The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-05

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THE FLAG OF VAN BURENIsM-THE DOC.
TRINE OF CLEANSING. II.
To the Editor. g|
| MARTIN VAN -SUB-TREAsURy-REsT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS roR WRONGS INFLICTED -To
THE ucroRs BELONG THE sPoILs, &C., &c.
| That is the Banner have asked you to contem-
plate. Albeit overwhelmed in the Red Sea of popu.
lar wrath in 1910, see it again. 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, or punish it into submission and
peace' You cast me out of your employment, o
people, and will chasten you!" :" am coming to
command my task-masters." "Ye shall no more
give the people straw 10 make brick, heretofore
let them 60 and gather straw for themselves" and
"let there more work be laid upon the men,"
But ah, how much more peaceful and happy is the
ample protection Of cabbage, than the pursuit of
the favor of q dsdainful peope' How much easier
TO reclaim two acres Of bog" than to gain two
terms Of Office from reluctant sovereigns
| Rome and France have furnished examples of the
| expulsons, and restorations OF monarchs. They
have occurred in violence, and been revenged 10
! blood.
| Vengeance has sometimes been the awful compen-
sation of election from power Revolutions have re-
| tributed.
MIR. Van Buren, was refused a second term of Of
fee, in the peaceful and regular forms of law and
order, by calm and reasonable majority OF one
hundred and foriy-6ve thousand manly voters.
| lie now claims RrsroRArIos
! claim is All allegation Of right, only requiring
certain proofs and sanctions complete and establish
deny that any man, properly, has claims to Office in
this Government Office is duty, not privilege,
bJ IL intention Of the Constitution. It was so dis
charged in the great Heroic age Of the Republic be-
fore high saIs,ie, added profit TO the honor Of pub
lie post But by corrup,ions and modern practice,
salaries have become the privilege OF high partisan
ship and Office but the Of getting al it,
Party thus appropriating and corrupting office,
preparing legislation in caucus, and by legislation
graduating salaries TO any point Of party merit, or
party want, has revolu,ionzed the practical execu-
ton Of Government, and made Office the privilege,
the inducement, and the reward Of partsanship. 1t
is in this perverson and corruption, and not in the
true and virtuous theory Of Government that the
doctrine Of claims has had is origin. Mr.. Van Blu
rem who is accountable for this melancholy result
as any man living, has daily lived and bad his being
so much in party atmosphere, party action, and party
motives, that he has, contrary TO his usual pru-
depce, publicly mistaken the corruptons OF party,
for the virtues Of fair Government. lie comes
forward now as claimant for power--hc de-
mands a party endorsement Of his pretended
tlams-he demands OF the Peop'e the ratification Of
the parys endorsement. He puts himself a, 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 at,as which invari
ably and inevitably disappoints nine out Of ten-,be
prosecution of imagined, fabricated or false claim
TO Office. In truth, the Republic has a right to the
services OF her patriotic sons, and expects every
man to do his duty when She calls upon
him but Mr. Van Buren, makes a claim,
upon the Republic, and calls upon his follower, to
rally, under the sirocous, scandalous and upciviL
lied watchword /" 10 the riofos belong he spo," and
he expects every to do his duty or lose his por-
| ton.
He reverses the theory Of our political code, and
puts himself in the position Of creditor Of the Peo
| pie.
lie demands the Presidency as a vested right, as
though il were an Inheritance, a gin or contract
absolute in him.
No choice is lefl TO the People--no freedom or in.
dependence Of action opinion can be tolerated ia
the question-it admits Of no debate, no doubt-ebe
claim Is super-eminent, predominant and exclusive.
This doctrine Is repugpant to Constitutional, a.
we'll Dcmocratical liberty, and has no foundation
but in selfish aspirations and party corruptions II
ought never Go be acknowledged The moment il !.
countenanccd, there is dang Of our lapsing gradu
ally into hereditary monarchy; or, IL that were moi
imminent, there is at least a toIerable certainty Of
evil almost as great the transformation Of the Go
vernment to mere agency, for the perpetual and
sole benefit OF party.
| If we are TO regard Mr.. Van Buren,s nomination
as sanction by the party OF this doctrine of claim.
to office, or his reelection sanction by the Peo
pie OF the system Of party machinery which Mr. Van
Buren, has originated, and to which he will owe his
nomination, then would his election be great and
almost insppreciablc calamity to the country.
Surprising such results are contemplated on the
strength Of Mr. Van Burens claims TO restoration. il