The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-02
THE ADMINISTRATION AND lhH
TREASURY.

r,s National Iutegencer OF yesterday IA
adver,ng TO the palmy state oil c'eu' "
tho Treasury of the United States mas oesn
stored. very coolly ascribes to It's ihehus III YIN
a.s all The glory of so satisfactory change III
- sn.ncial condition of the country. Inns 10
n,.h;nc y,ggery too far. Why, does not every
bodv that reads newspaper hho" 'a"''
The sinole exception, perhaps, q inc n"S
3oc.rne Of reputation, SO osieh'atiouS's fio
claimed by few demagoSoes Who' oe
~hra5 %, possani, never had the ieas'
.ountenance from The body OF our reop'e Nv
single cause, nor indeed all causes put 'ose'h7''
mach 10 do with the downfall OF the ma
.:,l credit a, the never to be torglven-he'e'
- rorro,,e, exlrayagancies OF the iaciious
,o,ds,s in the last House OF Representatives
II is not TOO much TO athrm-nay, we sl''A ~
v;ssalv when we do afhrm-ibat The uhpa'"ie',
Cd course of outrage, violence persoha''s' au'
rroaioate contempt for every thing Ike es'aoiis''
"a ;os,itu,ions and fixed principles, when ha''
overthrown the ringlead' rs oil the u''as' nav
;nspred throughout Europe w'de-sp'e'' Pe'
s,asioo that this country was rapidly rush'"s
into hopeless anarchy.
III ouob, TO have been hung in black 10
wba, was pa, sing before The eyes oil t'i' u'S"O
nored country, when the President ny MS ''
,oas restored the land fund to The treasury
Nybo has rorgotten,-who can forget, the sa'u
r;, Of frantic faction on that occasion
q, The unanswerable Argument put ior'
:; his messages on the subject OF The lands'
and mt forth in a tone and STYLE "h'ch uia'
,bor, models for such compositions,
oss one wild howl such as an assembly
h, ~ sii,r,9 .UfUIaatseai Us u d, q
greatresource, on which we had AWAY been
customed 10 rely, and on W bich weneve, conn,
IN vaIn-then broken into fragments among II
states, squandered, FILTERED away. dilspidate
gwen TO the four winds by the Di,trjburio
without any one good effect whatever. instca
oil being concentrated at such a perplexing m,
ment into single great and available fund
save The Treasury from bankruptcy. He FOL
the House 1t Wa. an affair Of national homo
and national strength-a call of nat,;,,;s,,
which Just then no man that had The beart y
an american could be deaf Toto show Euro
pean ptalists, banded as they undeniabl,
were to dIscredlt and defeat our schemes n
hnahce, that the American People had the mos
abundant resources Of their own, and need de
pend on none but themselves for the MANAGE
ment OF their pecuniary affairs What answe,
uid mat deiunct body Of patriots make TO sucb
an appeal2 Why, by threats of adiournioo
without passing a bill-without waooing sD
ger 10 help the Government-by declaring BY
soi 'iu woes mat the pots were open, and ali
foreign merchandise might come in duty free
oy proclaIming in one aud the same breath ,b,,
thefe was no law TO collect duties. and refosi,o
10 make any-tbey the supreme lawgivers of the
land and by Pronouncing the President eptv
VI an lupeachabe offence, because he wa. To-
rylng as they alleged, "sbip money! thar !.
enforcing the law as it stood, and undertakir,
to carry on the Government, to maintain II. O.
at 10 save II from dishonor abroad and conGu
SION at home, without the consent Of their bigb
migh'inesses, the leaders Of majority in Con.
gress.
And now forsooth that the country bo.
0een saved, in spite Of their imnotcn, 80
lhgs-now that its ere dit is as high ne :,
mas been IN us whole histoy-now that it I, De
come favor to get its stock at per cent. the d
organ OF that very majority claim. for them the
iru"s OF all that has been done by the ESecu-
tive Government in the midst of discourage 0
ment' by efforts without parallel, and in the face
OF their most obstinate, unPrinc pied, and reck '
less opposition. e
But wait awhile. Fac ion has bawlcd ITSELF
hoarse' and history is beginning to be written.
The present able administration the Urea
sury Department will speak for itself 10 =, p
good works, by its uit', shall ye know it.
PARADOXICAL.