The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-03-31


suscitation of the State Bank system, and any
Senator had brought forward the Sub-Trea-
sury, Mr. Wright would have been found
closely following the Executive lead, and the
Sub-Treasury, under those circumstances,
would have received not more than three cotes
in the Senate, and the like proportion in The
other house. Had Mr.. Talmadge opposed
the State Bank system in such CASE he would
have been denounced from one end Of the
Union TO the other, as the Globe and Argus
have now attempted, when he is in favor OF IL.
4 Whatever course he might have taken, and
| however virtuous and patriotic, if his opini-
ons and actions" do not "coincide" with
those base panders to power, or are not sub
servient to official dictation, he is denounced
as unfit for the public service, made victim
Off tyranny more odious than that of Sylla,
and prescribed and banished in disgrace.
This Sub-Treasury measure is resisted by
the opposition, because they regard it as inlin-
itely worse than the State Bank system which
they opposed when General jackson recon-
mendcd it. Unable themselves to control,
they accept the least Of the two evils present.
cd to them. Pro optimo est minnie malus.
! Mr.. Tallmadge opposes it, because he is
still OF the opinion entertained by the whole
party in 1884; considers it destructive OF the
best interests Of the country, and g disorgan-
izing and revolutionary, subversive Of the en-
tire practice of this government from 1889
down to this day." and " bringing the public
treasure much nearer the actual custody and
control of the Executive, and exposing it to
be plundered by hundred hands where one
cannot now reach it."
lie believes the experiment Of the State
Banks has not been fairly tried, and that with
MIR. Rives' Bill, they may answer the purpose
Of relieving the community, ifnot of restoring
the currency to its pristine healthy condition.
tall events, he is unwilling to nflict this
Sub-Treasury measure on the country, to car
ry with it ruin and destruction, and arm the
Executive with power to WELD the destiny of
the nation as he pleases. He believes with
the best and truest Republicans of the coun-
try, that Executive power has increased, is
increasing and ought to be diminished" That
conviction was never more strikingly forced
upon his mind than at the present juncture.
He feels it invading his own rights he sees it
overbearing the conscences of his friends.
Out Of all the friends of the administration
from New York in Congress, Mr.. Talmadge
of the Senate, and Mr.. Clark Of the House,
are the only two who have had independence
enough to take their ground openly against
the measure Of destruction, and maintain the
interests and honor Of their state. There are
others in the House, zoe knou, who are as
much opposed to the whole scheme as Mr..
Tallmadge himself is, and who admit it will
produce all the destructive consequences which
he predicts, and still under Executive infu-
ence, they dare not express their own opinions
nor act according to their own judgments;
But let DARE not, wait upon WOULD,
Like the poor cat j the adage." .n
And this is called Simon Pure Republican,
ISM Freedom of thought and of action!
while an honest representation of the interests
of the people, and an independent and manly
defence of their rights, is stigmatized as Fsde-
ralisn The Executive can do no wrong.
He may defy and set at nought the will the
people with impunity, and command the peo-
PIES representatives to yield up their ndepen-
dence at his feet But ifa freeman dare to
90 forward fearlesslv in the discharge Of his
duty as prescribed by his oath, he is accused
with corruption and stigmatized as an enemy
to democracy!
To cap the climax of these destructive pro-
ceedings, Mr.. Tallmadge is denounced for
presenting petition When 5000 legal vo-
tiers demonstrate against measure they be-
licve to be ruinous to their interests, the re-
monstrants are assailed as FederaHsts, and
Mr. TalImadge is charged with making panic
Was ever more mendacious heartlessness ex-
hibited Because there were ''panic Efforts
and distress declarations" in 1884, does it
follow that there is therefore no actual suffer-
towns Of our country, and particularly New
York, whence the petition proceeds. Is there
no distress, no embarrassment, no trouble in
New York What means that long array Of
stores " 10 iet'? Are the former tenants pa
mic" stricken! Why are rents reduced from
so to rs per cent? What means the thou
sands wandering without employment-thc
oilers in the streets, the beggars at your door,
the supplications for charity, the crowds at
your aims houses Is this all "federal pa