The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-08-25
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE UNITED
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tire as we contemplated.
A period has arrived, therefore, when Ii has be-
come necessary in justice to oursef and the public,
TO indicate our course for the future.
II is well remembered that the MADfsoMAN was
established Ia the conviction that the great character
the administrator REQUIRED another organ at the seal
OF the National Government Born In 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 doc
trines of the Republican party, as deneated by Mr..
MADlsos and came here In good faith % support the
present administration upon the principles suhieA go
perned NE party phich elected M Pan Buren,, and
upon tie pledges By UhirA tAat 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 his best friends the continu-
ance OF this paper would not have been necessary,
nor should we have beheld the distracted connses by
which he lis governed or have seen the diSiointed
and defeated party by which he Is surrounded
No Chief Magistrate since the days Of Washing
ton, ever came TO that high station under more favor
Of circumstances, which seldom irarspire, 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 established his
Walked hsPss~sf' Poliatsss 11lsssia@,
which many Republicans cherished as the fulflmeni
oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MApnosrAN and It's friends were en-
deavoring TO restore the prosperity OF the country
the Executive and his advisers were urging forward
measures directly calculated to destroy ito keep
the country conyulsed and PROSTATE measures,
subversive of the principles Of Republican govern
ment, and tending TO the establishment OF an unmit-
tigated despotism Accompanied as they were by
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM Of the country, and an
unusual spirit Of intolerance, denunciaton and
prescription, justice could not have required nor
honesty expected any support from consistent Republic
cans. In that spirit OF independence and love OF
freedom which characterized the founders Of our
institutions, we resisted these nefarous attempts TO
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 inconirovertble truth tina, every prominent
act of this administration has been an open, une-
quivoca violation Of every principle and profession
upon which Mr.. Van Buren, was elevated to the
Chief Magistracy by the people.
In his upholding 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 persistng in it, Notwithstanding
it has been fur times condemned by the Represen-
tatives of the people; X
In his recommendation of Bankrupt law to 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
crush them all, at pleasures and taking all jurisdic
ton over them from the hands ofthe 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 deprecated government paper money for circu-
lating medium; thus exercising a power derived
only from loose construction of the Constitution,
and repudiated by the best Republican authorities;
Ia his attempt 10 establish Treasury Bank with
an irredeemabe paper-money circulation;
In his effort TO overthrow the State Bank Deposite
system, established by President Jackson, and take
the public moneys into his actual custody and CON
In his attempt to divorce the government from the
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 cal out their substance"
In his attempt to "take away our charters abolish
most vauablelaws, 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 suffering;
In his attempt TO throw discredit 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 Office to 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 to cram obnoxious measures down
the Threats Of dissenting brethren by means unbeconl-
ing magnanimous 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, the ID July, inst to seize 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 obstinately persevered in
his erroneous 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
4 - ~~so,, . hat
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 concu-
sion 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 things
of a 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 to meet its reward and sink in indiscrimnate
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy OF this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle OF necessity, expe-
dency, utility practical philosophy or sound econo
my. It's plain object, the perpetuy 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 greatdesideratum, a sound uniform, and con-
venient currency and system that viii equaiIze as
nearly as practicable the domestic exchanges, is de-
manded by the practical wants Of the people, and,
sooner or later, in one form 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 abors.
No Administration of this Government can pros
per, none deserve to succeed that is not CoNsERvA-
TIVE, both in theory and practice. Enlightened i'm
provements, and liberal practicable reforms may be
permitted and encouraged in our system but violent
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