The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-02-02
THE MADISONIAN.
WHO Is THE REPUBLICAN I

| 1t having been intimated in the Virginia papers,
that HI. ST. G. Tucker, Esq, President of the Court
of Appeals is to be the candidate for the Senator
ship, of that party in the State Legislature, which
claims to be the Republican" party in opposition
| to the present incumbent we have had the Curl
osy to look back into the history of these two dis
tnguished gentlemen, for the purpose of determin-
ing, if 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, MADISON and
| MONROE. We have done this for our own satisfac-
ton, and the instruction of friends, disclaiming
any intention of interfering in the appropriate bust
ness of the politicians at Richmond.
| During the session of Congress of 1Sl6-l7 "a
bill to set apart the Bank bonus &c, 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-
nounced his VETO on It, which will be found in our
columns to-day
On the lst day Of December, 1917, in his first
Message to Congress, President Monroe formally
gave his adhesion to the doctrine of Mr. Madison's
ueto and declared "tha the result Of the most de-
liberae investigation, settled conviction in his
mind, that Congress does not possess the right to-
establish system of internal improvements"
This part Of the Presidents Message was referred
to committee, of which III. ST. g. Tucker, Esq, of
Va, was Chairman. On the 18th Of December,
1877 Mr.. Tucker made an elaborate report To faror
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. 1t viii be observed, on reference to
the report which we also publish to-day, that Mr.
Tucker reported a resolution 10 constitute funt for
internal Improvements, and reiterated the precise
ground taken in Mr. Calhoun's bill.
When this subject came up again in Congress in
1924 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 as unconstitutional and fol-
lowing out the doctrines Of MADISON and MONROE
This was Mr. RwEs 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 repubsh them as a valuable index, which illus
trate on this subject at 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