The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-12-08
TO THE REPUBLICANs OF THE UNITED
STATES.

severe conflict, as Interesting anu iPoi , W ,io
Republic as any that has ranspired since its organi
zation The cause and course, have attached
10 US many interests which will not permit us to re-
tire we contemplated.
period has arrived, therefore, when il has be-
come necessary in justice TO oursef and the public
10 indicate our course fer the future.
lis well remembered that the MADrsoNIAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests of the country well as the success OF
the administration required another organ al the seat
of the National Government. Born in the Republ-
can faith, and nurtured in Republican doctrines We
were DESTROYS of seeing the leading principles OF the
party TO which we were attached preserved and
ried out not only in theory but in practice. We
pledged ourself to sustain the principles and doc
rines of the Republican party as delineated by Mr.
M,DsoN and came here in good faith TO support the
present administration upon the principles ichtch go
verned the party tchieh elected Mr.. Yam Buren,, and
1poa TIE pledges BY acAieh that election secured
We have, throughout, strictly adhered 10 those prn
cipes. Had the Executive of this nation done the
same; had he received in The spirit in which Il
offered, the advice Of his best friends, the connu-
ance of this paper would not have been necessary,
should we have beheld the distracted counsels by
which he is governed, or have seen the disointed
and defeated party by which he is surrounded
No Chief Magistrate, since the days of Washing
ton, ever came that high station under more favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Buren,. combination
of circumstances, which seldom transpire clearly
indicated the way the affections of the people, and
gave him the power TO have dsarmed opposition by
the very measures which would have established hts
popularity But, 1ll-Omened ana evil counSelS pre-
vailed, and the hopes of that political millennium
which many Republicans cherished as the fulflment
oftbeir creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MApsoNIAN and its friends were
the Executive and his advisers were urging forward
measures directly calculated to destroy ito keep
the country convulsed and prostrate-measures,
subversve Of the principles of Republican govern
ment, and tending TO the establishment Of an unmit
tigaed despotism. Accompanied 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 Republi
cans. In that spirit Of independence and love of
freedom which characterized the founders Of our
institutions, 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 no justification in supporting the men who
made il necessary. ." ...e.
1t is an incontrovertibe 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, elevated TO the
Chief Magstracy 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,
contemplating union of the purse and the sword,
and the subverson of the entire practice of the GO
vernment and still persisting in it, notwithstanding
it has been four times condemned by the Represen-
tatives 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 all the State institutions and be able to
crush them ALL at pleasure and taking all urisdic-
ton over them from the hands ofthe 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 circu-
lating medium; thus exercising power derived
only from loose construction of the Constitution,
and rerudiated 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 President Jackson, and take
the public moneys into his actual custody and con
troll; :s...
In his attempt to divorce the government from the
interests and sympathies OF the people;
In his attempt to create multitude OF new Off
ceS and TO send swarms of officers to harrass our
people and eat out their substance ]"
In his attempt TO "take away our charters, abolish
valuable laws and alter, Fundamentally, the
powers Of our governments"
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
tualy 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 10 come
in conflict with the freedom OF elections;
In his open contempt of the will of the people as
expressed through the ballot box; .-s.
In his attempt 10 cram obnoxious measures down
the threats of dissenting brethren by unbecom
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate;
In his refusal to acquiesce in The decisions oil the
majority; and :,
In The despotc 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.
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-
trary to all preconceived opinions of his character,
Mr. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccessible both friends and adversares, 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 Magis
trae is either wanting in integrity or wanting in
capacity?
We need not say that we expected different thing
of a 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 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 perpetuity of power, and
its plain effect the destruction OF the banking system
require, of course, too great sacrhce from The
American people to be, for moment, tolerated.
The greatdesideratum, sound uniform, and con-
venien 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 10
"prcScrve and regulate" the credit system of the
country which this administration has attempted 10
impair, will be one of the great objects for which
we feel constrained 10 continue our labors
No Administration Of this Government can pros
nor none deserve IN Succeed Il not