The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-06-12
From the Troy Morning. Mail.
RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON.

The Northern man with Southern principles"
il seems, is 10 spend the summer solstice al Sara
toga Springs. We do not wonder that the Albany
Argus should feel some Anxiety about the reception
he will receive among u.s. A man who has SO sig
nally abused The confidence and belied the character
of the citizens of the Empire State, is very likely
10 be met with cuffs than kisses II will REQUIRE
higher power Of persuasion than The life pension
pf the Stale paper possesses to induce the people
10 fawn upon viper that they have nourished in
their bosoms until It's fangs have Sung them 10 the
heart.
Let the Argus, with its hundred eyes, look for
moment among the diversified classes Of society,
and see il il can find any which Justly owes Van
Buren, respect or reverence.
He has scoffrd at the embarrassment Of our mer
chants, and Frustrated the business Of our manuiac-
iurers.
He has illuminated those connected with our
banking institutions, by charging them with the
fouest frauds, and endeavoring to bring up n them
the sweeping curse OF general bankruptcy law.
For nearly two years his disastrous measures
dried up the springs of honest industry, and brought
starvation into the homes Of the laboring poor.
He paralysed The vigorous arm of the mechanic,
and struck down the hopes OF those who were about
commencing an enterprising and useful career.
He has filed the pockets OF the Insurer with mo-
ney wrung The necessities of The honest debtor
. He has openly charged, in a solemn message 10
the Congress ol the United States-a libel which
will be handed down 10 future generations-more
than hundred thousand electors Of his native slate
with bribery and corruption in their exercise Of the
right Of suffrage-an offence which, ii committed,
would have subjected them to incarceration among
the felons in our State prisons. ....
He has insulted the feelings of the religious por
tion of the community, by receiving foreign nfdels,
male and female into confidence and favor.
He has alarmed The fears, and disturbed the re-
pose Of men Of property, by the countenance he has
extended to the worst species OF agrarianism, and
BY appointing to Office the leaders and instigaors OF
the most disgraceiuI and destructive riots.
His whole administration has been wicked and
malignant crusade upon the rights OF the people, and
the prosperity OF the north.
He has robbed this State through the influence he
has exerted upon the Albany Regency, of the bene-
fits of representation in the Senate of the nation,
by defeating the re-appointment OF the Hon. N. P.
Tamadge.
He has squandered, through the prodigality and
extravaganza OF his administration that portion OF
the surplus revenue TO which this State was entitled,
and which, if appropriated it should have been,
would have educated every poor mans child in The
State of New York
And is it for acts like these that his serve tools
would have the people rush forth with congratula-
tins at his approach and scatter flowers around the
footsteps of the intriguing traitorl Does respect
for the station Of chief magistrate" require this
humiliation from the freemen of the north No, il
never Can be So-it never tniH be So Honor heaped
upon the undeserving, is the deepest injury TO the
worthy and the virtuous. Let "the favorite son"
come home and pass to his heartless revels and pc.
tical inlrgues at the Springs in silent and scornu
neglect. Let the eyes vi those whom he had inso-
ently injured and basely betrayed be averted from
bis housing tread. Enough will be left 10 do hon.
age al the footStoo, and shout hosannas in praise Of
the princey demagogue. Power never yet lacked
parasites 10 surround it-or the patrieSt idol, wor-
shippers at its shrine. The time for THE 10
rcOicc at The return Of the President has not yet come
In lS4l every honest heart in the land will join in
any demonstration OF JOY which the Argus may pro-
pose 10 offer upon the arrival Of MARTIN Van buren,
al Kinderhook