Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-09-04


,ccilc. aod TO show that all hi. movements
lasc been calculated to break down the
,pift Of the Navy. and so destroy NO, only
all sui,ordnstion bat al ambition IN IL oiii
ccrs We know very well that Sir Decker
son was not merely incompetent. He was
miscfahly stupid ana aill more mIscrabl,
malignant. II was a sufficient reason for
bim 10 oppose and thwari an enterprise. 60
know that II bod been encouraged 10y SIR
SotihsFd and as the latter gentleman was
the most able. efficient and popular Sectc-
tagy Of the Navy that We have had for sew
cral ycnrs, a mau who acted on the pfluci-
pie of opposing all his recommendations.
could not lall to inlure and degrade the ser
vice which he was employed TO improve aud
elevate.
There is still another topic which employs
the scrbcs Of the administration. This is
10 prove that the present Tory party is com
posed entirely of old democrats, and that
the Wings. one and all, are inveteraic and
lncortlglblc Fedetahsts. This they attempt
TO prove by appealing 20 the names of Ia
ncy, Buchanan, wilkins. IngotsoI, Hob.
bard. Bancroft, Prentiss, Potter Nanderpoel
kemblc, Crosweil, ana two or three score
of Others among their distinguished leaders,
who are known as the "Black Cockade.
John Adams. alien and sedltion law FEEDER
alists, of whom the Globe speaks with such
unmtlgated contempt and aversion In
this connection, they prove further, the Pro-
test. the Proclamation, the principles of
the Veto, Executive corruption of Con-
gress. Executive control of the Currency,
are all doctrines Of scficrsonian Democra-
cy, without particle Of Federalism in their
composition.
Another object Of the Administration
press is 10 under,alue the mechanic interest.
1t is well known that in all our cities, and
throughout the country, the mechanics have
suffered perhaps more severely by the re
cent pressure than any other class of men.
This has arraycd them against the Admin
istratioD, whose strength hes with the aris-
tocratic, ant-commercial planters OF the
South. The mechanics Of the North are
opposed to the administration. On this ac-
count they must be moderated and denoun-
ced by the Globe. The official journal
cannot select n designation of contempt
moro bitter and envenomed than that of
"cobblers and thinkers y by which it intends
TO represent the general mechanic interest
of the country. 1t did not occur TO the
Globe that Knox was book binder. that
Roger Sherman was cobbler that Frank
lin was a printer, that Revere was a bell
founder that General Greene was an anchor
smith F; that many of the most gallant and
generous spirits of the revolution were edu-
Gated in the ra~chpnic arts ,ha' -, -.
htted by early and unremlited personal toll
for the high duties which they were after
wards called upon to discharge, and which
they did discharge 10 their own immortal
fame, and with the undying gratitude of
their country. But the official Journal re.
cognizcs the entire divorce between the
government and the people. Rulers, in the
eye Of the Globe, are rulers by divine right.
and subjects by divine command are bound
10 obey. Merchants, manufacturers, sol.
diers, bankers, cobblers, thinkers, sailors and
mechanics, to say nothing of the "under-
llngs" OF Amos Kendall, are neither more
nor less than the People the Constituency,
The Subjects of the dominant power
But the administration journals are labor
ing TO prove still another point; that the
Federal Executive should neither pay nor
receive any thing but gold and silver
which they consider rather the best money
." wv uiA'ioH' MY arc dSktu-NIlf are
not the State governments entitled TO re-
co'e the same currency with the Federal
Administration Why are not the towns
equally entitled TO receive their taxes, and
pay their creditors in the same currency;
And why are towns, States, or the Union.
entitled to better currency than is receiy
ed or paid by individuals in Their daily trans
actions The only answer 10 this is that
the Federal Government is "A little better
than any thing or any body else-,hat the
Federal ohicc-holdors are somewhat more
important persoEages than your Mayors.
seiecimen, town magistrates, and members
OF asscmbly-and are therefore entitled TO
receive more adequate and more desirable
compensation. Paper" rags" and other
stuiis ITedecmable. will answer very well
Tor your minor functionaries-bn Federal
digntares can recognise nothing in their
dealings but specle--gold and silyci-and
The Constitutional Currency.
Another point Of the administration Jour
mails Is TO prove the issue of irrcdeemable