The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-21

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yous-We from the west, will send destruction
Into this city's bosom.
AUsT-I from the North.
PHIl-Our thunder from the South,
Shall rain their drift of bullets on th's 10" u
BAsr-O prudent discipline. From North 70 SOUTH
Austria and France shoot IN each others
mouth !,
Such is the exact position of the present Congress
of the United States in respect to the factions which
divide it, and in their combined relation to The coun-
try and its honest and patriotic Chief Magistrate.
The interests of the nation and OF the Executive
Administration of the Government are targets against
which the valiant parties in Congress direct the hre oil
their armament, and SO bent on being revenged on
Mr. Tyler they, that they
Shoot in each others mouth.
Were the result confined to the destruction OF these
opposing juntas the country might be highly edled
in folding its arms and looking quietly on even mo
the people did pay the piper" but the best inte
of the Union are exposed their murderous re
it becomes subject of serious consideration no"
much exposure may be avoided.
The President is the immediate representative OF
the whole people of the United States, and 1t is his
duty as il was that of the ancient Roman consuls, to
see that the republic receive no harm, ne qnd de-
tyi,ueyfe Repubca caperef In the pursuance OF TINS
high and responsible duty he guided by the chart
of the public liberties under which we live and move
and have our political being. He is entrusted with
the delicate power also of seeing that the laws of
the Union shall be executed, and in order to enable
him to discharge that important duty properly the ne
cessary and coeicient power of originating appoint
ments to all executive officers in the government vest
ed in him by the Constitution
The present Congress is divided ioto two factions,
the National Bank Wings and the Sub-Treasury Lo-
cofocos The former is in large majority In both
Houses The President does not agree with either Of
these the subject ofcurrency and the keep
ing of the public revenue but because he does not
they have each turned their artillery against him.
from the North, one from the South, and both from
the West. The administration of the Executive por-
ton of the Government they both the sworn enc
mics Of and to reach the President they have united
their energies and power, trampng on the Constitu-
ton, the laws of the Union, all the common
rules thareguate mems intercourse with each other,
and the national honor, itself, both at home and
abroad. The ordinary expenses Of the Government,
graduated by law they will not allow They will not
trust dollar of the public moneys to the President to
be disbursed under the title of contingent expenses"
They have, contrary to express laws and without
pealng them, cut down the expenses of the National
Judiciary from $47500O to $375,OOO. They have de-
the MINIS, by refusing allow the ordinary expenses
incident upon their working for the benefit of the
public. They have cheapened the nation in the eyes
OF foreign powers by cutting down and striking out
items for the sustainment OF our diplomatic relations
abroad. They have denied to the President the con-
sttutonal right to select agents for assisting him in
the administration of public affairs, unless those Off
GERS hold the opinions of either the majority mi
nOrity in the Senate. They have, by force, invaded
the Executive department of the Government, and
ordered the officer appointed by the President and
responsible to him alone to surrender report of his
labors to Committee of the House of Representa-
tives. They have refused to vote the necessary sup
les and permitted the public creditor to go away
unsatshed. They have thrown embarrassmens in
the Presidents way, while engaged in delicate and
difficult negotiations 18th foreign powers. They have
poured out upon the head of the Chief Magistrate,
all occasions, the most bitter and violent abuse
a. Ga
Giles blackguards than members of the American
Congress. They have mutlated the appropriation
bill in such shameful manner, that provision has
not been made for the payment of one third Of the
public servants whose salaries are fixed by law.
In view Of these facts and of the determined oppos
ton which will be made to him, for year more, at
least by these two factions what we ask, is the duty
Of the Peoples President'
1t is plain and thank God, he has the to pur
sue it, arduous and responsible as it is
is his duty to see that Congress shall appropriate
the requisite funds for the payment of the public
wants, and if the Appropriation Bill comes to him in
the mutilated shape In which our news from w ash
ington on the 30lh ultimo, announced 1t to be- he IS
bound by the Constitution and the requirements OF
law, 10 return it to Congress to be completed And,
he cH do it, let the factious groan and greve as they
may.
is his duty to select such persons to assist him in
the administration of public affairs, shall be quail
fed for the intended to be given hem and
shall believe the policy of the President to be just and
proper, and If the Senate rejects them upon political
grounds he is called upon, in vndicaion of his
course, to continue to reappoint them, until they are
confirmed. Such a course is absolutely demanded by
the exigencies of the moment He must, and he mill
rescue the constituency of the counry from the un-
merited insult which the rejection of such man as
Tyson, has inflicted upon the nation
tits the paramount duty of the President to return
to Congress every bill which may be passed through
hasy legislation, desire to impede the regular
ton of the Executive. Mr. Tyler has slain the many
headed hydra of National Bank, and he is call
ed upon put to death the monster of party He
do 1.-The 1ciH do 1t.
Let him throw around the interests of the country,
the Constitution and the Laws the shield of his pow
er; let him stand up and bid defiance to the mad and
furious partsans who setting upon him in Con-
gress let him to them the language of Canute,
and point to them the Constitution and the Laws; let
him appeal to the people for support in the direfu
which the politicians wac ing against him; let him
that the Republic receive further harm from
the violence of the belgerents by interposing his
power to the utmost; let him
-fout the kings
of party Caucus and all will vet be we'll. The Ma
tiona Bank and Sub-Treasury partisans to
destroy each other and the benefit of all parties the
great and glorious will rally around the patriotic
defender of the Constitution honest and brave John
Tyler and new will be sent up to the next Cot
gress, to stand by the Chief Magistrate, and pass
law to organize that most excellent and useful
of all measures of policy, the dollar for dollar Er
chequer
Huzza then, for speedy destruction of the Nation
al Bank and Sub Treasury men Let every honest
man urge them on,
-from North to South
Austria and France shoot in each others mouth.
ANEW COUNTERFEIT
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