The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-14

decoy Which none could suspect States Right
man Of the very slrctest sect taken from the ranA
Of private life, 10 which uneompromslng oeNoeioh 70
his principles had consigned hun and paraded on lhe
ticket with General Harrison in proof Of his sincerity
and that Of his friends. What pledge DAD you giee
What opinion did you renounce What assuiahee
did you offer that your known prineiPles shoulu ny
stand IN the way Of the views OF TINS W nie PAiH
None whatever Bot had there been indeed an un
derstanding between you and this domineering "ms
party, that, after permitting your name 70 DC us'u
catch our votes you then 10 make you'sei
mere tool in their hands for the accompaniment o.
their grand plan Of consolidation AMI Inc fe-es'a.
ishment of all the denominations Of lr2-i along WIN
the Bankrupl law Of l7aS had tins been 50, no"
would YOU have stood in the estimation Of honorable
men } Had We, in consequence, renowned YOU re
preached you-spurned you who would have been
the traitors YOU or wei And who Is the traitor now
You - or they who would seduce you from the pm
epes under which YOU were elected and your hdelity
them no suffered with you for those principles IN
the days OF the Tariff, which these men established
and IN the days of the Proclamation which they dared
not oppose hat faith sacred as that you owe
who have stood with YOU, shoulder 10 shoulder
in those days Of prescription and terror who Then de-
Tended their principles unawed by power, and now,
uncouuPed by success, refuse 10 betray them
In the history OF human lmpudencei | have net
with nothing like the conduc, Of these They
dig the pt and fall into IT, They set the trap and
catch their fingers and then they cry out that
are traitors because do not extrcate them and
put ourselves In their place.
\ on President Of The Inttea States by the act
Of the people add the authority Of the Constitution
and YOU are to permit yourself to be treated n an IN
ruder because you also the cki.f II faefton
which calls itself the Wing party and TO- surrender
your power into the hands OF him who claims that
august distinction But what did We hear from these
people the other day Was ii not their rord, " that
the President should be President Of the United
States and no, the President Of partyl And,
we're YOU indeed the chosen chief OF the Uhig party,
would no, that character be lost in the duties Of your
office Would il be enough for YOU TO know that a
given measure was the choice Of majority OF the
Hing partyHh Must sou pay no regard to the fact
that the opponents OF the measure IN that and other
parties were great majority Of the peDpe Of thS Int
ted Siattsl La adopting 1t. would you act as Pres'-
dent u the United States, the tool u fae't9N'
Could any pledge tacit or express, bind you 10 this
Has General Harrison no friend indicate his
memory against those who say that he gave such
pledges When, aud to whom, were they gwen !
We then ieckoned portion OF the w Ing party
Were zee privy To theml Did We hear OF them last
year when the voice Of his advocates was heard from
every hill, and from every valley And are We
To be told that such pledges were implied and I'M
ders,ood Where is the proofs We are referred to
the constitution Of the Cabinet By appointing Mr..
Webster, General Harrison pledged himself 10 Mr
Webster principles By accepting the appointment,
Mr. Webster pledged himself 10 General Harrison :
principles. BY retaining Mr. Webster in office, you
pledge yourself to the same principles But what
principles Oh the principles OF the Hht2 pdrtp oil
course, by which 10 understand code Of con-
stitutlonal law which General HdrriS0n disar0lred,
which yon have always tought against, and which
Mr. Webster seems content 10 waive
No, sir; there were no such pledges The only
pledges TO put down the Sub Treasury to re
trench extfayagance-to reform abuses-and 10 purge
away corruption These pledges were given by all,
understood by all and are binding on all. They bind
YOU sir, and they bind you 10 nothing more strongly
than ~ frown this worst abuse OF the late Admi-
nistrati"nthe sacrifice Of the public good to hePur
possscf faction and the discipline u pqrty
In another letter, will beg leave 10 show you how
much your opportunity Of making your station homo
rabe and useful is enhanced by the very circum-
stances which in the eyes of some, degrade you q
the rank Of puppet to gbber and squeak the man
behind the curtain pulls the wires.
A STATES RIGHT MAN.