The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-06

we will not now discuss the subject. The adj
dress is able and patriotic.
ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN GEN
ERAL COMMITTEE FRIENDLY TO THE
ADMINISTRATION.
Pursuant to adjournment the Committee met at
Military Hall on MONDAY evening, August LIST, when
the of Delegates chosen at the different WARDS
were presented
ensuing year, the following were declared unanimous
ly elected
NJ M. Noah, President.
JOHN Fowler, lst. Vice Presdsnt.
f.. +. MATHER, End do.
s Ws sAs sms,.,.. Jr. Secretaries
PAUL r. GEORGE, Treasurer
The following address read and unanimously
adopted, and ordered to be published
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
FELLOW CITIZENS We address you upon our or
ganzation in the city and State of New York. as the
friends of the General Administration, not with
view of creating political issues but in behalf
of suffering country, claiming first regards and
deepest sympathies, and in favor OF an administration
anxiously DESTROYS, as we firmly believe to sustain
every constitutional and expedent measure for the
benefit of that country.
Many of us separated from our old Democratic
friends and were engaged in the campaign which
resulted in the election of Gen Harrison In this
surrendered no principle no part OF our early at
tachments We differed with General Jackson In
relation to certain measures without distressing ms
patriotism, or doubling his honesty. We did not APP
prove of some of the cardinal features Of Mr.. Van
Buren's administration, without impugning his nteg-
rity or denying him the possession OF patriotic lnten
tons and adequate abilities. 1t was mere differ
ence of opinion on measures of important charac-
ter, and of general policy; difference which IN
volved no surrender Of principle
The present distracted condition of the country,
and the refusal of the majority in Congress to apply
prompt remedy in the passage OF such laws as tne
ample resources Of the country would authorize, sat-
sfy u.s. that nothing beneficial to the country has been
gained by the triumph of the Wing party, and that
another solemn appeal must be made to the people to
come to its rescue.
fierce war has been waged on the Executive by
majority of the present Congress, wholly Of per-
sonal nature in which Difference for the dignity OF
the representative character and respect for the peo-
pie and their Chief Magistrate, seem to have been
entirely overlooked
Laws have been framed and passed with the avow-
ed determination of having them vetoed by the Pres-
dent The necessary defences and military position
of the country have dsregarded, with important
questions in foreign relations remaining unsettled.
Laws for the relief of public credltorsfor the es
tablishmeut of permanent and Judiclous Tariff, Tor
regulating the commerce of the country and for the
promotion of the general prosperity have been intro
duced in Congress, debated postponed, and suspended
during protracted session Of nine months, IN order
to afford full scope for the violence of party spirit
and the qualification of vndictve feelings.
Congress during this time has not been ignorant Of
the state of the country, and of public opinion Our
merchants have been making the most painful sacr-
fees to sustain their credit; our public revenue has
been greatly diminished our warehouses are hlled
with produce without market our agrculturallsts
blessed with rich harvests, are without protection (;
our manufacturers closing their factories, or de-
creasing the number of their hands; our mechanics
are working at reduced wages there is no confidence,
no enterprise money circulating IN the land and
with the knowledge OF this painful condition OF auars
the majority in Congress neglectng their public
duties for President making, and bending the laws
and public policy to this minor-i-timed and dis
credtable project
The whig party in thus denouncing and prescribing
the Chief Magistrate of its own choice, becomes of
itself dissolved 1t is now party without chief
! or leader of dsmembered fragments, and divided
force leaving all those democrats who entered upon
the campaign in favor of General Harrison, free to
fall back upon their old principles, and unite with
their former friends. In this position the President
has been placed by the vndctive spirit of his enemies;
and he calls upon the honest and moderate of all par
ties upon the patriotism of his fellow citizens gener-
ally and in particular upon his old republican friends
with whom he has uniformly acted, to come to the
rescue of the country and sustain his administration
of the government in the adoption OF measures OF
lief, called for by the suAerings of that country.
If fellow citizens, at this time were to canvass
in every direction for the materials of third party
we should have difficulty in finding from one Sec
ton of the Union to the other, large, very large
norton of patriotic citizens, disguised with the ultra
| ism and violence which is everywhere exhibited,
anxious and DESTROYS of coming to the relief of the
nation, on broad, independent, honest grounds, and
who would go into the conflict with no other banner
than God and country; but the formation Oh new
PARTIES is the work Of timeof that time which should
he forthwith devoted to the eef of the people; and
;s more prudent and advisable to address ourselves
to what may be deemed the most patriotic of the di
yding parties-appeal to that patriotism which nobly
sustained the country during the late war WIN Eng
land. and unite with such party in producing more
prosperous state of affairs in preference to estab.
fishing and sustaining three distinct political parties
each contending violently for supremacy, while the
country gradually sinking under these excitements
and its institutions and prosperity thus endangered
We do not fellow-cllzens, claim Tor President L y
Ter perfection which rarely falls to the lot OF any
man We know that he, like all others, is subject ed
to errors of judgment; beset as he has been by vlo
lent and relentless enemies among the Representa-
tves OF the people, goaded lnsuted ana outraged,
is marvellous that he has been able, amidst SO many
aggressions to preserve equanmity of temper ano
a Kindness of manner, alike honorable to his head
and heart. We have had iluslrious warriors anc
statesmen at the head of Government, but none pos
sessine more honesty of inentIon AID hrmness o
nurpose two most desirable qualifications in G ME
Magistrate. His department to his fellow Citizens
his kindness of manner, republican Simplicity ant
frankness of charac err are every where spoken o
with marked approba' ION. WITH SUCH man al
Chief Magistrate the leaders of an honest party coult
have accomplished every thing required for tho ad
vsncement of public prosperity, corresponding at thu
same time with the honor and interests of the coun
try. .
If W. look fellow citizens, at the violence and fierce
denuncations Of large portion of the Wing press
in this city against President Tyler, we shall fn'
that private griefs and disappointed expectations have
sharpened the weapons OF hostility II we go into tn
ranks, and ask who among the Wings are most dis
tincuished for bitterness sha find the con
trolling feelingsihe same causes of dissatisfaction
If those who are foremost and oudest in stigmatisnt
: President Tyler traitor, had been appointed b,