Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-08-30

merely his agents. and responsible to him personally
for their official conduct. [see his protest to tho
Senae and other papers concerning the removal ofthe
deposits and the whole practice of the last and pres
ent Chief Magistrate of the Nation.l
Thus the means of sustaining any measure, how
odious to the people. or dangerous 10 their lib
erty was artfulIy prepared When the leaders con-
slider the adoption of any particular measure for tho
advantage of the party. the whole band of Office
holders are expected to cry out in its favor and talk
it into popularity with the people. If they are
found remss in this part Of their duty their oficial
life is its close But this rarely happens; for
the most subservient spirits---those who have
proved themselves fit agents to perform any service
that may be required of them, are generally So
lected.
When it was decided by these leaders that tho
good Of the party required the breaking down of the
United States lank, because it would not depart
from the objects of its creation and become an cleo
pioneering machine the savage yell of destruction
echoed back, bv the forty thousand office hol-
ers, scattered throughout every rock nd corner of
our lard. When the decree went forth, and the
assault was made system of currency, cred
it and the merchants of the country the same Off
cal influence was exered TO sustain the Executive
will. Tut it would stretch this address,
which was designed to be short. to too great
length. should we give hut passing notice to the
doctrines, and plotting designs of the men, who have
ruled this Nation for the last nine or ten years. It
was not our intention to discuss any particular meas
ura of the hut IN
Young friends to the tendencies and dangers of
party tyranny rs it exists in our country
Without party discipline 50 severe, as to he brt
another m me for tyranny those ruinous experiments
on currency which have cost particularly in
cities and manufacturing iowns) much misery and
treasure, could have been forced upon us. II
seems as though our rnlers instead ofcomng US No
ministers Of pea"e to guide to the milk and honey
of this goody land. have ceen sent as ministers of
evil to sap the foundations Of republcanism. and
spread both moral and physical waste and desolaton
among us. Examine almost any Of their lending
measures. and yon will find them mere visionary
schemes, without practical utility. and designed TO
favor rulers rather than people. What have this
people gained by the experiments which have been
made on their curency' These experiments were
made, according 10 the expermenters, TO reform our
currency, TO diminish paper money ard bring more
specie into circulation But what is the result of all
their abors for the public wea' Specie has nearly
disappeared from circulation, and become article
Of merchandise, while bank capital and paper none,
have increased nearly four-fod This il not so.
tary example. All their profession. Of reform, md
retrenchment have turned out in similar manner.
II matters not what we call our Chief Magistrate.
whether President King or Emperor; 50 long us he.
and those under his control unite in building up their
own fortunes ut the expense of n Nations prosperi-
~, we have only the fruits Of desp,sm There j.
no charm, sufficiently powerful, in to keep
the spirit of desposm from our shores. We mny
have the most perfect form Of Government that ever
originated in the human mind the laws may ex-
tend their protecting shield, equally over all classes
and interests in the community, md yet ifihose who
administer them regard their personal nggran-
dizement above their countrys welfare, the protect-
ing power of the Constitution and laws grows weak
er and weaker. and unless the peope rouse mp and
drive their unGilhfu servants from their places Of
trust, will soon become felcss. Our Constitution
has no inherent qualities Of self. preservation, 7. re.
quires the constant wa'chfnness, md protection OF
the people. to prese We it from the entertainments Of
those who administer it.
Those revered patriots who labcred so hard and
endured so much to build up m enduring fabric for
American freedom TO rest upon hardly suspected
that their descendants could 80 far degenerate, as to
become apparently Indifferent about It's preservation.
II never entered the inaginations Of those uncon.
querable, ncorrup,ibe men who sacrificed upon
the altar Of freedom, almost every thing but their
indomitabe spirits and the dark forests and wild
streams IF their native land, that their sons would
endure for n single hour, to be ruled by men who
prefer the qualification Of their own low nnbit on
and love of gain. TO the general welfare. Yet many
of them have lived long enough TO see This wther-
ering curse taste ned upon US. No party tyranny
was known in country, until the party now in
power commenced its reign. 1t has "grown with its
growth, and strengthened With ts strength 1t has
Frustrated that lofty ind 'pendence, that elevated
manly spirit, that generous rivalry in patriotic deeds,
which once distinguished the rulers ofthe American
Republic II has poisoned public virtue, the foun-
tain of our political being, and brought our country
under the control of an ofice-holding aristocracy.
We have called your attention to this principle Of
corruption, which has rallied the odds and ends Of
all parties federasts, nuifers and strict CONSTRUCT
tioniss. TO fight under flag, because we believe
il to be the foundation OIL which rests the whole