The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-15

the purpose oil making GEAR ana unequipo-
cal disclaimer of any necessary connection be-
tween il and the momentous political questions
that agtated the country. With what face is IT,,
then, that these gentlemen now come forward,
and assert that BANK was "Whig princi-
pile ?" when it was known to every one who
knew any thing of the sentiments OF that hon.
est patriot, that General Harrison himself was
opposed TO such an institution, however willing
he might be to sanction any action on the part
of the Representatives OF the People, having IN
view the creation of such an organ2 That there
was a large portion of the Uhig party proper
in favor of Bank, is readily admitted, but that
the Harrison party made it test question, is
fallacy, as reference to facts will incontestloly
prove.
We will now prove that if the President Is
without party or, in other words, if there be
no regularly organized political sect on which
the Government bestows its patronage, Mr.
Clay and his personal adherents and they
alone are the authors of the mischief, if mis-
chief it be. When he assumed the duties OF
President, Mr.. Tyler ayowed, in the most
prompt and open manner, his intention to carry
out the policy designated by his ilustrious pre-
decessor, so far as might be done, consistently
with his conscientious convictions Of right
With this declaration staring them IN the face
sustained by the subsequent sanction OF the
President, without reference to his individual
sentiments, OF every measure passed by Con
gress, at its extra session, except the bill Tor
chartering Bank, Mr.. Clay and the authors
of the celebrated Protest, have not hesitated to
proclaim an uncompromising warfare against
him and his measures, and have gone so far as
to glory in applying to him every degrading cpl
tibet which disappointed ambition could suggest.
In taking this most unpreceden ed and inglo-
rious course, what have these gentlemen done,
with regard to those who sent them here2 They
talk Of indicating their influence with co-or-
dinate branch of the Government which they
have v6ed and insulted in the most unmea-
sured terms-do they suppose that men who
will so far forget the respect due to their exalted
station, can long possess influence with the par
ty so insulted, or any one else2 Can thty be
so blinded as to imagine that recommendations
coming from source so prolific in obloquy and
SO vauntingly and unsparingly lnimlcal, will not
be tainted by the spirit whence they emanate
and induce the conviction on the part OF the Elk
ecutive, that, in respecting them, he would
be giving sanction to his own dishonor OF
what materials do these gentlemen suppose the
President to be made, when they say in the
same breath, "Sir, we believe you to be 1oedk;
we believe you to be Facilitating, we believe
you to be.faithless; and we therefore wish you
10 appoint TO Office those who entertain the
same opinion of you, or we wish you to respect
and receive with favor the wishes of persons
who despise you and thereby tell the nation
that you think they are right" Public trusts,
forsooth, are to be conferred on the very indi-
vlduals whose interest and whose inclination it
is to bring into discredit the Adminstra-
lion which has "no party" and must therefore
stand or fall by the goodness of its measures or
the integrity of its purposes. Such expecta-
tons may be consistent with the notions Of
these wiseacres, but is, most assuredly, at vari-
ance with the dictates of every thing like ma
ture and common sense.
The President "HAs NO PARTY" nor does he
desireto hare one, if, by the phrase it be meant
to designate the union of political managers,
who would sacrifice all. even the honor of the
country, and our security and prosperity as a
nation, for the sake of Bank, which they
must know does not meet the sanction of the
American people. With such party, the Pre-
sident feels honored in disclaiming all connec-
ton or sympathy and throws himself fearlessly
and confidently on the PEOPLE for support.
IT. when the gentlemen of whom we have been
discoursing 60 home to their constituents, and
are asked why it is that they have been shorn
of their influence with coordinate branch of
the Government, they may tell them that they
treated that branch with coptumely and con-
probability they will be, what their personal
feelings and prejudces have to do with the
popular will, and whether they had right, as
Legislative Representatives. OF the People, to
cast dishonor, So far as it was in their power to
do so, on the Executive Representatives. of
swer the question. Possibly they may tell
their constituents that they wanted Bank, and
Mr.. Tyler would not have one, or they wished
the President of the United States to lend him
self as a plant tool to insure the election Of
I" Harry of the West" to the Presidential chair
three years hence, and he would not do it. 1t
may be that men who have struggled honestly,
faithfully, and CALAMITY in behalf of genuine
Wing principles will ask why they and their
friends are to be deprived of the benefits that
usually enure to successful partisans, and they
may tell them that, instead of cherishing friend
ly relations with those who exercise the appoint
ing power, they treated them with every sort Of
contonnt and thorefnrn lost oil Influence IL