The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-01-01
= rur REpuBLIcANs OF THE UNITED
~ STATES.

yesn ,hs nnblication of the MADsosiAN. Dur
,his eyrntiul period We have been ensasea IN q
severe conflict interesting anu s;ncs ;ss oreani
Kepuohel rh. cause. and our course, have attached
Eailon. ~ Interests which will not permit us to re-
tire as we contemplaieu 49,. .h.. 4, L.. -
PanssSaTv In Justice TO ourseif and the public,
con,e Lac our course for the future.
10 lha'. nsu remembered that the MADIsoMAN was
ah;shsd in the conviction that the great character
and interests Of the country as wei as .ne success Of
.i me- Naional Government Born in the Republic
% ish and nurtured in Republican doctrines, we
@ desirous of seeing the leading principles Of the
arty 10 which we were attached preserved ana car
Prad out not only in theory, but in practice. We
nedged ourself TO sustain the principles and doc
PINES Of the Republican party, as deineated by Mr..
M.n,os and came here in good faith to support the
present administration upon fss gr'netpies race SO
- ~ pIsdges 5s tchieh that elections secured
w. have. throughout strictly adhered TO those prin
.inIes Had the Executive of this nation done the
same; had he received in the spirit IN which II was
oaered the advice of his best ifiendsn r-'inu-
spce Of this paper would not have btZIEse 4 1sgy,
NOR should we have beheld the distracted Gu "a
which he Is governed, or have seen the dir
and defeated party by which he is surrounded.
No Chief Magistrate, since the days of Washing
ton ever came that high station under more favor
able auspices than Mr. Van Buren,. A combination
II az circumstances which seldom transpire, clearly
indicated the wa5 to the affections of the people, and
gave him the power to have disarmed opposition by
The very measures which would have established his
popularity. But ill-omened and evil counsels pre-
h vailed, and the hopes OF that political millennium
\ which many Republicans cherished as the fulfiment
1 oftheir creed were disappointed and postponed.
whilst the MAplsoNIAN and its friends were en-
1eavorng TO restore the prosperity of the country,
the Executive and his advisers were urging forward
measures directly calculated to destroy ito keep
the country convulsed and PROSTATE measures,
subversive of the principles of Republican govern
ment and tending to the establishment of an unmt-
tigated despotism. Accompanied as they were by a
war upon the CREDIT SYSTEM Of the country and an
unusual spirit Of intolerance, denunciation and
prescription, justice could no, have required nor
honesty expected any support from consistent Repub-
cans. In that spirit Of independence and love Of
freedom which characterized the founders of our
institutions we resisted these nefarious attempts 10
deprecate and destroy them, with the best of our
ability. The same spirit which prompted us to do
this finds justification in supporting the men who
made II necessary.
II is an incontrovertbletru that every prominent
act of this administration has been an open, une-
auivocal violation of every principle and profession
upon which Mr.. Van Buren, was elevated to the
Chief Magistracy by the people.
In his uphoding the specie circular, which made
determinations unauthorized by law, and which
had been twice condemned BY Congress;
In his recommending the Sub Treasury scheme,
contemplating union of the purse and the sword
and the subveTsion of the entire practice OF the go
vernmen and still persisting in it. notwithstanding
il has been fsar times condemned by the Represen-
tatiyes Of the people;
In his Recommendation Of Bankrupt Law to be
passed by Congress, applicable only to corporations,
SO that this government should possess an absolute
control over all the State institutions and be able to
crush them all, at pleasure; and taking all urisdic-
ton them from the hands of the State tribunals
In his breaking faith with the States, by recon-
mendng repeal Of the distribution law;
In his repeated recommendations Of the issue of
Trans nDfac n Sup he nj pf legs
recurring thus to the exploded and runous practice
OF deprecated government paper money, for circu-
ating medium; thus exercising a power derived
and repudiated BY the best Republican authorities
In his attempt to establish Treasury Bank with
an irredeemabe paper-money circulation;
In his effort to overthrow the State Bank Deposite
system, established by President Jackson, and take
the public moneys into his actual custody and con-
troll;
In his attempt to divorce the government from the
interests and sympathies Of the people;
In his attempt to create multitude of new Off
ces, and to send swarms Of officers TO harrass our
people, and eat out their substance !"
In his attempt to stake away our charters abolish
our most valuable laws, and alter fundamentally, the
powers Of our governments" a%.. .....
In his display of sectional Partially;
In his cold indifference to the interests and wants
of the people during period of extreme suffering;
In his attempt to throw discredit upon and even
tually to crush the State banks through the revenue
sumption of specie payments; ...
In permitting the patronage of his office TO come
in conflict with the freedom of elections;
In his open contempt of the will of the people as
expressed through the ballot box;
In his attempt to cram obnoxious measures down
the throats Of dissenting brethren by means unbecom
ing magnanimOus Chief Magistrate
In his refusal to acquiesce in the decisions of the
majority; and
In the despotic attempt of his partisans in the o.
S Senate, on the I'd July, inst. to seise the public
treasure, by abolishng all law for its custody and
safe keeping.
He has abandoned the principles by which he came
into power and consequently, the duty which they
prescribed and he has SO obstinatey persevered in
his erroneous course as to preclude all reasonable
hope of his retracing it.
And finally to this long catalogue Of grievances,
We may add, what may be considered minor of
fence but certainly very obnoxious one, that con-
trary to all preconceved opinions of his character,
Mr.. Van Buren, has rendered himself the most
inaccessible both 10 friends and adversaries of all the
Chief Magistrates that ever filled his station
And from all these considerations, TO what conclu-
sion can the nation come, but that their Chief Magis-
trate Is either wanting in integrity, or wanting in
capacity?
We need not say that we expected different thing
of public servant bound by his sacred pledges, to
regard the national will as the supreme law Of the
Republic. That blind infatualion which has needed
not this rule of the American people, must and
ought to meet its reward and sink in indiscrmnate
and everlasting overthrow.
The financial policy of this Administration cannot
be sustained upon any principle of necessity expe
diency, utility, practical philosophy, or sound econo-
my. its plain object the perpetuity of power and
its plain effect the destruction of the banking system,
gequire, of course, too great sacrifice from the
American people to be, for moment, tolerated
The greatdesideratum, sound, uniform, and con-
venient currency, and system that will equalize
nearly practicable the domestic exchanges is de-
manded by the practical wants of the people, and,
sooner or later in one form another, will be OBJ
tanned by them. To accomplish this end, and to
Y preserve and regulate" the credit system of the
country, which this administration has attempted TO
IMPAIR will be of the great objects for which
we feel constrained TO continue our labors.
NO Administration of this Government can pros
per, none deserve TO succeed, that is not CoNsERvA-
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