Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-04-07
For the Vermont Phoenix.
Seth Warner TO the People Of Vermont.
LETTER III.

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United States, is now given over to history
But vain is the hope that we are entirely rid
Of him. His career has been that Of mete-
or in our political hemisphere, too glaring
to be easily efiaced.
Aside from the humilating and alarming
facts that his successor is q man nominated
by him that TO secure, and make that nom-
ination effectual, all the power, patronage and
inAuence-civil, military and personal---at-
tached 10 the name and fortune Of Andrew
Jackson, were strained to the utmost that
the present incumbent holds his Office by vir-
tue Of that power and influence so exerted
and that. in consideration sthereof, he has
lFromised blindly to ffllow 10 the footsteps Of
fhis predecessor; besides these, there sre otll-
er considerations, connected with him, that
will press upon our political history. for
years yet TO come.
II is no part ofmy purpose to detract from
the talents or fame of Gen Jackson. He
has formerly done some service TO the nation ;
and is, in fact, very considerable man.
| The ascendency he has at all times been able
to acquire and hold over the minds and con.
duct of other men, shews him such Such
man always must leave an impress upon
the "age and body OF the time" in which he
lives, either "for veal or woe" For veal,
il, like Washington. the happiness and well
fare of his country is his chief aim for woe,
it. like Kouli Khan, he is impelled only by a
selfish and Unsuitable ambition
We, of this nation can never Sufficiently
express our gratitude TO Divine Providence
for so ordering circumstances, that the ex-
president could not arrive at supreme power
in the stale at an earlier period OF his life
Whoever has looked upon the career, and
seen the success Of that singular man, must
be satisfied, that to this cause we owe the
joyful spectacle Of at length seeing him re-
tire peaceably TO private life. leaving to
us the forms, somewhat shaken indeed,
of our institutions In common with all
despols, he has always discovered a remark
able sensiblity and jealousy Of power, il in
the hands Of any one but himself. Ii is char
itabIy believed that minds constituted like
his can never see any dnngerin power, how
everlawless,if exercised by themselves. They
cannot conceive il possible that they can usurp
power, or abuse IT, and If such thing were
suggested to them. they would be us ready
to resent and deny it, as was that traitorous
usurper in Israel. Who when caught in the
very overt act. impudently asked whether he
was thought TO be " "A dog, that he should do
such a thing"
Indeed. with regard to the ex-president
this selfblindness and selfdeception is mos'
conspicuously verified For instance: In
his late Farewell Address, we should be
shocked with the frankness, not to say i'm
pudence, with which he has avowed his acts
Of asurpaiion, were ii not that they have
been rendered familiar to us; and were It moi
that our spirits have been supplied and bro
ken by their frequency. Hear him. 1T has
been my fortune, in the discharge Of public
duties, civil and military, frequently to have
found myself in dificultand trying situations
; when prompt decision and energetic action
were necessary, and when.the interest OF the
country required that high responsibilities
should be fearlessly encountered" Wha
: "high responsibilities" ask, are here in
tended2 Those known to the constitution
and laws OF the land, and which il became hi:
duty to take upon himself and execute g.
: Were such as these only the latcfai respon
si6iiities which the hero of New Orleans
congratulated himself he had teartessty en-
countered? In such connection, and will
Z all this pomp of circumstance, set forth b.
such man, does high responsibilities fear
lessly encountered" mean only lawful du
ties? No. Jackson himself would IIous
! ionize"* the man that should pretend IT.
: They mean then, usurped acts-unlawful
: demonstrations, acts" fearlessly encounter
: ed" They mean. apprehend, the putting
j of whole district oil country without the pal
: of the cipI, and under the liberties and ten
! der mercies of marshal Ian. They mea'
G the suspension, at the poin, Of the bayone
$ of the writ of Habeas Corpus. They meal
the Imprisonment of superior Judge 10
daring TO issue. against his pleasure. tina
q writ, sacred 10 freemen. They mean tn
5 marching his army in warlike array. int
/ the dominions OF nation with whom "
$ were at peace, capturing the forts, and usu:F
}; ing the government there. They mean IN
u hanging of an Indian Chief, prisoner 9
II war, without trial They mean the se,tinl
e aside the doings of a Court Marshal, conye
: ned by his own order, and hanging up b
e the neck the victims that court had conden
e ned to milder punishment. They mean tn
X seizing, by an armed corps of Grenadier'
u the peIson Of a Spanish governor. when en-
IS ployed by his government in a civil iuncllor
l. They mean the usurpation Of the office
n supreme Judge Of the Territory Of Florid'
e the lawfully authorized Judge being presen
r They mean the sitting in judgment, by vi
y Itue Of said Judicial usurpation. upon sal
u Spanish governor, and with characterlst,l
y passion, intemperance and profanity. ioIti
d with ordering such governor into prison.
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