The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-09-29
To his Erceilency, MARTIN VAN buren,,

President Of the United States
The fortuitous appelation of Magician" gave you
credit for sagacty in discerning the political signs
of the times" which you appear about to forfeit
1t could not surprise those acquainted with the tn
forage Of your God Father, Aaron Burr, that his
youthful protege developed such Machiayelian pro
pensites earned him in manhood the designation of
the Great Magician" which, ultimately, sober
cond thought Of the people sunk into that Of e the
Litae Magician"
Believing you have gloried in these titles
ferring something of aristocracy which separated
you from the vulgar herd Of honest, plain dealing and
therefore, according to your ethics men,
would advise you that, in all things human, your
" glory has had period Of growth, maturity, and
decline
Surrounded you are by imbecile partisans and
parasites, you may not readily realize the symptoms
Of deterioration yet the voice of indignant nation
every where assembling in unparalleled Of
countless thousands must have shaken your most OBJ
durae self-complacency, Charitable it might be
to perrni, you to remain till the g ldes of March" in
this happy mood there are still higher obligations of
mercy, which urge me to you that your friends
not on bed Of roses.
These the ballot box is daily annhilating Few,
indeed Of the party" survive the dose you have pre-
scribed for them Their sufferngs intolerabe,
and cry aloud for relief"
Ike "whirlwnd' Of nations wrath is raging from
Maine TO louisiana you hope to allay it by
paper pellets Of intermnablc prevarcaton, or by
purring petty schemes
Nor will the you have sent forth find for you
Extra Globe on which to rest your ark in safety,
albeit he will not bide the battle storm, the wreck
" But will desert the ship and make the shore
When the winds whistle and the tempest roar"
1t is attribute of charity to multitude of
sins, exert then this virtue to the party" by
calling it's hounds of from killing chase and falso
scent vlndictlve traduction Of your opponent
Confess your know ledge of military affairs is ex-
tremcly limited" and therefore decline dispute the
glory of his and your countrys battles Concede to
him the virtues he may claim and PROVE if you can,
that you have more
Learn wisdom from his advice" turn your eye TO
the Government" No longer protect useless de-
defence of papable and fragrant abuses but your
energies to remedy them, Let not the Augean sta
BILE deter you 1t is a work of your own creating.
To the victors belong the spoils" will be found, I'M
der your practice, to have made neither honest po
clans faithful stewards of the people, That this
principle of your creed has been the deiul source of
every i'll, the condition Of your Departments will
fully attest Try your partisan office holders by the
Jefersonian rule Is he honest-is he capable g. and
do, did Thomas Jefferson in lS06-9, reform the
unworthy and incompetent in the last days of your
Administration, that an unenyable task may not be-
ungenerously imposed your successor-and tina,
you may punish those who have virtually ruined you
by neglect OF the peoples trusts though these be-
all noninay your friends but really friends Of
the "spoils"
Claim, then, the merit Of honest impulses, under
conviction of error committed and atoncd for,
to the best Of your ability, late, though better than
never
Above all however, spare the reputation Of your
"illustrous predecessors Hasten TO calm his pas.
sions-tcach him resignation to the will Of the peo-
plea due regard TO the dignity Of his years and Of
an ex President ofthe United States
No longer suffer the character of your dead and dy-
ing friends to be galvanized by your tools OF party
ruthessy 10 sustain fictitious issue of untirinp
hate TO noble opponent not now in the field
Bending, then, with that grace for which you have
been heretofore noted you may, with tnrdy laureIs
make your congo to the will of the people and bid the
world good night TEPEMMA,