State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-11-01

10y " 'N"' AMY PrOloSs part
mount regard for antimnsonfy, while III
man whom they broke away from the INIT
masonic party TO support, has been uni
formly, most bitterly opposed to the anti
masonic party; mud when called on TO So
whether lie would appoint ndhcring mason
TO Office, declares that he will pay no scr
OF regard whatever, to the question whethe
al applicant for Office is, or is not, mn a1
herring mnson. Nor is this all. After hold
ing on, awhile, TO Mr.. Rush. as their can
didate for the Vice Presidency, they final,
drop his name and put forth that of Richard
NJ. johnson, Royal Arch inason, n slave
holder, md practical nmalgamator!
They profess, too, to he democrats, and
to go into the Van Buren, party because its
principles are ominenHy democratic. when
they have been among tie loudest in de.
nouncing as anti republican, lie leading
measures of the administration which M -,
VIM Buren, has solemnly pledged himself
to "carry out" and declaring, us the leader
OF the seceders declared, that whenever
aniimasonry should degenerate into the
corrpPtions Of Fan BWsnism, lie would
abandon it, md oppose it, rs uncompromis-
Ing'y as lie lad ever opposed freemesonry."
Such is the position, and such the protes.
sims, Of these men.
And what are the arguments which they
urge to persuade us to quit our ground and
go with them, into the ranks of Van Buren,?
Why, that in supporting Harrison and Gran
ger, we turn "whigs," und put ourselves
under ewing" leaders. And this, after they
have turned Fan Buren, men--gone into
the Van Buren, party, and put themselves
under Van Buren, leaders
But what do they mean by our turning
Wings? Do they mem TO say, that, in sup
porting Harrison and Granger we do not
support principles-the same principles Of
national policy that they were sticklcrs for
two years ago? Have ,ce turned from
those principles? Have they not rather
turned from them, and utterly abandoned
them? What has become of their bold de
nunciations of "Van Burenismt" flushed
in the silence of death What Of their dc
cided condemnation ofthe "misrule of Jack
sonism," winch Mr. Van Buren, has prom
ised to perpetuate? Forgotten Entirely
forgotten In the place Of it, nothing is to
he heard but glorifcation of Jackson and
Van Buren, democracy. Yea, so completely
metamorphosed are these men, that they
are willing to bow their once sturdy antima-
sonic necks, to the yoke, and tamely take
up and support the man whom the President
has told the democracy" of the country
they must support as his successor.
But we have put ourselves under 'whig"
leaders! This suggestion is, evidently,
the principal reliance of these men TO move
us from the ground we have taken. Refer
cnce is constantly made 10 the fac. that We
have assisted to elect n few men to Office
who have not been antmasons, and that
the late Harrison and Granger Convention
was organised by the election OF president
who was not a seeding mason.
And how is it, about the offices? What
are these men thinking of, that they should
forget, or pass over, as unworthy of notice,
the fact that the Governor, Ii. Governor,
Treasurer, and Secretary Of State, the four
leading, and most important officers that
are made the subject of political contention,
are holden hy decided antimasons--elected
by the aid of Hhig" votes? Are these
seceders so dissatisfied with having these
decided antimasons in the possession Of the
/ four, leading Offices in the government Of
this state, that they must needs seek pro-
lection from Whiggery in the ranks Of Van
Burenism2
But Gov. Crafts, who was once mason,
/ happened to be President of the Conven-
| tion; and therefore, we are oil under "whg"
/ leaders, and must run for our lives to get
out Of the wing ranks, even at the expense
/ of throwing away our principles, so far as
they concern matters of national policy q!
What contemplate opinion must these
men have Of us, if they think that we are
to be thus driven from the support of prin-
ciplcs, which we profess to regard, and
which they once regarded, as of uiiGI inn
portance in the administration Of our ma
tional affairs. Why do not tho wings bolt
and abandon their principles, and so into
tile Van Buren, caucusses, and make Van
Buren, speeches, because Gen. Flint and
Iii James, two decided antimasons, happen
ed to he Vice Presidents Of the Convention.
But there were masons in the Convention.