The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-06
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II was once said by high authority that " we have
President without q party and parties without
President" condition Of things much TO be dePored
In The esmatiou Of the author Of the assertion I'm
fortunately for our country, il has been, for many
year, the shon to have party Presidents; and such
would doubtless have been the STILL tn greater
or leas degree. had ii pleased Providence to spare
The life Of the who& the opponents of the late
Administration had elevated TO the Presidential chair
II has however, been otherwise ordered, and thanks
TO the course pursued BY portion Of the Wing party
in the 9th Congress, the present Chief Magistrate
found himself free from the trammels that usually
connect themselves with political obligations, far
at least a the desperation of Government patron
ago was concerned. Nor has this unusual state Of
thisgs been the result Of any act the part Of the
President Brought into power through the agency,
In part, Of the Wing party he commenced his off,
cisl career by showing his READINGS. to sanction,
without reference to his own individual opinions,
many measures which had appeared to be consonant
with the wishes Of large majority of the People OF
the country. 1t, however, unluckily happened that
in attempting to regulate the currency of the land
~ ~sdk ssisesdJor e6e. hnk that object BY Mr Clay
- ~ v~~os'O VS. IN Inc exercise Of
high Prerogstive and in obedience to the solemn
appeals Of conscience, the President dared to avail
himself oil The veto power in preventing what he be.
bsved to DO an nfrsction Of the Constitution of the
United States, which he had sworn to support. For
nh rea'sn did portion Of Congress, claiming to be
composed OF what are, in the language of the day
termed Wh'ss proper, thought proper to unfurl the
standard Of opposition to the Administration. and
formally to declare Incorporating hostility to its
measures, without any reference whatever 10 their
merits OF dement's. No matter how enlieb,en
Cd or patriotic might be the policy recommend
Cd by the Executive, II TO DO bafed and rooder
Cd Intellectual BY the exclusive advocates of National
BsAk - ~ ONLY msdissa through soAca IA, 6sc,,
esHe~~s y ~ Government cosld BE- conducted and we
were told BY the bead and front Of this band of po
ticians, that We had President without n marty -
II, indeed, it were true, Mr. Clay declared ,b.,
Ne had Chief Magistrate who was w,bou, |, nor
IT," without At this moment going into Discussion Of
me advantages and disadvantages Of such state of
shinss, We might ask him and his friends why il was
that such was the cssei Was il not because gentle
nsn who were sent here 10 represent the wishes Of
their constituents, and to adop, such measures AS
might b best calculated to promote the Nations. in
tssest usurped m authority to which they had NOT
the most remote claim, by holding up to public scorn
shs CAsf Magistrate of this country as weak yaoil
lstng, and faithlcss and proclaming TO the nation
their eternal snmity to him and bis measures ., th
ssAA tkey misM1 We might ask these gentlemen
yvesss~ss who're they found the power conferred ND
On ths0,s brand with contumeIious epithes the ind
vi6si whom the nation had thought proper TO inves,
with The second dignity 10 the Republic, simply be-
cause he had the moral courage resist the e.tab
lishnsns Of m institution which he deemed incopsis-
mt with the Constitution of the land. and which
THEY KNEW had not the confidence Of msor,v
Of The eonstitusocy Of the nationi II was in win
fsr thsss gentlemen 10 ssy that the establishment, o9
National Bank vas Of the PRINCIPLE, for which
IL Wing party, meaning thereby the friends of our
amsutsd lste President contended in the Iate .Isc.
'iea. Il was NO SUCH THING, and thew u.ro
PERFECTLY AWARE that the assertion wa. no,
'orDs out BY the facts of the case Tur Rssro,.
,os ov sourp cURarxcv, was a principle for which
he Wing party commended, but rs to Bank. .an ola
sshiooed Bank" as Mr.. Clay called it, so far from
II bsing one Of the principles for which the whr.
oatsndsd, II il notorious fact that in MANY ,,r,.
the country any reference to the e.tabIishm.n,
such m institution, was most studiouslv avo;d.
d, or II mention Of Bank was made. IL v.s for |
he purpose Of making clear end m.eos;roes, A.. /,
's"sr Of any necessary connection between !, and
ne mo@ensou' political questions that sea,ed IN. s
oanoy. WIN what face was il, then, that these r
S~'"'" came 'or~ard and asserted that a B1xx
'ss - ""hS y'~etPs ?" when il was knox, - t.
very one who h"s~ anything Of The .en,u.,,. ~ c
'sseral Harmon, that he wa. opposed 20 ,,ch d
'ssisos'oo : That there v" Iarr. portion Of H.. Il
NJ Ssv| proper in favor Of Bank readily ,d,,;
d; bot that the Harrison party made il IT,, e,
-. fsl'sey, a. reference to fac. will ioco,,'. fc
y prove.