The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-21

-, - ''NW tuc tCpOIt vi Tic 0cCTetdfy, anu Ills
own endorsement; and attempts to get up an
issue about his approval of all the details of
the system. This will not answer The
"Magician's" secret machinery is exposed. 1t
is all laid bare.
MONARCHICAL VIEWS OF A FEDERAL
LOCO-FOCO PRESIDENT AND HIS PAR
TISANS
"A letter, bearing the signature Of GENERAL JACK
SON, and addressed to the Committee of Invitation for
Federal Loco-foco Celebration Of the National An
niversary at Miledgeyille, Georgia, has been going
the rounds Of the papers, and, are happy to say
has called from the Independent journals of the coun
try that strong and reprobation which its ma
ny hereses of doctrine its general bad taste in point
Of matter and manner and particularly its antirepub
can hostility to the manifest will and decision of the
majority of the people calculated to excite From
first to last it does credit either the arriter or the
signer and make this distinction under perfect
conviction, which every acquainted with General
Jackson will feel that he did not compose the letter in
question. He has, however descended from the quiet
dignity which all Of his ruest friends would desire to
see him maintaining in private, after his long and
traordinary public career, to aix his name to this
most reprehensiblc production and give all the a,-
thoriy and weight which that name may be supposed
able to carry with it, The letter. whether the genu-
inc offspring Of General Jackson only fathered by
him for the noncs affords and striking illustra-
ton Of the doctrines and practices of the pow
er;-and that account we desire TO direct the par
ticular attention of our readers to it,
All the powers Of legislation says this remark
able letter. will at once be absorbed by that body
(CoNGREss y Against such doctrines it is our duty
to contend as the fathers Of the Republican Church
have done before us relying upon the justice Of our
cause, and never doubling the power of truth"
We have, several times, said that the history Of the
past session furnished the abundant justification
to every friend Of his country and every nelli
gent supporter ofthe Constitution for giving the most
steady constant and active resistance to the men in
power. It may perhaps, be wearying readers with
the repetition of thrice told taleyet we will en-
counter that hazard for the purpose Of mpressing
deeply upon them that the doctrine Of the present y
nasty which "the party" in both branches of the
National Legislature abored most sedulousy to es-
tablsh, and maintain, and carry out in practice on
every occasion, from the first Monday in December
last TO the twenty first of July is that Congress al
ready has too much strength, and the power of the
representatives of PEOPLE ought 10 be diminished
and that THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT OUGHT TO RE
INCREASED
This is neither nor less than the old doctrine
of the advocates Of prerogative in all ages The high
tories in England defend their principles and policy
the very same grounds. Their fear is, that al! the
powers of the State would be absorbed by the peoples
representatives, if they should relax for moment
their endeayors to strengthen the power and add to
the splendor of the crown. They contend, just as
our Federal Locofocos do that more is To- be appre-
hended from faction, violence, and ignorance among
the people and their representatives than from any
crease Of influence or authority to the Executive
The same notion was ndustriously promulgated by
the more ultra Of the Old Federalsts" But our
modern Federal Loco-focos have gone several bars
length beyond them in another respect for the latter
look upon nothing in the whole system of our Govern
ment and in all the arrangements connected with the
distribution of its powers, half pregnant with
danger as the authority it secures TO THE PEOPLE
They are constantly throwing out the idea that the
people ought to have security for their justice
and reason against their power and that this security
is to be provided only by swelling the influence Of the
President Just if no trust to be placed in the
people themselves and every trust be given to
a single serrant of the people!
All these anti-repubIican and arrogant notions ofthe
Executive and his party will be put down by the i'm
peratve decision of the public voice expressed une
quivocally at the polls.