The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-08-20


cd down with tho incubus Of executive power
and vain attempt to keep the fountain OF poPu
lar action pure if there is TO be pcrpotutuaIy pour
cd into it, the pouting stream OF executive ihho'
Unce. ,;I
From that IN lluence too, do wo desire especially
IN have the State governments exempted. II there
is any such thing federalism, IN a truly odIus
sense il is in the influence Of the iederaI e%ecu-
two on the action Of the states. ii any thing can
cyer nrosirae state rights, and nnnlhilate state IN
dopondenco it will be that influence, The Federal
executive possesses n power which he can bring to
boor on almost every thing. His agents are every
whore Through their Instrumon tallty he can
reach every balos box, and act on every state 60
comment in the Union. Has Cong oss any such
power this Has tho judiciary such power :
Can all the other branches Of tho government
combined, exert thousandth part Of the influence
over elections, state and National, which the Pres
ident may exert, and which has Gcen oXorted by
Gen Jackson and his successor
VIII YOU consuro us, follow citizens, for being
Jealous of such power this Shall we be call
ed fcdoraliss, and arislocrals, and monoposts and
lordlings, because we raise against it p?
Shall we be Denounced rs the enemies Of popu ar
rights because we cndeavor TO maintain the true
democratic ropublicNnism of'9S, and arc struggling
in the cause in which Madison and Jefferson tr
umphod ? WW not Vermont be tho very last
Stale TO yield in this contest with power? Where
is there 4 State in the Confcdcracy, whose free
man can draw from the examples Of the founders
Of its Independence, deeper inspiration for such
contosl, than the ircemen OF the Green Mountain
State? Where Is there Stale whose Chief Mag.
istratc is vested with loss power and whose gov
eminent is more truly republican? We repeat it
Vermont will DO tho last to yield in this contest
She has indeed given pledge OF this, in the firm
with which her people have long resisted the
pressure of 0uti.rcpublc0n Influences on every
side Of them. While other States have been pros
trated before the power OF the Fcdea executive,
Vermont has stood firm MS her everlasting noun.
tains.
and shall she no3o yield why should she p
What is there TO induce her 10 do it no10 p What
Ground of hope the Executive party have, that
she viii do it, unless be in tho apathy, and want
Of energy and concert, Of the Democratic Wings
At tho approaching election And is this the Time
for them 10 relax thoir efforts Shall they now
fold their hands, when every abuse Of which they
have ever complained remains in fall lorcc?-when
the Executive is nut,ing forth his utmost efforts to
fasIen his nowcr upon The country when the final
experiment to sustain that power 10y grasp ping the
money influence of the Sub Treas ry scheme is
pressed upon the reluctant assent OF the people .?
Is ii time for Wings TO relax thor efforts when
she administration is staggering under the blows
they have given it-whcn it is feeling, almost To
tho intensoness of agony, the screenings of their
rchukcs for its political iniquties Is it time to
relax when evidences OF corruption are th,ckening,
when The public monies, by thousands, and humid
reds of thousands arc running away in the hands of
executive paytisans and favortcs ?--whcn the tree
of "Jackson reform" is loaded, and bent down,
with the fruit of detected frauds and permitted de
faicaons ? And is ii time to relax, on the ap-
proach of the period when the people Of the Unit
cd States to say directly whether the corrup-
lion, abuse of power prostitution of influence
travagance and poculaton of twelve years shall
be deliberately sanctioned, and indefinitely contin-
ned What kind of preparation for speaking out
with becoming directness and sgnifcancy, at the
next Presidential election, the sentiments of .
publican Vermont ould ii be, TO fold onr hands,
x permit the executive party by supincness, TO
boast Of an augmentation Of their strength, at the
coming election We trust that the Wings of
Vermont will permit such triumph--no triumph
which would bear ITS face that must, cvi.
1enco that they vnne their more than the
principles for which they have 80 long contcndcd :;
and that they feel the force Of those principles less
the necessity for their vigorous maintenance be.
comes more urgent and imperative.
We have, fellow citizens, selected men as can
ddatcs for your sutlrages who unite with rnro per-
Goral qualifications, an honest and uicd devotion TO
the principles Of our Constitution, and an innexi-
bic opposition 10 the policy whose corrupting and
dangerous tendencies we have briefly described
You need no assurance from us that they will
stand firm maintenance Of the true principles of
Republican Democracy They have all been tried
and found faihuliaihfu 10 the principles Of the
Democracy of '98--a democracy which consists in
the power of an intelligent and vrtuous people,
aching through their constitutional organs---a de-
mocr0cy which is jealous of power which has
sense :and intelligence enough look beyond
names to things which can penetrate the spacious
covering in which the Executive usurpaon wraps
itself, and which would rs soon yield 10 the power
of tho sword and the hayonot, as 10 the sCductOus
Of an influence originating in no higher purpose
and directed 10 no higher end, than the gratca-
lion Of selfish and corrupt ambition.
Such arc the prInc pies ask you to support
we ask it, rs your fellow cizons-your brethren
having no interests but yours-no AIMS but sucl
we frankly avow, and no purpose but main
tain the rights, protect the honor. cherish the vir
sue, guard She purity, and elevate the destiny o
our beloved country.
By 0rder Of tho Conrcntion
ihEoNARD sARGEANT,}
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