The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-06-18
MR.. VAN buren,.


he has enjoyed especial advantage from experience, He
4 !, democrat in principle and feeling-has stood by
his principles and party from boyhood without finch
inc or wayerlng and has at all times been found equal
The occasion He is the friend and political disciple
Of President Jackson and is pledged TO carry into ope
ration all the great Of reform projected by
HIM.
Let his administration speak for itself What
good could he do that he has not done Where has he
been found wanting We fcarlessly invite full and
searching scrutiny into his acts They will stand the
| most rigid test His opinions fully and frankly
explained he who runs can read them
The above paragraphs are copied from an
Address to the People Of Pennsylvania"
signed BY JOHN C. BUoHER and Others, 6 State
4 Central Committee" We propose to make them
the subject of few remarks, or rather to COM
ment upon the assertions they contain, and en-
deavor TO show that they are not founded on
I truth
"President Fan Buren is nell knoipn 10
vou air. That every man in the Union, having
the least pretenson to intelligence, knows that
such an individual as MARTIN VAN buren, is at
this time President of the United States, no one
will doubt but that either Mr.. Van Ruren or
his principles and character are "we known TO
all or to the great majority Of the people, we
utterly deny The greater portion of those who
know him by reputation, know him as :" a willy
politician" "a sly fox" 'non-committal'
man, as "the Little Magician" What more,
we tearlessly ask, do the great mass Of the peo-
pie of the United States know. Of him or his
principles? Nothing-nothing.
"He is'he free choice Of all sections of the
Union" The free choice of all sections Of the
unon Now, it is notorious fact that Mr..
Van Buren, was forced upon his party by Gen
Jackson. That he was little known and less
liked throughout the Union that he was gene
rally considered incompetent TO the duties of the
station, and that in Pennsylvania especially he
was obnoxious to his party, who had refused to
support him even for the Tice Presidency, and
gave their votes for William Wilkins. The
free choice" Of all sections of the Union !!
Why the fact is well known as any fact can be,
that had Mr.. Van Buren, been left to run upon
ms own strengthened the party been left TO
make $ free choice" and not been dictated to
by Gen. Jackson, he never would have been
thought Of for President For the truth of this,
We appeal to every man who knows any thing
Of political matters, of public men, and public
opinion, in the country.
Il calm, cool, ciear-sighted man, amplu
qQdtfed By nature and education TO discharge
he daties Of The office Of President" If Mr..
Van Buren, is amply qualified by nature and edu-
cation to discharge the duties of the Office of
President, then he is the more to be blamed that
he has not well discharged those duties On
gong out of office, Gen. Jackson said, 81 leave
'as people prosperous and happy" Are they so
now Let the silence of our workshops and
manufactures, the prostration Of trade and com
merce, the bankruptcy of our merchants and men
Of business, the distresses of our farmers, the
low price of produce, the want of employment
Of aborers, and the universal suffering, not only
among the poor, but among all classes of the
community, answer whether Mr.. Van Buren,
has well discharged the duties of the office of
President or not The state Of the country is
The best proof of the manner in which those du-
nes have been discharged by him. If he is am
ply qualified to discharge those duties well, and
has not done so, he should be removed and if,
as we believe, he is not qualified, it is time the
people selected for the station some one who is.
FMS they will do at the approaching election.
"He has enjoyed especial advantage from,
e'paimcen Then must we regret that he has
not used his " erperience" for the "ddrantoge''
OF The country But we should like to know
where and when Mr.. Van Buren, acquired so
much experience Was it while he served
aree months as Governor of New York? Was
Il while he was one year and two months Score
iary of State--when he instructed Mr.. Mel ,ane.
as Minister to England, to urge as reason WHY
the King should grant TO us as boon what we
had before demanded as a right, that another
political party had come into power in this coun-
Try We ask again, when and where did Mr.
Van Buren, acquire so much experience?
"Heis a democrat in principle and feeling!t!
Veil, this caps the climax. A democrat! Ha
IA ha! He who rides in his English coach, is
served by English servants in livery, whose
'a'Ie ls.set out with gold plate, and who uses
gofd forks and gold spoons, democrat! A
pretty democrat he, truly. If Mr.. Van Buren,
IS aemocrdt then we confess we do not know
What an dristocrat is, or where TO find one.
" Has stood by his principles and his part,,
rom boyhood, ,rithom fipchiac or ,rorerino. ;,
indeed where was MIR. Van Buren, when he
opposed Mr.. Madison, in 1912? ~Witbou,
hlnchlng or waverng." How came il that Mr.
van Buren, was so long on the "non-committol,,
fence and what but Mr. Adams's refusal n