State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-10-25

etLar tltsteat wA 10 iLaAs 10 yield 10 the
grand controlling interest OF TIE p~ty--fhe
party Chief and The candidate for HIS success
scr, tohUn he mag designdte.'
Fellow citizens, can you giVesyour sup
port 10 Martin Van Buren, for the Prosidcn-
cy7 Is there u single feeling of your
hearts, or conviction of your understand
ings, which gives TO this question an ailir-
native nrswerS We are confident there
cnunet be, upon full examination ofoll
the considerations connected with this
subject. No where, we fully believe, can
there he found people moro ready to give
TO such n question a decided negative than
the descendants Of the intelligent, inhexible
straight forward mon, who laid the foun-
dation Of Green Mountain Independence.
To whom, then, shall be confided the
high trust of Chief Magistrate of tile Repub-
lie? We answer--ro Il man who is not the
Father of the abuses of the present admin
istration; who is pledged neither by prom
iso, nor consistency, nor interest, nor Off
ciai attachments, to perpetuate tllcan who
has too much independence to gay that he
will tread many mans footsteps, and soul
too large to find its "su6ieient glory in any
service bu, that Of God and his country
Such qualifications, united with sound,
practice! sanse--a thorough knowledge OF
msn-oxperience 10 matters of government
AND tried fidelity to his country, will en-
sure an administration which shall rever-
ence the consttusabp,-seek support in the
virtue and intelligence of the people mike
talents, uprightnoss, and fidelity the the test
Of qualification for Office rebuke the spirit
Of political speculation and yield back to
tho people, and their Representatives, the
power which this administration has virtu-
ally usurped from both.
And 10 il too muci to hope tina, such a
man may be found, who il sufficiently
known to command tie public confidence
No, fellow citizens. Such man IS found.
His nane is waited TO your cars on every
breeze and millions of bis countrymen are
ready to unite with you in prociaiming to
tito world tina, WILLIAM HENRY HAIR
RISON is worthy to preside over the des-
TIMES Of this great Republic.
This is the man, whom we now COM
mend 10 your confidence and regard. His
.l1rps 10 associated with some OF the most
;m,ot.ant events of the last forty years.
lilo hon served the country i'll her battle
6elds, and in ner public coI:::"'is-eVery
whore eyinciug tho same stern Ylrtue-uh-
bending integrity respect for the constitu-
tisn--regard for the rights Of his fellow cit
liens, and devotion to the interest and honor
of the Republic. The administrations OF
Washington, of Jefferson, Of Madison, and
81 John Quincy Adams have, each conid-
cd TO him high and responsible trusts; while
his immediate fellow citizens, Intimately
acquainted with the qualities OF his mind
and his heart, have hOnored him with seats
in both branches Of the National Legisla-
turs.
Having thus served the public for thirty
years, it was reserved for the present adj
minislration to make him ono Of the earliest
victims of its pretended reform, by recalling
ing him from foreign mission to which
the discriminating mind Of John Quincy
Adams had selected him os his country :
Representative.
With the means at his command through
iiIis long courso of public service, of C.
massing millions, his proverbial generosity,
and devoted patriotism have left him but G
hare competency, whose resources he is
compelled to sustain by tho cultivation of n
farm, and the patient lubors Of n County Of
Gee. With talents of distinguished order,
mAtursd in the school OF experience, and
thereby fitted for beneficial application to
tho duties OF a high public trust, he unitcs
tho independent ranSnes5, and unoStento-
tous simplicity of cultivation of the soil.
tfs is empha,ically, ONE OF THE PEG
PIE. He has mingled much with them
participated in their hardships and perils-
and is capable Of apprscatiys their wants,
understanding their interests, and entering
into their views and feelings.
he comes before you, fellow citizens,
sustained by no official patronage. No ad.
mnistra,ion, with tha Offices aud the money
ofthe nation, has been, by q seven years Ia.
Dor, paving the way for HE elevation. The
energies OF no party organization. acting
with mechanical precision and efficiency