Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-07-21

Enents of the present time arc still un-
Tsleniablv considered, "too delicate and
srcrcd TO be protaned" 10y the tongue
81 a plain citizen or subject. Who
Dies not remember that the good
Queen Elizabeth hesitatcd not enjoin
ppon her Parliamcnts that it was inn
proper "to deal, to Judge. or to NEEDLE
viii her majesty's prcroga,ive royal"
nd history fully informs us that all
8 csjmperiinent Intermediates were
posed ofin the most summary man
| well know, therefore, that |
= -. , a@Gl.tn sn6 reuse into action the
base and malignant passions Of the
fierce Cerberuses which guard the por-
tails, and the well-ied place men and
ohce-holdcrs, the fawning sycophnnts
and other abettors ofhigh prcrogatve,
that environ the person of the royal in.
cumbont Of the Presidential palaces
with the vain hope that they can parry
the well-directcd arrows of republican
archers. Growl, and snnrl, and snap
as there guardian Executive cure may.
shall nevertheless indulge myself
on the topics indicated with pretty
liberal range of remark. | will not,
assuredly be restrained from the fullest
exercise the freedom of speech by
the licentiouS course ofthc accredited
Organ" of Martin Van Buren,. refer
to the "Globe"-a newspaper which
receives its pabuum, not "from the
crumbs which fall from the rich mans
table," but from enormous largess and
profitable contracts, voted for its sus-
tenance from the furnished treas ury
of the People-a paper that holds
its existence by the sole tenure of
Martin Van Burcn's sovereign good
| pleasure, and which promulgatcs daily,
through its broad pages, not the tliots
and motives of the miserable scaven-
ger whose name it ostcnsibly wears,
but the wishes and designs of his des-
potic mastcr-a paper, sir; that is pub
lisled Shy authority" What honest
man has read, without feelings OF bur
mng indignation, in the recent lucu-
brations of this official organ" the foul
,
character and patriotism Of the venera-
bic and heroic defender of the violated
honor and invaded rights of his coun-
/ try Who has not been fired with an
ger at beholding in Martin Van Buren's
organ the false and malignant repre-
sensations olthe hero OF Tippecanoc,
as "a superanuated old woman'-a
"pitiablc dotard"--a granny cred
/ pettlcoat general'-as the 'hero Of
forty defeats" delivering ''inaeu-
raj addresses to pigs and poultry
as ''shut up in an iron cage, and com
PEELED to wear an iron mask, and drink
hard cider :" "No other person (says
the Globe of April Is, lS4O) is per-
milted to come near him but an old
servant waiter, who brings his meals.
and performs the necessary duties of
the cage. None of the domestic an
imalS are allowed TO come near the
cage; and favoritc dog,who ran away
with him in all his battles, having been
observed to bark very sign ficantly, af-
ter an interview with his master, was
forthwith knocked in the head, and
thrown into the Ohio"
ask YOU Mr.. Chairman, whether
Martin Van Buren, manlfests "decent
respect" for the opinions and intclll-
gence Of the American People, wher
he vliiies, through the agency of hi.
official organ, on old soldier, who, "a
rescue thousands Of women and chill
dren from the scalping knife Of the
ruthless savage" freely abandoned all
the endearmeuts Of home and family
endured the icy and piercing blasts OF
North western winters, wadIng through
the deep and cold waters and black
swamps ofMlchigan and Upper Cana
da, sustaining, at times, an almost
furnished nature upon raw beef wiih-
out salt" and often pcrilng life onthe
field Of battle Poor simple minded
old veteran he was, no doubt, foolish
enough to believe that, having gwen
the best energies Of his body and
mind in youth, manhood, and mature
are. TO serve and defend the honor, the
rights, the property, and the lives Of
his ieIlow-citizcns, he would, at least
IN common courtesy, be entitled 10
their love and gratitude. lie doubt
less supposed that, at all events, his
feelings would have been spared the
brutal assaults oflhe official organ ofan
individual, who in those soul-trying
times, was acting IA unison with the