The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-17
THE PRESIDENT "WITHOUT A PARTY

THE PRESIDENT 'sWITHOUT A PARTY"
The Globe of Saturday joins in the Clay cry
that we have President 'without party" If
the President be without party, is it not for
acts which the Globe dare not disapprove of
before the Democracy of the country? Why,
then, this political cant? We can tell these
very cunning editors why. They fear that
the People are no longer to be abused, they fear
we repeat the word-that the People are now
determined to resist the oppression of caucus
mandates from Washington, that the time has
arrived when deception and chicanery on the
part of politicians cannot prevail, the People
having resolved to think and to act for them
selves. The handwriting is on the WALL
Beware.
We take pleasure and pride in declaring to
our fellow-citizens that the Constitutional Pres-
dent is no longer unsupported by party. We
distinctly aver that the Presidential aspirants
and their party factionists are alarmed. Unless
the most tremendous exertions are made, they
plainly see their fate. To what political act of
the President does the country object? Answer
Republicans. Let the unterrided and free voice
of the country answer. We do not appeal to
politicians or to ciques. No! caucus man
date is their political law. We will have moth
ing to do with them We wish the farmer, the
mechanic, the sound merchant, who keeps his
books well balanced, and knows his credits and
his decisive wish men of honest professions to
answer. Upon them the honor and dignity OF
the Government rests Also the noble hearted,
hard laboring Irishman, the sober and indus
trious German, the citizen who tllls the soil,
pays the tax, and furnishes, either directly or
indirectly, the revenue, without which the Gov
eminent cannot be conducted, let them answer,
and say to what political act of the President
do THEY object Do they believe in Mr. Bu-
chanan's glorifcation of himself as Jefferso-
Man, and his depreciation of Mr. Tyler's re-
publicanism? The declaration has occasioned
general smile of incredulity. 1t has been thought
equal to the best point of a farce. Do they be-
leve in Mr., Benton's hard-money theories, with
rotten State institutions in existence all through
the land? We like hard money, but we think 1t
difficult TO obtain hard money in abundance
without trade, and difficult to obtain trade With
out confidence and absurd to think Of restoring
confidence, unless safe currency of general
value be established. We therefore are
opposed to the war which the factions make
upon the President, whether Bank or hard mo-
ney be their battle cry, which Tor strictly party
purposes is to keep the country In state OF dis
tress for four or 6ve or ten years to come, or It
may be as long as the Union shall last. Let
Bankites and Hard Moneyites fight in the same
ranks against the President, and like the yelling
Indians in battle, cry out from the place OF at
tack, that the President is without party, for
the purpose of ntimidating by their senseless
Noises their antagonists we know what ctan,or
means by this time, and are not to be terrified
by paint or wells. But what noble tribute do
these factionists undesignedly pay to the Presi-
dent, when they cry out In stentorlan voice that
he has no party. They do it under the hope OF
terrifying the people from support of the Ad-
mnstration, but what a spectacle Of moral
grandeur do they make the President exhibit
Do they object to the vetoes? Do they object
to the Presidents prompt action with Mexico +?
Dr. they object to the Presidents recommends
ton that the Army and Navy be put IN state
to defend US? Do they object to the Mes
sage recommending the present retention of the
public lands as Government security for debt T?
Do they object to his refusal to remove Demo-
cratic incumbents from offce, for mere party rea-
sons? Do they object to the friendly position
he has taken in his opening message, towards
the able bodied emisrant to our shores in search
of peace and liberty? Do they object to the
amcable adjustment, by a strict observance OF
constitutional requirement, of the Rhode Island
difficulty, when but for his discreet and manly
interpositon, so far as he might go, widows
and orphans, and blood, and burning, and
desolation, might have been occasoned at
the same time that the cause of Republican
ism has been, or will be, amply subserved
If they do not object to those acts, TO what can
they refuse their assent? Then, how sublime
the spectacle of President C without party"
alone. the Constitution held aloft in his hand,
with the din of the conflict around him, with
the garing eye of the enemy upon him, advanc-
ing to the very mouth of the cannon, within
the touch of the hostile spear, with calm brow
and unwavering step, until the enemy them
selves either fall back in terror at his courage,
or raise reluctant shout of admiration for his
devoted patriotism.
We repeat, there are unequivocal symptoms
lof alarm among the factionists, The hand