Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-04-15
JUDGE MANGuM,s SPEECH.

Mangum OF N. y. delivered lately IN the w. .
Senate. This speech points out the impor'
lance If the coming contest between the pow
er OF money in the hands Of the Administrd-
fion, ard the power of the People. 1t presents
the question truy-Money against the People
Spring. Repub.
1t is great and interesting question Il
must give rise to a keen and protracted con
test. The parties on either side are strong
and powerful. The States and the People
on one side, against the General Govern
ment and its office holders, friends and re-
tanners, on the other. These are the parties
| take my stand on the side of the States and
the People take il with confidence, though
with certain knowledge that all our present
efforts will be defeated | rejoice TO see eve
ry party compelled to take position. | am
gratiied to see gentlemen come up to the
mark. There is no middle ground. They
must fall into the ranks on the side Of the
States and the People, or they must fall into
the ranks of this Government and its official
corps. Take position, gentlemen. Let the
People see where you are. know your
strength. know that present defeat is our
lot We know that our cause is good, and
with the blessing OF God, we shall be ready
TO do battle fer it, from day to day, from year
TO year yes, sir, firmly and fearIessly will
we do battle for it, for the term Of the longest
of the Punic wars. The People will look
on they will investigate its merits; they
will come to our aid they will achieve the
victory over power and its friends, and myr-
midons, even in their entertainments. Sir,
| know we are beaten for the present. The
official corps and its adherents have tower
of strength in the President and his veto
They will keep the money for q while,
The Presidents influence may screen and
sustain them yet little longer. Beware
of the hour when that protection shall be
withdrawn. Beware of the vengeance ofan
abused People. You may bind peoples
mingled with the laurel of New Orleans,
yet little longer round the brows of the
People. But beware: the day of retribu-
ton will surely come. Many of US may,
and most probably will, sink under the hoof
of power. 1.-The blood of the martyr is the |
seed of the church There will be those
10 follow who will drive the spoer from his
prey"
have said the States aud the People are
on one side Is it not 500 Have not the
most decisive expressions of popular opinion
been heard, in the old States, in favor Of the
Land bill ? Have not the Legislatures that
were free from party control expressed their
appreciation strongly2 Do they not know
that the public debt is paid Do they not
know That the money here is not needed
and cannot be properly used? Do they not
know that this snperabundance destroys re-
sponsibility, begeis extravaganza and must
end in proligacy and corruption Do they
not know that it is in this form only that
they can hope TO be sharers in this rich and !
princely public DOMAINE DO they not know
that an equal distribution would awaken en-.
terprise. stimulate industry, and enrich and
embeIish the States2 And is it wonderful
that the people every where desire the mea-
sure2 But net so the politicians To them
1t is wormwood and gall. To the grea,
"sroiis party" it brings terror and alarm.
To all others it brings healing on its wings,
unless, psrchance, TO IA very few whose pride
Of opinion may be startled. or TO some from
the new States, who may hope from other
modes to derive yet greater benefits from
The public lands than this measure promises
Ii the measure shall pass, | know it will be
vetoed. That is great evil, and vet |
would not abrogate, modify or touch the
veto power. regard the veto as one of the
contrivances in our system to break the
shock of consolidated power; a wise conlri. :
rance to break sudden excuses in Legislative
lction. In the long run, it must Weld to q
he settled, dispassionate judgment of the /;
country. In this case, | venture to predict +,
hat result. But the "spois party"-how is a
t that this party can have an interest dislinc, !;
md separate from the communities through -
which it is distributed Let us look in,o ;
his matter !;
This great scheme of civil and political
liberty OF ours, the admiration and wonder
u the age, is yet but an experiment an ex- r
,eriment thus far illustrating, and glorous,v :
Illustrating, the truth of the great principle +,
Ipon which our whole system resistant ,
nan is capable of selfgovernment.
This system, in its successful and splendid :
areer, is year by year developing new j
ymptoins, new tendencies, and unforeseen .
henomena; some portending evil, Others .
ull ofrefreshing promisea and encouragement
In the early and purer times of the Re. 9
a6lic' parties were divided upon great prin- \
ipes' growing out of the workings of the q
ystem Itself With equal zeal and patriot o
'm' they took essentially different views of Y
ne tendencies Of the system. This diversi- "
oil opinion was found in every State, con- g
ected with no local interest or sectional y
las, but having reference solely 10 the great !,
uestions, on which each and every part of II
ne body polite had an equal interest. h
These parties were the best and purest ;,
lat have sprung up in our history Time ;
lone could settle the great questions be. q
yeen them, and time has settled defintiyelv Il
'any of them. In the progress of events, Il