Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-09-20

ItothUunhy urtuc Wotius Illus uuutE IN aD
solute tyranny--sbould so into the mex
Presidential Campaign unrammelcd byan,
false issues Ii has been the policy Of Ii,
Administration from the beginning OF tn,
Reign Of Terror in 500, 10 lead off in new
measures. under the mgis Of a powerful! par
Ivy. banded together by the cohesive power
Ioflhe public plumber { and to dazzleund con
found the people BY the audacily Of their ex
periments. TO pull down and oyerlurn al
Existing institutions, was The plan on whicl
they commenced operations. The od4iel
Bile order OF our government, and the har
mony of all parts Of the system as perfected
by an honest administration OF its-Dffairs, was
then changed out Of the love Of innovation
and the hope through change and oyerlurn
TO make the party an porer during ALI CON.
ing time triumphant over the constitution. :
Step by, step has Power been stealing inIo
absolute sway. Steadily and silently has
the Administration been sapping the foun-
dations Of those restraints which the Consli.
tuition placed as bulwulks around The Lber.
Ties Of the People. Aud at this hour. we
have the extraordinary spectacle of an Ad.
ministration thrice rebuked by an indignant
people. still bold in its audacious career-an
Administration in an actual minority OF the
people, with democratic branch OF Congress
against il, with half fall The State in OPP
position TO il, and four fdhs of The inlelli-
gent and rejecting men, the owners of the
soil, the bone aud sinew Of the land. against
|them-we say with all this 10 encounter he
Government defts The Peopie, and boldly
lakes its stand against iheml
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under such circumstances Under the
English and French monarchies, every
body knows. that the Administration falls.
the moment the popular voice is against il.
But her, in our free country. the dcspotism
of Democracy seats itself in The. Capita land
defies the People to dislodge il, Congress
may demonstrate aud resolve--ihe Ad
minislration throws back their rcmonstran.
ces in their teeth, aud protests against their
jurisdiction Congress may order On inves-
legation ofthe Departments. The Heads of
Bureaux. the servants Of the Presideni say
they are amendabe TO him alone, and he
bears them out in shutting the doors aguinst
all scrutiny Of their misconduct Congress,
the only lawful guardian of,he public treas.
ure, may order it 10 be kept where Madison
fInd Monroe deposited it, and where never a
dollar was lost. But the President says. III
take the responsibility" and il is placed in
the sublreasury keeping Of rotten political
State Banks where hundreds of thousands
are lost. and plundered by the par.izans OF
the usurping Administration. Congress
may order the surplus money arising from
the sales Of public lands 10 b. divided among
the States but the President says not is
wanted to Gil the vaults and safes Of the ten
thousand clectioneering sub-,reusurers who
are TO be stationed over the land. The
People are not to be trusted with the Public
Money il will corrupt them We, the Pres
ident and Heads olthe Democracy I we will
take care Of il and see thai il does them no
harm
Such is the attitude Of The Government
towards the People. Disguise il as you will
call II Democracy. or any thing else you
please-lt is Despoism. rank and foul as
that against which our fathers baued in
fields Of blood. 1t is Usarpation of poper
that the Administration has been guilty Of
aud for which they ought 10 be put down.
They have Usurped powers belonging only
TO the People, and have coriup,ly used the
Peoples money 10 deceive, dishonor and
bind them in chains. Armed with such pow.
ers, the Administration is strong But we
trust il is not impregnable. One more Gal.
liant assault from an indignant People, and
the citadel Of the Plunderers will topple TO
the ground
But we warn the Wings against encun.
beiing themselves with false issues. Let
them not take up the gauntlet, which their
opponents offer. Above all, let them no,
take counsel ofthcr ndversaries. We haeed
nothing TO do with National Bank. The
Wings, il in power. would not charter one
and however valuable the old institution
proved 10 be, il cos, iery trial to set the
machine in motion and the wings should
no, 60 in advance Of public opinion in a,temp-
ting to supply a new one The government
has ionnd itself embarrassed in consequence
ofthe want OF that very bank-it is CROPPING
in darkness in all its money matters--and
no! knowing what TO do-nshamed 10 fall
back upon Il bank modelled like the former
one.-it has finally adopted The scheme oil
seq Presereationand perpetnaiion. which, I'M
der the title Of Sub-Ifeasuyies, il is TO make
the officers Of the government the keepers of
the public treasured Instead Of placing i,
in safe hands-they do not intend il shall 90
into the pet banks TO be blown up--ob no -
but, il is to be placed in such hands as the
Prices, Srartaroats, Linas Bonds and Har.
rises Of the pretended Democracy H. Where
II will indeed be safe, and no mortal of the
government ever the wiser for il. s
Against this monsirous scheme OF Ag
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