Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-12-20
Cerrrvond<res sffa " y, Co,s,er 4 EnSxpsr
THE SPY IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, ID. C., Dc,. 6, Ia;

ne rfetcnt sckslon OF congress VIII Dc one OF
deep interest there can be no doubt. Some ofthe to-
pics which will come up for consideration are OF an
exciting character, aud several ofihcm of great ian
potsnee to the public welfare. Bu, this is not the
only view IN which the three suecc cdng months
are deemed mornentous. The result OF the late
election for President. presents new era in the
history Of our country and its government, The
preceden, is OF a most alarming character. 1t
must be stamped With the rcprobaion oF the peo-
pic, ~ the Constitution is but rope OF sand OF
what avail are lis provisions the subject OF cleo
tons, II President usurp oil the power of the
Government and then designate his successor in
Office
Mr. Van Buren, is elected The ground, solely
and exclusively that he is The nominee of General
Jackson. Without such a designation he never
could have succeeded. That this designation was
purchased by the most fulsome aud disgusting fiat
terry is notorious. TO have served (says Mr.
Van Buren, under such a chief and to have won
his confidence and esteem, is sufficient glory
Having been named by the President as his success
sor, his elevation was accomplishedby GovernmeGi
patronage. The whole cohort of Office holders and
Office eApcctanis were subsidized and drilled for
the conflict. IL is now evident; that by a concert
IN action aud an ordinary degree of exer,ion on the
part of the friends Of the Constitution this last act
% usurpaion by the executive, would have been
defeated, and with it the reign Of corruption would
have terminated But the unwarrantable supine-
ness and inactivity of the opposition in some of The
States, has tended TO perpetuate for u short period
of time, the power Of men who have reveled aud
rloted on The spoiis Of The panquished (the people,
aud who have sacrificed every claim to patriotism.
Shall such precedent be handed down to pos
terity unrevesed Or, will not those who vene-
rate the Constitution forthwith rally, aud sustain
those principles which they profess to hold sacred!
During this session Of Congress, let corner stone
lie laid. on which noble edlfce may hereafter be
erected. Let every freeman throughout the land
become sentinel, and from tho walch-tower cry
aloud Prepare &c |or the Jdhie. Under the adj
mnlstraiion Of Mr. Van Buren, we threatened
with all the evils Of Pandoras box. The opposition,
if they act promptly and perform their duty, can
! sweep from power with the bosom Of destruc.
ton, those who are abou, to Gil high places, By
means the most unhnowed | enter, not at this
moment. into discussion Of their merits or demer-
its they secondary considerations. 1t is the
manner of their elevation which every thinking man
should examine, and the consequences which are
inevitably to flow from it. IF Gen. Jackson ap-
point Mr. Van Buren, his successor TO the Preslden
tial chair, why may not Mr. Van Buren,, in like man
ner, appoint Col. Richard NJ. Jolnsonl IL this
view, the aspect of public affairs is appalling ;
and it is in this view that we should sustain each
other, in opposing the increased corruption and pro-
scrpon which is in embryo, aud which is soon to
checked by the unity and energy of the Wing par
ty, which party ought not to sumber another hour,
but stand to their arms ard all will yet be WELL
The good should never despond nor faulter. 1t
is to this Congress, and to intelligent aud patriotic
men that visit this city during the present session,
that the American people must look for manly eff.
fort to unite the Wing party in support Of sound
principles, amp in opposition to an administration
which is rapidly organizing its forces for last as
sault upon the ark Of our safety deranged cur
rency no circulating medium that will enable a
citizen to travel from one State to another the
bank converted into shaving shops. and suffering
community handed over prey to harpies aud
usurers. These are curses which have been show
cred down upon US, by "reform administration y
and which are Lot only to be perpetuated but in
creased, by the new pretenders and political
quacks, under whose management Mr. Van Buren,
will be placed. single reference is sufficient to
show the financial sagacity of those gentlemen who
will now hold the reins Of government in their
hands.
Mr. Benton and Mr. WrigM (blt especially the
latter demonstrated, in their own opinion, with
the Senate, that there would not remain in the trea
sury, on the lst of January next, surplus Of one
dollar. While Mr. Clay without the pretended &C
curacy as 10 items, Of his opponents, endeavored
TO prove, that exclusive of the United States Bank
stock, there must remain, about hiriy-eight mil
lions of dollars. Now what is the fact Lo and
behold we this day informed by the President
in his annual message, that the surplus will amount
to nearly forty t,oo millions of dollars. 1t is against
such men and such measures that we are TO rally
But it cannot be too often repeated that the manae,
of their coming into power, is more alarming than
even the ruinous measures which they have now
in progress The assumption of the right, by the
President, to designate his successor, must be re
buked, or the Formally of election. will soon
become too farccal to be practIsed. The attention
of every public journal in the country should be IN
viied to the subject,
1t is well known that President Jackson intro
duced into the General Government. the New York
system of rewards and punlshmens and it is beliey
ed that he subscribed to the demoralizing doctrine
that in elections for public officers there is moth
ing torong in the rple, that 10 The refor belongs The
sDOjLs of The en,myr Some suDpose however that