Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-07-16

used by ucne.ai jackson on The iih Of Ma n,
provided there could he a reasonable \
thai, it would he honestly and faithfully e,,,s
IN HIS administration How consunant IN
Wing principles, and how appropriate 10 The :.
state of things, would be the following ,sg.
General Jscksons inaugural, in the mosb
Wing President
"The reccy demonstration Of publ, ,spFn,
insctiaes on The lis, Of Executive duties ia a. ~!
tiers too legihle TO hc overlooked, the task ef,h
which will require particularly the cotr,t,6,
those abuses that hare brought NE Polro,s.,
he Federal Gorerumeni into foHtici rita a. f..
Of oioctions, and tho countersetion of those en.
which hare disturbed me righyni course Of e,pr,
meut. aud have placed or continued power n
faithful or incompetent handle. In the ~pcrfornt,
of a task thus generally delinca:ed. | shall ends,
or to select men whose diligence and talents ,
ensure, In their respective stations, able and hN
fGl cooperation, depending, for the nGyanccmeu
The public %scrrice, moro on the mi, gritty and zeal
the public officers ihnn on their numbers AM
dence. perhaps too Just, in my own q%uau6cauo,
will teach me to look with . . ycncni,
to the lights that flow from tho mind that loD.
ed, and the mind that reformed, our system. n
same eifidencc induces me 10 hope for insiuas
and aid from he co ordinate branches of the e.
crnmcnt."
Mr.. Chairman, | ask no better Wing Adm.
%traiion than one that Will make these promises, a
faithfully fulfil them in their true spirit. Bat .
one, | want no more violation Of pledgcs-p no n,
keeping the word Of promise to tho car and b,,t
ing 1t to the hope | would rather have m a.
ministration that will not vow at all, than ono ,s |
vows and will not pay. Let US have, a, least. The |
reform frankness and straightforwardncss. If We
must have such an Administ ration as the Jackso,
Van Buren, 'reior,ners' have given us let us no, N0yc
Il under n Wing name. Let it carry its own np.
%propriate colors. Let it bear aloft the black Gag
Can any administration effect a real reform.
But, Mr.. Chairman, can we have an Admipslr.
ton that will make these pledges aud %faithfo0yr.
deem them T! Sir. ! fear we connois and th6p
is much stronger than | entertain that weaA
not have a nominally Wing AdminlstrnlioG-
Such an Administration, / trust, the People arc
prepared to give US but that such an Admins
tralion, or that any Administration, can nur come
into power, and effect a genuine thorough reform
in the great matter of Executive patronage, !
lament to say | very much doubt.
Sir, it is among the worst of the evils connect.
ed with the misrule Of this Administration, that
while 1t has given TO party spirit great bitterness. II
has begotten an alarming indifference to tho char.
acter Of the means by which ii may be g%ratifcd.-
The danger Of retaliation on a change of Admins.
tration none can fail TO perceive. Such an exer.
else of the appointing power as shall be necessary
to restore a just equilibrium, and give TO each Of
the parties in the country their just proportion OF
offices, so as to divcst the exercise Of that power
of its present party character, would, under the
influence Of party feelings, a remembrance of party
injustice, DO very liable TO degenerate into the
same abuses that have marked the course of this
Administration, and this liability would be increas-
ed by the diminished restraint of public opinion
which has under a ten years Administration upon
the merccnary 'spoils' principle, become accus-
toned to the application of that principle in the cx.
erciseofthe removing aud appointing power. The
thirst for Office has been greatly increased within
the last ten years and the men who feel it, hive
too often thought Of it's qualification in connexion
with the removal of lncumbents, to be satisfied with
a President who will not furnish them sucl, gratiG.
cation. at the expense of such a removal.
Under the influence of a perverted public sent.
ment, there arc doubtless many Wings who would
deem a President quite too s~cruplous and straight
laced who should hesitate 10 follow the fashion Of
're"ardlng friends and Furnishing enemies To
stay the downward progress Of public sentiment
10 TINS respect, and bring 1t up. at once, TO The point
oil demanding. IN accordance with Gen. Jsckson's
advice to Mr.. Munroe, The appointment to Office Of
"N" toHsPiCHouSI y pTOoity, FTtueI ChpdNhlt
and firmness, without regard to party" and re-
curing that the President should act for the
whole, and not a part Of the community would be
an achievement little less than miraculous. Gen.
Jackson might have adopted this principle, and car
ried it out in his administration; for it would have
been not only following his own advice, but the
example of his immediate predecessor. Bu: can It
be done noul Sir, we want a President who is
able to do 1t. 1t is an object of the very highest
Importance. He must not only have the inclina.
ton, but the power. lie must possess such 4
weight of character. and have such a hold on the
confidence of the country, Independently Of party
associations, as shall enable him 10 sustain the ad.
mlnistratlon upon the basis Of such a reform. and
carry 1t out successfully and triumpbantIy. Long
have we had Chief Magistrates whose influence
has been used to prevent the public mind TO an sp-
proval Of a corrupt policy. May we not have a
President, at length, who will nobly take the true
ground, and who can carry into his high station
such a moral power as shall enable him to purify
and elevate a puolic sentiment which that station
has for ten years lent it's whole influence 10 cor
rupt and oebase?
Sir, the Wings have a mighty work to 90 TO