The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-04-03


.Yd weakening the Independence and hd,lty vi The
VI the S,stes sud the people I.st us
care how va do any hing require then ~
feat obselnious and deierrnlisi sub,nssiou the
yeca,ise VIII. the only passport q, popular fssof
We believe that. under the circumstances u ale case
The refusal III Virgins 10 sustain Mr. Rlves his pre-
sent position would go Err very Ear. 10 ifusa such
spirit amongst the representatives VI the people The
State of Virginia has ever exered powerful moral IN
ur,ce Ia the administration Of tho ssiss of The &C.
neral Governments u has been her boast that she
adhered 10 certain great principles and sustained her
public men long they faithful 10 those prin
cples. nss, ffon, what quarter they assaled.
4 he ine has never been ben, IA The patriotic and
rio4ie language Of Mr. Rives. she did expect her
20 remen'rr "Lat they had country
10 serre reh as Parfy 10 obsy"
II Was, believe, frun conviction that the great
principle Of representative fidelity ami M
depen dence spont being cloyen down, aud that
s.rvi,e s,n Of Underwriting acquiescenee in the opn-
iona aud wishes Of party leaders, would he fosered by
Mr. Ryes 10 TALL victim 10 the furious and
vindctiye resentment Of scess psriisans. that IN
duced many IL the most influential members Of the
Wing party IL the Legislature 10 prefer his election TO
that vi any man in the Commonwealth. u was the
same persuasion gheued by the disclosures OF the
feelings Of peculiar zeal aud anxiety exhbied by the
Sub-ireasury Democrats, 10 defeat him. and even 10
prefer any one (Whg or Tory) TO him. ha, finally
conciled Amos, the entire body Of the Wing party to
unite with Us in endesvorpg 10 re-elect MIR Rlves
Win the course OF the Uapiueut u tnat pbty WHO
refused to ca. operate With the Of their brethren,
and thus prevented his rcelecton have nothing to
do. We shall not impnte TO them the respoa-
sb,iiiy Of defeating the election. however justified we
might be by portion Of tina, squad. who with remark
able modesy, have made similar charge on the Con.
servatives. ~5ta9
The support thus given by the Wing party % Mr.,
Rves. ahords honorable testimony that many OF them
willing to forego party triumph ~ the sup
port OF SO important principle ss Sena'srisi inosPe1
dence. And why should we or Mr. Rises have airy re-
pngnance TO such aid from the Wings For ourselves,
our Willingness 10 derive support hoas any
quarter in checking the extrsysgsnt and pernfious
measures Of any party restraining It's excesses pre-
venting the abuses which Il may run n'o and pfserv
ing the ancient and approved principles OF the Republic
can party from being overwhelmed by the wild sprit Of
rank and the mad projects Of radcasn aud
agrarianism.
And who are these Wings that there is contami Ia
tion in their support aud assistancel They are on
feliow-cilizens comprising nearly oDe-halt OF the
population OF the Stale and embracing full prupor-
ton Of its virtue, intelligence and patriotism. II Is
true, that they like their rival contemporaries, the
Demoracis, have in their ranks members OF every
variety OF complexion, from the rankest Nu'lther
and ultra States Rights men, down TO The most uni
form and consistent Consolidationsis. Ifevery man
obsnately refuse support for public Office
only those who agreed with him in everv npinion II
is obvious that no public man ever could be elected
and M popular Government ever could exist We
principle involved in the reelection OF Mr.. Rives
which appealed with irresistible force TO these
Wings who had been accustomed TO denonnce the
administration party for its proScriptive spirit and
for The ind and submissive devo m II was charged
with exacling from its members. Besides, the issue
really was b.iw en- Mr.. Rives and Subtreasury
Democrat, and il is amazing how any Wing, really
sincere IN his professions Of opposition 10 the fnan-
c,a schemes OF the Executive, Gould hesitate 70 sus
tain the most Jealous, the most able, and the most
efficient opponent Of that system Indeed, believe
that there is but moiety of the "Forlorn Hope Of
fourteen who are opposed TO the Snb-treasury prin-
eipls. ~
The great body Of the Whig parry, therefore, as
well as the Conservatives, had sufficient and mani
fest reasons Of rublic duty and obvious considera-
lions Of high political principle, 10 unite them IN
| sustaining The election Of Mr.. Rives. We think
every true patriot, every real Republican, in Ct as
well as in name, had presented 10 hi the
gent reasons for dong so. The inputalion, there
| fore, OF coalition between the Wings and the
Conservative Republicans i as rid culous as il Is
known 10 be false 10 fact. We wot'ed and courted
| no panty We m de no stipulations. We entered
into no arrangements or 'itical combinations. We
| sought for no pledges oil snppDrt either from Sub
treasury men o. Wigs. We presented our candi-
da'e as he was, an independent, manly devoted and
able representative ofhe principles Of the State and
then actually doing batlle in their deirc, with the
chiva,ous spirit and gallant barring which became
| a Virginia Sen 'or. We called upon every Virgil
MAN, no IN e' nat might be his party, or what
UdQ D'en MS tfe
ancen; and prond character Of his Slate-as he che
IRISH I'd the venerable uSages OF his ahceslors-as he
desired 10 preserve the institutions Of the country
from destructive innovaol-as he wished 10 con-
troll and restrain the encroachments OF Execu i've
supremacy over popular will as he respected The
Cons rrative principles Of Senatorial freedom and
Representative fidelity, to rally to the standard Of
orr viriuons, eloquent and indrpe ldent Senator,
WIN. c. Rives.
Many, very many, with noble and patriotic alac-
nitIt IN ftar T. sc ,ap var iv half
because the sentiments and feelings of The people OF
Virginia were not truly reflected in the Legislature
thai there were not more who had ears 10 hear the
call and voices to answer it.
To you, fellow-ciZens, the appeal must now be
made We have too much abiding confidence in
the steady adherence 10 principle, and the noble
spirit OF freedom, which aniinaes the people OF the
Old Dominion, to have the least apprehension as to
The manner in which the appeal will be answered.
The recollection Is too recent of the generous en-
thnsiasm with which you came TO the rescue, and
restored TO the councils of the country this dstIn-
guished citizen, OF whose genius, eloquence and
virtue yon are SO Justly proud, 10 permit The least
fear that you will abandon him. On that occasion,
ne was driven from your service because ne was
MAINTAINING, as You thought, your principles ana
faithfully representing Your wishes. Noic, the proofs
are positive and irresistible that he is standing upon
the ancient and approved principles Of the Republic
cans OF Virginia, guarding the public domain from
priigate waste, endeavorng to rescue the Treasury
from the control OF the Executive, and place il uuder
the dominion of he law. Detecting and exposing
the first approaches towards merelricious and
Illicit intercourse between the administration and
the Bank Of the United States, and endeavoring to
restrie. Executive patronage, and prevent the cor
rupng tendencies of its improper exercise, and in
word, fearlessly sustaining all those measures and
principles which, under the administrations Of JEFF
ferson and Madison, constituted the cardinal doc
trines Of the republican creed you be expected
10 discard him from your service, TO place IN his
stead some complaisant supporter Of The adminiara
0n who will perchance aid in fastening the odious
Sublreasury upon the countrywide will leave the
public money in the hands of the subordinaes of the
Treasury and will see millions Of il lost by fraud
and pecnlaton, permitted by the gross and culpabe
neglect or Incompetence of the heads OF the Trea-
surv and lis bureaus, with calm composnre and I'M
rufHed devotion to the Executive. Whatever may
have been and still may be your predictions Tor the