Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-07-25

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Thereby m the prorrcss Of miscaIlod reform '' +
Pros lad bcrd subsidizcd-iho freedom nnd purify
cf elections restrained and corrupted the 'E's"'
tipn Of the states controlled. and INC de"D'"''""N
Of Congress subjected to Tie ulf"caer ana ~ d'''s
ions put down by the vFTo. Of the groa ho'o'"'','
No. The MONEY POWER must be secured
TO Gu the measure Of an al gfaspirg amollo"'-
Fs,al cxperi mcni to The country Bot more Ia'a''
We would luiu hope. to tie Dynasty by wh'o" "
was conceived and executed. FStnl III '"'s e'"s',
surely i, Will be, # the people ore not SO dfuFg'"
with party oplhics. as TO have lost 'her s'n''o"!
TO truth. and their love Of honest and manly inde-
pcudence.
And now what shall be done in this great Ter.
gency To remain where We are, is out oi The
question. 4 remedy must be devised, or the coun-
rry sinks INTO irrcrieyable ruin. To this question
there is, to our apprehension, very PLAN aud sat
isiac,ory answer We must do just " hnl wise
man would do who had been led by an enns fatnus
on: Of n plain, beaten way into bogs, and m'te'
and onicksands We must GO BACK. Chrs-
tian and Hopeftl's duty not palmer. They es-
capped the clutches of Giant Despair, got over the
style and went on rejoicing. We must get out OF
the hands of the Dynasty which has deceived us,
and return TO the good old way from y hch We
have departed.
And WHO can think Of the pure and upright and
unpre. ending dmiustIation which preceded That Of
the "Rcformer" without signing To return! who
can remember tie sound and convenient currency
which We once bad and the steady, safe, onward
advance Of national prosperity which accompanied
il, without feeling Of pain, on looking at the
heghth from which we have fallen and surveying
the misery which. every where, meets our eyes
Fellow citizens, we want REAL REFORM.
A reform " hch sha, re1iiy "correct the abuses
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into conflict with the freedom of elections" and
which shall operate as real "c0untrGci0n of those
causes which have disturbed the riehtiul course of
appointment and placed or continued power IN I'M
faithful or incompetent hands" We want Pres
ident who will come forth with the very dccara-
ton OF Gen lacksons first inaugural, above qno'ed
and Gmt!GHy curry into practice IN his admins
tration We want man who shall talk less Of
democracy and practice more of It's genuine prin
/ cipes-a man who instead of decclvng the coun-
try with hollow professions, and abusing 1t WIN
/ broken promises shall speak the thing he means
and do Tie thing lie speaks We want man 10
administer the government who VIII pat h'nee" III
the shoes of no nan and least Of all, o'a man
who, in the pride Of q bloated popularity has tram
pied down the Constitution, and fatally experiment
ted upon the purity, the peace, the prosperity ana
the happiness of the country.
TO effect this reform, the country should imme-
dio,ely einancipate itself, as far as possible, from
the trammels Of the reigning Dynaaty, by present
ing n phalanx IN both houses of Congress, and IN
EVERY STATE GovBRNMBNT, which shall take lis
stand boldly the ground of genuine Wing Pm
cipes and say to the men in power-hitherlo shalt
thou come and no farther and here shall thy ex-
periments and abuses of power be stayed.
But after all there those who give to the
enqury-what shall be done very different an
swer from that which we have suggested. They
see the condition to which the experiment has
brought the country but instead Of returning to
the safe position from which it has departed they
would have it 90 forward to an exclusive mctac
currency. Their cry s-away with monopolIcs
| - down with banks. Give us eqa rights and prlvl-
leges and the good old hard money. constitutional
currency.
Now all this appears very fair and democratic.
Bot let us look at II a moment.
What is a monopoiy 1t is an exclusive right.
And is this necessarily anli-republcan and odlous!
What then, becomes of the rights of ferry nnd 9th
or exclusive rights which have, time on, Of mind
been granted by the Legislature of this truly repnb-
icau stale Whether such grants be, or be not
orooer depends not upon the question whether
thew are moaopoes, but whether they are Jenctc'af
IN the communicable PUBLIC GOOD being always
riCbifully the reason and the rule of such grants
TO declaim against all nonopolies is bat q blind
opposition to hated and odlous name, without I'M
derstuudng the true ground Of objection TO the
thing which it signifies. Monopolles are justly o.
dious when they granted By Kings to extend
the royal influence, and sustain the royal power
just as the exclusive privilege Of Office granted to
the friends of our National Executive, 10 extend
his influence and sustain his power is justly obi
Gus. But y, by no means, follows thai the people
through their immediate Representatives, may not
grant exclusive rights for limited periods, under
specific responsibilities, and for purposes not 9TH
erwIse to be accomplished beneficial to
the public. Such grants may be strictly monopU-
Ies-as truly So as grants Of perpetual privileges,
made to sustain royal power and yet who can
not see the wide practical difference which exists
between them'
In the ndIscrmlna,eness Of the opposition a.
ga!nst monopocs, is often directed against grants
2 Of corporate privileges for manufacturing and 9TH
er PURPOSES, grants not only clearly beneficial, IN
Their effect on our productive industry, but when
! properly restricted and regulated tTul, republican,
inssmuch as, thereby, numerous individuals o