Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-08-16

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eral domination engcndered in our repub
lican systematic government will nov
be administered upon plain democratic prin
ciples and in the spirit with which il wa.
established by our fathers. Forlunatel,
for our country,we have at its head a states
man of the old republican school, sagaciout
prudent, firm, energetic, and every way fit
ted for the times; and the people may re
~ confidently upon the assurance that he
will be found equal to any political emer
gency. For ourselves, we look forward
trustingly to his administration for measures
soon to be adopted, which will ensure tc
the country quick return of prosperity
not a seeming prosperity, resting for sup.
port on bubbles which will explode on the
first slight shock in the commercial world
but substantial prosperity, gradual in its
advances and durable in its strength, upon
which the "papcrs plutus' may thunder in
vain.
In turning to the local politics of Michi-
gan, and tracing the rise and progress Of
parties from the first step towards the form.
alton of our constitution to the present time
we find much cause for congratuation that
the democratic party has had the ascend
ancy in our councils. In looking for tho
fruit Of its success, it may be found in the
liberal principles Of our constitution -an
instrument which will immortalze the De.
mocratic Convention which framed it, as
the authors above all others for the princi.
pies it inculcates, and the freedom it secures.
1t may be found in the rapid settlement and
Improvement of our territory with an intel.
ligent and enterprising people, rich in the
rewards of their labor, and happy in the
consciousness that they live nnder one Of
the most liberal and benefcent political
| systems of the age. 1t may be found in
our broad projected system of internal i'm
provement, which, embracing all sections
of the state in the benefits it contemplates
promises to make our peninsula the garden
of the west. 1t may be seen in our admit
rabe laws for the accumulation and invest.
ment Of our muniicent resources for edu-
cation, constituting system which will
make our primary schools free to the youth
of Michigan. 1t may be found in our gen.
eral system of banking, which is based up
on the soundest general principles, and
which, with such further provisions for the
public security as experience will soon sug-
gcst; will render it tie most safe and popu.
lar system of banking, which has ever been
adopted. In fine, the result Of the ascend
ancy of the democratic party may be found
in every public measure which has raised
Michigan fsom an unregarded territory of
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sition as an equal and prosperous member
of the Union. Hal the federal party DUR
ing this time been predominant in our coun-
ellis, how different probably would have been
our condition. Instead Of being what we
now are, flourshing member of the con-
federacy, we should most likely have re-
NAMED yet poor and degraded province,
distracted with internal discussions, without
prosperity at home and without character
or credit abroad. Or even had we now
been under constitution moulded by their
hands, it would have been unworthy of the
| times and unsuited to the republican spirit
of our people. Instead Of the liberal fea-
lures which now adorn it. it would have
been disfgured with aristocratic provisions
the right of suffrage would have been de-
tcrmined by anti-republican tests, and a
large class of the intelligent population
which now enjoy within our borders hap
| py home and make our fields blossom like
the rose, would have been driven to seek a
refuge under the auspices of more republi.
| can Institutions.
In order TO carry out the measures Of
the general government and continue the
policy Of this state as it has been thus far
prosecuted, your delegates in Convention
assembled, have again nominated for your
suffrages STEVENS Il. MASON for Go.
vernon; EDWARD MUNDY for Lieut..
Governor, and ISAAC E. CRARY for
Representative to Congress. In again pre-
senting the names OF these gentlemen as
candidates for reelection 10 the responsible
Offices which they now hold, the Convention
were governed, in the first place, by what
they believed to be your clearly expressed
wishes, and in the second, by their own
sense of the high qualifications of the nom-
inees. We were aware that these gentle
men were chosen by you with unexampled
unanimiiy to the stations which they now
occupy, and we could find nothing in the
course of their public life 10 forfeit, but ra-
Their much to increase, the confidence which
was then reposed in them.
In STEVENS r. MASON the Convcn-
ton recognized faithful public servant, who
has always been zealously engaged in the
cause OF the people in Michigan, contending
for their rights as citizens and as state.
From the earliest movements of the inhabi-
tants of this peninsula TO throw of their
territorial system and assume the rights of
selfgovernment as an independent state, he
has always been found in the front rank,
fighting for our principles. In manifestng
your confidence in his ability, and your
approval of this patriotic course as acting
governor Of the late Territory, you elected
him almost unanimously, the first chief
magistrate of the state. And, since his ell
ovation to that responsible office, his official
acts have been in conformity with the whole
tenor of his former. public life. The gen.
eral adoption Of the measures which he has
recommended to the consideration OF the
Legislature, affords the best evidence that
his duties have been performed as well in
accordance with the opinions of the people
us they have to the advancement OF the
best interests Of the state.
In presenting you with tho name Of ED.
WARD MUNDY for reelection to the
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