The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-10-03

Veto Message alone evidence irresistible that the
essential interests Of the nation and all but the
mere forms of our government, will be endanger-
ed by the reelection Of Gen. Jackson 70 The Presi.
dency of the United States.
No. s.
These numbers are not addressed to party zeal.
OTIS. on one side or the other. Party has no con-
Germ in them. We do not consider ourselves as
party men. We are National Republicans, and
nur objects are purely national Whatever bene-
fits the Nation, we approve; whatever initiates
against its honor, or its essential interests, con-
denim. We address ourselves to impartial and
reasoning men. We we're opposed. with all our
powers. to the election Of Gen. Jackson to the
Presidency, because thought that neither ma.
ture, education, habit, had fifteen him for the
ton. Gen. Jackson, in this particular was en-.
tireiy Of our opinion, as is susceptible Of proof in
Court Of Justice and even his most ardent ad.
mirer must admit that we were orthodox on that
puint, having been of the same faith with his idol
But, when Gen. J. came into the Presidency By
the votes Of the People, though we conceived the
decision TO have been unwse, and the treatment
of MIR. Adams to have been ungratefnl and unjust,
vet submission was due to the will of the People,
constitutonally expressed And we resigned our
selves. with what patience we could to their de-
cree. We hoped for the best, were willing 10 ap-
prove every thing we could, ind disposed TO con-
denim nothing which could be justified. In this
frame of mind looked at the opeting of the
new administration, and watched its first move
ments; with what result has been seen by the
readers who have attended US in the present ex-
animation. The errors of the reignng party have
been many. and great, beyond redemption. In the
course of our review of them, we have seen
That Prescription, for opinions sake, was the
first marked feature of The present administration
That regard for venerable age, or helpless
infancy, for public services for unexceplonabe
conduct for useful talent was suffered to inter-
fere with this pretended reform
That, to accomplish this object, the iniunctons
OF the Constitution were dsregarded, the Senate
specially convened to plss upon appoint
ments, being sent Tome before the reform begun,
with declaration that the President had no bust
ness to lay before them
That the effect of this system of Rewards and
Punisments, thus established, has been, to subsi-
die the Press and TO corrupt the Post Office es-
adjustment:
That civil pension list is thus effectively es-
tablished far more debasing in its influence and
more dangerous to the liberties ofthe People, than
the pension-list fanny regal government
That all this has been done, moreover, with the
avowed purpose Of perpetuating power in the
hands Of those who now wiel'i it
That the same principle las been introduced in
to our diplomacy, by solicitation of favors from
foreign Powers, and remuneration of claims
against them, upon the grounds Of party dis;inc-
tions at home
That Gen. Jackson has. deliberately, refused to
recognize the obligations o! the most solemn trea-
tics, when they thwarted his purpose in regard to
the Indian tribes and has disregarde as unconsti-
tutional, law which has been executed. without
dispute, under every Administration, for thirty sue
csssive years
That, by means of Executive influence, indus
triously exerted he forced through Congress bill
giving himself an unlimited power in regard TO
Indian negotiation, and exposing the Indians to
whatever expressions they might experience from
the legislation of States, committing gorgeous
wrongs under color Of asserting Stale Rights
That the President has avaled himself of DOW
er conferred for such purpose to substitute his
single wall for that of the People, and the PEOPLES
Representatives, by placing his VETo on seven
different bills Of high Importance and not out of
the usual course of legislation. which had passed
both Houses of Congress by decisive majoriles in
each
That he has thus, by successive arbitrary edicts,
arrested course of gislation under which the
nation had waxed great, and the People become
prosperous beyond example:
That, in order to obtain for his party a control
the public funds which il had i'll vain endeav-
ored by menaces to obtain those in possess
sion Of the Bank Of the United States the Presi-
dent proposed to Congress to establish Govern
ment Bank, the officers of which must of necessity
be the breath Of his nostrs, and he slaves of his
will
That he has countenanced press established
at the seat of government BY his direct agency, in
the most outrageous attacks upon the character
and motives of Members of Congress, and e.
pecially Of the Senators, who have opposed this
stupendous project, and who I'VE dared to differ
from him, and TO agree with his Secretary of the
Treasury, as to the value Of the Bank of the Unit
ed States, and the expectancy Of renewing its char
ter:
That in contempt of the recommendation of his
al =. I'll
gard Of the ruin he was dealing all around, he has,
by rejecting the bill for the renewal of the Charter
of the Bank Of the United States substituted his
will for that of the nation
That such rejection announced to Congress
in Message characterized not more by IL artful
appeals to ignorance, nor by its dwelling primci-
pies, than by its downright Tory doctrines:
Tina; the President asserts, by this Message,
which no one suspects him of writing but which
he is made to father, rights to which he has no
claim, and principles which are in our govern
men,, damnable heresies, one Of which is, in ef-
feet, the maxim of monarchy that the President
do wrong, for that he is Judge over all iudy-
es, and that his will is paramount to all law
That, not content with putting his Veto upon
Bills which he refuses to approve, he puts it upon
laws which have become such by his signature
That the President, coniounding his personal
with his public character, resenting. affrontve
to himself, opposition on.the part Of the Senate 10
Honnludlphs; mas hppolHbeu 10 OliiEe tHOSc WiOH
the Senate has decisivey refused to concur 10 ap-
pointing, and has, in other cases, where persons
have been rejected by the Senate las Indian
Agents, evaded the law by appointing them TO the
same duties, which they have performed under the
designation of sub-agents
To every reasonable man. therefore, we make
the appeal, whether power Gun be safely continued
for another term Of the Presidency, in hands by
which il has been so used abused. and perverted ?
Whether, putting aside every personal considera.
ton, the COMMON WELFARE does not require 81
the People to stand forward and protect their in.
lerests from further invasion Under the pres.
ent order Of things every thing, the Constitution
itself is IN danger. Nay, upon the principles OF
the late Veto Message and OWNS appointment, the
Constitution is gone 1t is a dead letter, and the
will of DIcTAToR is the Supreme Law
Docs any honest friend Of Gen. Jackson, whom
lie has rather disappointed in the course of his Adj
ministration, and all but aienated by his late Mes
sage, believe that Gen. Jackson, not aware of the
extent Of power he has assumed and still further
claims, will not act up to his claims, or will be
persuaded by his Cabinet Ministers to refrain from
further usurpations? Let him not clay the fiat
tering JUNCTION to his soul" lfGon. Jackson is
reelected with Mr. Van Buren, for President in