The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-11
zaa, o,yoCRAIIC REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
c,ouNEss OF THE ADMINIsTRA-
'h lion INSULTS TO THE PEOPLE.

all oroan of the Government puo'isheu an
r. u which tbesides the usual quantity OF
b,ckneyed terms OF appreciation fof me 'ia'h
IDS ~ the Executive. and OF eXecrauons ior
their opponents the party were ielic''a'eu W
having s.cIosed all the important business 81 'he
.oss,on - greater insult was never offered to
rho neopIe from the by authority" journal, than
u his rejoicing paragraph The President, IN Ell
tect tells The people that their business Is mol I'M
oortant. All the measures really important
N the view OF The Chief Magistrate and his re-
,ainers are those which pertain 10 hun and them.
To dsfranchse a sovereign State-to manuiac-
n,re five pretenders and representatives merely
for party purposes-to give Judgment III '"en
case without examining, reading, or even near
INC particle OF the testimony Ito surrender 10
The President the entire control over me puoiic
monevs in direct violation Of the constitution,
ana IN contemptuous disregard OF the iundamen-
tai principle of all free governments which re-
tains the purse in the exclusive possession ana
disposal of the people or their immediate repre-
sentatiyes-to enlarge UNNECESSARILY Executive
favor and patronage, by making new offices
which are to be filed with his favorltes de-
pendants and creatures, and by increasing the
salaries attached 10 the old ones which will be
employed as the brides and rewards of partisan
services-to give to the President the discre-
ton Of Withholding MILLIONS OF DOLLARS from
The public works, and Of using them as he may
think ft-thuS placing in his hands a coRRup-
TIoN FUND, TO be employed for electoneering
purposes, without responsibility, and in defiance
Of the sentiments, wishes, and determinations
Of every honest and true-hearted citizen
These are the things which Mr.. Van Buren, and
his pensloned organ call ''important'-Nay, "aH
the important business of the session. All else
IS Of no consequence What cares the ever sell
hsh political adyenturer, al the head of the Go
yernment, for the loss Of all the measures de-
signed peculiarly to benefit the people Not
brass tarthng He is not of them. Seated on
one Of his tabourets, surrounded by all the luxu-
~ and splendor Of palace, he coldly says the
community look for too much Government
must take care of ITSELF The Governments
business has been done-The people must take
care Of themselves-their business is Of no I'M
portance 10 Government" This strain is caught
up by the sycophantic tribe around him and is
repeated, in every variety of phrase, by the
Official organs IN every quarter, from the rugged
mountains of the North 10 the teemine valleys
Of the South
The bills for paying their Just dues to the
nOmberless private claimants-to poor decrepid
WIDOWS Of Revolutionary soldiers who had
gwen their time, their energies, and poured out
their blood IN defence Of the country-to some
old soldiers themselves who only asked, after
long and unrecompensed services, that their path
might be smoothed TO the grave-pensioners--
pioneers, with claims for land, established be-
yond all dlspute-an numberless other indi-
Yduas, asking not for bounty, nor Tor the gene
fosity OF Government which ought to be pa
'ernal, but for bare, cold, reluctant, and already
long delayed justice. These bills were defeat
edb The Federal I.oco-iocos: They were for the
PEOPLE not the ADMINISTRATION. OF course,
lhey could not be regarded as part Of the " i'm
portaM business Of the session!
The same view was taken Of all The bill.. -
sentlal 70 the convenience and prosperity Of the
People Of the District Of Columbia and Of the
Territories OF the United States The peonle
III those places had no votes to bestow N no
presidential election and, II they had. i was
well known that they would be gwen a,a,ns,
MARTIN VAN buren,, The business in which
population so refractory was interested m,<t
necessarily be not important" So i was 10
e'aFeq oy me President and his underngs-and
the majority IN Congress acted accord;,or,,
' ~ Important measures for the Territories
"nu 'hiS District, Were defeated The same
'''' oeiei every measure, bill, or resolution which
"l'sll' contribute IN any degree 10 the wel-beinp
Il 'ne Ieople and vet, when the FIRST SESSION
~ IWENfY-slNTH CONGRESS is closed, with
- passage OF one measure calculated to
'"''h'e me glory of the nation, the happiness
y 'llc people, OF the true dignity and honor of
rs Recommendations, from the beginning to
w. eng 81 session Of eight months, nothing
- we whole history is exhibited but increased
loWef, and privilege for the Administration and
"e uso PATTON servhty, and entirely unprinci
Pieu conduct by which that increased no,yor : nd
privilege were arogated-when iron, a., :
'as', me RIGHTS OF THE PEopLr have been ram
Pcd upon, their interests disregarded ,he,r !;
oertes invaded, and measures Of corruntion ~
Eranny established, we are 10 b. told ,b,, n
w. important business for which Conrros.
assembled was ciosed'
"'caIl upon the People to mark this l.hauob,y
"aoehee. OF their seyrapts-but ,rouj5 :,
""'lrrs The history of the last session alone
"''f'S abundant reasons to every honest man
w. ''ng'e-hear'ed patriot, for opposing the
'lSNtN, who have gained the highest places
"y' ana g The more remarkable passages
!" Nlal history, we VIII hereafter invite a.,