Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-03-29
FOR THE SPECTATOR.
Mn. PRINTER,

FOR THE SPECTATOR.
Mn. PRINTER,
The slave party have lately raised a
great outcry about or rights and privi-
leges-they declare that because the
minority in the legislature did not wish
US to undo the work which we conplet-
cd to our satisfaction in the year 1873
because they did not desire us to fight
the battles of that year over again, they
are therefore our enemies. But, Mr..
Printer, we understand the business
better. We are able to distinguish be-
tween our real friends and our fazvning
sycohhantie .fatterers. . The slang used
by TIC latter IS really disgusting. A gem
tIeman ofthis SORT, at Vandaiia, says that
from us "no political wrong can ema-
nate" Now, Mr.. Printer, this is all ar
rant nonsense. There is not man in
the world who is perlec. and iDfallibIe.
Well iteach o(us is fsllible and liable TO
err, how does it happen that union OF
50 many iallibie and erring ,portals can
produces perfection and infallibliy p
Bet, say these fatterers, g the pcoDis
can do no wrong--they can be trusted---
they ought to role" &c. &c. We an
swer that, although we have not The pre-
sumption to consider ourselves infa!iibie.
yet the constitution, which we made
four years since, is not so imperfect as
to warrant us TO go to the great expense
OF calling convention to alter it. The
constitution of this state enanated from
US; and if no political wrong can ema-
nate from us, then the constitution is
right, and needs no amendment. Thus
you see these flatterers contradict them
selves at every step. If we are SO trust
worthy as they say, why do SO many of
them wish to deny us the power Of elect
ing preachers OF the gospel to the legs-
latnre when we think fit TO elect them
Are we MOTTO berus,ed with the manage
mcnt of our own affairs? Or, do these
sycophants understand our interests bet
ter than we do We know some of these
gentlemen who were very uneasy when
bill was pending before our General AS
sembly at Vandalia, making the Offices
ofaudHor ofhubiic accounts and -attor-
'fry general elective biennially by our
representatives. Then we beard nothing
about our intalh6tity. No, no: we
were not fiji 10 De trusted with the cleo
ton of those Offices; but they, good, hon
est souls, were TO remain in office for
life. They bad constitutional scruhies
about it; and never rested a moment
ill the bill was defeated. These were
not then considered $ monstrous doc.
trines;" they did not then " SAVIOR too
strong of arisiocracy" 1t was then
thought by these sycophan,s that it would
not be safe to place the auditor, and at
torney general within our reach. 1t was
considered perfectly righ, and perfectly
republican that they should he indepen-
dent of the people and of the legislature !;
in short that they should hold their off
ces by the same term that the king of
England holds his crown. NJ
Last winter it was our " sovereign
will" TO elect new state treasurer If
we are not mistaken, the very man who
is the author OF the piece in the papers
signed "Wm. Berry," found a
great deal of fault with the measure. He
appeared to think that most /" !griepous
Political wrong" had emanated from us
that we were cruel to dismiss an old
public servant merely because he had
taken small slice from the school fund
without leave. 1t was +" o6ensipe TO The
select minority" and was The worst thing
we could do--except making the office
of auditor elective every second year.
This last could not be endured. What /!
permit the people to lay their vnlgar
hands on the sacred Office Of auditor Of