The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-03-14

| ions subsequently,. have greatly weakened the
| authority which may hereafter be attempted 10
be claimed for il. His interpositon OF the
qualified negative, IN the appropriations Of mo-
ney TO the Maysvle turnpike, aud In the de-
siruciion of the charter Of The Bank of the Uni-
ted S,slss-thus giving a deadly blow TO the
doctrine Of precedent the extinction OF the Ma
iional debt, and other measures Of his Admins
traton, in consonance with the doctrines of the
Virginia school all this had brought the vessel
Of State, in great degree, back again TO the
Republican tack Of 1900.
And now, at this juncture, the People were
called on again 10 make selection of their
Chief Magistrate for the Union. A short time,
however preceding this period, most singular
combination in The Senate of the United States,
rejecting Mr.Van Buren,, as unfit TO be theAme-
mean representative at London, aroused the
Just indignation Of the American People, and
taking shelter under the wing Of Jackson, he
was called 10 preside over the very men by
whose means he had been declared incompe-
tent; and who, then, declining any contest for
the Presidency, IN their o,on persons, by the
same influences, Mr.. Van Buren, in due time
reached the Presidency. 1t is a fact, which
does not admit of doubt, that although most Of
his political acts preceding his elevation to the
Presidency, had been done in corner" yet
such were the influences just mentioned as
operating IN his favor, that no person of pre-
eminent chacacter, at his first canvass, entered
q IxfS h.p VI, d.,
rem received Of the electoral votes 17O-Hani-
son only 70 !! T0a most extraordinary extent
this canvass being made without examination
or contest. To the South, and especially in
Virginia, Van Buren, was represented as being
"a politician Of the old Trginia school -
an advocate Of strict construction of the Con-
stitulion OF the United States and of .'Madi-
sons Report" as the genuine tert book of po-
Hticai orthodoryn co.
And now he is called to operate in a sphere
greatly beyond any in which, there is strong rea-
son TO believe, his mind had ever been previ-
capacity for the management of the concerns of
great People began to be tested by his posi-
ton, did his character and capacity develope
themselves TO The nation at large in their true
cOlOrs. The whole course of his Administra.
ton greatly aroused attention. and forced upon
the public scrutiny not only into that, but also
into the acts of his political life preceding his
election. The issue Of This scrutiny is known
to all. BY a. vote Of 234 for Harrison, and 60
for Van Buren,, a verdict under the mos, ex-
citing circumstances has been pronounced, which
a new trial will scarcely reverse.
In the political history of our country there is
one fact that is undeniable. Where an ndivi-
dual has been brought out fully before the PEG
Pile, and his acts and qualifications peH invesii-
gated and he has been unsuccessful and expelled
from office, il is human nature not to turn
around aud vote Immediately for this individual
thus rejected. Let all acquainted with the hu
man heart examine the politics of a county,
district or Safe, and the truth of this will be
confirmed by experience in countless instances
1t is unnatural and unjust to expect any such
change, more especially when The defeated is
unsound, aud his whole antecedent life at vari-
ance with the acts, declarations and opinions
recently ayowed and in mos, case, incon ssten,
with the school TO which he processes to belong
The partial partisans of such man, with their
old political machinery under their control,
would willingly cheat themselves and the Peo-
pie, too, into the belief that the Z" 5 Der second
thoughts" of the People will turn to the van
pushed man. But experience and knovl, dge
Of the human heart will strip such delusion
from the minds OF all but the interested mana
men. They will only open their eyes when
they can no longer keep them shur.
Macon.