The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-01

Charleston speech denounced as hypocriical and
hollow--the union Of the South would have been
and effected too, to much greater extent than by
joining the administration at this time, when il is
broken down in the South, and upon this measure
Of the Sub Treasury, which has broken il down
every where. The union OF the South Is not effected
by the Sub Treasury but its division. Mr.. Cal
houn's advocacy of this disastrous measure has
paraied our State from the South Carolina party In
Virginia in North Carolina, in Georgia, In Missis-
sppi, al the moment when our party in those States
was about 10 establish ascendancy which ieoud
hare produced union. As il is, South Corolina, in
consequence OF this very movement is LEFT more
lonely and separate fIom her Southern sister States
than she ever has been; and finds no conntenance
throughout all their borders, except from those who
have for ten years past reviled denounced and vo-
lunteered against her She has quit her friends IN
the moment Of their victory and joined her enemies
in the moment Of their defeat.
What union Of the South has this fatal apple Of
discord producedl Is MARYLAND with usl Do we
find ourselves by the side Of Virginia, who, under
the piloage of our friends, Leigh, Tyler, and Gil
mer, has Just swung round into her ancient moor
ings Are we with North Carolina, from whose
borders al the moment OF writing these lines comes
TO our ears the shouts Of victory over the Sub rea
suryl Are we with Georgia--with Troup and Gill
mer and the gallant Dawsonl Are we with Mis-
sissippi, with Louisiana, with TENNESSEE No We
are with New Hampshire, and Maine, and Missouri
We are with Van Buren,, Isaac Hill, and Amos
Kendall, and Thomas H. Benton. And thisis what
Mr. Calhoun calls the indispensable UNION Of the
South! s'.
Mr. Calhoun says that to effect union In the South
il is necessary have II in South Carolina Has he
done sol Is our State less divided and agitaed than
II was a few months agol Is there less acrimony,
and more harmony than there was before the extra
session Did Mr.. Calhoun believe IL possible that
there could be so sudden and thorough reconciliation
between this State and Martin Van Buren,, where
wounds Of deadly hate had pierced so deep7 His
letter procaims the divisions made in the State;
and no one who followed him In that goody compa-
attended
see but with grief and mourning how II has been
dispersed. True, the Legislature, and perhaps The
majority OF the people, go with him bnt no candid
man will venture to assert that South Carolina has
been led by him undivided into the embraces of the
New York regency
There is, therefore, neither union in South Caro-
Ina or between South Carolina and the rest of the
South. All Is discord at home and around u.s.
Let us suppose, for a moment that Mr. Calhoun's
high estimate Of the importance OF South Carolina
and Southern union had induced him to take the
other side-what would have been the different
dition Of things We will venture the assertion that
no disseniient voice would have been heard in the
State, except from few Office holders expecants
And the real flag of State Rights (not the pirarical
counterfeit found in the hands of Van Buren, would
| have waved throughout the whole South.
| Mr.. Calhoun states that in 1884, he foresaw the
crisis and announced his present principles, and
therefore can take no other course without palpably
contradictng his recorded opinions. On the com
mon topic of Mr.. Calhouns consistency are not
/ disposed to enter the field but NAV be allowed to
put this question Whether if Mr. Van Buren, had
in his message at the extra session Of Congress
in September last, recommended re-charter of the
| United States Bank for twelve years, Mr. Calhoun
could have voted against it without palpably con-
tradc,ing his recorded opinions, openly avowed in
debate
Mr.. Calhoun proceeds to urge the usual admit
! nstralion argument that the alternative is Sub
Treasury or United States Bank This is generally
understood TO be means of frightening the country
into the Sub-TreaSury. II this be the alternative
presented TO the American people there is no doubt
oftbe result ANY man who will cast his eyes abroad
will see it, The people of the United States may be
driven 10 take National Bank by beng told thai II
they do not they must adopt the Sub Treasury. The
Sub-Treasury carries with it much more general
terror. This mode of putting the question we regard
as filled with danger-hosie as we are, and always
| have been to an United States Bank. il is the
strongest argument we have ever heard in favor OF
an United States Bank; but il will not prevail it is
avoiding the evils Of both IL ultra partizans could be
brought to patriotic and fair compromise. And
we do trust that the people will yet take this matter
we say with perfect confidence, that the Sub-Trea-
sury is dead beyond all power Of resuscation, and
that an United States Bank is impossible. Upon
these two postuateS u there was no such Thing as
| Presidency, the matter would be soon settled.
| In conclusion Mr.. Calhoun objects 10 National
Bank that its powers would make II despofic, and
that it would take from the people The election OF
President Has he forgotten that the bank could
nelther keep IN elmer OF me AddHiscS VI weep ou
Van Buren,? Has he forgotten that Gen. Jackson,
| with tythe of the power which the Sub-Treasury
will confer upon his successor, "did control the
ton Of Congress, and did take from the people in
reality the election Of President, who virtually
appointed by" his predecessor
For ourselves, toast given on Wednesday last,
by gentleman Of the Sub Treasury party, al the
anniversary of the Rife Company, will express our
opinions, by merely changing single word:
The coh,es. between the President and the people,
fNrh n nlof H.,
be victorious"