The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-12

Jesuiis through The bloody III a Cluss Of Revo-
utionary France, BY which one acsse spirits
are enabled 10 suppress tAx will as,d control the
movements Of and entire bodies Of penl uaper-
ousy declare that be- and he anIy xhl he tho candi
date OF the party Is not tune tha houor able and
patriotic men, As they sesFec "a, dxnny Of their own
characters the pTivilsgesaf ee.aa. and the sacred
principles OF Republican Cow shcaid unite in
one generous and virtuous stIugse Z, overthrow, eff
fectuaily and forever, the tyraEay u system which
If now submitted to- mustT6 ~ convert our noble
popular institutions into the ~ ai I'll otninations
garchy ,H
And what are the wise am bsp} 5hst measures of
administrative policy which are pSs dised us as the
fruits Of Mr. Van Buren's Iestosaum A return to
the gioriss and blessings oftfe Sui ITessary system
"a renewed war upon the currencs. commerce, and
business OF the country s.Jsss he inoa.ont when,
by the fact Of the wthda@ g c ,h, hostility of
the Government and that rs sl.aisyI1 ,aa..ye which
inherent in the energies u fred Mse rpsisug and
industrious people, all the bpsincss y. cs Of the ma
ton are regaining their MoSiSs.ty anJ activity and
the currency and exchanges 81 TN ccuosy are find
ing their proper and natural level every thIae is to be
again thrown into confusion AND va ara 10 be re-
plunged into chaos Of wild aad pegnici}ds expert
ments, simply sgnalize n orseer psvty triumph
in The contamination Of a measure ap+nf II Wal with
every great Interest Of IN tvn..xfy And
to this would he added, by natural acd necessary
connexion, all that long sran cong enial al uses
which ingloriously illnsssalcl esera Of Mr. Van
B0ifn's former administration Filtillisd schemes
for extending Executive lower "a Presidential pa
.ronags; profuss and proi'iales ssladures Of pub
public others purchased By sss Il the sn' p.sv
services; new brood ofdiarI'ers Of the Hoyts
"a The HArrsqrRFAee Me ets.re disappearance Of
which SINCE ons ii the NouJest proofs Of the
justice and necessity af W ehshg thsa decreed BY
enumeration Of the tee aa-e sr us ss~I.
attend the fundamental hofcsy ~ Mr. Van Buren's
political system which, instead II segsring govern
ment as high and hciy trust for the good Of the
countyr in nothing butt b to be administered
for the benefit Of party (which the President is the
head and grand aln0ner.
Now, ! would ask, what is there to be apprehended
from Mr.. Clay's election, which ought to havs the
weight of feather in the scae, when compared with
the fatal and destructive evils posonng the vital ee
mens Of republican freedom and virtue as well as the
essential sources of national prosperity and happiness
which we have every believe would inevita-
bly, follow the restoration Of Mr.. Van Buren2 We
SHALL doubtless have paIaded before our eyes, in STE
reotyped horrors the old dhreadbare apparition Of
The Tariff the Bank, and Distribution On the subject
Of the tar i'll do not hesitate to say that Mr. Gays
creed, developed in his recent letters in every re-
'pect just, sound and lnexcepi onable Us that
,fMr Vsn Buren,, and his prsetics infinitely hetter.
Mr.. Cay did not vote for approve the tariff of 1925
consigned 70 an odious celebrity, under the name 81
lis friends carried by their vbtes 1t is rather an un
ortunate coincidence, cons erng the professions Of
Mr.. Van Buren, that all ihs tariffs which have been
most complained of in the South their existence
lpon the statute book to tie votes of himself OF his
nends.
1t is want of charity, then, but the result of the
most candid and deliberate considerations when ex-
ress the decided opinion hat Mr.. Clay is far more
be relied upon for practical adjustment of this del
cate and complex subJecton terms just and satsfac
DRY to all sections of the Union (harmonizing their
arous interests by the golden rule of moderation
which is The only pledge # permanence and stability
n any arrange mcnt that may be made,) than MI.
an Buren, The wise and temperate spirit SO strlk-
ngy exhibited in his letters which have been recent
y given to the public, sustained by his we-known
influence with his friends, and his own high and un-
Questioned character for frankness and decision is
guaranty which no portion of The nation will lightly
regard.
With respect TO the Bank, il the country shall be
reduced to choice between the odious and grinding
Sub Treasury Scheme and National Institution of
Finance, properly guarded against abuse by the eai
Gus restrictions of LIS charter, we'll by vgilant
public supervision and CONTROL do not believe hat the
sober Judgment of the people under the such
an alternative, would find any quarrel against
hose who, free from constitutional difficulties on the
abect sho aid 70 for the latter in preference TO the
former. And as to the Dislrbu ion of the proceeds
Of the Pub ic Lands, that ads necessarily and evil
IDENTIFY adjourned, as practical question, until the
revenues OF the nation, compared with its Expenditures
and engagements, shall be in very different situation
from that in which they now ule, or are likely TO be
for years to come. My own individual opinions on
hese subjects have been often and fully stated that
need not repeat them here What mean to say at
Isl that these issues either hypothetical and
speculative neutrazed by equal and opposing con-
'dsrations on the other SIDE and should not divert
The mind for moment from those higher, and more
urgent and vital questions which the of
sound and correct decision in the pending Presi.
dcntial election. Those tests have already advert
ed to. They are such as inseparably connected
with the purity Character and preservation of the
Government itself, and in my humble judgment, are
Mr. Van Buren,
As little shall we permit ulselves ! trust to be
fIghted from PR priety" by the old and hollow
expedent OF a senseIess and arbitrary Of party
names. Those who are prone ring the changes
on the nomenclature of F,deraisi and Republican,
would do well to remember that they have men, read
ing and inquring men, deal with, and not children.
Try Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.. Clay by any test de-
rived from the authentic history of political parties in
his country by the ndard of those great prnci-
pies which exist in the essential elements of pop
liar ins,tutons and Mr.. Clay stands bef,re the
World the far better Republican Of the two.
In that great array and struggle of the two PARTIES
II the country (among the most memorable in his
ofy) which of the controversy and war viii
england in 1912, where was Mr.. Clay and where was
vi Van buren Mr.. Clay CALAMITY leading the
Republican hosts in the House of Represent atives
md sustaining he administration of Mr.. Madison
With all the energies of his pa'ro ism and eoquence
Mr. Van Bunng untng with the FederaIlsrs to de-
'ose that Industrious man from power and suJpla
lis Administration Try them again by that stand
rd which Mr.. Van Buren, himself in most clsbo.
ole speech delivered in the Senate of the United
States in 1925 declared TO be the true and legitimate
distinction between the Federal and Republican par.
Ies-the one seeking TO ertsnd the other restrain
Executive power The public have not forgotten the
'arious schemes sedulously devised or counte-
ian, cd by Mr. Van Buren, during the whole period
IF his Administration, and fully exposed the time,
o augment Executive patronage, discretion and pow
n; and not hing, surely, has emnently dstin-
,uished the career of Mr. Clay than his constant and
persevcring arts TO restrain and to provide new
kes and securities against the enlargement abu-
ave exercise OF the powers Of that department of the
Government. Judging them, then, by Mr. Van Bu-
rens own definition of political parties, as correctly
laid down by him in 1923 but totally lost sight of in