The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-11-09

administration and that Of Mr.. Madison,
his most vigorous support. In 1872, he
was elected by the Republican party OF the
State of New York, to a seat IN her Senhte.
During the late war, he was found among
its most strenuous and efficient supporters
urging upon the Legislature of his State 'he
adoption of the strongest and most energet-
ic measures for lis successful prosecution ;
and the vindication Of the honor Of the
country. In 1921, he was elected Sena-
tor in Congress, where he continued con-
spicuous and leading member until 1928.
During this period, he uniformly acted in
unison with the Republican party, in oppo-
siEg and resisting the exercise of powers
not delegated by the Constitution.
In that year, he was elected Governor OF
his native State, and in the following year
was appointed by President Jackson, Sec
retary Of State, with the full and entire APP
probation of the Democratic party. In lS-
81, he was selected as Minister TO England
as eminenlly qualified to adjust with her
the delicate, though important questions,
which then existed between the two coun-
tries. lie had scarcely entered upon the
duties Of his mission, when his nomination
was rejected in the Senate. by the casting
vote Of John G. Calhoun, then Vice Presi-
dent. In 1882, the people. indignant AT
this unjust and proscriptive step Of fac
tious Senate, towards their fayOrite and
gifted son, elected him, by an oyerwhelm-
ing majority, Vice President.
Thus was the conduct Of that Senate, cen-
sured and rebuked. Thus, was he elevated
to presidc''ovcr the deliberations and councils
Of the very body which had Indignantly en-
deavored to disgrace him.
"As Vice President, he has given 10 all
the most important measures Of the Admin
istraion of President Jackson an efficient
support-nnd to him and his political
friends, is the administration mainly indebt-
ed for its success in destroying that potent
engine of corruption, the National Bank
an act for which all parties concerned, de-
serve and will receive the lasting gratitude
of u people, determined to he free. Con-
tending for n strict construction of the Con
stitution-opposed to the exercise OF doubt
ful powers as tending to destroy the beau
tiful symmetry Of our form of Government,
aud as leading to encroachments upon the
rights of the States and of the peopIe-hc
has proved himself a republican in action
a republican at heart"
The high reputation he has acquired from
the satisfactory manner in which all his pub
lie duties have been dischargcd-his great
experience in the affairs of the Government
his eminent faIents-his decided opposit-
ion to monopoIics-and his uniform attach
ment to the cause of the people, readily de-
signatcd him to the Democracy of the coun-
Il IL ,t,
riotic Jackson. To these qualifications for
the distinguished office to which he is nom
mated, may he added, moral character,
that dcfies the slanderous venom Of his po-
litical foes.
! GENERAL JACKsoN's ADMINISTRATION
War with "a foreign power, which at one
time thcatened US, and which the violence of
a factious opposition had well nigh produced,
has bcen avcrtcd by the stern virtue and in
flexible integrity of our venerable Chief
Magistrate. Justice long delayed, has been
obtnincd from all, by means Of that rule of
action, of " asking for nothing but phdt Is
clearly right, and submitting to nothing
,crong."
Our national character abroad, is eleva-
ted beyond any former period of our histo,
ry. Peace with all foreign nations has been
preserved without any sacrifice of indcpcn-
dcnce aud is now established upon n sur,
basis, by an nmicable adjustment of all re-
ciprocnl claims and demands.
Our foreign Intercourse has been conduc,
ted with greater success by the present
than by any former administration.
Nor are our domestic relations less secure
1t is but just to say, that no Presiden
Z has ever done more to advance the common
interests of the country and protect tn,
rights of the people, than General Jackson
Under his administration, the Constitu
ton has been rescued from the encroach
men,s of federal legislation, and the alarm
ing schemes of modern whiggery.
The system of internal improvement by
the General Government, which, at on,
i. time, threatened to absorb the sovcreignt,
and control the jurisdiction of the States
, has been arrested. The high tariff, design
ed to foster the rich, ut the expense of tin
! poor, has been judciousIy remoddcld an,
nearly reduced To the wants Of the govern
ment The Bank, which, in its ARROGANCE
of power, had openly defied legal restrain,
: and by its secret influences had nearly tain
: ted the legislation of the whole Country, i
PROSTATE: the public debt is extinguished
the dangerous aud disastrous consequence
of NULLIrrcArIoN have been promptly me
5 aud avcr,ed.
: Where are the RUIN and DISTRESS, 81
mGurnfully predicted, by the Bank pani
prophetsl How literally all their predic
iions have been falsifed, your observation
and experience, fellow citizens, bear testi
: mony
lnstead of ruin and distress overshadow
ing the land, your Country was never NOR
prosperous. This is the administration
which has been successfully and ,rium
phantIy sustained by an intelligent and pat
rotic people. These are the measures an,
this is the policy which MR. VAN BuREN