Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-06-14

bcx. u.c il. We must lie prepared to meet and /
i;caf peTsecation and opprCss.ons while tyrany |
ani corruption prevail. But there should be an
unco-nprouiisin@ war wagcd by every honest |
man. agains; corruption and In iaFoF Oh the Con
s,itut n. II }sir. Van Barcn sh1ll pc-sevcrc /
the cos,rsc Of General Jackson, in violating the |,
6 institution and Substituting his will f,r the law
# the ltn he shili draw from she lregs Of cor
rup.i,n his cabinet advisers, and to pour wealth
II son his worthless fayoriics, regardless Of the
pibii,: sufie1ings, the line between Wing and To-
~ :y.n soon be drawn; and repeat it again that
ali honest men ought to array themselves on the
side of law and ORDER resolved 20 be free. and new
or to cease their opposition until they cxpel the
tyTants and restore the Constitution.
To cisc. this, the people are competent, and
the people must be appealed to as the fountain of
/ all power-The chivalroua and dauntless of your
coIntrv the Young and vigorous devotces to free
dom should fill the chamber Of Representatives IN
Congress, and those Of the Statos the fathers, the
old AMI the grave should attend to the elections,
ard nv word for it, the of corruption and the
host Of tyr in.s viii be dissipated before the
popular will Yes, RELY on it, that the men that
are to ak through this hydra corruption, must
be the Young m IN of thc'land They mist be in
the seas,n of Ii c when freedom and hope to them
! IS and the same thing; not old men, grooming
under the weight of years, signing for domestic
peace: not candidates for jidgesh:ps, collector
shi ,s secretary ships, Or Prcsdentships.--The pa
Of the present and past administrations, must be
mainly conposei of men above the fattcry ofhope
or the pre- sure of fear from the Executive. Such
cops will be founi chiefly 10 consist of men,
who next to their Intry, cstimlte their seats as
members, and their fimc us patriots III the popu-
lar branch Of their government. 1t was such
ii ,usc of Representatives that expelled kcndal
from Office and put the cOrruptionists to flight IN
1895. Keep your House of Representatives fill
, cd with such men, and your State is always safe.
Let this nation form one Congress Of such men,
{ and my word for it the work is done.
lam, myself, now past the age when any man
sho1ld think of entering the House of Rcprcsen-
tttivcs Of the u. States in times like these, feel
to scnstly TINT coull do but little good, were
elected, and that it is therefore my duty to give
place t. youthful and vigorous intelligence.
My Fri ends wh) have thus Gale upon me, have O.
v err ted my capacity to serve them; at least,
think they have, and therefore for their good for
/ my country's good, | decline becoming candi-
: date for Congress. In doing so, wish it not to
I be understood tina: mean to leave the struggle
, to others. Very different is my determination
have reached time of life when l can only wish
, to be scrviccable to my country, and my family.
Born and raised in the West, love no country
like the West. 1t is the country wherein rest
| the bones of my ancestry, where my children
, were born and where l expect to die. But |
, corrupted it came to me from my fathers. My
friends and neighbo rs then may assured that
, | will be with them at oIr elections, and my mite
shall never be wanting to restore to the consti-
tuition and laws their supremacy, by the expulsion
Of corrupt from office, and in supplying their
places with those who worthy to fill them.
Respectfully, r. WICKLIFFE