The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-07-05
THE powERLEss ADMINIsrRA TON"


the country, that the President, wherever
meeting OF The peculiar friends Of Mr.. Van Buren,
may be assembled, is evermore liable to tack
We mean not to be aggravated into return OF
blows thus causclessly and unnecessarily given,
and only design now TO call the attention Of The
coun ry TO the fact as il is, without commen'
rary upon it, other than lhs-that if the friend
of Mr.. Van Buren, really are disposed 10 run a
COMPARISON between Mr.. Van Buren's Demo
C acy and that of Mr.. Tyler. we have only 10
say to them, :. Gang your ain gait, guide gen
temen''---but be sure that The comparison
d es not work TO your disadvantage.
Nor does Mr.. Calhoun seem to be altogether
exempt, although we believe his friends are
.ii.",y II cling, which is, wethihk,
100 plainly manifested in the correspondence
be ween the Hon. Mr.. Nicholas, Of Louisiana,
ID himself, which we publish to-day. We
woud remark that we found the correspondence,
a, we copy it, in the Globe and that the mani
fest discrepance in the dates has not yet been
accounted for by that journal. Nevertheless,
we are warranted in treating the correspon-
deace as genuine. He is pleased to regard the
condition of the country as extremely critical
upon the slave question, and would leave Il 10
be inferred ha, one among the causes Of the
new cri lis is, that the Administration Is rswEs-
LESS Now, since We read The lsGes o. sass
highly gifted statesman, we have carefully Sur
viewed the horizon, and, for the seal 81 Us, we
have not been alb e TO discover the new aud ar-
Mailing danger. How is the Administail. q
powerless upon this question: Is IL not IN the
full possession of all constitutional powers ap-
pertaining 10 any Executive? Is the power 10
watch the movements Of all foreign States,
upon this or any other question, no longer IN ex-
istencc? Or is it powerless to control unconsli-
,utional action from any -rdinate department
,f the Gov, rnment? Oh does Mr.. Nicholas OF
Mr. Calhoun really spprehend that Denocra-
tic majority in Congress will so far forget them
selves as 10 render il necessary for The Presi-
dent to in,erpose the veto in order IL arrest
new danger 10 our institutions Surely they
cannot mean this. If Mr.. Calhoun means that
the Executive is powerltss because The ap-
preaching Congress will not SUI tain his recon-
mendalions, then we beg leave TO know
WHY il i, to be So Whose fault will \
be. if the Administration shall be powcrless
for good in thi, spect2 Whose friends and
supporters will constitute the majority in Con
gress Whose, bat the friends and supporters
of Messrs. Calhoun and Van Buren, Why
then, shall he President be declared poweress
IUr yoou - a. '--i' ---- - - L. -
no will be held responsible for it
The Executive poweress, forsooih Loeb
at what il has done, and let the PEOPLE say
whether il be powercss for good Il he peace
of The country preserved-lhe threats of Intes-
tine War hushed and silenced-ihe Florida
War termnated-the Claims on Mexico adjust.
ed-the Pubic Credit restor, d-a sound and
healthful condition Of things rapidly returning
Industry once more raising its arm-the Post
Office Deparms Mt reclaimed from bankruptcy
every other department vigorous and &C i've, and
the expenditures of the Government reduced
from 80 TO IL millions. Cal you this a power
less AID ninistration AID this accomplished
without any support Congress; accomplished
amid storm and tempest. lusulted, abused,
and threatened with impeachment for having
it was possible to conc i've Of, thrown in its way
But, if in all things else, il has been powerless,
in ONE it has been powerful. lT HAS LIFTED W
Democracy, WHICH WAS DowS-TRopprN AMI
rRAMpLrp on 1t enkindlcd hopes Of success IN
their aspirations for the Presidency among those
whose conjont forces could only command Sc
VEN out Of TWENTY SIX States. II has given to
the friends Of some Of these vitality enough
to put forth fresh buds Of hope, and to manifest
their gratitude, by abusing the author of their
regeneration. TINS, at least il has done; and
if in all else it has been poweress, it has been
all-powerful 10 THIS
Mr.. Nicholas and Mr.. Calhoun are mistaken
There i. no danger 10 the institutions of Tho
country while JoHS TYLER is at the head OF The
Government-nor do we believe anything o.
this cry which Mr.. Nicholas tries to raise Of dan
ger TO the products Of slave labor from any do
nestle action We draw no such distinction,
between labor at the South and labor at tn,
North. The Constitution makes no such dis
tinction, and it would Be sopremely ridiculous tC
arply one principle ~ Southern labor and ano
tber to Northern. We ramplc under foot these
sectional differences and stand on the broad plat
form Of the Union The principle first an
nounced by the present Chief Magistrate is The
true one, and we are glad to sec that Mr.. Cal
hoon has adopted it, viz: TARr FOR REvE
NUE., PRIMARILY FOR PRorrcuoS, rScrprs ALLY
and the broadcoths Of the North are just a,
sJauly entitled TO the benefit Of this rule as the
tugar or cotton Of the South
In what we have said We design no censure
on Mr. Calhoun or Mr.. Nicholas; bot we desire
TO quiet the fears Of these gentlemen by assuf.
ing them lha, the Constitution is still in full
force, and that it viii, most likely, continue 50
while constitutional Chi,f Magistrate is at tn,
helm.