Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-11-08
OF the most infamous character; and " he n

mas repeatedly re-appOinted them, and
continued them in office by his own IL
surped authority. lie has refused to
compel the observance of the most So
lcmn ,leatics, and 10 cause them to he re-
spectcd by the State of Georgia; and
has permitted that State to pke lorcIble
possession Of the territories H the Indian
Tribes, guaranteed to them hy the Uni.
ted States; aud when American citizens
have been unIawluIIy imprisoned for 40
other cause but that they were residing
within the alleged jurisdiction of that
State, he has encouraged the unwarrait-
ed assumption Of power by which in OPP
en- defiance of II decree Of the Supreme
Court for their liberation, they have been
held in the most shameful bondage. lie
has minated to Congress the propricty
of an application to him in the first in
stance to originate the laws which they
are TO enact. He has in repeated in
stances defeated the most important bills,
after tlry had been passed by large ma
jortiesin Congress-; either retaining them
IN his own possession as unworthy of no.
tlce, ot else returning them, with rea-
sons tie most frivolous and inconsistent;
and aier other laws have been finally
enacted, he has declared his intention Of
executing them IN part, and leaving them
in par unexecutcd, according to his own
individual notions of,heir propricty. He
has encouraged his parizans in brutal at
tacks upon the persons of members of
Congess, and denied the power of that
body 10 punish such aggressions. He
has prpmul gated opinions respe citing the
want f power in the general Govern
ment b control the acts of the several
members, which have offered to them
i me strongest encouragement to set the
laws Of the Union at defiance; and has
given them an example in his own per-
son, by deciding on the laws without ref
crence to Constitutional precedent and
usage, and by declaring that he has the
sob power Of constituting the CONSTITUTE OH
$ for himself, independent Of either the
i. Legislature or the Judiciary. lie ha.
Infused doubt and distrust into the coun
+, ellis Of the nation with respect to the long
= settled policy for the protectio Of Amer.
Fl ican Industry, and the encouragement oil
, internal improvements; declaring of that
f policy that it is "an abandonment Of the
legitimate objects Of legislation;" that II
| has "arrayed section against section;"-
and that it is time, "to pause in our ca
reer, and to take stand in favor of com
Il promise and gradual reform in our sys
tenn Of political economy"-thus &c evident
f ly pointing to the destruction Of that sys
f TEN which has been so uuly styled A
.. merican, and which is of such vital i'm
It portance to the prosperity of our owl
n state.
r The limits Of this Address will not ad
n NIT an enumeration of all the abuse
c which are chargeable to this Administra
v ton. The mission of John Randui, IN t
! the Court of Russia with express perInis
: sion from his government to reside il
q Eng land-the needless expense incurrct
. in recalling and replacing the most de
h serving foreign ambassadors--the ac
e knowledged willingness of the Presiden
J.. to transfer part Of the state of Maine to
f ge,her with its citizens TO foreign pow
p er-these in the absence of more fagran
evils would furnish subjects Of mertct
: censure. You might be called upon t.
[ oppose this Administration for the men
n dacious claims it has made to the Ineri
Of measures not its own. Has treat,
! been successfully negotiated under th
able conduct of a former Administration
new minister is sent abroad to sign it
= and il is claimed by General Jackson {
, his partizans as a trophy of their success
ful diplomacy. Does the National deb
gradually diminish by the operation o
r funds previously provIdcd?-- this is claim
ed as an evidence of their economy anc
reform, though the expenses Of the 90
3 vernment have increased beyond all pre-
cedent Measures impoitic in them
selves, but covered with the specious ap
r pearance which would recommend then
to transient popularity, have been made
, subjects of the highest applause, howev.
| er false the pretence, or however humili
aing the means by which they have Leer
, effected. For the mere name Of paying
part Of the National debt, loans which
, cost but three per cent. interest have
, been paid, TO be replaced by other funds
, at double the amount. The boasted ar
rangement Of the West India trade has
been obtained upon terms which had
been rejected by all preceding admins
trations--upon terms directly tending to
( transfer our own carrying trade to Brit
ish vessels; and this privilege which un-
shackled by its present restrictions, the
nation might have claimed as right, was
entreated by Mr.. Van Buren, as favor
for his party.
There arc numerous instances in which
the odium Of the ruinous measures ofthe
administration is aggravated by the in.
consistency Of the official conduct Of the