Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-04-12

which viii be told with tremendous emphasis
a, the mex, general election.
~, tic coascicace-strickcn and horror
stricken political knavcs. who have so long
driven a mos, lucrative traffic in this business
arc beginning TO discover iha, SCI h'suy
can no longer quiet the public mind into Inn
pbrit confidence of their integrity OF motive,
or serve TO conceal their wickcdness. fair
arrunent and open inter communication oil
no ,cs, sentiment they never have and never
will employ. Their only remaining hope at
hi, important era, Just preceding The pfesi-
do.,,i,l election. whca too lille time Is left TO
un,lor,,kc tic great work Of repairing their
dlapida,ed temple Of political sorcery' or to
plaster and dluh up the breaches which the
revolution ia public senimcn, has made IN IT.
is to cndeayor TO divert tho public mind from
themselves in ludicruus gambols or tricks at
maglery, at once expressive of conscious de-
lection, or in open, shameless, and unpardon-
allie attempts TO cover with obloquy the char
acicr Of opposing candidates.
Falsehoods-thc pure fabricaiions Of thciT
own conception, without even the romotcst
circumstance on which TO build are continu-
uslly lrumpeied through the length and breadth
of ihe land, against both character and talents
of individuals, who in earlier times have fig
urcd largely and TO advantage in the annals Of
American liberty, the records Of whose valoI
are PACED in history and found in every mans
dwelling, and the lustrc of whose achieve
mcn,s can never be furnished. Party presses,
whose one object and intent is 10 aid this ne
farious warclare, are multiplied; by what
means established, whose money supported,
no one can tell-lcading politicians, lavish of
time, money and zeal, arc strenuous and un-
firing in their efforts to promote the interests
and ascendancy of the administrlion-sa
guiDe eXpcclants of office are vieing with each
other in acts of lowest obeisance and pro-
foundest veneration-eXccutive favor is Law
ishcd, in It's ten thousand forms, upon unprin-
principled rascals, as reward of merit-and all
tie ponderous and powerful machinery which
for eleven years has been in a course Of in
vention and improvement, is in vigorous and
cc1seless motion to secure the second eeva-
ton of a man to the presidency, of whom, in
the volumes of iulsome eulogy that have have
been bestowed upon him, rot one solitary in
stance Of service to his country can be point
ell at, either in the field or cabinet or any
where else, and whose sworn principles, I'M
der his own administrato on and that of hi, god
father, hare hcca the partial, and cW be the
total ruin of the country.
For the last two years, panic, distress, and
increasing embarrassment, have literally stafv-
cd the populace into sentiments of Reform,
and public mind has been rapidly preparing
for this final and glorious contamination at the
pending presidential election. And in fact it
could not be otherwise for there is no prn-
ciple of endurance in the human constitution
sufficiently tenacious of life, to iorego caiami-
ties so numerous and distressing, in order TO
maintain psconceived opinions.
One only course remains TO secure our po-
li,ical salvation. We have tried the expert
ments of the administration, and tiled them to
our sorrow-we have every reasonable assur-
ance that its secret design is to produce a sor,
Of republican deSpotisn'-a state Of affairs I'M
der which the many are subject to tic fer,
and that few the chosen favorites of fortune OF
poweI--where official prcrogaive is the head
and a monied aristocracy the great auxiliary
to abridge, or render nugatory those rights
and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution
to the people of the United States-we have
sufficiently contrasted our present with oul
former condition, and become satisfied thai
the change has been for tic worse, and thai
the present distress must speedily be remedi
cd 10y returning 10 those solid and substantiS
principles which have been abandoned, anc
by rebuilding those institutions which hav,
been RACED to the ground by the reyolutonar,
edicis and reckless impeluos ly Of Andrew
Jackson. In the election of Cen Harrison
are concentrated all our hopes of better times
and we may safely calculate, in this event, /,
witness general resioralionto prosperity AN,
happiness, while the past shall serve as a last
ing admoniiion for years TO come
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