The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-06-29

| "hViO appears were Inaut " VIC RieJu"'sSe
OF the poor against the rich-of The debtor
against the creditor, and Of the worthless
agrarian against the rights OF property. Inc
salaries OF Office were taxed Tor eleciioneer'
ing funds, and the ofiiceholders ana eAPec-
tants OF office. were required TO pay IN eiec-
pioneering the price OF their APPOINTMENTS
The Post Office Department with It's i2'ooo
Offices and tremendous patronage, was brought
by the subtle demagogue who controls u, as
far as practicable into direct subserviency TO
the partisan purposes OF the Executive. Inc
! Government contracts, and especially those
which have a seductive power over the press
Of the most comprehensive character, which
retain scores Of newspapers in all points OF
The Union in devoted feally to the source OF
patronage, were made TO exert an influence
in favor Of the Executive, scarcely apprecla-
BILE in its extent Adhesion 10 the Execu-
tive party. right or wrong, was proclaimed
the touchstone OF :. Democracy" and refer
ring to that, with perfect blindness TO all
other considerations, the most dlreful threat
enings were impended over the refractory,
and the most a!luring promises were sml.
upon the faithful. The Executive claimed TO
exercise overthe parry by which he was ele-
waited, a tyranny as absolute as that 10 which
the subjects Of Pacha are subjected. No
person. no press, protesting TO be friendly 10
| the administration, was permitted 10 express
with impunity any opinion differing from the
| Executive The moment the mind OF a man
employed itself in free thoughts, or the out
ward conduct exhibitad an independent de-
termination to stand by tbs interests of the
country without reference to party, that mo-
ment was the signal for his accommodation,
by bull as formal as any that ever consigned
an hereto to the flames. Daring and extra
ordinary, if not alarming. as this systematic
array of immense federal ppwer and official
prerogalive-when thus brought into conflict
with the freedom Of popular eleciions--might
have seemed in the youthful days Of the Con-
siitution, when every American heart from
Plymouth Rock to the remotest confines OF
the savage frontier, would have thrnbbed
/ with unanimous indignation al The first dawn
ings of such an attempt on the part Of one OF
the servants of The people. yet there were to
be found degenerate persons enough IN our
times to give il, by their counlenance and
support, fair prospects Of accomplishing its
purposes. When we superadd 70 these inn
perlal Prerosatlves, the extraordinary endra-
vors OF the Executive 10 consolidate in his
own person many of the powers of the
Judiciary. and of Congress, and his virtual
and illegal assumption Of the custody and con-
troll of the public money. we have Swallowed
forth the outlines Of the bold, crafty and pow
erful policy, not to say the almost Callahan
conspiracy, with which the administration
went into the elections.
1t is not now our purpose to analyze par
liculary the amount Of their achievements, as
they have been successfully exhibited at the
ballot boxes. The vast machinery, set in
motion by the Executive. did not accomplish
all that was expected by the party attached to
posed. In New YoRK, State upon which
the Executive most confidently relied, his par
ty machinery was broken 10 atoms, and
voice of reproach and Of decided condemnation,
came booming TO his ears louder and more
dreadful than "the mighty cataract which
thunders on her western borders" She with
drew from the support Of the administration,
one-third OF her representation in Congress,
and exhibited in her popular vote, a difference
against Mr.. Van Buren,, compared with the
Presidential vote of 1886. of about 45,OOO;'
a revolution unparalleled in our political his
tory. The people Of GEORGIA Displayed
tone not more fa,tering to the claims of the
Executive. They could neither be seduced
nor terrified into his splendid schemes Of
power They withdrew from his support,
eight of their nine representatives, and re-
turned for the Goth Congress, all entire oppo-
sition delegation. This was another empha.
tic reproach from an indignant people. An
other, not less decided, was sent up, by the
sagacious and vigilant people Of CoNNEcTI-
CUT. Ordering their entire Van Buren, dele
| cation into retirement they called forth to
war, six good men and true, armed against
the evil designs of an ambitious Executive,
and his rapacious followers. MAssAcHu-
SETS, the ancient Arrow Head, who was
The earliest to enjoy and the first to defend
Republican liberty, and who never ninched in
the hour Of blood, met the claims of the Exc
culive with the indignant remonstrance she
gave to the British stamps and tea taxes,
and sent back her usual quota Of the sons of
liberty to stand by the faith Of their fathers
LOUISIANA and ILLINOIS, jointly. Withdrew
two supporters of Van Burenism from Con-
gress, and returned good friends Of the Con-
stitution and The country. The Jersey
Blues also claim the victory over the frauds
and appliances, seen and unseen. which the
monocrats brought to bear against the liberties
of New JERSEY. In MAINE, New HAMP-
SHIRE, PENNSYLVANIA, SourH CAROLINA,
ARKANSAS, MICHIGAN and Missouri, the
administration retained its old positions, with
some variations, through the singular long
suffering and forbearance Of their people, and
the operation of local causes The evil
dence Is, however, not very potential, that
the people of South Carolina, Arkansas, and
! Michigan, are particularly attached to the
present Executive. We expec: to see Mchi-
gan, at least, among the opposition States,
by the next election. The administration
gained one Congressional representative in
VERMONT, by means .of uniting lis patronage
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