The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-05-14

Mr. RrvEs. At a late dinner given to Senator
Rives, by his constituents, he made speech, from
an abstract, of which the following is token:
He spoke of the defaIcations of Government Off
GERS the increased expenditures of government for
tho last 10 years, and compared the course of the
present administration with Jefferson $, and asked
If Mr. Jefferson could correct abuses and prevent the
interference of Executive office holders in elections,
d reduce the expenditures if Mr. Van Buren, could
not do the same He appealed, in strains OF eio-
quence TO his audience, to know the result of yield
ing To the will of the Executive-showed the anti
repubcansm of such an acquicsce, and the
dangers threatening our country. if the people did
not spurn 1t with indignity. He alluded to the
speech which he made hen he offered substitute
TO Mr. Chnenden's bill. He had been accused of
voting for Mr. C.'s bill, but said he did not but
that It was far preferable the introduced by
Mr. Wall an old Federalist who now claimed to
be of the Democratic Republican school. The
speech which he made, when he offered his
luton, in the very words Of Mr. Jefferson, he con-
sidered TO be the most Republican speech he ever
made in hIs life, and that he was prepared to-
stand or fall by what he had said upon that occa-
sion.
Mr. r. compared the conduct Of Mr. Richie and
the Judges convention, On making the support of
Mr. Van Buren, the sole burthen of their song in
their appeals to the peope0 10 that OF Demetiius,
the silvermiih and his craftsmen, mentioned IN tho
10 chapter of The acts, constantly cLy.ng out ers"s
in danger of being set at naugbt by the apostle
Paul's denouncing idoIary. He said lei the mod
they please to do so, repeat their cry of 'GREAT
Is DIANA Of The EphesinnS,' but why should the
people who have no craft TO be benefited by doing
so, who have no interest but the general good and
prosperity Of the country why should they be call
ed on TO initiate the senseess folly of the Ephe-
slams in echoing this camor, Let the President
abjure the errors of his wa,s, conform his conduct
TO the opinions Of the people, and then aud NOT
till then can he expect the support of The people.
The great issue now Is, is the presiden, the SER
want master of the people? Is the President the
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country? Is the President to conform his conduct
to the opinions of the people, or are the people TO
be made by party discipline to conform their con-
duct 10 the opinions of the President lie SAID
the Judges Convention ia late Van Buren, State
Convention in Virginia. were much puzzled to give
u new name to their party-they had at last christ
ened it the "Dem0crdticat Republican, State Rights
! Party."-These changes and especially iengthen-
ings Of party names were evidences OF degeneracy
and false combinations. Whenever member was
taken into the firm, the stWe OF the hrn' was
| heightened, while its real strength and solid
capital of truth and principle were diminished.
The original true and orthodox name of the party,
in its purest days, was simply Republican, When mo
reneg qde Federasis were taken in, as they mad
been recently, the party managers tackled on Demo-
cratic, it notorious that the most ultra and
Jealous Democrats, in profession, at least, were
always the prosecuted Federaliss; and now to take
in the Nuli6ers, they had superadded the name of
State Rights During all this time, their old and
true friends, the real Republicans, were falling OF
in consequence ofiheir heterogeneous combinations;
ened its body shoricned-or. to use The llus,rious
still more familiar his brother farmers his party
was all running vine, the worsllo all tendencies,
| as they well knew in root crop MIR Rives said
he would assist the gentlemen in christening their
party by reminding them q! MI Jefeison!s c'as'hca'
ton Of parties hich particuarlyfapplcah' To-
the great issue before the country. Mr. Jeher-
ron, when parties fast arose in the country, habit
ualIy classft d them into Republicans aud Mono
crats;' The former going for the Will of the people,
the latter for that Of the President. This was the
ground which parties were unl'nPpily formed
under the awful and alarming progress which the
practiced is now making in the country He then
concluded by offering the following toast
( Republicans and momocrats, the distinctive
designation oe American parties by Mr. Jefferson
The former recognized the supremacy Of the pop
ular the latter, thai OF the Executive will. The
time has come when every freeman of America
mus, declare, by his conduct, to which ofthese par
ties he belongs.