The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-02
COMBINATION AGAINST THE PREsI-
DENT

ish Clay party on It's ruins, break down the admi-
nisiraon of John TYLER. and elect Henry Clay TO
| the Presidency From the commencement Of the ex-
ira session. these indications have been clear and
| manifest as the noon day sun Early in the session,
| I" Rumor" proclaimed that the Of Congress
were to be regulated in caucus under the auspices OF
an irresponsible dictatorship IL was afterwards mt
mated in debate, that deputation after deputaton"
had been sent to the White House, TO overase the
President The prime object Of the conspirators was
to create false issue between the President and Con-
gress. Knowing that the President had been opposed
to an unweldy National Bank, it was determined IN
secret concave to get up institution of the kind
which he could not sanction, without gross inconsis
tency. The first and second Bank bills we've framed
for this purpose. They urged through Con
gress, and presented 10 him, with the avowed expec
taton that be would refuse his sanction This being
accomplished their next object to denounce him
for refusing TO approve Of what they affected to
slider an essential of the Wing party.
The next act in the drama was for all the Heads
of Department TO resign. Five Of them, under this
malign influence, threw up their commissions in one
day. The next memorable act was, the meeting of
| minority of the Wing members of Congress, who as
sumed to speak fer the majority, and arrogated to
themselves the authority TO dictate to the whole Wing
party of the Nation. The tendency of the address
was to confound all party distinctions ARRAY the
Wing Congress against the Wing President--engen-
der strife between brethren of the political fam
ly, and resolve parties into their original clements
The main object of all these movements was, to rule
John Tyler out of the Wing party, and raise the hue
and cry against him for his destruction IT, however,
the Wing party should be dismembered the fault will
not be that of the President but Of the facous men
who have raised the standard of party revolt against
the Wing Administration and the People will hold
them responsible for the consequences.
Look at the case The President has from the
beginning, pursued straightforward course. Elect
| ed with General Harrison, and succeeding this dis
tingushed individual by of Providence, through
the forms Of the Constitution, his first official act was
to confirm in their places the Cabinet selected by his
predecessor, His next object TO appoint to Office
those who had received promises of the favor Of Pre-
sident Harrison. On the meeting of Congress- he
evInced an earnest disposition to cooperate with the
measures of the Houses far as he could consistently
with his well known views of the Constitution In
so doing, he cordially sanctioned all the measures of
Congress but one, and gave his objections to thai
measure, in the most concatory possible, so
as TO exclude all just complaints. But because he did
not think proper go the entire length with bare
majority of Congress, and sanction measure under
the spur Of dictation which he could not in his con-
science approve, the five members of the Cabinet de-
sert their posts and denounce the President Under
the same malign influence, portion of the Wing
members put forth their address, declaring uncompro
missing parzan warfare against the Wing President,
and all for the aggrandizement of Henry Clay.
Not only is this address hostile TO the President
personally but Of such revolutionary character as to
aim TO change the Constitution itself, and paralyze
the powers of the Executive branch of the Govern
ment. Its object is to abrogate the Veto power
make the Secretary of the Treasury elective by Con
gress-and change the tenure of all the Offices of the
Government Once concede these points, and the
next demand Of faction would be, to place all the
other heads Of the Executive Departments the
cy Of bare majority Of Congress, and the President
would be stripped of the last vesge of authority Nor
is this all the same dictatorship, which was estab
Ished at the Capitol at the session, TO overawe
the President would, in caucus, exercise supreme
mand over all the departments and glorious form
Of Government would be reduced from its present fair
proportions and well balanced checks to a perfect oil
garchy, controlled by caba Of ntrgues, than
of he French revolution.
1t was intended by the trainers of the Constitution
to make the President responsible for all the acts of
Executive branch of the Government. The Heads
of Department to the ears and eyes,
and hands of the President, to assist him in the null
hilarious labors of his office, while to be held
respons blc by impeachment for the faithful discharge
of his duties IL therefore eminently proper
and due to the dignity of his station, and his response
bty that he should name all his executive minis
tiers. But the factous conspirators who Issued the
Address, avow the intention to deprive him of his
constitutional right to select the agents which te
sec and hear, and speak for the President, in the
branches of his Department as Chief Magistrate. AT
ter giving the selection of his subordinate agents TO
midnight cabaI of Members Of Congress, they would
hold him responsible for the manner in which he and
they discharge their duties Can any thing be more
disorganizng destructive of the plain principles
Of Government, and more fatal to the fundamental
principles of the Constitution The free people of
this glorious Republic will never submit to such die
tation come whence it may.
While these factious are striving to strike
down the pillars of the Constit ution-change the
cient landmarks-dismember the Wing party and
destroy the Wing President they have the efirontery
to proclaim, that he has separated himself from the
party Hon has he thus separated himself La
what instancel We answer, without fear of contra
dicton that he has done this in no essential instance
| He has vetoed Bank measure. So did Mr. Madi-
SON and so did Gen Jackson, He and they had
right to do So and the two former were sustained by
the people, and the latter will be sustained Believ-
ing that these measures unconstitutional or in
eIpedent, it their duty TO negative them. After
swearing support the Consu luton, he could not sit