The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-07
ron THE mADisosiAs.
THE POSITION OF PARTIES.


AT no period since the adoption Of the Federal
Constitution have the true principles which have al
ways divided the Federal and Republican parties,
been made more manifest, more faithfully portray
ed than they The present posture OF the
political affairs Of the country may be regretted by
some, bat not by me, because il will have the good
tendency of drawing the true lines OF demarkation
which oratorical efforts obliterate, sophs-
try, or ingenuity, controyert The questions to
be settled by the popuhthe People in their soye
reign capacyat the next Presidential election, are
unequisoeally Federal and Republican. On the one
hand is the Federal party, with powerful and poPu-
lar leader, who, in early life was protested orho-
dox Republican of the Jeiersonian school, and de-
MED the power 10 this Government TO create Ma
tonal Bank exercise any other authority than hat
which was expressly delegated but, now, iorsooth'
he has changed has position, and is the advocate OF
National Bank, which, in 1911, was an engine in the
hands of the few and would centraize all the potl-
cal power in the Federal Government, and before
whose mighty influence the liberties of the People
the dear People-woud wither and die. On the 9TH
hand, is the Republican party with no other lead
err than the eternal truth Of justiceprnciples which
are coeval with the Constitution, and whose object
is to keep the General Government in its legitimate
orbit SO that in the exercise of IFS functions, 1t may
no, run in conflict with those reserved TO the States
Thus it will be seen that the two great parties,
which have always divided the American People,
will each stand upon their original ground, because
there Will be abstract questions likely to divide
the original elements Of either il was in the con-
test Of 1910; but they must go before the People
with their doctrines openly and publicly avowed, and
the contest will be purely of principles in contra
distinction to II is sefevident fact, which Is
incontroyertibe, that in every contest in which the
! Federal party have gone before the People
with their doctrines Of consolidation manifest,
they have been def ted and the same fate
certainly awaits them at the approaching cleo
| ton, if recent demonstrations of public sentl-
ment are a criterion by which opinion can be ha-
zarded. The course of President Tyler, SO far as
the powers Of the General Government are concern
ed, is entirely consistent with his previously de-
claIed opinions, as the legislative history of the
country fully corroborates, and it is perfectly
contemplate and puerile in his opponents to charge
! him with Inconsistency.
The truth Of the problem is just the reverse If
he had sanctioned those measures which he had pre-
viously opposed in his legislative capacity, and
which are recorded in the history of the country,
there would be some pretext for charging him with
inconsistency; as the stands between him and
his accusers if there has been inconsistency" it
certainly belongs to them, because they made public
pledges which have not been redeemed, and which
they evidently intended to disregard, from the
qualified abuse Of the President for not allowing
himself to be the instrument by which their pre-con-
ceived designs were to be consummated. For thus
boldly and earlessly planting himself upon the pedes-
tai of the Constitution and warding of blow which
was intended by the prominent actors a death
blow not only the fair fame of the President, but
to the genius Of American liberty, he has been de-
nounced as traitor! If the doctrines advocated by
Mr.. Clay in 1911 were the expressions of an honest
heart, and he really believed that the chartering Of
the Bank Of the United States detrimental to the
cause of the People and popular Government, how
can he and his friends charge the President with in
consistency Is the President q inconsistent" be-
cause he believes the senuNpts avowed by Mr..
Clay at that day are consistent with the letter and
spirit Of the Constitution and that they were made
in good faith Certainly not. For if there has been
Inconsistency" which is beyond the power of the
most astute mctaphyscian to deny it belongs to Mr.
Clay-the self-chosen leader Of the Federal party
and not the President his friends. How was it
possible for the President and his friends who wish
ed to act consistently with the declarations they made
TO the People, to sanction the high-handed
that conceived by midnight caucus, one of
whom had boldly declared in advance that he would
head him or die ~
The reasoning powers of the People have returned,
and they are now surveying the whole battle ground
of SiO the contest of which will long be remember
cd by them and the politician who thinks that they
are to be "wheedied' into his support by honeyed
words on the one hand and vindchve eplthets the
other is certainly ignorant of the true character Of
the American People They slow to move, but
who buffeted successfully the tempestuous storms Of
the Revolution, which secured us written Constitu-
ton, will appear in their true beauty and vigor, and
they will huh those who have made sport with their
intelligence. by deception and treachery, into the
darkest hades Of oblivion
The position Of the President is, indeed proud
one. He came into power by the dspensation of
Providence and his enemies in Congress boldly de-
clared he was without "party )" but the lords of
the soil--he honest yeom nry Of the country--have
spoken and the President is cheered onward in the
course of his public duty by their approving Smiles
whilst the Federal leader and his self-consttuted
4" cabar' are struck with amazement at their power
and intelligence. Ben FRANKLIN.
/ From the Detroit Constitutional Democrat
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