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TXSSS SEHOSM7.
POLITICAL.
TO THE “ TRIO.*’
[CONTINUED]
But you seem to think your work will
not produce the intended effect, unless you
can render the judicial department odious
and suspected. You say, “where is the
country in which the rights of man” have
always beeu protected by tho judiciary? It
is uot to be -tound. Bat tvo can scarce
turn our eyes to the history us any nation,
iu which, on the contrary, tho judicial de
partoient lias not bocome the “agents of
corruption.” You thou go through a train
ol reasoning, to prove that the national ju
diciary are iu “perfect habits of obedience
and subordination” to the legislative and
I cannot exactly determine from your e
quivocal denouciations, wbetner you wish
Hie judicial department dtfferentlv orgaui
zed or entirely abolished. As to the organ
ization it is such as the will of the people
pleased to give it, and upon tho whole I
think the best it could Drive icceived. Per
haps it would have suited your taste better
if the Governors of the States had been
clothed with power of appointing the Fed
eral Judges. But accostum as I have been
to consider an independent Judicial, next
to tho responsibility of public agents as the
most important improvement which we have
made upon the political systems of antiqui
ty, I cannot suffer you to pronounce the
judiciary as being the “agents of corrup
tion,’ without giving the charge a serious
refutation
Appealing to the experience of nations,
we shall find tbit the judiciary has general
ly been justly regarded with ve aeration, as
the upright and it.fl xtbio ministers of the
law. The very education of a Judge, ac»
customed to confino his views to the results
of a stiff technical and artificial system, in
disposes him to that course of flexible and
unsteady reasoning, by which usurpation
is too often palliat'd. On this subject the
experience of Great Bittaiii may bo more
profitably consulted than that of any other
foreign nation. 'The judtciuiy of that coun
try is the boast and glory of patriots and
stateinen. Ido not mean to say tint she
i over had a judicial tyrant; but I may safe
ly assert that where she lias had one tyrant
on tho bench, she has had ten on the
throne, and thousands in Parliament. Tile
“Habeas Corpus * act would not be so
.n-izurl, hm fur lhn inHooendencfc of the iu- j
Itci try, by whose instrumentality alone, its
benefits can be administered. Where all
'he other departments two tyrantcal aud
corrupt, it cannot be expected that the ju
diciary will bo always perfect. My end is
cc.omplisbed when I shew that in other
i.untries it is better than the other depart
ments in these points. Every historical
tder must recollect how distinguised a
pot the judiciary of France, there called
Pailiaaieuts, acted iu the cause of liberty.
Amid the hopeless gloom of absolute des
potism, the first gleam rtf freedom issued
from those tribunals. They holdly resiled
the Tyrant, and “rolled back the tide of his
power ” And what has been the experi
ence of this nation on the subject? Has
not the Supreme Court decidt <1 that iioy
have the powei to issue o mandamus a
gainst a Secretary of Slit* ? lias not a
Federal Judge issued a mandamus to com
pel the release of a vessel, embargoed by
an Executive order, which the Judge pro
nouoced unconsliuiioiial? And is this what
you call perfect obedience and subordina
tion ?
I h ive long thought that the brief and
i turbulent course of freedom in the republics
| of antiquity, was to ascribed principally to
the want of an independent judiciary.—
Those violent passions to which popular &.
; even deliberate assemblies are occasionally
subject, do not roach them. Elevated a
bove the scens of ambition and political in
trigue, they bolio and with calmness the storms
impetuous rage; they wave the magic wand
of their peaceful power, and the elemental
strife is hoard no more. And it is my ar
dent prayer that wo may never see the
bloody day, when that wand shall loose its
power.
In closing my correspondence with you,
I intend to address you with a plainness
which will preclude misapprehension. Hav
ing £fven you my views of tho true theory
: «>r government; having shewn that it rests
upon the broad basis of responsibility, and
iis the organ of the sovereign will of the
j people; I shall now proceed to consider
what courre of measures will best promote
: tho permanent happiness of those for whose
sole and exclusive benefit that government
was formed. In doing this it would bo
treating you iu a manner very onbobecum
ttig your merits, to pass over in silence
your sweeping and indiscriminate denunci
ation of every measure of Mi Monroe’s
administration. I have already stated the
object of your t.'umvi prs; but the
present occasion rails tor a more full aud
and distinct exposition of the plan of oper-
Hioi s, than his becu yet presented. From
the disclosures made in your two last nttni
in-rs it is more than ever apparent that you
are the humble instruments of a certain
great magician, who-stnnds behind the cur
tain and moves you by wires. Anti l feel it
■ o be a sacred duty to expose* to tho view of
my insulted fellow citizi ns, the true charac
er of the ‘black art,’ by which you think to
•liiiie them. You have openly reared the
Htdard of anew faction; anti Itavo select
i certain words, sup|iose<l to possess a po
• bar charm as the symbols of your order.
’ . ‘.anting upon the ignoiaftco <1 llio poo
i volt have vainly imagined, they could
no V&fiied awj.y by the‘magic >.f a n.t'mo.*
COLUMBUt?, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DE< EM BLR 21,
Hence your continual straining, your e-
Jicuious twisting, to associate with every
measure of Mr. Monroe’s administration
the term * federal; ’ a term which you sup
pose* will awaken so many odious associa
tions, as to make the people forget that, as
a party word, so far from applying to Mr.
Monroe’s administration, it properly be
longs to its opponents. Aud as among
these you may claim * distinguished sitin
tion, having prenened jnetty much the sane
ductiines in peace , which foimer opponents
advocated in wa~ % you could scarcely have
deserved more credit had a defence of the
famous Hartford Convention, and an ac
complishment of their views, so siuitliar to
your own, been the avowed object of your
labours. But rest assured that the people
of the (Jotted States Hre not to be duptd
by aucti a pitiful artifice. With whom did
tho policy which you denounce as federal,
original. ? With that glorious pltulanx ol
republican st itemeu patriotic Zeal and dis
tinguished talents carried our country tn
triumph through the late war with Great
B itatu. Since the F dural Constitution,
America has never witnessed the assem
blage of such a splendid i.ons'ellauon of
great and virtmius nett as Congress pre
sented during that war, and at the close of
it, when the peace puliev "f the present ad
ministration was established. While there ;
is an American capable of appreciating tho
importance of national character, lue names
of Calhoun, Clay, Loudens, Clteves, and
a oost of worthies who acted with them,
will bo haile f with gratitude. These were
the men, who amid the darkest movements
of the late war, w hen a poworlul etneiny
threatened them from without, aud a must
rancorous opposition embarrassed litem
witniti, stood with a dauntless resolution
at the helm of state, resolved to stand or
fall with their country. The distinguished,
magnanimous, and self-devoting part winch
Mr M >nroe acted in the cabinet during
that perilous coi II ct, all must remember.
These statements, during and soon after that
wat, established tbe policy of the present
administration upon the most liberal and
enlightened principles and with the general
appiobation of all political parties through
out the u. mi. An i Mr, Monroe was bail
ed from one exit entity of the nation to the
other, as the P.esidcifi, not ofa faction, but
of a united people.
I will not take a general view of tho pol
icy of the present administration, and of
the principles upon whicn it is founded, a*
contra-distinguisned from that which you
assume as Iba basis of your electioneering
project. As the federal government was
created principally “lo provide for the gen
eral defence and common welfare,” the re
publican party, since iinpiessivo admoni
tions of the Ide wtr, hive wisely resolved,
to place the country iu a respectable alti
tude of defence. There is enough in out
peculiar situation, a* connected with tho
nations of Euibpe, to satisfy us that wo
shall not bo exempted fiom our share of
of foreign outrage and injustice. AH his
tory confirms the great and melancholy
truth, that nations in their intercourse with
one another, are out seldom restrained by a
sense of justice, from committing any ag
gression which their ambition or avarice
may prompt. When wo add to the motives
by which such aggressions are generally
prodneed, tho jealousy and alarm with
which the despotic rulers of Europe look
upon the progress of our glorio is experi
ment of repu lica.i freedom, it would bo
great folly and weakness in our rulers to
expect an exemption, in this respect, from
liie common lot of nations. The only rs
fectual mode, then, of securing our lights
from invasion is tr» be prepared to defend
them. If we do not, by out preparations
and mumfost capacity for war, convince
other nations that they will lose more than
they will gain by infringing upon > ur rights,
those rights will be at the mercy of every
passion that can stimulate national outrage.
Hencejthe maxim of the immortal Washing
ton, that “the best wny to preset v. peace is
to prepare for war ’ Week ness always
invites aggression, and Submission produces
Contempt. In placing the countrp in a
suitable posture of defence, then, our re
publican rulers have regarded the express
design of the constitution, tho admonitions
of history, and the example of the father of
his country, as more than imperative upon
them. The means of national defence, be
sides the militia, may be resolved into these
three great elements—the Navy, the army
and fortifications. Os these you havo ri j
nouncod tho two first, and endeavored to
rendet ‘hem odious by your usual (rickety
of false associations. The Navy is now
the universal favorite of the nation, (dema
gogues always eveepted) and I, therefore,
need sav nothing on that branch of defence.
The ttrntv, howevor, from various causes,
will require more attention, in every pe
riod of our history we have had a
standing army in time of peace , and none
but vision.try dreamers have ever question
ed the necessity of an army in time of w ar,
and dnny the existence of that necessity
during peace is a glaring inconsistency. An
army is an assemblage of citizens, trained
for war by the rules of military science
This, particularly in relation to the officers,
is a matter of time and labor II during
peace wo do not miautain even the skele
ton of an army, a war must of necessity find
us absolutely destitute of that branch of na
tional defence. Wo fight the two or three
fiirst campaigns, therefore, without the kind
of force all ndrtut to bo necessary ill war.
In other words, >ve suffer disgrace and de
feat, and incur the most enermnus expense,
at the voiy crissis when success and econ
omy arc most important. If there is 'toy
policy in ptepnring for war ut all, that prep-
aration ought surely to be made at tho be
gifting us the war. The plan of tho pres
ent auitiinistratioii is to retain a small army,
but so orgavi,j>tj(! and officered as to bo capa
ble, in the emergency ofa war, of beinZ
promptly expanded ,;n! li.ted up, so us to
give us at once a disciplined army sufficient
tor the dem .mi* of tiie service. Having
officers already well skiiieu iu their duty,
tho new tecum* tkai any be tbruwu iis, wili t
soon become assimilated With tiie tugalurs,
and suffi'teiiily trained. The views of me
Secretary of War upon this subject, as con
tained in*ins report to Congress at the last
session, are quite unanswerable, and I bo
iiove there are but few men iu the Union !
who have riot giAcu them already their un
eqnivi cal approbation- Upon tliu wisdom
of tlioso permanent defences, necessary to
protect our maritime and inland liantlers,
no doubt can be entertained. They have
been projected with nil tho precaution
which the.t importan- o demands. The a
blest engineers have selected those posi
tions deemed most important; aud if a spir
it of false economy shall not too tar prevail
iii the fulur appropriations, the whole sea
coast will, al no distant period,’be ade
quately fortified in all its vulnerable point*.
11 is apparent that you envy the glory which
will accrue to certain members of ihe ad
ministration, from mes* Mouuinetits of their
forecast and wisdom. Fur although
you cannot venture to denounce those de
fences generally, you cannot forego the
tmnt’iuon of objecting to some of the local
positions selected for them. When you
knowing nothing of the principles upon
u bicli the utility and bearing ol foititica-
Holts depend, and were, perhaps, iKitci
w ithin three hundred miles ol the positions
you condemn, undertake to set yourselves
up in judgement upon a board of scientific
officers, who carefully ex amt tied these po
sitions, and pronounced ilium eligible, you
must not be surpused that your presump
tiou slr -uld meet with general contempt. —
Having glanced at the leading measures of
Mr. M .nine’s adminisfiation, 1 propose to
say a fiu’.v words as to the spirit and pnu
ctples upon which those measures are foun
ded, The fundamental maxim of thoso
members of th cabinet whom yon aro so
anxious to denounce, is, that thy fullest re-
Irince should lv placed n the cir tte and
in te licence of >hc peojne. Ttieit confi J> uce
ili.it me people, * tn not misleu uy de
signmg den.agogms, will cliecifully sut.mil
to nil ill- sacrifices necessary for sustaining
a liberal and safe policy, has been uniform
ly drill net un.il .Ken. M. Monroe IU tlta
late inaugural speech, adverting lo a possi !
hie necessity of recommending taxes, thus j
expresses himself—“l have never dreaded,
nor have ever shunned, in any situation in
which I have been placed, making appeals
to the virtue and patriotism of my fellow
citizens; well know mg that they could nev
er;bo made in vai. , especially in nines of
great emergency, ..r for purposes of high
importance." Mr. Calhoun, the secretary
a war, in his speech on the repeal of the
direct taxes, holds the following language:
The people, I believe, are inudq»eiit aud
virtuous. The wiser, then, you act toe
loss you J idd to the temtaiions of ignoble
and false security; the more you attract
their confidence.” “Already they go far,
very far before this house in energy aud
public spirit
This is *bo spirit of genuine republican
ism. this is tho language winch it becomes
American statesmen to use in relation to
the people, ihe only legitimate source of
power. L« t prplic men discharge their
duty fearlessly and independently aud the
people will assuredly discharge theirs-
I sini aware that the course of measures
pursued by tho present administration, in-.
volves considerable expense. But tb" pen- |
pie of this Conui.v will never suffer it even j
to be made a question whether they will ;
make the contributions nocessmy to pre
serve their liberties. They feel proud of
their destinies, and ar«* determined to act a
part becoming ihe station Providence has
assigned thorn among the nations of the
G trfb. The only republic oil earth, and
the lest hope «>f suffering humanity, the U
tilted States will never by a disgraceful par
simony, throw themselves upon the justice
or mercy of the “Holy Alliance.” Thoy
disdain to hold their liberties or their rights
upon tenures so incompatible of a fine peo
ple. I cannot close this-view of tlu* meas
ures of the administration better, limn by
an cxitact fioin the concluding part «-f the
eloquent mid siaicsuMmlike speech of JVl'
Calhoun, to which I befbrejhod reference.—
Alluding to the measures lie had been dis
cussing, lie said: —“ The subject is grave.
It is connected with iupgidess and exist
ence of tho country. 1 do sincerely hope
that we mo the agents of the people;
brought here, not to consult their ease am.
convenient, but their general defence .me
common welfare. Such is the language o
the constitution. I have faithfully in d.s
chaigo ol tho sacred trust reposed in me by
rbosc fnr whom I act, pointed out the moas
tires which unjr situation and relation to tie
test of the world, render necessary for out
security md lasting prosperity. They in
vo’.vc no doubt much expense—they r -
quire considerable s,icrifici son the |»art ol
the people; but are they on Unit account to
bo rejected? We are called upon to «liuoxr
On one si It* is a great case, it is true ; hot
on tho other, the security of the vniiiiuy.—
Wo tnuy dispnnsfl wi l s l tho taxes; \» e may
neglect every measure ol pree ini m, and
feel no immediate disaster, But in such a
stito of things wha.t virtuous, ,vfiut wi>e cit
usen, but must look tin the (utuie wuh dread.
I know of no situation so lespoosibie, it.
|irop,-rly consul t-rvd as i-uis. V. o are char
ged by PuiVi.iencn, not only with the hap*
pifit’js o*f ■ -' v’a 1.-l in
VOLUME Flits NUMBER II
a rnitsierable deg-ec, with that if h liu*
man race We have a government of a
ii<-w order, perfectly dis in'ct fiom all in .t
h ive preceded it. A government founded
on tiie rights of man; resting not on author
ity, not oil prejudice, dot on superstition,
out on reason. II it su’cceefl, as iondK lea
ped try its founders, it will be the c...»ne net -
no nt ol anew era in human off ors. Aii
civilized govern me of s must in the i- urse "j
lime conform to its printtphs.
Tims circnmsiauc. <l, cm you hesitate
what course to choose? Tho road that wis
dom points out, leads, it is tree up the
steep; but leads also lo secuiieiv and 1.-ist
ing glory. No nation that wains the futti
tudt to tread it, ought ever to inspire lt>
greatness. Such ought to sink, and wn f
certainly sink into the list of those mat nave
done nothing to be known or remoiufierod,
Ii is imoiutable; it is iu the nu’.uio ol tilings.
The love of present case and j.leasuic; in
difference about the luturc; that fatal weak
ness* of human natuio has never failoe, iu
individuals or nations, to siuk ihour to utS-,
grace aud ruin. On the contrary, virtue
and wisdom, which regard Ihe future, aud
spurn the temptations of the moment, how
ever rugged their path, eud in happiness,
Such are tho uuiveisa! sentiments of ail
wise writers, from the dictates of the philo
sophers, to the fictions of tho poets. i’in y
argee that pleasure is a fluweiy path, lea
ding oil among groves and meadows, but
ending in a gloomy and dreary aildogniAtj
that it is the Syren’s voice, which lie who
listens to is ruined; the cup ol Circe, which
lie who drinks is converted into u sw uie v
Tins is the language of fiction; reago.w
o aches the same. Ii isniywish u.elo.au.*
the national sentiment, to that which every
just and virtuous mind possesos. Not fli.rt
is needed to impel us to tho opposite w .y,
that may be too safely trusted to the facul
ties of our nature. Tats nation is m a situ
ation sionliir to that in which one ol me
most beautiful poets of antiquity paints Her.
cules in his youth. He presents the 11. ro
as retiring into the wilderness, to delifioratn
on tho couise of life which he ought to
choose. Two goddesses approach.t.j o c
recommending lq him a life ut ease -md
pleasure; 'lie other of labor aua virtue
Tb.. hero cdopted the council of the latter,
and bis fame aud glory are known to tliu
world. May ibis nation the faithful Her
cules, possessing Ins loinrand muscles, be
inspired with similar senlimeuts, and follow
Ins example.’ •
• The fallowing just and sduiirable drawn
actor of Mr Calhouu. is too well merited by tho
original, and too faithful in tho dolmiation to ho
omitted. It may be found more at length in tho
third number of tho Essays as they appeared fi*
tho Aducrtiser.
Referring to thoso whom you denominate “un»
blushing apostates,’, you say—“ Foremost in the.
ranks stood Mr. Calhoun, the present Secretary of
War, brandishing in one hand a Bank Charter,
and in Ihe other a splendid projects of Internal
Improvements." Then in a noto, lo pMSvo him
an -‘apostle” from “red hot repubhetm” principles,
(I quote from the stores of your own classical lan
guagej you assert that “ho is a bank man, the au
thor of the scheme of Internal Improvement; tho
protector of domestic manufactures by increased
duties, vc, an army man; a navy man; tho friend
of internal taxation; the rdvocato of liberal con
struction and implied powers ” When wo consi
dcr the arm aivol ject of your undertaking, it fit
very obvious that your work would have been but
imperfectly done, if you had not made a bold and
sweeping charge upon the Secretary of vVar.-*
From tiie elovatud, public spirited, and indepen
dent course of this ardent patriot and distinguish,
cd statesman, who has invariably soared above
the meanness of intrigue, and tho littleness of
faction, directing the energies of his sagacious and
comprehensive mind to the most expansive, na
tional, aud disinterested schemes for perpetuatirg
tiie liberty, and the honor of his country; it rs
quite a matter of course that you should address
him with “no friendly voice,” but only to‘tell Inn.
how voa hate his beams.’ In every situation iu
which he has boern placed, whether in the senate
or the cabinet, the power of his intclloct and the
energy of his character, have boen immediately
felt. ”Ju congress his noble an.‘ disinterested pat
riotism, added to his masterly a»d fascinating pow
ers of argument, extorted the praises of his polit
ical adversaries, and even of his personal enemies.
When he roso to speak, as i heard one ofius com
patriots, who is now no more, express it, “you had
no perception of a party politician, and could see
nothing but a great mind laboring to promote tho
happiness and glory of our common country.”—
As u member of tho Executive Cabinet, and the
head of a department, Ire has been not Icbs dis
tinguished lie lias not only given to tho business
of 7iis office tho most perfect arrangement; so a»
to render its details plain and easy, aud inspired
now life into our little army ; but his active mind,
rising above the mere mechanical routine ot his
office, has pervaded every section of our extended
territory, with wise, practical, and statesmanlike
schemes of improvement. Tho coast has uouij
sutveyed by scientific engineers, and the best po
sitions have aeon selected for permanent defences;
the Western or Indian fiontiors is as well protect
e i as the number of our reduced army renders it
practicable to protect ii; and exploring exp* ditions
have been projected with the most enlarged views
to ascertain the natural wealth and resources of'
our remote Western territory, and the character
ot the trib. s who inhabit those wild and extensive
regions' In short, in whatever situation ho lias
been placed, it has been lus fortune to pursue a
bold, erect, and independent march, fearles of re
sponsibility, and regarding wily fiisduty Ills is
a course l.ieh aims not al the lluetiug popularity
of tho day, hut that tho true glory and enduring
lame, which will live with posterity, when the
nioio a.nbicious aspirants to office and powei shall
have passed into forgetfulness, leaving “no me
morial’ that they have existed as statesman, re
corded in “the book ot liie:” Ag.uust such a mau
your splenetic effusions aie as impotent as they
are envious. In the impartial judgment of after
ages, which will but confirm the decision already
made by hi- country, tim moisme- with vvliicl*
you have associated LL name, and with most 4
wliiefi it is really 'uieinitied, will he looked open
as So many iiiomcntscf ni* vvl: dom and talen'm.
But lucerne to vour s-pccific cfiai'pcs and msiiiua
turns, 1 will venture l-o as-erl tool .; nit politician
in ifio Union less liable to liie charge of nposlacy
than Mr. Calhoun FjojS llio Em moment be cu-
Leicd the national councils fit- Ins unitoi i'dy udVr
dated the same couise of im isnrcs He ivurf,
scarcely suatcdlo congress when lie boldly de
claimed a blind tad m oinnina l • i‘h ;e:iep to
the opinions of niiy.a'otof im iff Hi; j . euitneed
the cmoil)go unit iv ;t»i< live f.-sWtn w .io?!_ ‘pude
quttto U> CAie'l justice ttdiu oU. i unions,ai m.iiu
taiiied’that li • i".** t H i,; V poeo. wt.i