Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-04-04

Orange county and degrading her unuer 'ho
Van Buren, yoke. The supposed influence oil
Gen. Flint is the ground upon which they
build their dclusivo hopop. Now we really
think that more direct aud more unmoflted
insult cannot be cast upon the ffoemen OF Or
angc county, than is cast ty the V. d. men in
their calculations. Wines was Tint county
ever SO bound, hands and Get, TO the destines
OF any man, that it would follow him, regard
less Of consistency, of principles, and Of con-
sequences There has been memorable in.
stance when The political Integrity Of Orange
was strongly tried and tits hardly necessary
to say that from the trial shecame out unscath-
cd. No man VIC suppose vas more popular
in Orange than Col Buck his services as an
officer, his talents as lawyer and legislator,
and his social habits, in years past, all con-
spred in winning for him popularity such as
few men have enjoyed in this section Of the
state and what did The iroemen OF Orange do
when Col. Buck chose to break off his old pc.
Utica associations, and change his views both
Of men and measures Instead Of running
the political character Of the Grccmen of Or
ange-thcy stood their ground, like honest
men, and Col. Buck ruined himself This is
lesson TO the mon who aspire to be political
priests and prophets in Orange county 1t Is
noble testimony TO the political honesty, the
integrity and the iirmness other people, which
ought to have deferred any man from the at
tempt to bind and hand them over 10 the enc
my, like so many cattle. We do not believe
that General Flint can do this. 1t is true The
General has worked hard and acquired much
influence over portion Of his fellow frcemcn
we will not deny that he has heretofore de-
served some consideration but the very
grounds on, and the manner in, which he has
chosen 10 change his political desinies, are in
themselves strong arguments Why his old
friends should abandon him. He has gone
over 10 Van Buren,, ii is alledgcd list because
Of his democracy: but we have tic testimony
OF the General himself delivercdin the State
House day after day, and in JdItrson Hall
night after night, that Van Bdrcr democracy
was spu,ious-dcmocracy which lnnkcrcd az
Ter the "leeks and OniOns,"-" democracy" as
said J. @. Adams, Sin kid gloyes'- dcmoc-
racy composed of" masonic kings ard priests"
3D. The General intimatcs that a,iimasonry
demands the change: but nobody his hereto
J lore been more Jealous than the Gelcral him
self 10 preach and prove 10 every cody that
the V. B. party was the masonic party Van
Buren, himself was at the lead of the New
York Regency, against which ntimasonry
ound itself unequal TO the contest. even on
the plains of Western New York he (V.B.)
wrote, no longer ago than the very last sum-
mer, letter TO the antmasons Of Penneylva-
mia, which, said Mr.. V. BIS southern organ,
(thc Richmond Enquirer,) treated The FANAr-
IcAL ANTIMAsoNs as they deserved :" he ~.
b. has just appointed Poinsctt Secretary OF
War, who, it is notorious, was drive. from a
South American court on account of his en-
beavers TO build up masonry in South Amer-
ca and finally, the great mass Of the antma.
sons Of the county, such men as Hallct, Bar
ber Eaton, and Palmer excepted, are now, as
they have ever been, the strongest opponents
Of Van Burcnism. Sd. The General mounts
the bank hobby: and even here ne is destined
to be endorsed Who are the bank men 2 Go
10 New York, and see the "safety fund
scheme"-a splendid systemcf speculation
glded bait upon barbed hook, which, boil
in New York and Vermont, led The lcgisa
lures suddenly 10 increase THEN banks to al
most double the number they formerly were
Martin Van Buren, was the author OF ii! Wha
has more than doubled The banks Of the Unior
In four years 7 The policy of that admins
tration of which Martin Van Buren, was
part-that policy which he is pledged gener
ally' to follow. Who has created ninety pc
banks-some Of them political banks-and pla
ced the whole revenue Of the country in thei
vaults, getting only ttro per cent. year, whei
money ia worth AZ pei cent in our cities D
That same administration. And who acknowl
edged that the effects oil this policy were l.
turn the public revenue into banking capital, t.
encourage a spirit of ,oild speculation, and t
enable banks TO make large profits Andre,
Jackson himself, in his last message Who
then, are the bank men The Van Bure
men. Which the bank party1 The Van Blu
rem party.
Gen. Flint is epinently unsuccessful in sc
Letting reasons for his political somerset; tn
somerset is itself SO complete, SO manifest
departure from all his previous conduct nh
speeches, that it ought at once 10 destroy ever
} vestige of political influence he ever had Nc
body ought TO be so simple as to be msled b