The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-28
A WORD MORE ABOUT REMOVALS.


The President and his Cabinet having re-
solved to stand or fall by the measures of the
Administration, they have very naturally incur
red the unappeasable, merciless, and eternal
hatred of the ultra politicians of both parties.
The grand problem to be solved is, whether a
majority of the citizens composing these parties
will follow their respective leaders, or unite in
sustaining the measures of the Administration
measures, which reason and experience must
convince all honest and rejecting men to be sal
utarY, proper, and indispensable at such juno
ture as the present, to extrcate the country from
its embanassments.
Something must be done, or the patient will
die. This is granted by both parties. Yet the
doctors on one side Of the bed say they will do
nothing, because the body was not wholly given
up to them. Something must be done speedily.
This is the cry coming to the Capitol from ev-
cry section of the country. Yet the doctors on
the other side say that. iIiasmuch as they were
not called in first they will do nothing, if their
brothers opposite do not peacefully resign the pa
tent to their care And this the latter of course
will not consent to do; bitter words, reproaches
and recrimnations ensue; and thus war is
kept up over the body of the poor languishing
country by the very men who should unite in
their efforts to produce a cure for the evils
affecting it.
What will the People say? What are they
saying? But words are not heeded-ACTs, prompt
and decided, can alone terminate the ignoble
strife But we forget the immediate object of
this article.
In relation to appointments by the President
we believe it is universally admitted that all
the agents of the Government should be, at
least, friendly to the existence and legitimate
operations of the Government. Were it other
wise, were Tories and Royalists intrusted with
the reins of Government, the Republic would
doubtless soon cease to exist. 1t will readily be
admitted by all that were either of the extremes
of parties, led on by either set of the doctors au-
ded above, to obtain control ofpublc affairs, that
the whole system would soon be changed. This
they avow. They demand total change Of
policy and they must change it themselves
The question which occurs then is, which is
rIght--the constitutional authorities selected
expressly to prescribe for the diseases of the
body polite, or the greedy, unconsconable batch
of apothecaries standing round eager TO pocket
all the fees and profits themselves? If the for
mer are right, the latter must be wrong. If the
latter had their own way, then the existing pol
| lev Of those in power would be abandoned, sub
verted, repudiated. 1t therefore follows as a
corollary that the mere creatures of the will of
these false doctors, who have been insinuated
into the bedroom by them as bribed nurses,
should be superseded by those who are truly
anxious for the speedy recovery of the patient
under the care and prescription of the regular
ply ician. And this is demanded the more i'm
perously in consequence of the rude ejectment
of several honest attendants that had been sent
in to labor peacefully with them.
But to drop the figure entirely. 1t is taken
for granted that the Republican Administration
can never expect any mercy from either the
Clay Wings or the Loco Focos, and that the
offices of the Government are in great meas
ure in possession of the partisans of the leaders
of these factions. We argue, thence, that
inasmuch as the moderate Wings and Demo
Gratis love their country more than party, and
both very generally approve the measures OF
the Administration they will not be likely &c
sympathize much with the utras when the day
of their demolition arrives. And we doubt moi
there are quite enough moderate Wings and
moderate Democrats in the country to fill al
the offices that may be vacated by the remova
of Loco Focos and Clay Wings.
H. L.. ell, nVp
would be favoraby responded to by the country
The ultra leaders would doubtless growl, ant