, must and
ought to meet its reward and sink in ndiscriminate
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy of this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle of necessity expe-
dency, utility practical philosophy, or sound econo-
my no pam obJSI'J tHC PCiPctuhy VI Po"cis anu
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 greatdesderatum sound, uniform, and con-
vcnien currency and system that will equalize, as
nearly as 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
we feel constrained TO continue our abors
No Administration of this Government can pros
per, none deserve 10 succeed, tina, is CoNsERvA-