The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-24
pARTIEs-THE PRESIDENT.

| In his Farewell Address, the Father of his
Country does not omit, among the counsels
which he thought incumbent on him to give TO
the people of the United States, to deprecate, IN
earnest terms, any encouragement to exube-
rance OF party animosities The existence of
party divisions is not only unavoidable, but, it is
conceded is essential to the pure adminstra-
ton OF free government. But when party
supremacy is made paramount to every other
interest and the doctrines of a party are in
sisted on to the utter exclusion Of every consi
IN the vindlcation of opinions is warmed into
violence and vindictiveness-when party diff
terences become actually party dissensons-the
administration Of the Government becomes even
more obnoxious to abuse and perversion than if
allparty distinctions were completely annihilated.
| That we sh i'll in this country ever be exposed
to the danger arising from the total extinction of
parties, is not probable. Divisions will always
exist under some form. Destroy them in one
shape, they will immediately spring up in ano-
ther. Break them into a hundred discordant
elements, and the particles will amagamate into
new entity with new name. Reason, as
well as experience, teaches us that whatever
from the prostraton of party discord, but from
the excess of its virulence. More than one IN
cident in our history manifests that the Union
has been in imminent danger of dissolution from
the vlruence OF party strife, but none indicates
that II was menaced, in the slightest degree, by
the cessation Of party hostilities. Our whole
history is, in fact record of conflicts between
antagonistic doctrines. One storm would be
scarcely lulled, when "a new one sprung up, be-
fore the heavings Of the pillows, caused by the
first, had ceased.
mighty struggle has lately terminated, and
yet there i, no positive calm. Actual conflict
has been suspended-but there have been no me-
gotiations promising peace. The country, how
ever, is now in that condition IN VIII oh it has
rarely found itself when weaned with strife
it is led to hope that the power of hostile passion
having expended its strength by its own intensity
cool reflection will succeed, and the necessity
of regarding the interests Of the great mass of
the people will mingle itself with the views yet
anxious for party ascendancy. Such result
l.
course Of human action. The people have been
ftoo long harassed by the efforts of party leaders
1 to lead them into the uncompromsing advocacy
lofmeasures, merely because they were the pro
} position Of party leaders. They can be BAN
boozled no longer into forgetfulness of their own
interests, by their zeal in favor Of mere party
principles.
They have been deceived by party leaders
and the same party leaders, having exhibited
their malevoence towards the President elected
by the people, to be of a character admitting no
mitigation, the people, as necessary conse-
quence, must unite with the Chief Magistrate
Of their own choice. The people, who can
rule the party leaders, will demonstrate by their
acts that they will rule them. If the leaders
will not yield any one point Of their party doc
trines, merely because these doctrines have
formed the line of demarcation between parties,
the people will come to the rescue.
The President has shown that he is not to be
influenced by party dictation, but that he will
adhere, in spite Of SANDER and persecution to
his conscientious understanding of the Consti-
tuition. The self-constituted Wing leaders in
Congress have denounced him because he has
steadfasty refused his sanction to an incorpo-
rated monopoly, and some Of the leaders of the
other party have condemned him, because he
has proposed, after the most anxious renexion,
/ measure of relief not in unison with their own
party measure. He is not, however, to be in
! Inundated thus from pursuing the course which
J conscience dictates TO him to be right He will
: not be shackled by mere party ties, nor recon-
! mend measures merely because they may be
deemed by some as essential to the integrity OF
{ party system. His present position demands
2 Of him imperativey to look to the interests OF
: the whole country, and TO disregard sectional
, views as well as to dispense party thraldom
: His party is the PEOPLE; it bears no adsctitious