Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-07-28

! on winch the people OF Vernon, b.
tanned the contest, and resisted ,bs
mcnts of Federal Executive no,
have thu, given n pledge of wb,,
pectcd of them when the time "a, s'
shonld arrive. Tha, time now d .A
And shall not the pledge be redc,m'.s
it TO you, gentlemen; Ipu, il 10 H.
who will assemble with Won on S,,,."
tain; | put II 20 the other thousand, W.
dred spirits in Vermont, who have IVY.
and who will yet assemble. on IN,
and to the yet other Thousands 80
ing habits will keep them at bo rs
time for decisive action shall arrive !, N. NJ
if my voice could reach them s"'p1,
the solemn question. Shall No, Il.
be MISUNDERSTANDING, 1D, W Nv
| need not wait their answ.,
it will be. The first Tuesiar N s.o "
q the Presidential ballot lCi,. y. s..'a'
will give il, trust, in languap, a. 'y',a'-
will understand, and with a d.,y., ~, ~
will put its impudent and attiu Cow
silence and to flight.
While thus speak the language n !.
and confidence, do not forge, how I'm
BILE is the power with which we hav~
tend. And If l could utter bu, one .,s
in the ears of my Wing friends to urra.'I
effort, it would be that of admoni,on n
stedily in their eyes the character and !.
sions of that power.
The Wings feel a natural confdepua
goodness of their cause But that COM
alone will not give. them triumph.
even bffhg tcfoass hhas eNsa lrs
The friends Of the Administration NJ
such reliance. They ,rus, alone to =
cation and effort. And whilst In orparssl
what means of systematic efforts do the
sess. The whole Executive department,
Government, with all its relations and d,
denotes, is converted into a party n4l
What a power, in the hands Of Prus
who wants a reelection, and who il Gu.
of appealing to the basest passions 10
his official dependents TO pay their nd
and put forth their efforts, TO peEeias
power that gives them bread!
To this degraded level has it beena.m
purpose Of this Administration to bhw ID
the standard of official fidelity, and wins
standard of qualification for official iNa
thus to multiply the number of those vii
work the hardest for the party that wi
the best. Never let the Wings lorge
this is one of the elements Of the power I
which they have to contend; there are \
sands on thousands of Executive depend
scattered from one extremely of the UnS
the Other, who, under drill which ha,
quired the perfection Of ten years prac
may be moved, and are moved, with a &C
ity and precision which the Bonapar,ean
tenn OF tactics could scarcely rival. lp
ficult, yea, impossible, to conceive the asv
gate amount of force thus constantly N
service of the Executive. And as the con
draws towards its termination, are new m,
devised to augment it, and give it efa
Thus have we lately seen member d
cabinet resign his station, and, availing
self of the influence of his recent official
ton to more than thirteen thousand post
tiers, call upon them to aid him in circula
the Extra Globe, olwhich he has become
editor; Significantly assuring them that
| shall not have reason tOrepent their esorn
aid him in the advancement, 0f a, c'as
And to these efforts of the Executive, ihfc1
the official departments of the POsn,d
General, (for, to all practical political puri
es, Amos Kendall is now at the head dl
Post Office Department. are added the ID
agency of numerous travelling post OffsI
amners, and thousands of assistant man'
to say nothing of numerous other Officers
cry one of whom has been carefully sed
with view to this object.
There is not county in the United 81
and scarcely town of any considerable
nitude, in which an Executive agent, III
grade, in the pay ofthe Government, is !
This moment engaged, either in ob,ainISi
scribers for the Globe, or exerting his N
al powerful Influence in aiding the elscul
the present Executive, from whose sert
would be instantly dismissed if he shouk|
to assert his independence, and enlist
ly in the Wing cause. What tremen
power is thus put forth by the Presd'I
secure his reelection. II is imposS,
measure it. II could be laid bare al
in its full extent, and brought home 4
People, it would bring to his feet, as Va
reverberations of seven thubders, ever
in the nation not drugged with its oplala
instantly nerve his arm TO defend the
box from all Executive who sends inif'
influence and his will, by such means al
| am aware that, while thus dwell
the abuse Of power, the People are 10
OF their suffering-to which il may be u
strange that do not more pauicUl,h
fully advert. But there Is no need .
should dwell upon them. They are fell
intensely than can describe them Nor
/ labor to prove their connection with nh
periments Of the Executive, beginning
the ususpation Of Gen. Jackson IN VI
upon the public desposites, and ending
the sub Treasury scheme, which hss's1
years; been fastened on an unwilling ""
and is now about TO file re-iastened "'J
ing and obedient Congress. There NJ
mon sense at work upon this subject W
out the country, which outruns all aHsa'
demonstration. ] desire, as far as ni
can reach, to awaken my countUHsa
true character and immense bearing
| principles which have wrought out "
as,rous results. The People must =
kened, and kept awake, to them, Of
be finally lost. They must learn pe
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