The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-13
Ffom ihs Richmond WhiL.
THE CHIEF MAGIsTRATE-APA RTIZAN.

| Our recollection Dies not furnish us with in
stance Of The Chief M gisirate Of The Union ibin-
doDirg the dutiess0f his station 10 har5ngae Tro-
| n,scuouscrowd up The every day topics Of mere
| partlzan ine est We think We haz ri netting n
asserting, that The annals # The country present no
instance Of such official degradation, until the re-
cent eleclioneeriag iour of Mr.. Van Buren,. For
him IL was lrii 10 proclaim himself no longer The
Chief Magistrate OF the Republic hpi The itadst OF
faction -ihe head oi part, and no II the rhste.
Such an avuwa in the better days al The Rep bhcs
by The highest funetionary in lie G,iyeir M ~,
| would We shocked and alarmed The public sentf-
inrnt of The county. II would have been Insliy r.
n ed OF evil aug Try Ia the pei CO, haTp hess and
| p osprriy oi the people. u was then nedrffd,
that one man at leas IN the C3nfrderecy, sh' uii
hold himself alopi from patty, ubirfiueh,ed by Us
mafdtning Passions, prepared To hLh win Q sitsdy
md the scales 81 justice, and 10 devote The hish
powers, with which lie was invested br the "hoIe
people, 10 The adv ncement Of the common good.
Thu the Chief Magistrate OF the Republic should
pcclpy this elevated p,tslli 'n-tla he should he
onr, whom all, wht.ver nigh, be their political
views, might look wi rtct assurances for street
justice, the impair ial Iepr sentative o The WHOLE
has, since The ionndaisn Of our Government, been
the prevailing sentiment Of the American People
Thai h. shout tin, bear himself, has been cotsi.
dered high and s-ered rust incident 10 bis elevated
Stallion.
MI. Van Buren, IN his speech of III nks to his
" Democratic i-llowri Gems vi New York. publish
Ell m the hig OF Yesterday and in The country
mr. s>ion Of ioday,) in acknowledging hitnse NE
he. Il OF ctioD VI ld this high tiu>i, ind III
vests himself of the m ,St BILE character III
which he could BE- contemplated, tn OF the tenfer,
kind and waIchfui guardian and protector OF ai he
Interests ot ~ his ieiiow-ciliZens rs heart y leo
small his views too contracted his oTiRion> 100
lied AID intVierant u admit within The circle 81
his atf-c ions any por ion oi his How ezphs, who
Ia sub critr Ia the same poliie:l ithtts uith
himself All Others, embracing majority ni his
coIntrymen are put under the ban, anu ii2idy ex-
| c II led from the pale of his paiein"l s,lici tide
they are >tigmiliz d hy him, who, asa man, owes
| hem at le i some tile gratitude, and u ~ bc
tn cona,v, il not his pro'ret'on, Il tnst iobeaf-
ance a Ills 're!t,bl in, ions by him they Ire
tet ed As ne.Dies 10 their country ard lis insitu-
on, and held up 10 the and detestattn 81 The
world. He The Chi | Magistrate Of the Rel utAir,
| III. R"p'es. NATIVE Of The whoe, is he optn and
| aVowed leader ui palt--;he exciu.ive friend oi a
p,ftinn and the deian.r and enrlny Of The res,
c IN y uing majority Of his cnuniTyneE! Inc
b re >iatrmef oi the proposition Is enough to cxcite
| the ahhurrehcs ut every Weli-regulattd bosom.
/ Ia Nr. Van Buren, was a pitliZ n IfesidsIt-
that he did mol rpprecdIe the Lish sud sacred obi
cations oi his station, but regarded himself as oc-
Guy NJ The position OF a Captain OF BIZ. cancers,
mas long been evinced to the i.factun II his up
pnnens, by the proscripive Course al his Admin
| ,,traun. Many honest men, however, hestaied 10
iiere. They sill thou. hi II impo>s. Bile though
the proof was ssr,ng that one j. his hi II pi-ce,
c ull be lo>i 10 him eft tie dignity Of his sta
ton anc the We Esre OF the country, as 10 prefer
ing the President Of pcyty Father thar the Pre-
>idrn Of a sation. But has deciarotioRs y II
rem we doub,s and force eonvcti9h on tGe minds
OF all.