Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-04-11
Fer the Waterman and Joul nal.
LETTER ".
MARcn 81, 1887.

hu dIlndld OF TcU0iOus Ivy
pocrisy, il would be difficult TO find paral-
lei 10 the extraordinary and impudont hypoc-
risy which has marked the whole course of
your political life. No mortal from the mere
| perusal Of your political letters and messages
TO Congress, crammed as they are with nav
kish cant about economy reform 'democ-
racy,' the constitution rotation in Office,
reprobatiOn Of party spirit, etc. etc. could form
conjecture approximating even remotely 10
your real sentiments as carried out in Practice
Ever affecting TO be even iastioously eau.
tious no: to advance one inch beyond rigid
and close construction Of the constitution, you
were necessarily engaged in stripping the con-
stitution and laws Of that respect and venera-
ton, which is and ever must be the chief con.
servativc principle IN the laws Of free and
democratic state; and showing to future I'M
prlnspled and ambitious asplranis 10 power
! with what iinpunliy clause Of the consitu-
| ton, or law oil the land, may be evuded or
trnmpled under foot, when il interposes an OBJ.
stacle 10 some whimsical project, ambitious
design, or the qualification Of revenge.
You appear TO have imbibed notion that
in all cases where your right TO exercise GER
tain powers, or do certain acts, was question:
ed by the people, that you had only to say Il
take the responsibility aud they were bound
to rest perfectly satisfied. And who were
|
! lily in cases where the constitution allowed
you no such option and for the possible con-
sequences OF which you, nor any other individ.
ual, ever could make satisfaction to the Ma
ton ? In this connection permit me 10 reques-
OF you TO crafty the public curiosity, in rela =
ton TO that highly improper communication
which Chief Justice Marshall, on a certain &C.
casion, Indignantly announced from the bench
had been made 10 the Supreme Court. II il
did not emanate from you, then where is that
other man, in this country, who had the auda-
city to dictate TO, or attempt TO influence the
highest judicial tribunal in the Nation This,
sir, was so perfectly in character for you, that
nothing short Of disproval, or at least most
nncquivocal denial on your part, will ever sat-
lsly the public that you was not the author Of
this highly improper communication
Your friends and hatterers have pleased
themselves and you, by frequent allusion 10
an alleged remark of one Of the political pa
triarchs Of our country, made many years a.
go, TO wit, that 'there was more Of the old Ro.
man about you than any man he ever saw
If Mr.. Jefferson meant that he forcsaw in you
future Maiius or Scyla, land what other
! meaning he could have had it is difficult 10
coniecture,) the course that you have run is a
proof, both, that his sagacity was not infalli-
Bile, and that he did you wrong by the compar-
OF arms entirely subrtr the liberties Of their
country; whereas you only made sundTy alar-
ming encrOachmenis upon the liberties of yours.
They shed the blood Of their fellow citizens in
torrents whereas yon only reduced 10 poverty
thousands Of your countrymen who were pos
| sessed Of q competency, and multi!udcs OF
those already poor TO destitution, disease aud
death. Ii requires not the acuteness Of JEFF
ferson, to discover numerous prototypes of
Andrew Jackson, under each Of the three
forms Of government which alternately pre-
vailed in ancient Rome namely, the Despot-
ic, the Arstocrstic, and the Mob-ocratic.
Again, in the race of aduation amongst your
parasites, some have even pronounced you "a
second Washington | will frankly confess
that in many respects the simitude between
| you is exact. You were both born Of woman ;
you both attained TO the command of armies !
you both nlied the office oil Chez Magistrate
Of your country, and for an equal period oil
time and few years hence it may be added,
you both died and were buried. Let your
hauerers meet these liberal concessions from
one who is no aatterer, by moderation on their
part, and forbear to push the resemblance far
Their. To note down on paper with fidelity
and truth all these points of character in which
there is no'resemblance between the first and
second Washington would fatigue the read
er, and might operate unfavorably Tor that CON-
promise towards which have Just made such
liberal advances. Let it suffice TO remark in
general terms, and in the language OF modcr.
alton, that as private citizene, as soldiers sub
ordinate 10 the civil Power az Chief Magis-
trates, and as men, George Washington and
Andrew Jackson are the antipodes Of each
other.
In one respect there is striking resemblance
between you and Napolean Bonaparte-you
hayL fo.. Ii L.. 81
len at Moscow, 'Napolean the invincible'
would have been engraven on his tomb, and
posterily would have inclined 10 the belief, that
death alone inlerposed between him and uni
versal dominion. But he survived the acme
OF his fame and power, and rapidly sunk Ia
impotence, and died an exile and prisoner
So had you died at the battle Of New Orleans
the award Of skiltul soldiership, OF patriotism
and Of Nations gratitude, would have been
youis pleasant odor would have accom-
panied your fame down the stream o.
time. But alas for that fame and alas Toe
for your country! you have survived long e.
nough to blight the one, and TO cancel every
obligation the other ever owed you. The
news Of yonr successful defence Of New Or.
leans difflsed universal satisfaction and JOY
throughout the land. No one doubted then
that, in greater or less degree, it was pro.
pitious event for the Nation. How shos; sight.
cd creature is man How utterly incapa'
BILE Of foreeseicg even the impending conse-
quences OF passing events few short year:
has shown the victory Of New Orleans 10 have
been the direct cause Of the first great calam.
ity with which this infant Republic has been
sisted.
Neither retirement, age, sickness, nor the
grave itself, ought 10 screen you from tho deer
and abiding indignation, and just resentment
Of an injured and insuIed people. The crime
Of common thief, or burglar, or murderer
ma he forcivan md will soon ha loroottnn =