The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-08-04
TO THE REPUBLIcANs OF THE UNITED
STATES.

ing this evenin period we have been engaged in a
severe conflict, as interesting and important to the
Republic, any that has transpfed since its organi
zation The use, and our course, have attached
TO Us many interests which will no, permit to re-
tire as contemplated. ssE.4
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.
II is well remembered that the MApisoNIAN was
established in the conviction thar 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 Ia the Republic
can taith and nurtured in Republican doctrines, We
DESTROYS of seeing the leading principles of the
party 10 which we were attached preserved and car
ried OUT, not only in theory, but in practice We
pledged ourself TO sustain the principles and doc
trnes II the Republican party, delineated by Mr.
MADISON and came here in good faith 70 support the
present administration apoa me prtneipies rAieh go,
upon The pledges By Whieh 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 bis best friends, the continue
ance Of this paper would not have been necessary.
should have beheld the distracted caunses 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 10 that high station under more favor
able auspices Than Mr. Van Bnren. A combination
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 sslahl shed his
popularity But, ill-omened and evil counseis pre-
vailed and the hopes of that political millennium,
which many Republicans cherished as the fnfnent
oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MApsoNIAN and lis friends were en-
deayorng 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-m measures,
subversve Of The principles Of Republican govern
ment, and tending TO the establishment Of an unmit-
Iacran ntadn fhauk hyr
war upon the CREDIT sYsrEM 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
freedom which characterized the founders Of our
institutions we resisted these nefarious attempts
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 nconrover,ble 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 Migistracy 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 subversion Of the entire practice OF the GO
vernment, and still persisng in it, Notwithstanding
it has been fur 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 over all the State institutions and be able to
crush them all at pleasure and taking all jurisdc-
ton over them from the hands the Stale 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 10 supply the place Of legal money,
recurring thus to the exploded and ruinous practice
OF deprecated government paper money for circu-
ey a
only from a loose construction of the Constitution,
and rerndiaied by the best Republican aulhorilies;
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 Jacks n, and take
the public moneys ia,o his actual rosnay and con-
troll; @. Ha@.. ..s.
In his attempt to divorce the government from the
interests and sympalhieS of the people;
In his attempt TO create multitude of new Off
ces and TO send swarms of officers 10 harrass our
people, and cal out IN air substance !; . m.
In his attempt to stake away our charters, abolish
our most valu belaws, and alter, fundamentally, the
powers Of ur 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 10 crush the State banks, through The revenue
power of The government and embarrasS the re-
nption Of specie payments;
In permitting the patronage of his Office 10 come
in conflict with the freedom of elections; .. a...
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 threats Of dissenting brethren by means unbecom-
ing NJ gnanmous Chief Magistrate; .
In his refusal to acquiesce in The decisions Oh Inc
majority; and
In The despotic attempt of his parsans in the U.
S. Senate, on the I'd July, inst 10 seize the public
rsusure, by abolishing all law for its custody and
slfe keeping
He has abandoned the principles by which he came
into power, and consequently, the duty which they
prescribed; and he has so obstinatey persevered in
his erroneous course 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 10 all preconceved 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 fro all these considerations, TO what conclu-
sion 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 infatuation which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought 10 It's reward and sink in indiscriminae
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-
my It's plain object, the perpetuity 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 great deSideratum, sound, uniform, and con-
venent currency. and system that VIII equalze, as
nearly as practicable, the domestic exchanges is de-
nanded 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
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 feel constrained to continue our labors.
No Administration of this Government can pros