The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-26
PRESIDENT MAKING.

that the concerted efforts Oh the Dahh Pohuo'an'
during the last eighteen months, TO SET Presi-
dent of their own making over the People, has
proved lamenlable failure, we will next pro-
ceed TO give the reasons why we believe the
People have determined TO make their next Pre-
sident themselves, and TO adopt their own time
for bringing forward the man Of their choice.
We would first premise, however, that the
People are at this time in state ofrepose-we do
not say contented repose-watchipg with an Oh
Tended brow the shallow intrigues and paltry
manGuyres of the mere demagogues OF party
that are playing their fantastic tricks on the
surface of the body polite; and they are re-
solved not to be reused from their present pos
ture by the palpably repujiated legerdemain OF
hidden wire workers. When the masses move
again they will be actuated by the honest impul-
ses of their hearts They will act from So
lemn conviction OF duty to the Countrywide
country which has been so long neglected, and
so much sacrificed, merely to build up the for
tunes of individual aspirants-aspiranis who
have obtained notoriety without meritorious
service.
We repeat that the People are calm-qui,e
pulseless-and all the nostrums Of political
quacks will not suffice TO fever their blood, until
the proper time for action arrives. When II
does arrive, and they will choose their own time,
they will not require the guidance Of false pro-
phets to Lead them to victory. Already they
have thrown off the shackles Of the ultra press
they will next get rid of the ultra leaders.
We do not venture to designate the time
when the People will begin to rally for the next
Presidential contest. We can only say that the
time is not yet-that no party machinery, how
ever ingenious and powerful, can force them TO
move, at present. The effervescence produced
of late years, at will, by combinations Of 'great
leaders," has, like the National Bank, become
an 'obsolese idea" The quondam comman-
d ers of ifties, and hundreds, and thousands,
may ascend the hills and sound the cry TO arms:
but no response will come up from the valleys
Henceforlh the only means TO obtain The sup
port Of the People, will be to deserve it. The
Cantng ultra men never yet, in any country or
age, proposed or established good measures for
the People. They do nothing but oppose mea.
sures-lhey propose nothing practicable them
selves. II, by their ingenious denuncialions,
they can deceive the People into the belief that
the measures of the Administration are danger
Gus or impo tic, their object is OBJ aimed; those
in power are thrust out, and their denunciators,
of course, wi be thrust in; and, when in, they
have no remedy of their own TO offer! Thus il
has been, and thus it is, but the People are be-
coming disgusted with the deceptive game.
The Radicals denounce the Treaty Of Peace,
and yet they dare not propose war they de-
nounce the Exchequer, and yet they propose
no plan to regulate the dsordered currency of
the country; and they oppose Tariff, yet they
are not willing TO resort to direct taxation =
Their cry is nothing but RITIN-RUIN-when out
of power, and when in, il is RULE-RULE!
The People are determined to give President
Tyler fair trial. whatever the ultras may say
or do 10 the contrary. SalutaIy measures are
needed by the country, and the Constitution
makes it the duty Of the President to recon-
mend to Congress such as he deems necessary.
II they are not adopted, he cannot be condemn
ed. They must be tried frst-fairly tried-and
found wanting, before verdict can be brought
against him. This has not yet been DONE but
the People are DESTROYS that it should be done,
and they who may oppose their will, must reap
their indignation in the end.
The greatest of all wants at present is we'll
regulated currency. The President recommends
the Exchequer. 1t is a Republican measure
Yet it is assaled by the ullras of both parties
united Let it be tried in the form proposed,
and if it answers not the purpose intended, let
it be repealed. Or let Congress amend it by
striking out the Exchange feature, and pass it
in that form.
But we wander from the subject. Our prin-
cpal design was to characterize the sef-constl-
tuted President-makers of the day. We repeat
that the great mass of the People are quiet and
that precedes the s,orm-and all the efforts OF
mere politicians cannot, at this time, get up an
excitement for or against any Presidential aspi-
rant in the country
The Bank party vainly supposed that the tri-
umph of 1910, was an endorsement by the Peo-
pie, of all their men and measures, and in 1912
they waged war against the "President with
out party" who had vetoed their Bank bills
The result need not be described here. Suffice
it to say that the Bank party is now truly an
"a obsolete idea"
On the other hand, we would warn others &c
profit by This example. If any aspirant for the
Presidency valniy imagnes that the result o
the recent el, ctions is an endorsement Of his sci
fish pretensous by the PeopIe-and is secret,
or openly intriguing to assume hostile atti
tude towards the Admin tration--he is de
celved man, and doomed TO speedy dsapponi
ment We do not pretend TO claim the recen
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