Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-01

be elected, because ne DaS pIoEeo hluSSH lo be an honest man, and 10 possess that hlgn degree of moral courage which will prompt him to encounter any danger to do his daty honestly and faithfully and because am sure he docs not possess that atFoctoLs haFtlI- hood--miisnamed courage-which would prompt him rccklessy to riotGte the constitu- ion. If he should be elected, l am conVin- c,d he will appoint to office no man but such as he shall be assured is honest and capable, ;.l.d faithful 10 the constitution and laws, and am equally sure he will remove none from office but such us he may find to have been incompetent, or such as were appointed upon mere party principles-und, above all, he will do whatever is lawful, necessary, and proper To put tine country in state Ot de- ience, and uttord effective protection to the frontier and settlements, and prove by his official acts, rather than by promises that may be broken, that he will be the President Ot the U. States, and Lever the President ot party.
 Was Washington party man when he, in his couulry's service, proved himself to
 be " first m mar, first in peace, frM 'n tte hearts of hiS cOunlrynten p or was Jackson PGrty nlan when he defended the southern from tier or was he party man when he ad- monished his friend Monroe, and others, 10 put down the monster, party spirit No no! Washington was the father ot his coun- try, and Jackson was giant-thc Sampson of the Republic. But when he went to the
 Federal city in 1929 he suffered hlInself to
 be shorn ot his strength, and was no longer the chvalric patriot he had been. His strength was gone-save when, III the bllnd- ness of his new Tangled party zeal, he occa- sionally cxerted his strength to shake the pillars of the Republic, to avenge himself upon his supposed enemies. What patriot i; I ask in the name of Washington-whatp pat riot ever thought of cherishing the evil intol- erant spirit ot party, at any time-but more especially on tine eve of war! What politi- cal party in this or in any other country could alone sustain q war against strong foreign power regardless of the aid of an op- posing political party of nearly equal strength!
 Shall be told that the war of 1872 to 'l5 was party measure, and terminated honor- ably by party? This deny. know many, if not most of the heroes and veterans ot the last war spurned indignantly the trammels of party spirit. l had the pleasure to command many, and with them, side by side, ,o meet the enemy without rest for the better part of twenty three successive days and nights. They had sworn to bear true faith and allegiance to the United States and to serve them honestly and faithfully {; they fought not in the service of d party, but for their country, their whole country, and for no man, nor anything but their country, re- gardless of party. If the Seminole war is claimed as party measure, l need only to remark here that the officer within whose military division the war commenced, and whose duty it was to terminate it, did meet and beat the enemy, and did thus terminate that war without any knowledge that it had been got up for electioneering or party pur- poses. If it was afterwards renewed and carried on upon party principles, what does it prove! I leave il to the votaries of the evil spirit of party 10 answer the question. have not been permitted for four years past to have anything to do with that war; and hence it may not be deemed proper that should have anything 10 say about that vexa- tious war.
 For many years previous to his election to the Presidency I~hnA H.Huon.ly convers- iot1y with my gallant friend Gen. Jack son. do responded cordially, and acqui- esced with me in every sentiment have here expressed in opposition to the eui7 spirit of party-in opposition to conrention and cau- GUS nominations-and in opposition to any man holding the office of President of the United States logger than for one term.- This was before he was shorn of his strength. /! cordially urged my friends to vote for him. in the full persuasion, that he would do all that he had given me, and his other friends, to believe he would do. was sure he would take care to keep the three great branches of the Federal Government-the Legislative, Executive and Judicial-sepa- rate and distinct-by refusing to nominate members of Congress for any of the high of fees of the government-that he would put the country in state of defence-and above uI hnf v,6Ax . %l,
 " spirit. These, however, proved to be mere electioneering promises He had not been in office six months before he proved by his conduct that his fixed purpose was to violate all the great cardinal principles upon which his friends had advocated his election Resolving on being candidate for election to second term, he fell out with all his friends who reminded him of his solemn pledges-and finding himself unable to wield the Bank of the United States for par ty purposes-resolved to consider that insti- tuition, and not the evil spirit of party, as the monster against which his prowess was to be vented in storm of words, and acts, which now tended to secure his reelection. But that institution, created by the law of the land. could not fall by lawless means, without shock that all parties were to feel, and which all parties do feel and must long continue to teel-when Jackson and his par ty, friends and foes. are no more. t.' ..
 have often been asked my opinion as to the talents of Harrison as Statesman. I reply, that many of his letters are to be found ln almost every reading room in the city or country. and as am sure he wrote for himself every thing that appears as his production-thcse, with his public acts, will speak for him and do him justice. Harri- son, however, compared with either of the