Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-10-20
WHOLE NO. 1872.

INIlltU WIS NJ lIHf iuSt VI 'N W.
ministration,l he had cndrayon To prevent IA
premature agitation of the qnestnn But he
SAYS. il cannot now b. remedied except by
&Cdisfiunchisemcni which eue,i u Ddicfafed 6y
mn iniicidual riShes could hardly be recon-
cll' able with proprieiy or saj-rspect." This
is the true Van Buren, style. Pr0priety and
scicrspeci will not allow him Ia refuse the
succcssor,hip. 1t would he @ltdisfrnchise-
attt for him to decline. A. u matter OF ne
crssy, therefore, he iunSt accept. But he
takes care not To have 1t supposed that h,S
inHtidual ,riShcs were at varlance with the
ncccssity oi the case The Presidents kind
and approving letter in reply was exacty
suited To the purpose. And thus the work,
long before cut out, was brought to the puh-
lie view.
When the Senate of the United States re-
jected Mr.. Van Burcn's nomination as Minis
Ter to the British Governments; believing il
neither safe nor honorable for the country to
be- there represented by minister who had
once sought to degrade her before that Gov
ernment: lie arain took shelter under the wing
of Gen Jackson, whom he courted and Hat
tered with more than Egyptian idolatry-
icigned, or real. IN is glory enough for me
10 hare serccd under such CHEF"
Stronger proof there could not be of the
ascendancy which this man had gained over
the mind of Gen. Jackson, and also OF the o.
pinion which both of them had formed OF The
unbounded sway of the latter over the minds
and viii of the people, than Gen. JACKSON
still pcrsisting in his dcterniralltn n 10 nave
Mr.. Y. l}. for his successor, at time when
the Whole nation was indignant at his con-
duct in having sacrificed lis interests and las
far as he ccu!d) its honor to II foreign power.
And Gen. Jackson lost no time IN manifest
ing that determination, aud displaying that
confidence in his strength. To revenge him.
self upon the Senate Of the U. s., aud to 81
lcncc the voice of the nation, he published n
letter in which he took upon himself Tie
whole responsibility Of Mr.. Van Buren's con-
duct. And to show the people that he "trds
born 10 communal" having took Mr.. v. Is. IN
To- his presidential ticket as his candidate Tor
the Wee Presidency, il was immediately pro-
claimed in his official Gazette, that the acts
OF Mr.. Van Buren,, were to be considered as
the acts of Gen. Jackson. "lf lsays the Ua.
zcite) The people re-eiect him (he President/
and al he same time condemn has acts Mr.. V.
Bs acts)he ,cH feel that he enters upon The ar.
duous duties Of CHEF Magistrate d,shonored.
"i'he people will not permit tins state OF
things The jricmds Of the President, wHETI-
Err THEY PERSONALLY LIKE Mr.. VAN BUEEN
OR Nor, will rallS," &c. "By making Mr..
y. Fan B.rcn Jice president, they will declare
to the world, that in public opinion, It Is not
the President but the Vice President then
! Mr.. Calhonn) and half the Senate, who have
dishonored the country"
"How must He con9ueror Of .Ndpoteon's
conquerorS )eeL?" &c. "Ho,c must ONE WHO
IS BORN TO COMMAND, whose Otcn eneTgthc
mint now gircs impulse to all around ham as
has err dons, feel ohen charge'i," &c. TAX
ing to himself the charges ot MISCONDUCT uni
versally made against Mr.. Van Buren, we
perceive that Gen. Jackson was fully aware
that the people had no confidence IN Mr. Van
Buren; that they disllkcd hun and condemn
ed his conduct, and if LETT to themselves,
would not give him their votes; yet, notwlth-
standing this, he required them To elect nm,
because such was his will; aud he would con-
der i, an objectionable offence to himself II
they did not conform to it. Gen. Jackson's
recent letter to the people OF Bedford county,
10 which we have already alluded, is OF the
, same character as this article from his official
Gazette Having succeeded in making DIR.
E Van Buren Vice President, four years ago,
against the wishes Of the people, he now a
gam calls upon them, IN the same au'horita-
live tone. to elect him his successor IN the
Presidency itself 1t is alarming To see a
chief magistrate Of the nation starting from
his exalted sphere into the balefu region OF
politics, (balefu! indeed when he enters ~
and there employing the whole force OF MS
official patronage and mll"ence, to direct and
control the election OF his successor. But,
when a President Of the United States, for
getting both his dignity and his duty, once
enters the field at the head of a party, and
stoops To mngle with the partIzans and de-
macogues who make party politics their trade;
we cannot hope that he will preserve any
measure of moderation; cannot be surprised
to find him making elcctioneering tours, DIS
|, tributing political tracts and lIbels, Attending
public dinners, and giving bitter party toasts,
, refectinp inuriously upon all the Candidates
; onnos,d To his own. The extraordinary at
!, tennis which have been made TO exercise an
influence over the members Of different State
Legislatures, particularly III the South aud
West, are partially known to the public
One instance ought TO be mentioned. At tho
last session of Congress 1t was stated in the
Senate of the U. s. by Senator from Ten
nessee, that, while the Legislature OF that
State was in session, three hundred party
new spapers. (the Executive Gazette itselil
containing the most deiamntory abuse Of the
candidates opposed to Mr.. Van Burcn, were
spread among the members, all Jr1nked oy
President Jackson. And number OF them
with the frank upon them were exhibited I'D
the Senate. The members of the Legislature
of Alabama were subjected TO the same nser-
tifyiug treatment, as appeared by the letter
OF one Of them, to the President himself, re.
, turning to him the .Jronked newspaper and
complaining of such treatment; although per-
+ sonaly the Presidents friend. We cannot
hc surprised, we say, at these things. But
all men ought to be alarmed at them. And
, they are the more alarming since Gen. Jack
son is himself conscious OF their dangerous
5 tendency and pernisious effects. In h's let