Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-07-25
NUMBER 81.
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WIG STATE CONVENTION.
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public servants. We have asscmbcd TO consult
t5gclLcf this subject. to determine upon the
course which SO ought 10 take, aua TO express to
YOU as &, IS now our purpose TO do, the reasons
which shall guide rs 10 tbs important crisis.
We came together under cell 10 the "ssPror-
hrs of iAe syrcmdcy Of ", io,cs and cf coastsis-
iiondi EorcrnHot honestly 0dniaisteTed" Has tho
supremacy cflaw been maintained and has tho
government been honestly aud eonsii,u,ionsliy sd-
miuistcfcd are questions which u ishn appro-
/ pirate 10 exsmine. We have examined
them The course OF an eight years odnieis,rs-
/ ton e the general government has been brought
under reyiew--its principles subjected TO the test
of the Constitution and their tendencies looked at
in the lights of experience. They have been
weighed m the balance aud found wanting. ssws
think IN the great and essen,inl characteristics OF
genuine rcpuhlicanlsrn. We believe their tcnden-
cy 10 be- fatal TO the purity aud permnuency OF our
free institutions and the more SO, by reason oil
the epecions names and far DISCUSSES under which
they hive been commended 20 ;tc confidence OF tho
people
Up TO the time when the present Dyrasiy was
invested with power, the government had been
mainly administered IN the simplicity and purity OF
open, straight forward rcpublIcbnism. Our pres'-
dents had carefully reironcd from pressing the
Executive pretogat'vcs, and had scrupuousiy res
2eccd the rights of the other branches OF the gov
r eminent The Executive Legislative and Judici-
spheres while the people yielded to each the con-
6dencc which was due only to honosty capacity
Ind fidelity to the constitution.
Thus should we have continued but for the un-
I scrupulous and mad ambition which has been mo
j. bane Of all the Republics which have gone before
o u.s. The declaration of the present sRcosD orr
D. in the goverpwent, four years before t'e pre-
sent dynasty csfne into power, hat the then admin
j. ista,on must be put do,p though pure as the .in-
a. D., L,o MI be Of cd
lowed by ap opposition whose recklcssncss, d'sre-
gard of truth and appeals to passion were IN per-
feet keeping With that proAlgute declaration. Tho
III opposition VAS successful and an administration.
81 which it's subverters forced to admit 'cas
y, pure, was put down.
10 The 4tb of March 1929 came, and Gen. Jack
D. son was President of the United Ststcs.--nr "s'
nc public act was to endorse in his inaugural address,
'e the leading SANDER of hs predecessor, by saying
"rhe recent demonstration OF public sentiment W
'sctibes On the list of Executive duties IN chsrac-
"iers too lcgble 10 be overlooked the task otrc-
a. form which will require particularly, the cor'ec
It's 'ron of those abuses that have brought 'he Ps'-
III "ronape of the government into conflict with INC
"a, freedom Ct elections ard the counteraction oil
cd chose causes which have disturbed the nghtin'
he "course Of appointment, and have placed or con-
u" 'rinued power IN unfIitlfd or incompetent hs"ds.
W. With this groundess charge OF an abuse ef exc
W., cutve power there bad been associated charge,
. equally groundess, Of u wsselul extrsvagabce IN
q" the expenditures Of the public money and this
=" wac also especially to be embraced wtan the re-
OF form "nscribed on the list Of Executive duties
' The commencement Of Gen. JaeksoE's admins
le' traton was the commencement Of TBs ERA or mel
"'s Low PROFESSIONS AND BRuKgs PROMISES. Looked
-, a. its beginning progress, and disastrous 'sf'
-" nination 1t forms Of the most striking exam
' pies Of POLITICAL DECgPrIoN which the world hal
're ever Witnessed. lts profession was REFORM J.
had come into power upon the strength OF the as
sumption-now known and admitted BY the whole
sh- world To have been fasc--that the public money
and had been squandered, and the executive power a.
ter bused, BY tho administration which preceded II
M Gen Jackson boSdngly pretended that The pdbh'
It's sentiment called for Reform and that he WIS sc
iai- lcctrd as the great rolormer. "By their funs y
Eu- shall know them" iIe administered the govern
VIII mcut years, and behold the boosted reform
IN The annual expenditures gradually advanced iron
Not twelve to thirty millions, while the Executive pat
en- ronago was brought TO bear with resisless an
eld Overwhelming influence upon the freedom Of slee
lib lions aud on the seton Of every department OF tho
hu- goyergmepi Thousands Of public officers wer'
The removed because they would not become the per
mai tzans Of the Executive, aud Their places hnsd o
but men mo we're prepared to yield blind and nn
the scrupulous devotion 20 his will. Patronage thu
Ton, found ,ts way TO the ballot bog It seized th
UNI pfcss--it entered the halls Of Congress-it COO
FOX. be controlled ia advance, crushed nnosf IN
liy foot of arbitrary Execui,e veto.
- So notorious have become tae.e abuses Of pow
cad cr-these fragrant ialshcstons Of the grand pr"
roe fession with which the administration began ~
'ere career that they written as "a letters Of h'in
lsp- light upon tie heavens shove our hesos sha ID
hen earth beneath our feet. There 10 not city
Tier ,isge or hamlet throughout the land. where 'h
.tursiest supporlers IT The communication do NJ
stand COMPOUNDED at lie evidence of fALS'nsp rIf
Lis- rEssioNs aud AErsED rowEA, ~b'eh every ~he'
up surround them. ,
10 Nor 10 this ali. The GREAT REFORMED
op. vac not con,eBl viii. bringing bis patronage mi
rb. conflict with the freedom Of ordinary elections On
,eal tho. .uh,sc,ne 10 his control the seiion Of I'd
aeus State md the legislation Of Congress his o.
bank political life Terminated si the sha "f e's'
yang .esrs bat be VAS Determined 70 ave 70 'ss y.
son Of h. successor. Into the contest Of that e's
ton he ,heref,fe entered. Upon be brought
- % be.r h.. person.l snd qeeiai influence. H'"D'
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