The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-01-31
WHO Is THE REPUBLICAN

~ having been intimated In the Virginia papers,
'na' H. OF. q, TueKEa, Esq, President Of The Court
u Appeals, IS to be the candidate for the Senator
SNIP OF mat party in The State Legislature, which
Claims 10 be The Republican" party, in opposition
10 tne present incumbent, we have had the curl
osi'y 70 look back into the history of these two dis
lnguished gentlemen, for the purpose Of determin-
ing u possible, by comparison and contrast, and by
recurrence to ancient tests and principles which OF
the two Is the disciple OF the true faith as il was es
tablished in the days Of JEFFERSON, MApsos and
MONROE. We have done this for our own satisfae-
ZION, and the instruction of friends discaiming
any intention Of interfering in the appropriate bust
ness of the politicians at Richmond.
During the session of Congress Of ISl6-I7 "a
bill to set apart the Bank bonus, &c, as permanent
fund for internal improvements" was brought for
wardby Mr.. CALHOUN, and passed both Houses of
Congress
On the Sd of March 1917, Mr.. MADISON pro-
nonnced his VETO II, which will be found in our
columns to-day. ...
On The lst day of December 1917, in his first
Message 10 Congress, President Monroe formally
gave his adhesion TO the doctrine of Mr. Madson's
reo, and declared "ihat the result Of the most de-
iberate investigation wasa settled conviction in his
establish system Of internal improvements"
This part of the Presidents Message was referred
% committee, Of which H. ST. g. Tucker, Esq. of
va, was Chairman. On the 18th Of December
ioii, Mr.. Tucker made an elaborate report in favor
OF The constitutional power Of Congress to construct
roads and canals &c. and IN direct opposition 10 the
views previously declared by Presidents Madison
and Monroe. II will be observed on reference to
the report which we also publish to-day that Mr.
Tucker reported resolution TO constitute fun for
internal improvements and reiterated the precise
ground taken in Mr. Calhouns bill
When this subject came up again in Congress in
1874 Mr. RivEs, then for the first time Representa-
tive in the National Assembly, made speech against
The whole scheme of Internal Improvements by
the General Government unconstitutional and fol-
lowing out the doctrines Of MADISON and MONROE
This was Mr. RvEs' first effort in Congress- 10 which
he may recur with pride and pleasure, whether in
reference to its ability or its principles TO which he
has consistently adhered
We have collected these three documents together,
and republsh them as a valuable index, which illus
trate, on this subject least the relative claims of
those gentlemen to the character and support of Re-
publicans.
We may also add, that we have discovered that
Mr. TUCKER, in 1916, made a speech and voted
against the proposition to reduce the capital of the
Bank of the United States, and afterwards voted for
the Bank itself
II is worthy OF being considered that the RepuJli-
can party have deemed Internal Improvements by
the General Government and Bank OF the United
States as both unconstitutional, and both which Mr.
RIvEs has always consistently opposed.