The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-17
THE PRESIDENT 1wITHoUT A PARTY.

THE PRESIDENT .WITHOUT 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
rery 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-citzens that the Constitutional Presi-
dent is no longer unsupported by party We
distinctly aver that the Presidential aspirants
and their party tactonists are alarmed. Unless
plainly see their fate. To what political act Of
the President does the country object? Answer,
Republicans. Let the unterr6ed and free voice
Of the country answer. We do not appeal TO
politicians or TO cliques. No! caucus man
date is their political law. We will have moth
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 aboring Irishman, the sober and indus
trious German, the citizen who tlls 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 MIR. Blu
chanan's glorifcation of himself as Jefferso-
Man, and his depreciation of Mr.. Tyler's re-
publicanism2 The declaration has occasioned a
general smile of incredulity. 1t has been thought
equal to the best point of farce. Do they be-
lieve in Mr., Benton's hard money theories, with
rotten State institutions in existence all through
the land? We like hard money, but we think it
difficult 10 obtain hard money in abundance
without trade, and difficult to obtain trade wi h
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 five, or ten years to come it
may be as long as the Union shall last. Let
Bankitcs 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 intimidating by their senseless
Noises their antagonists we know what cidmor
means by this time, and are not to be terrified
by paint or yells. But what noble tribute do
these factionists undesignedly pay to the Prcsi-
dent, when they cry out in stentoran voice that
he has no party. They do it under the hope of
terrifying the people from support of the Ad
minstration, but what 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
Do they object 10 the Presidents Recommended
ton that the Army and Navy be put in stare
to defend us Do they object to the Mes
agerecommendng the present retention OF the
public lands as Government security for debt
Do they object to his refusal to remove Demo
cratic incumbents from office, for mere party rea-
sons? Do they object to the friendly position
he has taken in his opening message, towards
the able bodied emigrant to our shores in search
of peace and liberty? Do they object TO the
amicable adjustment, by strict Observance of
constitutional requirement, 'ot the Rhode Island
difficulty, when but for his discreet and manly
interpostion, so far as he might 60 widows
and orphans, and blood, and burning, and
desolation, might have been occasioned at
the same time that the cause Of Republican
ism has been, or will be, amply subseryed 2
If they do not object to those acts, 10 what can
they refuse their assent2 Then, how sublime
the spectacle of a President 'wthout party,n
alone, the Constitution held aloft in his hand,
with the din of the conflict around him, with
the glaring 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 unwaverng 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
Of alarm among the iactionists. The hand