The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-07-14
THE MADISONIAN.
THOMAS ALLEN.
AND PRoPRIEToR.
ro TIVE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

ing this eventual period we nave peen engaged IN
severe conflict as interesting and important TO the
Repblic as any that has transpired since its organ
cation. The use, and our course, have attached
10 us many interests which will not permit US TO re-
tire as we contemplated
A period has arrived, therefore, when II has be-
come necessary In justice to oursef and the public
10 indicate our course for the future.
II Is well remembered that the MApisoNAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests Of the country as wen as me 2,
of the National Government Born in the Republl-
can faith, and nurtured in Republican doctrines, we
were DESTROYS Of seeing the leading principles OF the
party TO which we were attached, preserved ana car
ried out, not only In theory, but in practice. we
pledged oursef to sustain the principles and doc
rines of the Republican party as delineated by Mr.
MADISON and here in good faith TO support The
present administration upon he grtne.pes .oa.sA 81,
apos tie pledges By rhieh that election gcas 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 was
offered the advice Of his best friends, the continu-
ance OF this paper would not have been necessary,
nor should have beheld the distracted counsels 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 ever came 10 that high station under favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Buren,. "A combination
of circumstances, which seldom uanspire, clearly
indicated the way to the affections Of the people, and
gave him shc power 20 have dfsarmed 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 fulhlment
ofther creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MADisoNIas and its friends were en-
deavoring 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 PROSTATE measures,
subversive Of The principles of Republican govern
ment and tending TO the establishment OF an unmit-
tiga,ed despoism. Accompanied as they were by
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM Of the country, and an
unusual spirit Of intolerance, denuncation and
prescriptions 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 we resisted these nefarious attempts TO
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 nconroverble truth, that every prominent
act of this administration has been an open, une-
quivocal violation OF every princpe 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 Treasuay scheme,
contemplating union of the purse and the sword,
and the subversion Of the entire practice Of the go
vernment, and still persistng in It, Notwithstanding
it has been fonr times condemned by the Represen-
tatives of the people,
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 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-
mending a repeal of the distribution law;
In his repeated recommendations of che 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 repudiated by the bes Republican authUiItfes;
In his attempt to establish Treasury Bank with
an irredeemabe paper-money circulation;
In his effort to overthrow the State Bank Deposite
system established BY President Jackson, and take
the public moneys-inio 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
offices, and to send swarms of officers to harrass
our people, and eat out their substance
In his attempt to stake away our charters, abolish
our most valuable laws and alter fundamentally the
powers of our governments
In his display OF sectional Partially;
In his cJld indifference TO the interests and wants
Of the people during period Of extreme suffering;
In his attempt to throw discredit upon, and even
ually, 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 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 means unbecom-
ing magnanmous Chief Magistrate
In his refusal TO acquesce in the decisions Oh Inc
majority and .,
In the dcspotic attempt Of his parizans in the U.
s. senate on the I'd Of July, inst to seize the public
treasure by abolishngall 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 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 amlnor offence,
but certainly very obnoxious one, that contrary to
all preconcieved 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 the nation come, but that their Chief Maeis
trate is either wanting in integrity, or wanting in
capacHy? . a....
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 intauation which 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 expo
diency utility practical philosophy, 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 10 be, for moment, tolerated.
The great desideratum, asound, uniform, and con-
venienl 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 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 &c
impair will be of the great objects for which we
feel constrained to continue our labors.