The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-08-11
THE MADISoNIAN.
THOMAS ALLEN.
EpIToR AND PRoPRIEToR.
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNiTED
STATES.
A wear has elapsed since we first issued our Pros
pecius for the publication of the MapisoNIAN. Dur
Ing this eventful period we have been engaged in
severe conflict as interesting and important to the
Republic as any that has transpired since its organi
za,ian' The csuse, and our course have attached
TO us many interests which will not permit US to re-
lire as contemplated.
A period has arrived, therefore, when il has be
come necessary in justice 10 oursef and the public
TO indicate our course for the future
Ii is well remembered that the MADSoSiAs was
established In the conviction that the great character
and interests OF the country as well the success OF
the administration required another organ al the seat
Of the National Government Born 10 the Republi-
can faith, and nurtured In Republican doctrines, we
We're DESTROYS of seeing the Leading principles Of The
party to which we were attached, preserved and car
ried out, moi only in theory, but in practice. We
pledged ourself TO sustain the principles and doc
trines IT the Republican party, as delneaed by Mr.
MpsoS, and came here in good faith 20 support The
present administration upon ne priaeipies chieA GO
rerasd he party tcAieA elected Mr. Van Bxyen, and
upon tie pledges BY which that election 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,
nor should have behed the distracted counses by
which he is governed, or have seen the disjointed
and defeated party BY which be is surrounded.
No Chief Magistrate, since the days of Washing
ton, that high station under more favor
able auspices than Mr. Van Buren,. A combination
of circumstances. which seldom iranspire,s clearly
indicated the way to the affections Of the people and
gave him the power to have disarmed opposition ~
the very measures which would have established his
popularity But iitcmened and evil connscls pre-
vailed and the hopes Of that political millennium,
which many Republicans cherished as the fufment
oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MaDIsoNIaN and It's 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 prostrate-measures
subversive Of the principles of Republican govern
ment and tending TO the establishment of an unmit-
tigated despotsm. Accompanied as they were by
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM OF the country, and an
unusual spirit of intolerance, denupciaion 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 nearious attempts TO
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 IL necessary.
It 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 Magistracy 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,
and the subversion Of the entire practice OF the GO
vernment, and still persisng In it, notwithstanding
it has been four times condemned by the Represen-
tatives Of the people;
passed BY Congress- applicable only to corporations
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 jurisdic-
ton over them from the hands of the 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 deprecated government paper money, for circu-
lating medium; thus exercising power derived
only from loose construction Of the Constitution
and Tepudated 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 Deposte
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 a multitude of new Off
ces and TO send swarmS Of officers 10 harraSs our
people, and cal out heir substance !"
In his attempt to "take away our charters, abolish
most valuable laws and alter, fundamentally, the
powers Of cur governments" @l
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 discredit upon, and even
tually, TO crush the state DdnKS revenue
power of the government, and embarrass the re-
sumption ofspecie 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 to cram obnoxious measures down
the threats Of dissenting brethren by unbecom-
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate
In his refusal to acquiesce in the decisions OF me
In the despotc attempt of his partisans in the U.
S. Senate, on the ID July inst. TO seize the public
treasure, by aboshing 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 obsnately persevered in
his erroneous course as to preclude all reasonable
hope of his reracing 1t.
And finally to this long catalogue of grievances,
we may add what may be considered minor Of
fence, but certainly very obnoxious one, that con-
rary to all Preeonceved opinions o. ms character
inaccessible both to friends and adversaries OF all The
Chief Magistrates that ever filled his station.
And from all these considerations, 10 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 which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought to its reward and sink in indiscriminae
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-
N.Y. Its plain object, the perpetuity of power, and
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 greatdesideratum, sound, uniform, and con-
venient currency, and system that will equaze, 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 oh.
tained bY them To accomplish this end, and 10