The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-05-10
CORRESPONDENCE.
New YoRk, May 4, 1888.
THos. ALLEN, Esq.

l HOS, ALLEN Esq
Dear Sir-The agitaling question Of resumption
is Settled Most Of the city banks have paid metal
for all demands for week We have more than
seven millions OF the real Benton yeiop shining dust
in our vaults We hope ourresumption viii induce
other cities, and other States but we have fears
of injury from them if they should not. We have
had little fear on this score The Federal Govern
ment has been the only source OF serious apprehen
sion this is now removed by The recent exhibit OF
the leanness Of its treasury, and the imbeciiy Oh
its councils and its action and above all by the de-
termined patriotic resolution OF the people from
Passamaquaddy, tothe Balize to put manacies upon
Its insane wanderings. Is il not monsrous that we,
the people, intelligent Industrious enerprising, par
triolic measurably brave-we the masters, the
owners, of the land and the Governmeni-we who
created The Government-we, who, OF our own mere
MENTION and in our own right, at our own VIII,
make and unmake our own public officers agents or
servants-Is II not mons,rous, say, and dark blot
on our free escu,cheon that fear clean sheer fear OF
those very servants, we ourselves made, should have
paralized frustrated ruined our fair prospects and
prosperitv3 Have we g eat Of the insane root, or
have we been moon struck ~ No matter, the de-
fusion has passed away. Common sense resumes
its throne Our fears Of our imbecile public ser
wants have vanished into thin all" and in their
place mingled pity and contempt is seated. VIII
Mr. Van Buren, recall his schemes Will be recall
the great Federal engine which was intended, ana
would have destroyed tie irhoie dynasty Of Stafe-@
Stale Institutions both great and small?
Will he revive the dear delight Of combining The
entire power of six and twenty sovereign States ana
fifteen millions Of people in his own Federal person
He did abandon the great fellow engine Of despotism
the Bankrupt machine, remembering probably the
destruction Of the elder Adams by this same engine
Will he repeal the gag-law which his agents and
organs, and especially the great Official near the
throne, have welded with such terrible havock on
all who dared to lisp councils honest or wise Can
he rerace if he would HIS friends here, (aad you
know he had not frmer than myseH) woald re-
joice greatly over his returning political sanity but
his last action here in the Customs Department has
blighed our remaining feeble rays of hopea What
is that nexplicable deusion which has sliced the
once common sense mind Of our favorite sonl
You who are in the vortex and political Malarom
of the Federal City, may not understand relish the
plain English of US
:".0 "." THE PEOPLE.
p. S. You may not be aware that the Monster the
Bank,of England, which (by the official oraele) in
conjunction with Biddle, by conspiracy most foul"
was to have drawn from us to John Bulls realm,
every ounce OF precious metals has sent and will
send US all the gold need and receives in return
and in preference our State stocks-our cotton
tobacco, turpentine &c. &c. &c.