The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-05-26
MIR. LEcARE.

Courier, in relation to the course oil this gen
tleman.
No man 10 the House has, in our opinion,
shown more independence, OF displayed great
er ability on all tho absorbing topics Of the
day, than Mr.. Legare. He is such repre-
sentative as will do honor to any State, and OF
whom any State might be justly proud.
We are sure he will " do his duty" hereafter
as he has done il heretofore, fearlessly ind in
dependently, sand true TO his constituents"
Mr.. LEoARE--suB-TREA MAN.
1.-THE Mercury were not read out of the State the
statements of "A Union Man" would be lefl TO the
full knowledge Of the facts of the contest which re-
suited ia the election Of Mr.. Legare, possessed in
common by all our citizens. But II Is due TO MIR.
Leoares standing abroad, that what nee apprchend is
the state OF The case should o. gwen TO The pub
as an Administration man II was because he was
no parry man. that he was elected. This freedom
from party bitterness was the main cause OF his sue
cess To this may be added his splendid ability
Who voted for hint Calhoun Nuifers then Bit
tery opposed to The Administration--Clay men,
quite as much so, and Administration Union men
All these elements made up the vote which elected
him. Twas not contest OF principle Mr.. Legare
and Mr. Pinckney held the same doctrines II was
not tIial Of strength between Administration and
Oppositon--the Pnckney party refused TO adop, the
Administration the basis of their union, and the
supporters of Mr. Legare were VIGOROUSLY Of all
hues Of opinions. II Is true, then that Mr. Lee
gare was elected as an Administration man Neither
he nor his friends placed his election on any such
ground. Ii "A Union Man. will consult his full
knowledge OF the secret history of that contest, he
will recall TO his recollection, that among Mr. LIS
most ardent and efficient friends, were gentlemen,
not the most ardent supporters of his Administration
NO man ever went into the Halls of Congress more
entirely unembarrassed BY party opinions No fac
ton could claim him as their man. No man in the
District had right TO regard him as his peculiar
property and the pledged advocate of any peculiar
opinions. He took his seat as The untrammelled
Representative of the good citizens Of Charleston
Districl-to do for them TO the best Of his ability and
conscience: And he has done so. He has not pur-
sued a partiZan course. He has voted with and
against the Admin stration; spoken for and against
IL and has proved his independence and firmness BY
opposing The Sub Treasury Scheme which eyery
selfish and sordid motive would have induced him
10 support
find him, We can readily conceive He went to
Congress nnder the Jackson-Van Buren, flag, and
II is not pretended that The Administration party has
changed its policy Gen. Jacksons principles on
this subject were as well known when he was elect
ed as now and he was put into Office BY combina-
ton of the Administration men and Mr.. Calhoun"
These assertions show either great ignorance or
carelesSless. The Administration has not changed
Its policy Why, at the time Mr.. Legare was elect
ed, Gen Jackson was sounding the praises Of the
State banks, and triumphing in the success OF the
league-blnk experiment. Gen. Jackson had never
expressed any opinion directly on the Sub-Treasury
scheme, and the only mode by which his opinion
might be inferred, was through the unqualified de-
nunciaiion OF il, when brought forward BY Mr. Cor
don, of Virginia, BY the Glo5e-which denurciation
is true, might be fairly attributed to Gen Jackson
for the Globe failed faithfully to reflect his
opinions Saving this invectve Of The Giobe General
Jackson neither directly nor indirectly evenas much
as alluded to it. The administration not changed
its policy! Why has it not Saturnike been attempt
ing TO devonr its own offspring 2 We advise "A
Union Man" 10 get some OF his friends TO shake him
out Of his trance ..H.." .H..
As" A Union Man. presents himself as spokes-
man for Charleston District and the confidential or.
gan OF the people-we would like to know from him.
whether Mr.. Legare is expected to support the Sub
Treasury bill which recently passed the Senate
The people themselves have in no manner expressed
any opinion on the question. Their Representatives,
as we observed before, gave their sanction to Mr.
Calhouns principles, OF divorce between Bank and
State. But MIR, Calhoun regards this bill! as con-
Summaing this connection in its very worst FORM
To use his own language, in his speech as reported
by the Globe he believed that the passage Of the bill
was an entire surrender of the cause. He would
go fnrther--u was a rGtr0grade Increment and would
leave the cause in a worse condition than il was
SO far from divorce from the banks and return
to the constitutional currency-the BILL as ii stood
would virtually restore the depoSite bank system
again, with some features more Objectionable than it
formerly possessed, which he would now proceed 10
show" " He for one, could not agree TO terminate
all those mighty efforts at this and the extra session.
by returning TO complete and perfect reunion arfM
The bank IN hhs tc0ra and most dangerous firm He
would not belle all that he had said and done, by
voting Tor the bill as 1t now stood amended and TO
terminate that which was so gloriously begun, in so
miserable farce" Yet this bill the Administration
men, in the Senate voted for, and by their votes
solely, il was passed Do we understand "A Union
Man that It is for this bill that Mr.. Legare is to
vote? Is this the bill which our Legislature sane
toned Is Mr. Legare bound TO follow Martin Van
Buren, or John G. Calhoun Which is to be mas
ter, when they thus widely dfferl How is Mr. Lee
care TO serve both2 And which do The people of
Charleston district follow Mr. Legare is certainly
in dilemma. Ii he votes with the administration
he bstrays Mr. Calhoun's constituents and violates
the expressed will OF the Legislature. II he votes
with Mr.. Calhoun, he falls under the ban of the ad-
minlsraion IL is now clearly understood that when
Mr.. Calhoun and Mr. Van Buren, agree, there can
be no doubt as to the opinion of the people Of South
Caroina-but when Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Van Bu-
rem differ, what is conscientious representative to
do lis he not bound to wait for instructions from
the peoplef We wish 10 know of a Union Man,
whether there is an administration party in South
Carolina, against the will of Mr.. Calhoun, above
and beyond his authority and control? And we
would wish to be informed which of the two he
thinks the paramount authority To use his pbo
sophlcal and comprehensive phrase-is Mr. Van
Buren, right because he agrees with Mr. Calhoun,
or Mr.. Calhoun fright because he agrees with Mr.
Van Buren2 An answer to these queries would
materially assist MIR. Legare in making up his OPT
Mon, as TO his duty, in the present nncture. Bu it
would be charity in Union Man TO enlighen him
on these nice pointS-as the people have not yet, in
any way, demonstrated their wishes in the matter
But Mr. Legare will do his duty and trust TO his con-
suents for generous appreciation of his course,
,.. CONSTITUENT. .
The Globe is laborng most earnestly to persuade
the people that the Bank of the United States is in
solvent and we suppose il has succeeded in some in
Siances Mr. WIinhl's bill Cor sellinr The hanLs nc