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vast Executive power of the government
was perverted from its constitutional exer.
else, to the purpose Of building up great
executive party. is Just as much at war
with our principles, and just as abhorrent
to our feelings now, as when its deformty
was first revealed. We were shocked,
and so were the great body of our fellow
citizens in this state at the great inconsis-
iency between the professions of Gen.
jackson IN his first inaugural address, and
the practice which Immediately followed IT,.
The recent demons ration Of public senti.
ment" said the President in that address,
"inscrlbes on the list of executive duties, in
characters too legIble to be overlooked, the
task ofre(orm which requires, particularly,
the corrt ction of those abuses that have
brought the patronage of the General
Government into conflict with the freedom
of elections" Thus spake Gen. Jackson
to the assembled representatives OF the
people, on the 4th of March, 1899; and yet,
from that moment to the present. as you,
fellow citizens, well know. it has been the
unceasing effort of his administration to
lasten on the country as part of its set
tied policy The very abuses which it wasthus
pretended had been discovered, and thus
promised should be reformed. Professions
of retrenchment and economy have been
followed BY the addition of hundreds to the
number of Executive officers, and millions
to the amount of national expenditure -
while the vast array of officers have been
either slcnced by the fear of removal, or
rendered boisterous partlzans by the be
stowmcnt of executive favor. There is
not state or county in the whole compass
of this Union. in which "Ute patronage Of
The Federal Goue, nn,enC which was to be
restrained, in obedience TO the pretended
demonstration Of public s.ntiment," is not,
at this moment, brought into direct "Confict
,oih The freedom Of elections" for the pur-
pose of elevating the Presidents favorite
to to the Presidents chair. Their is not
an election to either branch of Congress,
nor n prominent measure presented for de
liberation Of either, which does not feel the
power Of this influence. Nor is this ALL
1t is not enough that the immense patrons
age of the government should be thus
vie jed to control the popular will. The
President himsey--yes The Chief Mngistrate
Of his great nation, openly enters The lists,
and stands forth The undisgaised champion
Of Martm Pan Buren, for Tie succession ! d!
This is the man; fellow citizens, whom
you are urged to support for the highest
Office in the peoples gift; and this is the
man whom we solemnlv declare ,oyou, we
cannot, and will not. support. We have
sccn him suddenly change from the violent
opponent, to the ardent supporter. and ful
some hattcrer OF Gen. Jackson. We have
seen him work ing his way into his conf
dencc-. breaking up his Cabinets proscrib-
ing his early and honest frlends--introdv-
cling to his confidence corps of mercena
rios, and obtaining possession. through
these means, of his immense influence and
power, to aid in the consummatinn of his
design Of reaching the great object of his
ambition.
If Gen. Jackson's mal-administr alton
had been the mere result of his owh mpc, =
uuus passions, and habitual love of power,
we could have better borne it. We should
have had. at least. the consolation that il
sprung from a spirit which had "donc lh,
state some SERVICE" aud might have been
conceived IN an honest purpose, though
executed in de'rimcnt TO the public welfare.
But we are compelled to regard it in far
different light than tins. the cautious cir.
cumsp, Jon which found its way into his
Cabinet, in the person Of Mr. Van Buren,,
and which should have found means to
control the veterans strong passions, give
them saluiary direction, aud guide them
TO safe results. was employed in miniserlng
to his love of praise-n declaring that it
was "su6icient glory 10 serue under such a
Chief'--and in moulding his whole admin
Isiralon with view to accomplish the ends
of selfish ambition.
The calculating and corrup. policy which
deliberately dictated this perverson Of the
executive power, we would fan see defeat
ed, and consigned to public exccration. -
To give it the popular sanction, by eleva
ting its author to the station he has sought
to attain by it, would be virtually The form
INK Of aew constitution. founded IN cor
ruption, and destined, sooner or later to be
the grave OF public liberty.
But supposlng The country should con
sent to sanction this course of adminstra
ton and submit to be ruled by theExecutive
branch O. the government, --have the peo-
pie any reason to hope it will give them
a system of wise and beneficial laws. as a
compensation for their virtual surrender OF
the privilege of governing themselves? We
earnestly press this quest ion upon the at
ten,ion Of the people Of Vermont, in refer
ence to the interests which they specially
desire to sustain and cherish. Which OF
them ,oiH be safe in The hands ofa Pan Blu,
rem administration.
Among these interests, leading one is
and has long been, the protection Of our
industry by an adequate tariff. To tina,
protection 1t is, now, well known that NJ r.
Van Buren, is opposed. Resolutions intro
duced into the House of Representatives a,
the late session of Congress by one of hi.
Southern frendS-an inveterate opponent
of the tariff,-looking to the prostration o.
the protecting system, were supported by
nearly every one Of his friends in that body
The same ground has been taken by him
since The adjournment of Congress, in hi
published letter 10 Mr. JpIiiiams Of Kentucky
And all this has been done in the face o
repeated declarations by his friends tina
his election was necessary TO save the tarif