The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-12-18
THE MADISONIAN.
THOMAS ALLEN.
EDITOR AND PRoPRIKToR.
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

STATES.
year has elapsed since We first issued our T n
pectus for the publication Of the MADisokns Dui
ing this eventfu period we have been engdseu ~
severe conflict as interesting and Important 70 me
Republic as any thai has TRANSFERRED since s
zation. The cause and our course, nave at'ached
to US many interests which VIII moi perm' Us " fe
tire as we contemplated
period has arrived, therefore, when Il has be-
come necessary In justice 10 ourself and the public,
10 indicate our course for the future.
It's we'll remembered that the MADsoNAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and interests Of the country well as the success OF
The administration, required another organ at the seat
Of the National Government Born in the Republi-
can faith, and nnrtured in Republican doctrines, we
were DESTROYS of seeing the leading principles OF the
party to which we were attached, preserved aud car
ried out, not only in theory, but in practice. We
pledged ourself to sustain the principles and doc
trines Of the Republican party, as deneaed BY mr..
MADISON and came here in good faith TO support The
present administration upon tie principles rhich go
rerned the party paieh elected Mr.. Pan Buren,, and
1pos he pledges By 1hieh thai election scas secured.
We have throughout strictly adhered 10 those prin-
ciples 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 continu-
ance of this paper would not have been necessary,
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 to that high station under favor
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 ssan,,shsd bis
vailed and the hopes of that political millennium
which many Republicans cherished as the fulflment
ofther creed were disappointed and postponed
Whilst the MADIsoNIAS and its friends were en-
the Executive and his advisers urging forward
measures directly calculated to destroy tito keep
the country convulsed and prostrate-measures,
subversive Of The principles Of Republican govern
men and tending 10 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 Republic
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 10 do
this, finds no justification in supporting the men who
made il necessary. H
II Is an incontroyerble 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 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 Sub Treasury scheme,
contemplating union of the purse and the sword,
and the subveTsion of the entire practice OF the 60
vernment, and still perssting in it, notwithstanding
it has been four times condemned by the Represen-
tatives of the people,
In his recommendation Of Bankrupt law 10 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 jursdic
ton 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 RENE me- n he 0f
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 power derived
only from loose construction Of the Constitution,
and repudiated by the best Republican authorities;
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 naoasys iass his aetna, custody and con-
In his attempt to divorce the government. from the
interests and sympathies Of the people;
In his attempt 70 create multitude OF new Off
css and to send swarms OF officers to harrass our
people and eat 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 Partially;
In his cold indifference 10 the interests and wants
of the people during period Of extreme suffering;
In his attempt 10 throw discredit upon and even
tuay 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; .....
In his attempt TO cram obnoxious measures down
the threats of dissenting brethren by means unbecom-
ing magnanmous Chief Magistrate;
In his refusal to acquiesce in the decisions OF the
majority; and
S. Senate, on the ID July inst. to seize the public
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 obStinatey persevered in
his course as to preclude all reasonable
hope Of his retracing 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 all preconceived opinions OF ms 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, 10 what conclu-
sion can the nation come but that their Chief Magis
trate is either wanting in integrity, or wanting in
caPaeatg2 ,;s,.n,,h;nn
of public servant, bound by his sacred pledges, to
regard the national will as the supreme law OF the
Republic That blind infauation which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought to meet its reward and sink in indiscrimnate
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy OF this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle of necessity, expe-
diency, utility practical philosophy, or sound econo.
byy It's plain object, the Perpetuity Of power and
ment of the destruction OF the banking system,
"bb5ttB16t sEM 81, TOO great sacrifice from the
Isnie eI,~n people TO be- for moment, tolerated
The greatdesderatum, sound, uniform, and con-
ycnient 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 70
"prcscrve and regulate the credit system OF the
country, which this administration has attempted to