The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-01
20 rHn RIsPUBLICANs OF THE UNITED
STATES.

ing this eventful period we have been eng ged in
severe conflict rs Interesting and important 10 the
Republic, as any that has ranspred ice is org mi
zation. The cause, and our course have attached
10 US many interests which will mol permit US TO re-
tire as We contemplated.
A period has arrived, theref re, when il has be-
come necessary in justice TO ourself and the public
to indicate our course for the future.
II lis well remembered that the MADIsoNIAN was
established in the conviction that the great character
and Interests of the country well the saccess of
the administration required another organ AZ the seat
OF the National Government Born IN the Rspubli-
can faith, and nurtured in Republican doctrines, we
DESTROYS of seeing the leading principles Of the
party TO which we were attached preserved aud ear
ried out, not only in theory, but in practice. We
pledged ourself TO sustain the principles and doc
trines Of the Republican party, as delineated BY MIR
MADISON and came here In good faith 70 support the
present administration upon e principles rtich GO
uersed kAe PARTY pAicA elected M Van Barcn, and
apoa nae pledges By phich that election sras 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 u was
offered, the advice Of his best friends the continu-
ance Of this paper would not have been necessary
should we have beheld the distracted counsel by
which he is governed, or have seen the disjcinzed
and defeated party by which he is surrounded.
No Chief Magistrate since the days of Washing
ton to that high station under more favor
able auspices than Mr.. Van Buren,. A combination
of circumstances, which seldom franspire, 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
popularity. But ill-omcned and evil counsels pre-
vailed and the hopes of that political mllennium,
which many Republicans cherished as the fnlfment
oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed.
Whilst the MADIsoNiAN and its friends were en-
deavoring 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 TO the establishment OF an unmit-
tigated despotism. Accompanied as they were by
upon the CREDIT SYSTEM OF the country, and an
unusual spirit Of intolerance, denunciatlon and
prescription, justice could not have required
honesty expected any support from consistent Repubi-
cans. In thar spirit OF independence and love of
freedom which characterized the founders of our
institutions, resisted these nefarous attempts
deprecate 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
m9de il necessary.
act Of this administration has been an open, une-
quivocal violation of principle and profession
up4n which Mr.. Van Buren, was elevated to the
Chief Mdgstracy by the people .n".
In his unfolding he 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 GO
vernment and still persisting in it, notwithstanding
1t has been fpr times condemned by the Represen-
tatives of the people;
In his recommendation of Bankrupt law to be
passed BY Congress, applicable only 10 corporations,
SO that this government should possess an absolute
control over all the State institutions and BE- able
crush them all, at pleasure; and taking all urisdic-
ton over them from the hands of the State tribunals
In his breaking faith with the States, by recon-
mending repeal OF the distribution law;
Ia his repeated recommendations Of the issue of
Treasury notes, 70 supply the place Of legal money,
recurring thus To the exploded and ruinous practice
E,r
la'i . medium; thus exercising power derived
only trnn loose construction of the Constitution,
and rcrriated by the best Republican authorities;
In his attempt to establish Treasury Bank with
an irredcemable papermohey circulation;
In his effort 10 overthrow the Safe Rank DepoSile
system, established BY President jacks n, and take
the public moneys into his ac'"ai ""S'"a" and con-
IN his attempt to divorce the government from the
interests and sympalhes OF The people; =,
In his attempt to create multitude OF new ON
ces and to send swarms of officers to harrass our
people and ca, out tn Fir substance;
In his attempt to "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 suheflng
In his attempt TO throw discredit upon, and even
tually 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 10 cram obnoxious measures down
the hroats of dissenting brethren by means unbecom
ing magnanimous Chief Magistrate 49,
In his refusal to acquesce in the decisions OF 'he
majority and nv
In the despotic attempt Of his parsans in the u
s. Senate on the I'd July, inst to seize Me pablac
treasure, by abolishing all law for It's custody ana
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
fence but certainly very obnoxious one, that con-
Mr. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccess both TO friends and adversares, OF all the
Chief Magistrates that ever filled his station
And fro all these considerations TO what conclu-
sion can the nation come but that their Chel Magls-
trae is either wanting in integrity, or wanting IN
capacity?
of public servant, bound by his sacred pledges, 10
regard The national will as the supreme law Of inc
Republic. That blind nfatuation which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must ana
ought 10 meet reward and sink in indiscriminate
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy OF this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle of necessity, expe-
diencv utility practical philosophy or soupd ecoho,
my lis plain object, the perpetnity Of power, and
lis plain effect the destruction OF the banking system,
require, of course too great sacrhce from me
American people to be, for moment tolerated.
The great desidera,um, a sound, uniform, and con-
vcnient currency and system that will equalize as
nearly as practicable the domestic exchanges, Is de-
manded by the practical wants OF the people, ana,
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
,Ynrn L. G . ha ohio n
we feel constrained to continue our labors
No Administration Of this Government can pros