The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-09-26

vic 10 suCCeeQ him at tDo Gnu VI
ond term, lit having been previously arranged ta'
he should be candidate for reelection ioi ano'u
er term1 For that reason, to avoid lnVioloeS W.
servatlon, and to set example, as nc ~
such Ministers. as, in all future time s n %
candidates for the Presidency, MI van n ~ IL; -
signed the Office of Secretary Of stare III H
ply to that letter, the President enr,i's ..," wv
particular reason which is assigned ioi 'le res
ton, is SO strong as to command ne .i -
was, therefore, at that time! wei. "i' n -. -,
tween General jackson and MI. va" Duien n ~
on the expiration OF his second term OF tne resi
dencv MI Nan Rnren was the preferred candidate
for the Succession The party had got INTO power.
They were determined to keep in, by holding iaSt
on. The importance attached 10 zen 'aIAsoh
name with the People maize II important tha' nc
shonld be run for second termi l'ney nJ' ' ,Ia
doubling his re-eleciionl IN order TO make 'ile
road 6rmer and palmer for MIR. Van Buren, to sue
coed him. We have indeed the authority OF MI
Van Buren, for saving he was instrumental III deter
mining Gen Jackson TO be candidate i"r re-eiee-
ton For in the same letter TO the President
which we have already quoted FROM the Ez-Secre-
tary said. You sir have consented 10 be a csnd-
date for reelection. Having, from deep conylc-
ton of Its importance to the country been among
the most urgent Of your advisers to Weld yourself
to the obvious wishes of the People, &c. u was
Mr. Van Buren, then, il is seen, who was the Pres
ident's ADVISER to be candidate for re election
and we nave already shown that il was he who adj
vised total dissolution Of the Cabinet as ne
cessary sacrifice to the unem0arrdsSed dettoh OF the
Administration"
The object of this whole movement was, it lie
now clear 10 perpeuate the power of the party,
and to the success of that object % sacrifice"
short of selfdsfranchisement" was too great
Indeed, a few weeks after the event of which we
speak the principle was boldly advanced, in the
new Government Paper that the power Of Office
should be only confded to such persons as are in
ciined to exert it to PERPETUATE the Democratic
influence in the Government" Every one knows
what is meant by the Democratic influence.
Whether 1t was a part of the original design to
nominate Mr. Van Buren, for the Vice Presidency
tas has been lately done) are not sufficiently
acquainted with the secrets of the party TO be able
TO say. We only know that it has been done, and
that the Presidents wishes were instrumental in
accomplishing it. The party were authortatively
informed that it was the wish OF the President and
his friends that Mr. Van Buren, should be nominated
by the Baltimore Convention. He willed it, and
was done. We have since been informed, from
the highest authority, that the President, who
" WAS BORN TO COMMAND" will feel himself dis
honored by being reelected President, unless his
favorIte is chosen to the second office Therefore
says the Globe, June 9Th, 1882 "the friends of
me freStdet WHETHER THEY PERSONALLY LIKE
Mr.. VAN buren, OR NOT, uiH rally around him,
and do justice to his motives and his acts By
making Mr. Y an Buren, Vice President they will
declare to the world" &c. There has been no
instance before in history Of the President die
totihS ~ diC SbpiS NHOIn Iley snail choose next
10 him. 1t is essentially an attempt by the incum-
bent to appoint his successor. We pass BY entire.
ly the extraordinary developments which followed
toe explosian of the Cabinet and established the
direct interference of the Administration in Eec.
uons, the bribery and corruption of the public
Press, &c, bee ause it is old story which all gu,
readers know by rote. To US it results, as a prop
ositlon demonstrated by the facts we have brought
together, and their bearing one upon another that
soon alter the present Administration came in the
action OF the Government took a direction which
was the consequence of determination to perpe:
uate IN the hands which now hold it, the power &C
CURED by means of the Combination spoken of il
the tirst number of these essays.
1t 1t were our object to expatate further upor
the domestic political occurrences of the first hal
OF the yea- 1881, might easily fill a volume
The plots and counterplots of schemng politi
cians; the main controversy between the two high
est officers of the government in which the second
openly proclaimed the first to be &" the dupe of ;
political intrigue the squabbles ofiheir several OF
gans and numerous adherents and the homel,
truths they told of each other; the malign infu
.ence" over the Executive denounced by the exile,
Members of the Cabinet; all these might be made
the themes of copous weekly ESSAYS from now Il
New Year. But as the Presidential Election woulc
be over before that time, and we are disposed t.
hnlsh this inquiry before that Election begins W,
pass on to the commencement of the first Session
OF the Twenty second Congress lin December last
Ihe Message of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNIT
ed STATES TO Congress at the opening of thai
Session was the ablest paper which had emanateC
from the present Administration. 1t was free from
some of the exceptions to which preceding Mes
Eyes we're Iiaole and It was deity put together
Inc Chief exception to it its egotism betoken.
ing an undue estimate of the Presidential autbori
~ and consequence The frequent occurrence nj
the personal pronouns and Ny reminded us rath-
er OF the state and style of the monarch than that
Of the Chief Magistrate of Republic, who so far
from having any pretensioE to be master in the
Government, is but head-servant of the Peope
Upon this feature Of the Message we remarked at
the time. But, since the last Veto Message. we
have thought more oft, and, on recurring TO the
Message, we find in it additional proof of miscon.
cepton of the rights and duty of the President.
and OF the relation Of his Office TO other DEPART.
ments OF the government. The President seems
to consider himself sole steward of the public
affairs, with right TO do what peases himself and
10 prescribe what other branches of the govern.
ment shall do to please him. OF this we have
however, had much stronger illustration, since the
date of that Message.
The feature of that document which attracted
most attention. was that which referred to the
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. The passage re-
ferung TO that institution was considered as an
Abandonment OF the great hostility to it previously
avowed by the President The expression of de-
the Investigation of the People and their Repre-
sensatives, was understood, by almost every one
who was not in the secret, 10 indicate a DISPOSE
ton, in the President, to yield his original preu-
dices, and his preposterous project of Bank Nth
om Stockholders property, circulation, credit
10 The opinions of the two Houses of Congress
whenever 1t should be expressed in the constitu-
tional form.
With unusual promptitude. the next day after
the Message, came out the Annual Report of the
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. This unusual
promptltude was not, we presume, without mo-
tive. The Treasury Report, it will be remem-
oeTed, contained opinions, manfully avowed, no,
only IN favor Of Bank of the United States, out
IN favor OF re-chartering the existing Bank with
certain notifications, not greater perhaps than
those contained in the bill which subsequently,
passed both Houses for that purpose The tone
o, lie Message being neutral, and that Of the
treasury Report positive, it began TO be thought,
SUN more, that the President had relented in his
hostility to the Bank, and had become disposed to
respect The known opinions of the Representatives
" une feopie. Little did those know Of General
jackson who reasoned thus. 1t soon became OBJ
''ous, when, IN consequence of numerous petit
.ions IN favor of the Bank, the question began TO
oe ag''ated IN Congress, that the intention Of the
Polncal managers was to wheedle the friends of
sie pahK OUT oil making an application at this ses-
s ,on oy holding out false hopes to them as to the
future, and thus relieve the President from the
al.elhtna OF having the question presented to him
~, ueclsion at thatsession of Congress. The rea-
spns cI TINS course were then very well known to
dS'eu.seEes and are now, we trust, very well un.
derstood by the People. "''' vi"
os ine rank, however, could not be wheedled ont
y, Ills ns euly by the smiles of the Executive. any
Fs;,se .nah II could be ntimdaied by lis ffowns
lie ae a % thelr trust, backed by the advice of ali
and Drer,n enos Oh the institution, the President
oS 80 ,1e'ors OF the Bank applied for an extension
II qIo ns charter Congress, by maiorities in ho,h
IN we,s ."en, Considering the nature Of the cues