The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-10-06
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.


cation. The cause, and our course, have attached
N us many interests which will not permit us 10 re-
tire as we contemplated
A period has arrived, therefore, when il has be-
come necessary in justice to ourself and the public,
TO indicate our course for the future.
IL is well remembered that the MADIsoNIAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests Of the country we'll as the success OF
the administration required another organ al the seat
of the National Government Born In the Republic
can taith and 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
irines Of the Republican party delineated by Mr..
MADISON and came here in good faith TO support the
present administration upon he principles icAich GO
upon the pledges By which that election tcas secured
We have, throughout, strictly adhered to those prn
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 connu-
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, TO that high station under more favor
able auspices than Mr. Van Buren,, A combination
of circumstances which seldom transpire, clearly
indicated the way to 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-
which many Republicans cherished as the fulflment
oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed
Whilst the MADIsoNIAN and its friends were
deavoring 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-
subversive of The principles of Republican govern
ment, and tending TO the establishment OF an unmit-
tigated 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 Repub
cans. In that spirit OF independence and love Of
freedom which characterized the founders Of our
institutions, resisted these nefarous 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 it necessary.
1t is an incontroveribe truth, that every prominent
act Of this administration has been an open une-
quvocal 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 go
vernment, and still perssting in it, notwithstanding
it has been four 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 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-
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 crcu
lating medium; thus exercising a power derived
only from loose construction of the Constitution
and repudiated by the best Republican authorities;
an In ns tsmRt {s 9ank with
In his effort TO overthrow the State Bank Deposite
system established by President Jackson, and take
he public moneys into his actual custody and con-
troll;
interests and sympathies OF the people;
In his attempt to create multitude OF new oh-
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
our most valuable laws, and alter fundamentally, the
powers Of our governments !; M'... ..
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 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 thrOdfS OF dissenting brethren ny means
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate;
In his refusal to acquiesce in the decisions of the
majority and
In the despotic attempt of his parsans in the u
S Senate on the ID July, inst to seize the Pubttc
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 obstinately persevered IN
his erroneous course to preclude all reasonable
hope of his retracing It.
And finally to this long catalogue of grievances,
we NAV add what may be considered minor Of
fence but certainly very obnoxious one, that con-
rary to all preconceived opinions of his character,
Mr. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccessible both 10 friends and adversarles, OF all Inc
Chief Magistrates that ever filled his station
And from all these considerations TO what conclu-
sion can the nation come but that their Chief Magis-
trate is either wanting in integrity or wanting IN
eagaeity? ,.n,,,, ,.,
of public servant bound by his sacred pledges, to
regard the national will as the supreme law OF the
Republic. That blind intatuation 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 expe-
dency utility practical philosophy, or sound econo;
my its plain object, the perpeuy of power, and
its plain effect the destruction Of the banking system
require of course, loo great sacrihce from me
American people to be, for moment tolerated.
The greadeSderatum, sound, uniform, and con-
ycnent 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 form or another will be OBJ
tanned by them. To accomplish this end, and TO
"prcScrve 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 labors
No Administration of this Government pros
per- none deserve 10 succeed that is not CoNsERvA-
TIVE both in theory and practice. Enlightened i'm
provements, and liberal practicable reforms may be
al nj in lint Win