The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-09
xrsrA, April 81, 1910

,,,,e upon your notice the con
ne'' anu ,rr;ye. contained in the al
1910, van may call il, but none 'hc "'' -
earnest for that aa hand.
s.,,a,v citizens, from your earliest manhood
IN his day and what return are you now making
for all their many iavorsf Whai return nave S"'
r.rm.de but a cold and selfish regard for your own
interests even where il has been necessary to
,he dearest riphts-lhe blood bought rghts-oi Amer
can citizens You have attempted to rob arg' Po'
ZION of them Of the right Of suhrage-the op's s''
guaranty for the possession OF their hpe'''e
went further-you were opposed 10 pio"'
sailors, and were willing TO see them 'ah'' !,
service by Great Britain whenever she "a" -
ON, Offering that kind Of opposition "hi'n ''o"'
caleulated TO put an end 10 such an i'''is'
;h, md now as a closing scene 70 yo"'
Ne, ..r,vsm Won are urging upon them, IN direct
:,; "a their thrice clearly expressed Will a
-l.,xo ,yb;cb Won and il not you, every patriotic
49,. Lno,y 10 be a sure foundation on which 10
LII ~ government of the PEW and Of the most
oppressive KIND az j.,
The country is already otterng 10 the ''- '"'
interests of the farmer the mechanic ana Tue h''i
chant are shaken and PROSTATE but sun you "'se'
with pertinacity and selfshness entirely uhequaie'
in the annals of our government, a measure WIN" "
,,,a,sa alone N advance as YOU fondy believe, the
;,,oros,s os vour marty. Notwithstanding the people
have in every stage OF your proceedings spohe" WIN
the voice of freeinen--spokcn IN tones Whieh wenf
"deep, not loud'-in opposition to your caring
scheme How cold must be that heart, ana how cool
and ;celike that head, that can continue to cherish
and advocate measure when the blindest can see
that nothing but evils and dangers are attendant
,xyhen the blindest can that the dearest rights
Of the people will be trodden under foot and their IL
berties subyerted in case of its But you are
swayed entirely by partylsm not one thought, hm-
" believe ever entered your mind which partook IN
the slightest degree of love of country your sole
aim from the day YOU first set foot in office lin your
native State Of New York has been to advance your
own interest regardless completely of the better feel
inps of il man, which, if they had had sway in your
BOSOM would have led you TO sacrifice pocket for
country But selfshness is very apt in its graspings,
10 ovcrstcp the bounds Of caution and he who is led
BY it. to be caught in the he had laid for Others
Such is the fate destined for you; and long the
words Of the poet may be addressed you with equal
force and truth.
Low lies the proud
And smten by the weapons of the poor,
The blacksmiihs hammer and the woodlands axe
His tale is told-and for tina, he rich
And robbie the poor-and for that he was strong
And scourged the weak-and for that he made
laws
Which turned the sweat Of abor's brow to blood
For these, his sins, the nation casts him OUT
You have staked your political prospects on that
darling measure the Sub Treasury scheme, and with
the fall of that you fall 10 rise more; and
as the month of November arrives, just so sure are
You and your wedrillcd army of office holders doom
ed to an overwhelming deieat-doomed to be sent
back TO that retirement from which you never should
and never would have come, had the people known
you and them well as they do
1t has been an invariable rule of your admnistra-
ton to appoint to Office such men would
Bow the supple hinges of the knee,
That thrift might follow fawning;p
and the inquiry was never made" is he honest, is
he capable, is he faithful TO the Constitution Y but
his paryism and subserviency to the will of yourself
were sufficient recommendations The effects of tina,
favortsm visible in every part ofthe country and
in every department of the Government Every
where be seen lack of ability, if not lack
ability, | must give it hasher name-a lack of even
common honesty We have your Secretary o
the Treasury begging of one, whom he should hav,
commanded, to be honest and make full return o
his official doincs-and we have seen that same ma
retained in office for twelve month after he was
known to be defauer solely on the ground that he
influential friend Of your Administration
Was that sacrificing SELF for country; would ask
Was that being faithful to the Constitution Z" Blu
that is not the only instance where rascal has beer
retained in Office after he was known TO be such
merely because he, like many others believed that hi
chances for acting the rascal without being punished
were greater under your administration than under
shall say an honest mans rule Rascal after ras.
cal has eloped with the public treasure until the Go
vernment has been reduced to the lowest ebb and
compelled to issue shinpiasters to kcepits wheels il,
motion The currency of the country has been de-
ranged by the unmany course of your administration
and all for the benefit of party and SELF And to add
insult to injury you calmly tell the people when re
monstrating with you, that they = look for too much
from the Government ] would beg leave to ask
you Tor what purpose government was instituted
had imagined IT to be for the benefit of the Governed
but, by your theory it would appear that the only
purpose is to benefit those who govern regardless 81
the People 1t is only carrying out the idea which
you propagated in your message, that we are 10 look
TO the dcspotisms of Europe for safe and sure me
thod of keeping the public treasurethat in this en-.
ightened age, the rotten and corrupt monarchies Of
that portion of the globe furnish the faircst samples
by which we can guide affairs of. Government =
But the PEOPLE will show you that they differ very
widely with you in their estimate of the correctness
Of your textbooks
DO you recollcct, sir the case of the old soldier from
New York State, (Oswego county, believe VII,
applied for pension some time since. and was r.
fused although he had the fullest evidence Of N,
justice Of his caim-and who afterwards on,,;oa ;,