The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-26
THE MADISoNIAN.
THOMAS ALLEN.
pIToH AND PRor
TO YHE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

severe conflict as interesting and important 70 Tue
Republic, any that has iransprea s'1ce ls orsau
2alion The cause and our course, have attached
10 us many interests which will not permit us 70 re-
lire as we contemplated
A period has arrived, therefore, when il has be-
come necessary in justice 10 ourself and the public,
IN inIica.e our course for the future.
n !, well remembered that the MlDIsostAs was
established in The conviction that the great character
and Of the country well The success OF
th administration required another organ III the seat
of the National Government. Born in the Republi-
car faith and nurtured In Republican doctrines We
DESTROYS Of seeing the leading principles OF the
party q which we were attached, preserved and car
lied out not only In theory, but IN practice, we
rledged ouFSelf 10 sustain the principles and doc
ines Of the Republican party, as delineated BY Mr.
M>DlsoS and came here in good faith TO support The
present administrator agen tfe Y, grI r eaSA SO
lgof. ne pledges By AieA at election lcas secured
We have throughout strictly adhered TO those prin-
ctples Had the Executive of this nation done the
same had he received in the spirit in which il
nfeted the advice of his best friends the continu
ave &c this paper would not have been necessary,
uq ssauld We have beheld the distracted counselS by
Witch 4l is governed, or have seen the disj onted
and ueiaaed party by which he is surrounded
No Chief Magistrate, since the days Of Washing
tom ever TO that high station under favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Bnren. 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
lie very measures which would have established his
popularity. But, ili-omened and evil counsels pre-
vailed and the hopes of that political millennium
which many Republicans cherished as the iulhlment
pftheir creed We're disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MAnlsoNlAN and its friends We're en-
lavoring TO restore The prosperity OF the country
la Executive and his advisers were urging forward
measures directly calculated to destroy ito keep
le country convulsed and proStrate--measures
subverSiye Of The principles Of Republican govern
inent and lending TO the establishment OF an unm-
iyatcd despotsm Accompanied as they We're by a
unusual spirit Of intolerance, denunciation and
prescription, Justice could not have required nor
hunestvex paced any support silent Republi-
cans. La that spirit OF independence and love OF
fr,.Sdpnla which characterized The founders OF
Institutions we resisted these nefariouS attempts
d4preciate and DESTROY them, with the best Of our
abiiity. The same spirit which prompted rs to do
,hs finds no justification in supporting the men who
made IL necessary. a%s
II is an incontroverble truth that every prominent
act of this administration has been an open, une-
quivoca violation OF every principle and profession
upon which Mr.. Van Buren, was elevated TO the
Chief Magistracy by the people.
In his uphoding the specie circular, which made
determinations Unauthorized by law, and which
had been twice condemned by Congress;
In his recommending the Spb-Treasuay scheme,
contemplating a union Of the purse and the sword,
and the subyersion of the entire practice of the 60
vcrnmen and still perssting in II, Notwithstanding
il has been four times condemned by the Represen-
tativeS of the people; .l..... K. 4.
passed By Congress applicable only 10 corporations
50 that this government should possess an absolute
control all the State institutions and be able 10
crush them all, at pleasure; and taking all lursdic
lion over them from the handsofthe State tribunals
In his breaking faith with the States by recon-
mendng a 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
If drFrrctatc2 gorcrRzacM pepper Toncy for circu
lating medium; thus exercising power derived
only ifJn a. loose construction Of the Constitution,
and repudiaed by the best Republican authorities;
In his attempt to establish Treasury Bank with
an irredeemable paper-money circulationi
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 " ...
Ia bis attempt to divorce the government from the
interests and SvmpatheS OF the people;
Ia his attempt TO create a " multitude OF new ofl-
ces, and 10 send sWarmS of officers to haTraSS
people and eat out their substance"
In his attempt to take away our charters, abolish
most valuable laws, and alter, fundamentally the
powers Of cur governments"
In his display of sectional Partially; y, -.
IN his cold Indifference 10 the interests and wants
OF The people during period of extreme suffering;
In his attempt TO throw dscredit upon and even
tually crush the State banks through the revenue
power Of the government, and embarrasS the re-
sumption Of specie paymeuts
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 magnanimous Chief Magistrate;
In his refusal to acquiesce in the decisions OF inc
majority; and
In the despotic attempt of his partisans in the o.
S Senate on the Cd July inst. TO seize the public
treasure by aboishing 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
Grad IN
his erroneous course to preclude all reasonable
hope Of his retracing it.
And finally to this long catalogue OF grievances,
we may add what may be considered minor Of
fence bu, certainly a very obnoxious one, that con-
rary to all preconceived 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 10 what conclu-
sion can the nation come but that their Chief Maeis-
tratc is either wanting III integrity, or wanting IN
CapGtity?
We need not say that we expected different things
Of public servant bound by his sacred pledges, 10
regard the national will as the supreme law Of the
Republic. That blind infatualion which has needed
not this rule Of the American people must and
uught 10 meet It's reward and sink in ndiscrimnate
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy OF this Administration cannot
hn sustained upon any principle 81 necessity, expe-
dcncy utility, practical philosophy, or sound econo,
my. It's plain object, the perpeuy of power, and
its plain effect the destruction of the banking system,
rrquire of course too great sacrifice from the
American people TO be, for moment, tolerated.
ii.r greard;>dGratum, a sound, uniform, and con-
@icul currency and system that will equalile, as
nearly practicable, the domestic exchanges, Is de-
mandcd BY the practical wants of the people, and,
sooner or later in one form another, will be OBJ
tained 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 Of the great objects for which
We feel constrained TO continue our labors. ..
No Administration of this Government can pros
per. none deserve to succeed. that is not CoNseRvA