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hearts, or CONVICTION Of your understand
ings, which gives TO this question an nffir-
native answer We are confident there
cannot be, upon a full examination Of all
the considerations connected with this sub
ject. No where, we fully believe, can
there be found a people more ready to give
to sucl n question decided negative than
the defendants the intelligent, inflexible,
straight forward men, who laid the foun,
dation of Green Mountain Independence.
To whom. then, shall be confded the
high trust OF Chief Magistrate of the Re-
public? We answer-To man who is not
the Father Of the abuses of the present ad
mnlstraton; who is pledged neither by
promise, nor consistency, nor interest, nor
oiflcal attachments, to perpetuate them;
who has too much independence to say that
he will tread in any mans footsteps, and q
soul too large to find its "SuDicient glory"
in any service but that Of God and his coun.
try. Such qualifications, united with sound,
practical sense--a thorough knowledge of
men Experience in matters of government
and tried fidelity to his country, will IN,
sure an administration which shall rever.
ence the constitution, --scek support in the
virtue and intelligence ofthe people, make
talents, uprightness, and fidelity the test Of
qualification for office--rebuke the spirit Of
the people, and their Representatives., the
power which this administration has virtu-
ally usurped from both.
And is it too much to hope that such a
man may be found, who is sufficiently
known to command the public confidence,
No, fellow citizens. Such u man is found
His name is waited to your ears on every
breeze; and millions CT his countrymen are
ready to unite with you in proclaiming to
the world that WILLIAM HENRY HAIR.
RISON is worthy to preside over the des-
TIMES of this great Republic.
This is the man, whom we now commend
to your confidence and regard. His name
is associated with some of the most impor.
tant events of the last forty years. He has
served the country in her battl, fields, and
in her public councis--every where evinc.
ing the same stern virtue--unbending 10
tegrity--rcspect for the constitution re
gard for the rights of his fellow citizens,
the Republic. The Administrations OF
Washington, Of Jefferson, of Madison. and
Of John Quincy Adams, have each confd
ed to him high aud 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
ture.
Having thus served the public for thirty
years, it was reserved for the present ad
ministra'ion to make him one of the earies
victims Of its pretended reform, by recall
ing him from a foreign mission to which
the discriminating mind Of John Quinc,
Adams had selected him as his country's
Representative
With the means at his command through
this long course Of public service, of amas
sing millions, his proverbiai generosity
and devoted patriotism have left him but O
bare competency, whose resources he il
compelled to sustain by the cultivation of n
farm. and the patient labors of a County Of
fee. With talents of distinguished or
der, malured in the school of experience
and thereby fitted for beneficial appca
lion to the duties of high public trust, he
unies the Independent ftankness, and I'm
ostentatlous simplicity OF q cultivation OF
The soil He is emphatically, ONE OF
THE PEOPLE. He has mingled much
with them-participated in their hardshps
and perlls-and is capable of approaching
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.
ministration, with the offices and The mon-
ey of the nation, has been, by seven years
labor, paving the way for his elevation
The energies OF no party organization, act
ing with mechanical precision and efiicen.
cy are welded in his behalf; g. no Execu-
tive Chief, with an unbounded popularity
enllsls his personal and official influence ia
his support. He comes at The people,,
call, to lead them to a contest with the
disciplined legions who are in possession o
the Citadel Of Power; and we ask you
fellow citizens, to unite with US in sustain
ing this onset, which, we trust is destined
to terminate in signal and glorious tri.
umph.
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