Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-10-13

too much credit for profound art and dssimu-
lation or that he is growing bold and throw
ing of the mask. You will find him repeat
edly betraying himself us the advocated scarce
ly disguised) Of arbitrary executive powers
He advocates and trlumphs in the nnconsti.
tutional act Of the Executive in seizing and
taking out Of the custody of the law the de-
posites of the public money, and he laments,
the failure of the Executive influence over
y the Legislature. In one clause Of this letter,
already quoted, these indications are conspic-
I uous:-".4fler Intellectual eGorfs( Says Mr.. Pan
Buren, IN both Houses on the part o. the great
: mass Of The supporters Of the Government, IN
each, 10 separate that part fte bill phich pro =
vided for The regulation Of the deposit Banks
from Me sections arhich made different dispo-
sition Of surplus reuen,te, The ftends Of the
administration yiritied," &c; that is, lett the
Executive and went over ain greal mqjo,1tieS"
to the side Of their constituents. The ETecu-
five, not the Legislature, it appears, is called
''the Government" And the Government has
a great mass of supporters in botn Houses Of
Congress, using their efforts under his direc-
tions, to influence the Legislature. 1t is dis
closed also that the Executive, through his
instruments in the Legislature, used every
cxertion to prevent the surplus revenue being
taken out of his hands and distributed among
the States.
These disclosures forcibly remind us Of the
private, executive letter written to Mr.. Speak
er Stevenson, promising that the place Of
Minister to London should be reserved for
him. The Speaker has the appointment Of
all the great committees. Those committees
in concert with the Speaker, exercise con-
trolling influence over the House; and their
'hai Iarlu Of tha.
Of Wdus and Means officiate as the Executive
leaders in the House. They remind us of
that extraordinary message OF the President
in which he dared to nsinnate that the men,
bers of the Legislature had been influenced
by corrupt motives in passing Legislative
act not approved OF by him.-They remind us
of the principles laid down by Gen. Jackson,
before his first election, in his letter to the
Tennessee Lcgisature:-IHdt IN order to
keep the Legislative department free from
the Executive; ii icas necessary 10 render the
members of Congress incapable ofreceiuing dp-
poi,lmenis 10 high Offices from him. And that,
IT this is not done, "h requires no depth Of
thought 10 be conriiced that corruption wiH be
the orier Of The day." "H is through This chan
mel (he continues Mai the people may er-
pect 10 be attacked IN their constitutional sou
ereignty; and where tyranny may erpect to
spring up an some favorable emergency" at
IS due 10 myself TO practice upon the marin 1
recommend TO others" And, they remind us
also that he had not been one month in Of
fee before he made twice the number of ap-
pointments from Congress that Mr.. Adams
made in his whole administration; and that
long ago he had made more such appoint
ments than all his predecessors together since
the existence OF the Government. These are
oL T..
ses 10 icalk an.
Thus, Fellow Citizens, from their own let
tcrs. you are enabled to Judge which of these
candidates speaks your own sentments.-I
Which Of them chershes the principles you
cherish which appears to be most worthy
of your confdence;- e;-which best understands
your true interests and is most likely to pro-
mdte them.
Thus far there is no difficulty in estimating
their relative merits. Their principles and
political views are known to us.
But, the supporters Of Mr.. Van Buren
charge Gen. Harrison with incapacity and
mbeclity. These and other similar charges
have thciE origin in the UashingiOn Globe and
the Albany .3rgus; the two official organs Of
President Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren, and
under their immediate direction and absolute
control; and from these all the minor presses
take and repeat their lesson. We will not
descend to repeat the low epithets which
these presses are constantly applying to Gen.
Harrison. They do little credit 10 Mr.. Van
Buren,; and can do no harm to Gen. Harrison.
The charge, put into decent language is, that
Gen. Harrison was deficient in military con-
duct and energy as General; and is wanting
IN capacity as statesman. it seems they
require Gen. Harrison to possess not only all
the civil qualifications they impute to Mr..
Van Bnrcn their candidate; but all the mill
tary ones with which they invest their hero,
Gen. Jackson. For they certainly do not
mean to endow Mr.. Van Buren with military
qualities Of any kind; land least of all, those of
energy and decision. The manly virtues are
not his boast. lie shelters himself and plays
his tricks securely behind the seven-fold
shield of Gen. Jackson. Let us then, in the
first place inquire further into the civil quail
ficatons Of the two candidates. And, if we
had no other means of judging Of their quail
iicatlons in point Of capacity, and all those
other qualities which entitle citizens to the
respect and confidence Of his fellow-ci,izens;
their two letters, now before us, would fur
lIsh sufficient evidence to enable every can |
I'D man to decide that question between them 7
he views which Gen. Harrison has taken Of
he great questions upon which lie was cad a
cd to express his sentiments, are comprc- q
lensve aud enlightened; and manifest clear t
perception Of the bearings of those questions
ipon the true interests Of the country. His q
'nswers are direct, explicit and full. There c
$ not sentence in them which can be mis-
understood, or made to carry one meaning for i
one set OF readers. and another for different
set All is manly frankness and open sinceri.
Iy. Is there any thing in the other letter
which discovers greater capacity in its writer?
The other qualities, we presume lie lays no
Slain to. Superior capacity is what his friends
claim for him. And is it not asking quite too
much of US; to sustain his claim to superior