The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-11-07
TO THE REPUBLICANs or THE uSITEn
STATES.


severe conflict, as interesting and important 10 the
Republic as any that has transpired since It's organi
cation The cause, and our course, have attached
10 US many interests which will not permit US 10 re
tire as we contemplated.
A period has arrived, therefore, when II has be
come necessary In justice to ourself and the public
10 indicate our course for the future.
his well remembered that the MApisoMAs was
established in the conviction thai the great character
and interests Of the country well as the success Of
the administration required another organ u the seat
of the National Government Born 10 the Republic
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 car
ried out not only in theory, but In practice. We
pledged ourself to sustain the principles and doe
trnes of the Republican party as delineated by Mr.
present administration upon he principles rAich go
ueyned Ms party wAicA sJscled M Van Bwrcm, and
upon the pledges by VhicA t0t elections Was secured
We have, throughout strictly adhered TO those prn-
ciples, Had the Executive Of this nation done the
same; had he received in the spirit in which II was
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 more favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Barren A combination
indicated the way the scciisns n ne pecple and
gave him the power to have disarmcd oppqsitipn by
the very measures which would have established bis
popularity But, ill-omened and evil counsels pre-
vailed and the hopes of that political millennium,
which many Republicans cherished as the fnlflment
ofther creed were disappointed and postponed
Whilst the MApIsoNiAN and its friends were
deavorng 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 PROSTATE measures,
subversive Of the principles of Republican govern
ment and tending 10 the establishment OF an unmit-
A,ep lad Ihav xuar nv
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 Repubi
cans. In that spirit OF independence and love of
freedom which characterized the founders of our
institutions we resisted these nefarious attempts
dcpreciate 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.
is an incontrover,ibe truth, that every prominent
act of this administration has been an open, une-
upon which Mr.. Van Euren was elevated to the
Chief Magistracy 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 60
vernment, and still persisting in it, Notwithstanding
il has been four times condemned by the Represen-
tativeS of the people; .'.r 49,
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
crush them all at pleasure; and taking all urisdic-
lion over them from the hands of the 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 appreciated government paper money, for circu
lating medium; thus exercising a power derived
only from loose construction of the Constitution,
and repudia,ed by the best Republican authorities
In his attempt to establish Treasury Bank with
an irredeemable paper money circulation;
system, established by President Jackson, and take
the public moneys into his actual custody and con-
troll;
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 substances"
In his attempt to g 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 to the interests and wants
of the people during period of extreme sufering;
In his attempt to throw dscredit 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 ofhce 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 10 cram obnoxious measures down
the throats of dissenting brethren by means unbecom-
ing ma gnanmous Chief Magistrate
In his refusal to acquiesce in the decisions of the
majority and
In the despotic attempt of his partisans in the U.
S. Senate on the I'd July inst. TO @tze the public
treasure, by abolishng 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 obstinately perSevered in
his course as to preclude all reasonable
hope of his retracing IT, ....
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 adversaries 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-
trate is either wanting in integrity, or wanting in
capacity?
We need not say that we expected different thing
of public servant bound by his sacred pledges, to
regard the national will as the supreme law Of the
Republic. That blind nfauation which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought to meet its reward and sink in indiscrimna,e
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 pam ooJect, the PeiPetuily Vi power anu
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, a sound, uniform, and con-
venient 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 TO
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