Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-03-06

this Union to determine, which we prefer,
liberty or bondage.
In the palmy days of the Republick,
under the mild rule of a WASHINGTON, a
JEFFERSON, a MADISON, MUNRoE, and
the ADAMsEs, our beloved country was
respected both at home and abroad and
we enjoyed throughout, state of unex-
amplcd prosperity. But, with the reign
of Gen. Jackson, what a sad blight has
come over us Instead of that certain
protection, which the constitution and
laws afford us, those sacred safeguards
have been Frustrated lat the feet ola tyrant:
instead of that order and moral influence,
so necessary to the well being of all good
government, those consecrated principles,
have been uprooted and upturncd ; &C.
cnsued, and the very elements of society,
have been nearly dissolved. Instead of
a safe and sound currency, that in every
part of our widely extended territory, in
Europe, in China, and South america,
was equivalent to specie, we have nothing
left, but confused depreciation. Our
country is literally bleeding at'cvery pore;
men of business are Frustrated in the
earth, and all seem involved in one ge-
neral ruin.
And, who, fellow citizens, have been
the miserable authors and abcttors of this
sad revulsion of our affairs Mistake not,
entreat you, the cause. Until the as
saults of general Jackson and Mr.. Van
Buren, upon our mOnied institutions, did
they not all fulfil their appropriate duties!
Truth responds, an undeniable affirmative.
Where then shall we look, for the cause
of our sufferings, but in the relentless war,
that for the last ten years, has been too
successfully waged, upon our system of
credit ? A system which has alone, ena-
bled enterprise to compete with capital,
and reared the superstructure of all our
many and extended improvements. Vain
and Intellectual then, would 1t be, fellow
citizens, to seek elsc,ohcre, the source Of
those evils.
These successive administrations have
up to this day, held the po,cer, the ma
.jority in their own hands. They, there
fore, are alone responsible for the results.
And, are we now to be told, fellow CT
tizens, that the very system that has been
handed down to us, by our best and wisest
Statesman, and thus borne us, on the
wings of prosperity, is the cause of these
mischiefs Is our common sense, to be
thus trifled with, thus insulted and i'm
posed upon ? Away, with such paltry
nonsense. Proclaim it to oGce holders
to flee seekers, and sychophants, but tel
it not to men who know and respect then
rights. The descendants of the Green
, Mountain Boys, l trust at least, vii
look beyond the confines of such narrow
limits, for solution of the question.
And what, fellow citizens, is now offer
, ed as remedy of these evils Must | re-
. peat the disgusting words! An odious Sub
treasury! A scheme, that in contemp
S of all former legislation, places the whole
, monied interests of the country, in tho
power of the executive and irresponsible
agents, and thus unites the purse and thu
sword; a scheme that has already cost the
government, not SIXTY thousand dollars
: as stated in the last Presidential Message
but one million of dollars, as shown by
authentic documents, besides the New
r York dcfalcations, of nearl y twO millions
!, more Nay, scheme, that has already
/ reduced your property, fellow citizens
to mere nominal value.
Upon this thrice rejected scheme, the
/. Van Buren dynasty, protesting to obey
: the popular wiH, has staked its all ,-ant
returning to the charge, again, press j
r upon us with zeal, becoming better
, cause. 1t has already passed the or.
, deal of the Senate, andunless it is arrest
ed in the House, veH may we exclaim
"the days of the Republick are mum.
bered."
' Was it for this, fellow citizens, that oul
ancestors so nobIy fought and bled! Nay
was it for this, that ve, their descendants
, have thus far struggled TO maintain, the
rich Inheritance of their tolls
, But, enough of this revolving spectacle
With Joy and reclamation, let us turn
fellow citizens, to a brighter dag, that
t already dawns in the West. Yes, fellow
citizens, " The CampbeHs are coming. u
f WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, the
redeoming spirit of our land-who has
adorned the Gubernatorial Chair, yOul
foreign diplomacy, and fought successfully
your battles, through fatigue and danger,
5 now stands before you, as the great leader
, of REFORM.
And who, let us inquire, is to oppose
such high prctentions Fellow citizens,
the humiliating fact, can no longer be
concealed, 1T is Martin Van Buren, J.
the great fountain of all our miscres. A
man, whose whole life has been, a cOnti-
nuity of plots and underplots, for his own