Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-08-11

tudt, u1ucI tHc SuTU W CONSCIENTIOUS sac
ryfce TO establish precedents for the public
good, evils of serious Importance to the
freedom and prosperity of the Republic
may rise. 1t is through this channel that
the people may expect to be attacked in
their constitutional sovereignty, and
where tyranny may be well apprehended
to spring up in some favorable emergen-
cy. Against such inroads every guard
ought to be interposed, and none better
occurs than that Of closing the sus-
pected avenue with some necessary con-
stitutional restriction. We know human
nature to be prone to evil; we are easily
taught to pray that we may not be led
into temptation; and hence the opinion,
that by constitutional provision, all aven-
ues to temptation on the part of our po-
litical servants, should be closed"
Yet this corruption so justly described,
and vividly painted, in all its ramifica-
tions and consequences, has Gen. Jack
son practised to IA pernicious extent, un-
heard among his predecessors! Com
mcnt on such tergiversation is needless;
and surprise is stilled by grief and morti-
fcation, over the weakness ofnature and
the frailty of man. Without good taiih
there can be no morals in government,
and the support Of Gen. Jackson for a
reelection, after the fragrant violation of
a pledge so solemn, and principle so
important, would be knowingly to put up
on the people fraud and imposition, as
insulting to their understandings, as dam
gerous and destructive to their Liberties
BUTT is not merely on One--It is on ALL
points that he has proved reckless to
his word, and inconsistent with his pro-
fcsSions. On no part Of his public cha
racter did he boast with so much pride &
ardor as his DEMocRAcY. In his letter
to Doctor UIiliam Dickson, he makes
full avowal of the entire principles of the
JcGersonian School. He says:
"Beieving as do, that any citizen
who does obtain the suffrage Of the free
men of Tennessee, must be a character,
the composition of which is rirtue, talents,
and TRUE WING PRINCIPLES OF SEVENTY
SIX; in short, sir, that he must be re-
publican, and in politics, like Caesars
m3e, not only chaste, but msuspected."
"The first two component parts Of this
character | know you possess; the latter,
as to myself, | have ever thought you
did. But, Sir, the public mind has been
lately led to believe that your political
sentiments are doubtful, and some have
held you up as an aristocrat. These
reasons have operated with me to call up
on you to answer the following interrog-
atories:-First-arc you, and have you
always been, true admirer of the whig
principles Of seventy sir? Have you al.
ways been an admirer of the state au-
thorities: Are you now, and have you
always been, an admirer of the constitu-
ton Of The United States, friendly to lis
administration, agreeable 10 The true literal
meaning ofMe instrument, and banishing
The dangerous doctrine Of imphication?-
Hare you ai'coys been, and are you no,o,
opposed to The standing armies IN time of
peace? fire yow nov, and hare you al
rays been, inimical to a standing arn,a-
menH Are you non, and hare you al,cays
been, opposed 10 foreign political conner
ionsE fire you nov, and hare you al,rays
been opposed 10 the ertension Of erecuiire
patronage! Have you always been, 6,
are you now, an advocate for freedom of
religion 8; freedom Of The press? IRE you
nor, and hare you al,cays been, friendly
10 economy IN The public disbursements, &,
an enemy to The system Of ioansI And,
lastly, are youa real republican IN princi-
pie, and ,ciH you be u republican in proc-
Hce?
From creed so full and ample, we
had every reason to believe that his prac-
hce would have coresponded to his pro-
ss,ons; and his appointments & meas
ures assume a congenial shape. But
when once licensed in power, what was
his conduct: He called to his councils
and his confidence some ofthe most con-
splcuous ultra-federalists of the country,
who had distinguished themselves for
their opposition to the late war, to COM
pose his original cabinet. The present
even exceeds the first, in this inconsist-
ent association Of the federalists of 1913
with a disciple, at least a PROCESSING disci-
pie, OF the Jefferson school. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury, the Secretary of
the Navy, and the Attorney General,
have ever been noted for their ultra-de-
vot'on to the antagonist party; and in his
local and minor appointments, u similar
preference is generally perceived to pre-
vail. Fidelity to the principles ofThom-
as Jefferson, consistency with our past
ives, honor, virtue, and true regard
or the rights Of man, all forbid us to yield
'ur support to one who has so totally sac
-ificed his principles, and so entirely a.
'andoned his party. As democrats, we
cannot support Andrew Jackson, or give
'ountenance to his federal appointments,
md aristoc ratical career III.