The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-07-18
no THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

Inc his eyentfn period we have been engaged in
severe conflict, as interesting and important 10 the
Republic as any that has ranspred since its organi-
zalfon The use, and our course, have attached
10 us many interests which will not permit 10
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
L. is well remembered that the MADIsoNaN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests of the country well as the success oil
the administration, required another organ A. the seat
of the National Government Born in the Republi-
can tal,h and nurured in Republican doctrines, we
were DESTROYS Of seeing the leading principles OF the
party to which we were attached, preserved and car
pledged ourself to sustain the principles and doc
irnes Of the Republican party as delineated by Mr.
MADISON and came here In good faith 70 support The
present administration upon ne principles whteh go
pey,ed Me party acAicA elected Mr.. Van Buren,, and
anon e pledges BIZ 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 we have behed the distracted counsels by
which he is governed, or have seen the dsjonted
and defeated party by which he is surrounded.
No Chief Magistrate, since the days of Washing
ton ever 10 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
the very measures which would have established his
popularity. But ill-omened and evil counsels pre-
vailed, aud the hopes Of that political millennium,
which many Republicans cherished as the fulhlment
oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MApIsoNIAN and its friends were en-
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-measures,
subversive Of the principles of Republican govern
ment, and tending TO the establishment of an unmit-
tigated despotism. Accompanied as they were eey
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM OF the country, and an
unusual spirit of intolerance denunciatlon and
prescription Justice could not have required nor
honesty expected anysuppor from consistent Republi
cans In that spirit OF independence and love OF
freedom which characterized the founders OF our
institutions 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 il necessary.
II is an incontroverble 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 Magstracy 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-Treasuay scheme,
contemplating a union of the purse and the sword,
and the subverson of the entire practice OF the go-
vernment, and still persisting in il, notwithstanding
it has been four times condemned by the Represen-
tatves Of the people; =
In his Recommendation of 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 iurisdic
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
IF MI fpra
laing medium; thus exercising power derived
only from a loose construction Of the Constitution,
and rerudiaed 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 Deposite
system established by Presiden. 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; y.
In his attempt to create multitude of new Off
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"
In his display of sectional partiality
In his cold indifference TO the interests and wants
of the people during period Of extreme suffering;
In his attempt to throw dscrett upon and even
ually, to crush the State banks, through The
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 10 cram obnoxious measures down
the hroats OF dissenting brethren by unbecom
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate;
la his refusal to acquiesce in the decisions OF the
majority and
In the despotic attempt of his partisans in the U.
s Senate, on the I'd July inst. TO seize the public
treasure by aboishing all law for its custody and
safe keeping. ..."
IL hoe al ~ l.
into power, and consequently, the duty which they
prescribed; and he has so obsnatey persevered in
his erroneous course as 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, but certainly very obnoxious one, that
trary to all preconceived opinions of his character,
Mr.. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccessible both 10 friends and adversaries 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 nfatuation which has needed
not this rule Of the American people, must and
ought to meet Its reward and sink in indiscriminate
and everlasting overthrow .>#... ..
The financial policy Of this Administration cannot
Gene
my. Its plain object, the perpeuy 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, a sound uniform, and con-
yenient 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 TO
impair, will be one Of the great objects for which
we Ieel constrained 10 continue our labors.