The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-07
"THE PRESIDENTS REsIGNATIoN.'


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sTHE PRESIDENTS RESIGNATION"
Under this caption, the Missouri Republican,
of the 10Th April, one Of Mr.. Clay's peculiar
organs laws bare the secret and the sole motive
which has actuated the Federal branch of the
Wing party in their course towards the Presi-
dent, since the commencement of the late ex-
ira session of Congress. The eves-droppngs
the tale-tclling-the "Coffee house, writings
the midnight caucuses-the exposure of Cabi-
net secrets, always sacred and involable what
ever their nature may be-and the long delays
in the passage of proper measures of relief for
the country--all, will now be understood, since
this modern oracle of corrupt creed, with an
audacity, which crime long reveed in, until the
heart is deadened to all sense of moral feeling,
and the soul has become lost to every principle
of honor integrity and justice. only can give to
man-formed as he is by his God for lofty pur-
poses, and righteous ends-has thrust aside the
curtain, and exposed to the world the altar and
It's worshippers, and their unhallowed rites.
The Republican, says:
THE PRESIDENTS RESIGNATION.
The Washington correspondent (supposed to be
the honorable Representative of the Accomac and
Northampton nations in Congress,) of the Tyler or
gan in New York, the profigate, licentous Herald,
charges the Wings in Congress with the design of
forcing his Accidency to resign his Accidencyshp,
by Withholding the means for carrying on the CO.
vernment If the Wings entertain such design,
and attempt TO carry into effect, it will prove only
an attempt; for, as TO success they will az certainly
fail as they would by granting him every thing he
No of mi honor and tender NJ
science he pretends to- Mould hare chung thus long,
1okh such tenacity he has, to situation IN aohich
he had proved himself unacceptable to those aoho had
placed him there, so unworthy as ne has prouen him
self. OF the upwards OF millen and quarter OF
voters who in an evil hour honored him with their
confidence, not thousand would now extend him
the vote of their appreciation of the course ne has
pursued. If this was made a test question to-mor-
row next week, next month, or next autumn, either
with those who voted for him. with the mass of
freemen in the United States, not one county, not
one township, not election precinct within the
whole length and breadth fhe land, would be found
to confer upon him the need OF their appreciation, oy
a majority of votes-no, not even the county OF his
nativity or of his residence And yet the new t1edg-
ed Loco Foco Representative of Northampton and
Accomac says the Wings intend to force him to re-
sign! We say the Representative from Accomac,
&C. because Mr.. Clay, in late correspondence with
him, convicted him, beyond question OF doubt of be-
ing the correspondent of the Herald. Resign When
the sky falls will catch larks and about the same
time he will resign and not before, maugre all the
Wigs do to produce that most desirable result
When he was one of the Representatives in the Uni-
ted States Senate, of Underwater Virginia, at the rate
Of eight dollars per day only he could and did, make
great shoo of cOnscientousness and dlsInterested-
ness, by resigning his seat when he ought to have
held on to it, and prevented the dsg and violation
of the Constitution, which he suffered and with his
colleague could have prevented by allowing Others
fully as conscientious himself and no less so, to
falsely the journals and violate the Constitution, by
voting for the "ExPunge" The fact is, by his subse-
quent biography satisfied that he wished the
Expunge" perpetrated but was too deeply committed
against it by words to contribute to it himself and
he permitted it by others. Since his upation for
his Administration is, de facto, usurPaton,) he has
bestowed as much bounty upon persons and presses
that opposed his election broad party grounds, as
of those which supported him--or at least since he
vetoed the Bank charters. But now, instead of but
eight dollars per day. egets sirty-eigh dollars and
tv cents, which proves to be- at least the price OF
his conscience even if less sum would not have
been accepted Congress would do WELL ifthey would
now appropriate to him the fifty thousand dollars for
his next two years and request him to resign; but
even then it is chance of he would resign then
the administration of the country would become Wing,
which it is the object and policy of himself and his
keepers prevent. The honorable correspondent OF
the N. Y Herald would nterpose his prohibition and
be obeyed.
ifs his .Accidency processes high regardo the rights Of
instruction. zoe ac0,d respectfully suggest to the uoe1S Of
all States yet to hold elections during the present season.
to cause column to be inserted IN their poll books,
some designation to be inserted their tickets, either for
or against his resignation Let the Wings, especially, do
this, and the Locotocos, if they proper but all 'oho
refuse may be set dolcn LocQfocos less dissatisfied
ac his than the Wings, but acho hope that his NAL
administration may contribute to the election Of Van Bu
rem or ,Uhoever else may be taken up by them.
Here now stands the revelation of the fact
and here the proof, that the whole scope and
r Il. .Itpn thp
part of the ultra Wing members of Congress,
headed by Mr. Clay in person., during the last
ten months, was TO force the constitutional
President of the United States to resign the
high trusts bequeathed to him. We had seen
enough to rouse our suspicious to this effect
and we had heard surmises, well calculated to
rouse suspicion, but we could never bring
ourselves before to the positive belief that
such was the case. The idea of evcting
from the Presidential Chair man who
was placed in it by the laws of the land, and
the high behests of Providence, and thereby to
trample down those institutions left us by our
forefathers as holy and involable, we were un-
willing to entertain towards any set OF men,
however rancorous in feeling they might be, and
destitute of every principle of morality and JUS
tice. But the heading" of Captain Tyler is
now made manifest, and out OF their own
mouths we condemn the conspiratorS.
Those who are at all conversant with history,
know the fact that the time in which conspiracy
has always sought to start from her loathsome
den with her gorgon brood, to infect the politi-
cal atmosphere with poisonous exhaations, has
ever been upon the changing phases of Govern
ment, or when some new and untrled expert