Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-05-22

petual recurrence, by the party in Office,
to the imagined motives which actuate
their opponeEts? DO the friends Of the
Administration believe that their is moth
ing worth contending for, but spoiIs, and
the public crib and public place: With
out meaning to be dlsrespe ctlul to them,
they appear TO me TO resemble a thief in
his flight, with unlawful plunder, who is
constantly experimenting that he will be
overtahen Ivy the constable and posse
comitatus engaged in hot pursuit Can
not gentlemen conceive the possibility of
the existence Of higher and better and
nobler motives OF public action; Can
they not comprehend the influence of the
love Of LiEertyi the desire of preserving
our admirable Constitution in short. the
sentiment of pure and dsnterested Pa
,triotism? They have the possession the
quiet possession, if they please, of the
honors and enolument Of Office, for near
three years TO come. Bright az the ex-
isting prospects are of their expulsion,
| how few of us may survive to witness
that happy event! For one, can as
sure The Senator from Tennessee, that
am no candidate, that do not desire to
be a candidate, and that, if it depend
upon me alone, ] never shall be n can
/ ddate for any public office whatever.
| The Senator amuses himself with the
4 divisions which he describes to exist in
the ranks of the opposition, and antici-
/ pates the want Of cooperation which
! they may occasion. There is one phi
! losophic conclusion which he might have
drawn from that fact, favorable to the
honesty Of the opposition, and that is,
that nothing but deep and solemn sense
! of the dangers which are impending over
the country, could have united, in one
common cause, persons who entertain
such diversity Of views as to the pro-
por administration Of public Affairs
The Senator assigns to the opposition
the Federal party. OF all the politicn
parties that have existed in this country
; have before said, what believe, that
in the main, they have been honest anc
patriotic. That may be as strictly af
firmsd of the Federal party, as of any
other. The causes which produced the
ancient divisions of the people into Fed
eral and Republican parties, have prin.
cipaly, if not wholly, long since ceaseC
10 operate, and Ii is ungenerous and un
: just, to endeavor TO preserve or ailix the
denomination for party purposes. The
Federal party was, indeed, supposed t.
lean, more than their opponents did, TO 1
) strong and energetic Executive; and, il
that respect, the Administration party 0
the present day, may be pronounced t.
; be more Federal than their opponents. -
The or ginal causes having ceased, th'
Federal party has divided tselfbetweel
: the two parties ofthe present day. Th'
$ better portion Of it united with US, ant
= the worse with the Senator aud hi
J, friends.
: That eminent individual who gave ris,
to the Senator's addition of a new Grim
, to the penal code, under the name G
moral treason, (and very honest ma
D he was,) lived and died of the Senator
party. And how many members Of th'
present Cabinet, belonged to the Fede
D raj party? A plea Of infancy has beer
by some one, put in for the Secretary c
C the Treasury, who, it is alleged, was to
: young to have taken sides, during tn
i prevalence of the Republican and Fed
: eral parties, in former years. ] hav
y made no comparison Of ages with him
It but | feel quite sure that there is no ma
a terial difference between us in our ages
't | rccollect distinctly that, upwards @
!. twenty-seven years ago, when on m
n way to or from the first session Of Con
y gress, which | ever attended, | saw hin
e at llagerstown, engaged actively an
$ successfully in the practice OF the law
/. And all acquainted with Maryland pol
= tics know, that, about the period Of tn
= late war, he was among the most prom
= inent and influential leaders in the Fed
ID eral ranks. will add, that, Of all tn
f. politicians in this or any country, som
{, Of the Federalists who united with an
ID adhere TO the Jackson party, are th
g, most detestablo. They appear to hav
n, cut themselves loose from every tie an
n- obligation, and principle, which shoul
n bind men to their country and society.
j. The Senator from Tennessee, adver
ID ed to the chequered condition of the OI
E. position, without seeming to be consciot
l. that his own party did not present on
d, uniform ground. Ii is made up OF Fee
" eraists and Republicans, friends and Of
i'd ponents OF Internal Improvements, su
- por,ers and opposers of the Tariff, Ban
lie and Anti Ban men, Nuliifiers and L mic
:, men, all sorts and sizes and colors, hId
re black and gray. lie particularly o
te jecis TO the exclusive appropriation
~ tho nppellation Wing by the Oppos't'o
or, rather, TO the correlative appellate
I beipg attached to his party. l have