The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-28
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.

lei of the entire Clay press. Every mail brings
us the annotaiions of these learned and unPre-
JUDGED commentators upon the courtesy OF OFF,
cal life Each, in turn, seems to be horrihed
at the amazing audacity of the Chief Magis-
trate, in ventunng 10 express general opinion
as TO what ought, or ought not, TO be the course
pursued by thos who in virtue OF their office,
are to be considered the representatives OF the
People Each goes off in most excrucatng
spasms, al the enormity of Mr.. Tyler's offence,
in presuming to intimate that these Aforesaid
representatives should pay some little regard to
their legitimate powers and duties. Each fumes
his hour at the moral treason Of the Presld mt,
in opening his lips, even in mild, courteous
terms in his own defence
All this, however, is very natural on the part
Of those who regard nothing as perfect except
the idol they have themselves set up, and be-
fore which they are resolved every knee shall
BEND under pain of their sovereign and over
whelmng dspeasure. In the intensity and
blindnes of their zeal, they seem entirely to
have overlooked the important fact that the Pre-
sident may have rights well as Congress;
and Utmost in terms INSIST when rudely and te-
rociously smItten on one cheek, he shall mildly
ami calmly, in all the spirit of meek endurance,
present the other TO the buffetngs of those who
have, for purposes best known to themselves,
constituted themselves his prosecutors and
judges, and who app rently have little regard
for the prophecies Of life Of official station,
whenever their anger animosity prompts
them to assail one who, equally with them
4 III.
the management of the public affairs These
partisan editors, indeed seem to think that
when rudey thrust to the wall by those who
without reason, have assumed belligerent at
Jude towards a coordinate branch of the Gov
ernment, the President shall not presume to
repel tho &c who thu, madly and unwarrantably
assail hm-that though lifted and contume
ously treated, on all occasions, by a rockies,
cabal-his motives impeac ed, and his actions
wfuy misconstrued- rank injustice being
made to tread, as il were, upon the heels of
gross Misrepresentation, touching his every
movement in the rightful discharge of his high
trust--h shall be denied the privilege which Is
awarded even to the meanest maleiacor, OF
vndca,ing himself before the country-of turn
ing back upon his maligners and assailants the
current Of obloquy and reproach with which
they have sought TO overwhelm him. Strange,
indeed, are the rules Of official courtesy which
are thus promulgated! Most exquistely i'm
partial in all tn r requirements But let not
their originatofs be astonisaed however, should
there be found one or more, who are not dis
posed to yield Implicit OBJ 'dience to their code.
But, one thing we thank these men for
They are not so wholly unjust to keep back
the letter which has 50 greatly excited their ire,
and upon which they wantonly comment
The foil to their rude TRUST is thus ever inter
posed to ward tn m off. 1t will be hatd to per
suale their readers, that the President has
grievously snned in penniny that epistle, when
the epstte itself is before them. 1t will b. hard
to cover upit truth and Justice, in the smoke Of
the general cannonade which they keep up
against it. For once faction has countermIned
itself With that letter-mild yet cogant--in
their hands, we repeat il, ii will be herculcan
task to convince an intelligent and candid
People that if wrong ha, been dol,, the Pfesi-
dent alone Is the wrong-doer. That il the in
tetests of the country have been neglected, the
immediate representatives the People are en-
trev fauless That if all has not been done
that could or should have been done, there was
no one to cast stumbling blocks in the way
except the Executive. That if the burdens
that press the industry Of the country in the
dust, and cripple the energies offs cltlzens, have
not been rem we'd, or at least ightened, the
cause is to be sought for in the bureau OF the
chief officer, rather than in the halls of legisa-
ton and the purieus Of the caucus-room. For.
tunate, indeed, has it been for the President,
that, throughout the Liberal contes which has
been waged against him, though the very
ioodgates OF ruthless persecution seem to have
been let loose upon him, simple and unostenta
tous Justice has ever stood in the way to check
their mad career-that though the cloud.
Of Misrepresentation and detraction may, for a
season, have spread thick darkness around the
mighty arm Of truth is fast rolling away these
tremendous obstacles TO the clear view of The
People, and thrusting them back into the
gloomy and noxious recesses whence they ema
mated 1t is not now in the power of party
madness long to enthral the senses OF the who'll
community. Past experience has made thu
People wary. They will fathom for themselve
the depth Of all partisan projects and PROPOSE
tons that may be presented to them. The Ups
dirit of party is no longer supreme law wit
them Content, then, may all friends OF tn
President be-content they are-that his lette
should be spread before the whole country
that it should be sent to.every dwelling through
out the and-that it should find its way int
every hamlet, cottage or log cabin, where MAJ
be found simple republican of the old school t