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


rich or poor, but solely to charging the sphere
Of your own power, to the furnishing your en-
emios,' or the 'rewarding your ironds.' Like
Agesiaus King Of Sparta, (you like 10 be
compared to celebrated persongges) who thus
solicited judge in behalf Of friend, 'acquit
him if innocent for the sake Of justice,-i
guilty scqnit him for my sake, / say like Ag.
esilaus your great weakness was-amio bic
weakness, unfortunate weakness to be uHa.
BILE 10 refuse ought TO your personal friends
and partisans. And like him, without regard
10 their deserts or qualifications, you showered
upon them places and emolumcnts, to the
great injury Of the public service and scandal
Of all worthy citizens.
On other occasions the people were drugged
to tho full with military Glory the victory
Of New Otlsans,' 'the eth Of January etc. etc
and then during the moments Of drilrium the
popular appreciation Of Your measures obtain
ed. And you could even, upon occasion, ox-
cite, and concentrate upon yourself the SYN.
pahy Of the multitude, by taking Of the bat
Ties YOU had fought, and The pcrils you had en-
coun,cred for their sake; and barring your boz
som, point 10 the scars left by The weapons Of
their enemies witness your protest. Those
were in part the methods you resoycd 10, to
achieve the difficult task of obtaining the OK
pressed or tacit assent otlho people, to absurd,
practicable, and anti-dsmocraic doctrines
and schemes, incompatible with the public
good, dangerous TO the existence Of the free
institutions of the country, and paIpably and
even ludicronsly inconsistent with each other
To instance the general prosperity orthe coun.
try as proof Of tho wisdom Of your admins.
traton, is like asserting that miry road lacil-
itales the motion OF a carriage, because it hap
pens not entirely 10 stop its progress. A sue
e I,l II. l.
gslaure which had never yet coniessedIy
bowed its neck to the yoke Of party d.s-
cipine, had given nm impetus 10 the prosperity
o! the country, which, when accelerated and
borne onward by individual enterprise, even
your eight years Of NAL administration could
not stop. The country continued to prosper
in despite of you.
II aught like disrespect has appeared in the
foregoing letters, 1t has rot proceeded from
mere lovity or studied disregard OF the rules of
common courtesy, but must be considered as
necessarily and inextrcably involved in any
veritable synopsis of your public career. To
Andrew Jackson the private citizen they are
not disrospecttul, because, asserting nothing
but the truth, they determine the very measure
of respect to which he is entitled. And if they
fall short Of that respect usually accorded to
the ex-ircumbcnt Of the high offic, you lately
n'tSo' y'"'' 20 VI" 'e"'', "i'oS' Jo' Sa''' ~
think you may consistently enough, make those
who placed you in situation which neither
your first nor second nature ever qualified YOU
take the responsibility in part at least, AMI
share with you the burden of deserved reproach.
From the organization Of the general govern
mcnt under the present constitution down 10
w. .e Per'ou OF your election, the olhce OF Chlef
magistrate had oeeh successfully filled by
llcn' W"o' noweVe. obnoxious TO party cen
SUR 'o' 'e" isoiateu uc's oil their aom'nis-
uauori W. unnecessary unnecessary auoweo inc posses
I'oi VI e.'''"or. c''u IN greater oi
YES u1s,eo: Vi 'nose pua'''Icu,'on wnich MAKE
a"u c auo'" 'i' s.utcSna"' ana me once
eonie.'o1 moHo. on 'nen'' tley, rom ine eie,
,t &c. y, ~ pe,so,a' |"uiuc'crF, u'Sn,ue +,
.ne oil,.ei ono I..peo. YOU surpassed all
your P.euaSo AZ ne 'l'i'e oil your 'hduc,
u NO, in.o o.ioe" wea''h oI years. 1 on mad
INC ouva".rseo' lonsec pei'ou LOT .ne accu-
n'u;u,'on .; uApelienoc 10. we acquisition Of
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'ne 'o's'o'o'' Passio"' VI 2ou''. S"'
sunni ,'''o oiiioc u7 '="oiu"t VI '"e ''uc t'co'
( vi ue'"oe'''o S 2Vo''''no"'' as any staN. =?
on your estate ~ lennesscc' l" Po'''c"' yer
sNe'sa.o" u',o inconsistency ,' you "cro WIZ
out r'a'' anu IKE Tue monarch OF an al
tlcan ueseIt, your Passlo"s nuu orcoH1r tioi
'uipn,en' as !ou ouseu :" yeai9' gu ~
ete1 me uiS.'y nnner'o a Iva: 70 'ne ONO
OF On,e' -lHIiS.r"se OF 'nls cn''' u'"onss.
nop"ono' :" 1S W vac o Nj y, toI'' e"P
cious anu ply DrFI",' D'o you NOT sc"''e
10 tne lout WINS v"p''et ~ s"uL OWL 81
.GcUng, ano tn'Cn.eh 70 sunu paSNlnS nom
the Envoy OF 'ort'sn lower VIM "n'ch W
were on 'cI.'s 0, GoIu'aI amy, LOT no o'he
gu''l.y '."Su' 'i'un "eNru2e ''e! "i;'s en
"onanl1'S mou' "ot 1u1u''' ~ ou. uN'a''o.
as 10 VINO 'hey snon'u WISH, ana VINO invle l
] thclr parlleS L eS, you, WnIe Hlllng the lUi