Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-04-27
From the New Jersey Eagle

/ rom the New jersey Eh9ie.
4 STRoNG TESTIMONY AGAINST JACKSON
ISM.-Wc have recently heard Of sever.
al individuals of responsibility aud inllu-
encc IN society IN our cighborhood, 81
icWy withdrawing from the Jackson par
ty; but II Is seldom we can expect TO find
man, occupying so prominent IA place
in that party and III society rs Judge Mil.
Ter, Whose letter announcing his with
drawaI from the jackson party will be
found below whose sense Of duty to his
country, to himself, and his friends, be-
comes so powerful as to lead him, in def
ance Of all consequences, boldly to como
ont with a puhhc renlacioiion. Judge
Miller has stood high in the ranks olthe
Jackson party in this county; he has
been looked upon as a kind Of leader,
having frequently been called to preside
over their public and private meetings as
Chairman lie is one OF the Judges of
our Court of Common Pleas, and VIC
have never heard his character or quail
fcatons as a Judge or n citizen impeach-
ed in the slightest degree. We have no
knowledge of his having been dsappoint-
ed III any OF his expectations from the
Jackson party, and as far as we can as
certain. he has been actuatcd by pure
sense of obligation to his country. This
we call "S'r0ng testimony against Jachson-
ism" lis address is published by his
own request.
ITO TIE PUBLIC.
|. II is both the duty and privilege of
freeman, whenever he shall find himself
politically identified with a party, whose
PRINCIPLES OF action do not accord with his
own, to withdraw from it; and il seems
due to all, that his reason for such with
drawaI should be frankly declared. Ev-
cry individual, however humble, is sup
posed to bear some portion ofthe respon-.
sibility of the measures of the party with
which he acts. The undersigned Is,
therefore constrained, lest silence should
he construed into an approval, to express
his dlsapprobaton Of the spirit of the pres
ont dominant party, and to say, that he
cannot cooperate IN measures which ha
thinks do violence to the Constitution, s
are at war with the true interests of tho
nation. Without entering into detail, oi
noticing the anti-republlcan conduct or
the party IN this state, AZ exhibited at the
late session ofthc Legislature, it is deem
cd sufficient barely To advert to the course
of the administration cfthe Ge,rral Gov.
crnncnt, in II few particulars, as coGstl-.
tuting inSupcrablc objections, to "A contin-
uaucc III power of the present Admins
tratIon. For instance: the policy in rcla-
ton to the Sourhcrn Indians; its eQuivo-
cal conduct IN reference 10 the great sys-
TENS of Internal Improvements and the
Tariff lis repeated attacks on the inde-
pcndcncc of the Judiciary; the impropch
appointments to office, and the abuse OF
the appointing power by nominating re-.
lcctcd Individuals. and even appointing Il
office, after the adjournment Of ,he Sen.
ate, q man who had been rejected by thai
body a. unfit for that station. The Pres
idcnt's opposition to the Charter of tho
United States Bank, aud his project iot
establishing a National Moncyed Aris.
tocracy, aud his determination to be q
candidate for recollection, contrary 10 hs
own declared principles. In short, the
course of the Administration has, in tho
opinion Of the subscriber, been such as
10 to,jcd aH claims 10 p''bLc c0nfd.ncci
SAMlEL b. MILLER.
Newark, April 2, 1881.