The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-28
Correspondence of the Madisonian.

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Mr.. THOMAS ALLEN
SlR-Although, personally, stranger to YOU am
not to the principles whic the editor of the Madi-
sonian, you have put forth TO the country. make no
apology for addressing you these lines because if you
deem them worthy of publication, you will do So if
not, not The strange course which large portion
of the Wing press, and the Wing members of Con-
gress are pursuing, calls in my opinion loudly upon
every man. however humble he may be- who par,ici-
pated in that glorious revolution which brought Gen
Harrison and John Tyler into power, TO come forth
to the world and proclaim that such course is not
only improper, but contrary to every pledge we made
to the people before the election What it that
brought about such unanmity prevailed in favor of
Gen. Harrison and Mr.. Tyler2 Was it that Mi.
Van Buren, and his party opposed to a National
Bank, and Harrison and Tyler IN favor of it No.
if that had been the case neither Harrison or Tyler
would have been nominated at Harrisburg. If that
had been the the " National Convention" would
have issued address to the people of the United
States and placed the issue on that ground If that
had been the case it would not have been denied by
Mr.. Badger in North Carolina Mr.. Ewing in Ohio,
Mr.. Rises in Virginia, Mr.. Tallmadge in New York.
and by various other persons in various places. If
that had been the case, Gen. Harrison would not
ha We denied Gas he did) that he the Bank Can
didate, and written long letter to show that he was
not committed in favor of Bank. If that had been
the case, the necessity of Bank would have been as
serted by Gen Harrison and his friends and not have
been left to the future to prove whether it was SO or
not. If that had beer the case Mr. CLAY would so
have asserted in his speech at --' in Virginia
during the canvass, instead of saying that whether
the regulation of the currency and exchanges was to
be effected through the agencies Of sound State Banks
or Bank of the United States, matter for the
consideration of the Wings after they got into
power"
No, sir, such not the question that aroused the
people from Maine to Georgia. and from the Atlantic
to the Far West" 1t from strong belief that
the liberties of the country in danger; that the
then dominant party Il speak of the eaders) were po-
liticay corrupt; that they connved at, and covered
fraud and corruption; that they using the public
money to corrupt the elective franchise that they de-
rded and scohed at the will of tho people that they
were, in fact seeking with the aid ofthe Subtreasury
and large standing army, to overthrow one repubi-
can system and erect in its stead a desposm of the
most odious character. These were the causes that
put down the late and put up the present administr-
ton and they were ofsuch enormy as to bring tope-
Their the North, the South the East the West the Bank
men and the anti Bank men, the Tariff men and the
anti I AriG men, the State Rights" men, and the Ii
beral constructonists; all united, and made common
Cause against the enemies of the country. Look nj
the Inaugural Address of Gen Harrison, delivered in
the presence of thousands Of his countrymen did he
say one word about United States Bank not one !;
and yet it boldly asserted the floor of Congress
and by thousand presses, that Bank was the main
question upon which the great battle was fought Had
such been the Gen. Harrison would surely have
said something about Bank in his Inaugural Address
But Mr.. Bolts to know more since (the cleo
on) than every body else TO what was the govern
ing principle in the election. Now, during the cam
vas4 Mr.. Bolts was very busy, with others in send
ing documents over the country, (many of which |
received and circulated myself) and in not one of
them, to my knowledge Bank mentioned
They consisted of the military history of Gen. Harr-
son, the extravagant expenditures of the late adm
nstration, and an exposition Of the plan to create a
Standing Army" the g Hooe case" &c. | re-
ceved and circulated, during the canvass, as many
political documents, doubt not as any man in Mis-
souri, and not one Of them TO my certain knowledge
treated the subject of a Bank. The speech of John
Campbell, of Virginia, on the odiousness and danger
Of the Sub-treasury" was widely circulated, as was
also the course Of Mr.. Van Buren, in the New York
convention. The first main object of our party was
to save the country by putting down the then ADM
nisraon; the second, TO prescribe prescription the
third, to curail ravagance in public expenditures
the next to repeal the Sub-treasury All other great
questions were to be settled upon principles of COM