The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-12

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one geness6s aud ,iruous struggle TO overthrow It.
fcloaiiy and forever tbs tyranny Of asysssm which,
II now submitted 10, must finally convert opf pohIc
psysular lnS udob1 INTO 3be toey IF ~ dSpanalsoNs
tina. OF inscriptions and sord'd party OH
Aud ~hat are tbs vi.s end bsp'gnsns measures Of
administrative policy which arc Promiasd =. Y. "
ths gluries and bessisgs ofth~ Sub Treasury ysAg
"a renewed war upon the currency, co'nmsfre, and
business Of the country just a. the momeni whsn,
by the fact Of the withdrawal OF the hostility OF
the Government, and that v;s sedtstvtr ~etr which,
u inherent in the energies Of free, snerprspG and
people AZ the bsiness puruits OF the ma
ton arc rssanns their psospsrsy and activity, and
the currency and exchanges Of the country are Hnds
ing their proper And natural rve every thing 10 obe
again thrown into confssion, and We are 10 ~ re-
plunged into chaos Of wih and psrncious expert
ment simply ok nase vesnefssisss party triumph,
in the contamination Of measure openly wei with
every great prsotca interest Of the community Aid
to this would be added, by neutral and necessary
all that long train II congeniaI al uses
" hch ngloriousiy illus. -ated tbe OF Mr. Van
Buien's former admns,ras ION multiplied schemes
for extending Executive power add Presidential pa
iron6gs profnss and pTogate expenditures Of pub
lie money! the IMMUNITY aud protection Of faithIsss
public officers purchased by the merit Of their party
services; a new brood OF dcfauIters of the Hoyts
which since 1910 is Of the proudest proofs Of the
justice and necessity the change then decreed by
the voice Of tho people. Bun il were vain to attempt
enumeration of the teemn. abuses that must ever
attend the fundamental heresy Of Mr.. Van Buren's
political System, which, instead Of regarding govern
mcnt as high and holy rus, for the good Of the
couniyr in 1t nothing but ob TO be Administered
for the benefit OF party, ofwhci the President is the
head and grand alrroner.
Now, would ask what is there to be apprehcnded
M. L..~I. ~. L. a.
weight of feather in the scale when compared with
the fatal and destructive evils poisoning the vital ele
mcns of republican freedom and virtue as well he
essential sources Of national prosperity and happiness
which we have every reason to believe would incvtn-
bly, follow the restoration of Mr. Van buren7 We
SHALL doubtless have paIaded before eyes, 10 ste
reoype horrors the old and threadbare appartion of
the Tarif the Bank and Disribtaiion On the subject
of the tariff do not hesitate to say that Mr. Clay's
creed developed in his recent letters is in every
spect just, as sound, and unexcsponabls that
ofMr Van Buren, and his practice infinitely better.
Mr. Clay did not vote for approve the tariff of 1925
conslgned 10 an odious celebrity, under the Of
the Bill of Abomina ions, which Mr.. Van Buren, and
his friends carried by their 1t is rather an un
fortunate coincidence, considering the professions Of
Mr.. Van Buren,, that all the tariffs which have been
most complained Of in the South their existence
upon the statute book the votes OF himself OF his
friends.
1t is no want of charity, then, but the result Of the
most candid and deliberate consideration, when ex-
press the decided opinion that Mr. Clay is far more
to be relied upon for practical of this del
icue and complex subject on terms just and sasi.f.c
tory to all sections of the Union, (harmonizng their
various interests by the golden rule Of moderation,
which is the only pledge Of permanence and stability
in any arrangtment that may be made,) than Mr..
Van Burcn. The wise and temperate spirit SO strik.
ingiy exhibited in bis letters which have been
ly given to the public, sustained by his well-know n
influence with his friends and his own high and I'M
Questioned character for frankness and decision
guaranty which no portion Of the nation viii lightly
rsg.rd
reduced to choice between the odious and grinding
SubTieasury Scheme and National lnstituiioa of
Finance, properly guarded aganss abuse by the jea-
Gus restrictions OF lis charter, well by vigiian
public supervision and CONTROL do believe hat the
sober judgment Of the the pr Of such
alternative, would find any OF quarrel ganst
those who, free from consttui iona difficulties the
subject shO I'D go for the latter in preference TO the
former. And As to the Dislrbu ion of the proceeds
of the Pub ic Lands, that sands necessarily and evil
IDENTIFY adjourned, as practical question, until the
revenues OF the nation compared with It's expenditures
and engagements, shall be in very different uatiop
from thai in which they now are, likely Il be
for years To come. My own individual OPINIONS On
these subjects have been often and fully stated thai
need moi repeat them here. What mean 10 say a,
pressnt that these issues other Hypothetical and
speculative neutrazed by equal and opposing
s'dsralons the other side, and should not divert
the mind for a moment from those higher, and more
urgent and vital questions which the tests OF
sound and correct decision in the pending Presi-
dentsl election. Those tests have already advert
ed to- They such inseparsbly connected
with the purity, character, and preservation of the
Government ITSELF and in my humble judgment, are
overwhelmingly conclusive v>inst the Pretensons Of
Mr.. Van Buren,. /f. .
As little shall we permit ourselves trust to be
ted hx oil anil ,ll
expedent of senseless and arbitrary use of party
names. Those who are prone to ring The changes
on the nomenclature Of Fsderalst and Repu bl,ca n,
would do we'll 10 remember that they have men, read
ing and nquirinQ men to deal with, and children.
Try Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr. Clay BY any test de-
rived from The authentic history Of political parties in
this country or ny the s'andard of those great prnc
plies which exist in the essential elements of pop
ular institutions, and Mr. Clay stands bsf,re the
world the far better Republican Of the two. r
In that great array and struggle of the two IaIties
of the country (amoog the most memorable in our has
to,y which arose out Of the controversy and witt
England in 1912, where was Mr. Clay and where was
Mr.. Van Burenl Mr.. Clay CALAMITY leading the
Republican hosts in the House OF Representatives,
and sustaining The administration OF Mr.. Madison
with all the energcs Of his Pario ism and eloquence
Mr.. Van Buing uniting with the Federaisis to de-
pose tina, ilustrious man from power aud to supan4
his Administrations Try them again by tina, stand
ard with Mr.. Van Buren, himself in a most elsbo-
ro,s speech delivered IN the Senate Of The United
States in 1928 declared TO be the true and legitimate
distinction between The Federal and Republican par
ties-ths one seeking tosrfsnd, the other to RESTRAIN
Ereeufire power. The public have not forgotten the
various schemes so sedulously devised or coune-
nan, eJ by Mr Van Buren, during the whole period
Of his Admnslrstiop, and fully exposed at the time
to augment Executive patronage, Disc elton and pow
or; aud nothing, surely, has more cminently disin-
Qushed the career of Mr. Clay than his constan, and
pcrsevcring Efforts TO restrain, and to provide new
kes and securities against the enlargement abu
sve exercise Of the powers IF that department Of tn,
Government. Judging them, then, by Mr.. Van Bu-
rens own definition Of political parties, correctly
laid down by him in 1928, bu, totally lost sigh, Of in
his subsequent practice let The sober and impartis
judgment Of the country decide which is the Federal
lst and which the Republicans