The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-05

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our part we cannot for a moment doubt that this pc
riodical will equal if not surpass, in circulation
and popularity, any other similar work now publish
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THE FLAG OF VAN BURENISM-THE DOC
TRINE OF CLEANSING. II.
| To the Editor.
Z" MARTIN VAN BUREN-SUB-TREAsU
RATioN-vENGEANcE FOR WRONGS NrLIcrED-rc
THE vIcToRs BELONG THE SOILS, &C., &c.
That is the Banner l hare asked you to contem-
plate. Albeit overwhelmed in the Red Sea of popu
lar wrath in 1910, see tagain, black and bloody
rising amid the wrecks upon the Shore and presum-
ing again to out in the face of the waters of second
| and last perdition.
See you not Martin Van Buren,, the little Magician
coming up again at the head of rabble Of spell
seekers with letters in his hands, promising to chain
the monster deep, CT punish it into submission and
peace " You cast me out of your employment, o
people, and will chastsn you'll" Z" | am coming to
command my task-masers." aye shall no more
let them go and gather straw for themselves" and
"let there more work be laid upon the men,"
But ali, how much more peaceful and happy is the
ample protection Of cabbage than the pursuit of
the favor of disdainfu people' How much easier
is il TO reclaim two acres of bog" than to gain two
terms of Office from reluctant sovereigns
Rome and France hare furnished examples of the
explosions, and reslorations OF monarchs. They
have occurred in violence, and been reyenged in
blood.
Vengeance has sometimes been the awful compen-
saton of election from power. Revolutions have re-
tributed.
fee, in the peaceful and regular forms Of law and
order, by calm and reasonable majority of one
hundred and forty-6ve thousand manly voters.
He now claims RESTORATION
claim is allegation Of right, only requiring
certain proofs and sanctions to complete and establish
deny that any man, properly, has claims to office in
this Government Office is duty, not privilege,
by the intention Of the Constitution. 1t was so dis
charged in the great Heroic age of the Republic, be-
fore high salaries added profit to the honor Of pub
lie post. But by corruptions and modern practice,
SALARIES have become the privilege of high partisan
ship, and Office but the Of getting at it
Party thus appropriating and corruptng office,
preparing legislation in caucus, and by legislation
6sauuaNh'b W PoHit VI parry mtTV OF
party want, has revolutonized the practical execu-
ton of Government, ard made office the privilege
the inducement, and the reward of craftsmanship Ii
is in this perverson and corruption, and not in the
true and viruous theory of our Government that the
doctrine Of claims has had its origin. Mr.. Van Bu-
rem who is accountable for this melancholy result
as any man living, has daily lived and had his being
so much in party atmosphere, party action and party
motives, that he has, contrary to his usual pru-
dence, publicly mistaken the corruptions Of party
for the virtues Of fair Government. lie comes
forward now claimant for power-he de-
mands party endorsement of his pretended
tlaims-he demands Of the Peope the ratification OF
the party's endorsement. He puts himself at the
head of that vast horde Of unhappy men, who aban.
don their 6resides desert their regular business,
forego their opportunities Of honest living in a
permanent VOCATION and agtae all their social rela-
tons, for the pursuit of gnis atuus which nvari
ably and inevitably disappoints nine out of ten-the
prosecution Of an imagined fabricated or false claim
to Office. In truth, the Republic has right to the
services Of her patriotic sons and expects every
man 10 do his duty when she calls upon
him. but Mr.. Van Buren, makes claim
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rally, under the atrocious, scandaous and uncivil
lied watchword " 10 the rcto1 belong the poiis" anc
he expects every man to do his duty or lose his por
ton.
He rcverses the theory Of political code, an,
puts himself in the position of creditor of the PEG.
pie.
He demands the Presidency as vested right, a
though it we're an inheritance, gift or contract
absolute in him.
No choice is left to the Pcople-no freedom or in
dependence Of action or opinion can be tolerated il
the question-it admits of no debate no doubt-th
claim is super eminent, predominant, and exclusive
This doctrine is repugpant to Constitutional, a
well as Democracal liberty, and has no foundatio
but in selfish aspirations and party corruptions ]
ought never TO be acknowledged. The moment il
countenanced, there is dang Of our lapsing grsdu
ally into hereditary monarchy; or il that were no
imminent, there is at least tolerable certainty q
an evil almost as great, the transformation of the Go
vernment TO mere agency, for the perpetual am
sole benefit of party.
IL we are TO regard Mr.. Van Burens nomination
as sanction by the party of this doctrine of claim
to Office, or his reelection sanction by the PEG
P'S VI WV y VI parry haCntncTy winch MIR. al
Buren, has originated, and to which he will owe hi
nomination. then would his collection be great an,
almost inapPrcciablc calamity TO the country.
Surprising such results are contemplated on tn,
strength OF Mr. Van Burens claims TO restoration.
will be my purpose hereafter to examine into III,
character of those claims, and if possible to expos,
the nature and probable effects of restoration Yo,
will then see, among others, the reason why have
! assumed tosPeak for The GREAT WEST"