The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-09-15

slve period Of this history an enchanting rose-oo-
lorea iutuny has been spread out before the people
Peelaiy IN regard TO the great concerns of revenue
finance ana currency But these colors have faded
.ue OBJECT has been approached. Prospects Of
abundant revenue have resulted in the necessity Of
borrowings the brilliant hopes Of better currency
emu IN general arrangement sagnation and distress
and while the whole country il reused 10 an IN
pe'edented excitement by the pressure of the times
every state paper from the cabinet al Washington
comes forth fraught with congratulations on thai
happy state of things which the wise policy of the
administration is alleged to have brought about
Judged by the tone Of these papers, every present
movement OF the people is quite unreasonable and
al attempts at change only many ungrateiul re-
turns Tor the wise and successful administration OF
public affairs
There is yet another subject of complaint TO which
we feel bound TO advert by our generation for the IL
ustious dead by our respect oI truth by love for
tue hohor OF our country, and by our own wounded
pride as American citizens We feel that the conn
Try has been dlshonored and desire to free our
selves from all imputaon of in the para
ciuai act ne late President, In communication
Congress, more than nmates that some of the eari-
es ana most important measures Of Washington adj
mlnistration were the offspring of personal motives
ana private Interests is has repeated and
extended this accusation and given to it, we are com
PEELED TO say, greater degree o. ofensveness and
grossness. No man with an American heart in his
bosom can endure this without feeling the deepest hu-
irritation as well as the most burning scorn The fame
OF Washington, and his immediate associates, is of
the richest treasures Of the country His is that
which an American may with pride in every part
Of the world and which, wherever uttered is shouted
TO the skies by the voices OF all tue lovers Of human
liberty lmputations which assail his measures so
rudely while they are ahomlnable violations Of the
truth OF history are an insult to the country and
offence against the moral sentiments of civilized man
kind.
Miserable, miserable indeed must be that cause
which cannot support its party Predomnance its ruin
Gus schemes and senseless experiments without thus
attempting to poison the fountains of truth and to
corrupt, even In It's very cradle. Our hearts would
sink within us If we believed that such efforts could
succeed but they must be inpotent. Neither the
cent, nor the present President, born to cast
shade on the character of Washington his associ-
ates. The destiny OF both has been rather illus
trae by contrast that wisdom and those virtues which
they have not initiated, and TO hur blows which the
aifectionae veneraon of American citizens, and the
general justice of the civilized world will render harm
less to Others and powerful only in their reco upon
themselves. lfthis language be strong also is that
feeling of Indignation which has suggested il; and on
an occasion like this, we could not leave this conse
Grated spot without the consciousness Of having omit
ted an indispensable duty, had not thus given u
terance to the fulness of hearts, and marked with
severest rebuke, and most thorough Reproduction
and scorn abored effort TO fix deep and enduring
stain on the early history of the government.
Finally, on this spot the fame of which began with
of these mutitudes OF the whole country and Of the
world, we declare conscientious convictions that
the present administration has proved itself incapable
Of conducting the public affairs of the nation in such
manner shall preserve the constitution, maintain
the public liberty, and secure general prosperity We
declare with the utmost sincerity that believe its
main purpose TO have been to continue its power
influence and popularity that to this end il has aban
doned Indispensable but highly responsible duties;
that il has tred with the great concerns Of finance
and currency that it has used the reprehensble
means for influencing public opinion that it has
counenanced the application of public money to party
purposes that It seeks to consolidate and strengthen
party hy every form Of public patronage that il abor
ousy seeks to conceal the truth from the people on
subjects of great interest that it has shown itself To
he selfish in its ends and corrupt in its means and
that if it should be able to maintain itself it power
through another term there is the imminent dan
ger that it will plunge the country in still farther diff
Guilty. bring still greater disorder and Distress and
undermine at the foundations of the public pros
perity and the institutions of the country
Men thus false to their professions, false to
the principles of the Constitution false the interests
of the people, and false to the highest honor Of their
country, unfit to be the rulers Of this republic.
The people Of the United States have right to
good government They have a right to an honest
and faithful exercise of all the powers of the cons
tntion understood and pracsed in the best days of
the republic, for the general good They have an in
aienabe right to all the blessings of that liberty which
their fathers achieved and all the benefits Of that union
And standing here, this day, with the memory Of
those fathers fresh hearts and with the fields
of their glory and the monuments of their fame full
in our view with Bunker Hill beneath u.s. and Con
cord, and Lexington and Dorchester Heights, and
Faneuil Hall, all around us,-we here, as a part of
the pc pe pledge ourselves to each other and to the
country, to spare lawful and honorable efforts to
vindicate and maintain these rights, and TO
from the high places of the nation who have thus
condemned and violated them.
And we earnestly and solemnly invoke all good
men and true patriots throughout the Union forego-
ing all considerations OF party and forgetting all dis
tincton of state section to rally more
fathers did in IS against the common oppressors Of
country, and to unite with in restoring our
glorious constitution to its true interpretation its prac
teal administration, and its Just supremacy.
In such cause, principles every thing; indi-
vduals nothing Yet We cannot forget that we have
worthy, honest capable candidates for the offices
from which we hope to remove the present incum-
bents
Those who desire a change, throughout the whole
country, have agreed with extraordinary unanimty to
support Gen William II Harrison for the office of
President We believe him to he an honest and faith
tu citizen who has served his country successfully in
divers civil trusts and believe him veteran sol
der, whose honor and bravery cannot be questioned
We give him our unhesitatng confidence and in
that confidence shall support him and the distin
guished citizen of Virginia. who has been nominated
for the Vice Presidency, with all hearts, through
the present contest convinced by their election the
true spirit of the constitution will be restored the
prosperity of the people revived the stability of
free institutions reassured and the blessings of union
and liberty secured 10 ourselves and posterty.
LOCO FoCO FRAUDS IN ILLINOIS,
A very intelligent friend lef Charlottesville some