Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-08-17

highest achievement Of human power and
'iItue, in these latter days Of superior civil
,ation and knowledge it is well understood,
hat it requires more moral courage and he
roic 6rmness, to fight the civic battles of a
free people, than TO carry on the mightiesI
conflict of physical warfare, whether on
ocean or land The adventure which such
a statesmen undertakes is the rescue OF his
country from despotism, laIsehood, and the
corruption Of party strife He buckles on
his armor like one Of those heroes recounted
in the fables Of knight eriantry, and goes
forth TO do battle, not fair and equal bat
tie, not foot to foot and hand to hand, a con-
test with single and open foe, but like that
same knight beseI in an enchanted castle, |
where foritude enables him to meet and
subdue all the nauseous, odous, and dis
gushing apparitions which the force of ma
gic conjures up against him Many good
knight who in these ancient stories, never
gave way before the sword of an opponent
found his nerves falling and himself shrink
ing fropthe Shiny poison Of the reptiles, the
grin Of the hyenas, and the roar of the Ii
ons, by which the art Of his enemies assail-
ed him. So in modern times, the statesman
has TO contend with the Shiny snakes Of par
ty, who seek to crush him in their venomous
folds with the hyenas of prejudice, and as
we wei know i, is hardly metaphor TO say
that sometimes a roaring lion meets him full
in his path In the State of Tennessee al
least such lions have been met and often.
Your public servants, fellow citizens, have
retired from what as you have already been
told by your distinguished guest and others,
has been most arduous contest They
cannot indeed boast 10 have brought back
many trophies Of victory, but like the
son Of the Spartan mother. who was bid TO
bring back his shield or be brought back up
on it, having gone forth with the broad shield
of the constitution to fight the battles OF the
country-in the midst of the contest 10 this
shield they have held fast, and they at least
can boast that they have brought it back, to
be in future borne before the country for lis
pI election and salvation. 1t is indeed u
| fearful and terrible thing in country pro-
Tossing 10 be governed according 10 the viii
of the people, when those very people ceas
ing to expect any good at the hands OF the
constituted authorities. find their creates
consolation in seeing those authorities de
priyed of the power TO do evil. Such, how
ever, is our case, and appeal TO you, whelh
er-when the final Adjournment OF Con
gross was announced, you did not feel u:
Though an incubus were removed from you
breasts, in the consciousness that you wer'
at liberty for the ensuing six months to pnr
ses vepPeYRhFIeanAGs aVo'"li'nS ""'"'
The course Of the administration. thei
: prolessed and acknowledged course, in leav
ing the people in the lurch, while their con
Germ was exhausted in providing for th
safety OF the government may be justly com
pared to the conduct OF the officers and crew
who, in the moment of danger should stov
away in the ships boat the best of the store
! and provisions, and cutting adrih shout
! leave the deserted and unhappy passenger
4 10 shift for themselves. Some 1ittle sympt
e thy they did express il is true, for the suffe
0 ings ofthe people but they were awakene
= to those sufferings only when the disaster
= of the country began 10 be followed by einl
e tness in the Treasury. Like Don Juan
j reckless and wicked sailors.
J They griev'd for those who persisted in III
cutter,
But principally for the bread and butter
;. They did indeed experience some con
e but it was only when the skinny finger
i. adversely began 10 be pointed anthem; whe
e the. empty pockets of the office ho
n els no longer jingled with the favorite pur
sr es of gold and silver; when the COVER
If ment ran low, when the lank and hungI
"a hounds Of the palace growled at the ahsen'
h. of their daily food, then ii was that son
q. feelings Of sympathy for the sufierings OF Il
or people began to be felt
is This idea of saving the government al
a leaving the people to shift as they can, do
n, not correspond with my notions. If in co
a sequence Of the schemes adopted by an
10 minstralion to prosper themselves at the e
es perse of the people, the country must {
ne down. Heaven grant that in such cas-
g. it NAV at least 90 down, head ioremost--a
ST. ministration first
of Fellow citizens. sincerely believe, III
nd never since The sun shone on this gre
ly earth has there existed an administration u
Il on the face oft, so utterly regardless OF !
SIS interests of the people; nor do | believe tt
IN in any other country situated as ours WI
he which unvisited by war, pestlence, famll
CHI O. other natural disaster, should sudden
ri. byihe acts of the government be plunged
re 10 such deep distress, the event would ha
,b- happened without civil commotion.-Ev
III. in despotic Turkey, il by some sudden
al. man, the country had been thrown compa
nd lively as far back, as ours has been in
he last two wears, the Sultan who issued
at would be apt to sleep the next morning
lp the Bosphorus, his neck marked by his o.
Il bowstring.
The Representatives Of the people ha
lie Indeed been engaged in a fearful and Tel