Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-15
ADDRESS


To rur DrnocRsTie RcrcSlIo.s Elxer0ss sY rnr /
SrArEor NEw. fosx.wHo. WIN Us. WE'RE SUTTON.
rEss or AsDsrw JAcxsos AsD MARTYR VAN Bu. 7
RAN
Friends aud f,iiou- CinscHss
We address you under ,he most ,Dlenn cireurn.aI,.
ces We have reached = crisis which ought ~ alarm
the INST eon6dcni.. and the mast nIraereEl
Our common country IS bleeding every pore. She
iookS 10 you for suocour Her Prosperity i. trolJ.n
Sown-her institutions are thrcatsned-ike balance
oil hsr Constitution hls been disturbed the .oy.r
eiSny OF the Sia,os hss been assailed-the fedoral
bead has usurped powcr. which lead to tn. NOR, dan
se'ous results ana must II not speedily arrested and
Restored end I'm the overthrow 81 n. Reprblici
he truths upon which the .pays pent, m s
nsde. need only be distinctly placed before an IN
teScni and FREQ people arouse ia cir nosr yisorou,
action and indignant opposition. Defamation would
De unworthy Of the cause esponsn. and Eioquence
Itself could not unfold the deep and broad extent of
our accumulated wrongs and dangers
Let facts announce The frIghiful steps which have
been taken We present them you in the simplest
form which our language permits:
Mar II Van Buren. IN his high official station ms
President OF these United States. proposed to apply
aBinsrupi Law to the CHARTERED INSTITUTIONS OF
ruE SrIrEs.
lie has claimed to be component part Of the Leg.
islaiurr. :
lie has ovorrhrown the liberal and m,rnsn mous
policy Of tho Democratic Republican party and in.
INDUCED IN 'is stead all the .ubscrveLcy and d.ci
pine Of q camp. -.
Tie has applied il discriminate rule. of pr,.cri,
ton to every man tina, dared to dissent from the Er.
ecuIive mandate. :
lie has violated the wholesom, instructions Of Mr.
Jsnerson which forbid tbs interference Of Federal e.
fcers IN our local eleep"ns r': ~
lie hs' taught public functionarie, Of evory dc,crp
ton that the cad of themselves and their 6,milie.
depended upon uPholdns him and HE political pos.
or -. ', -
"" has cherished and encouraged such interference
~ rs widest aud most ioIsnt form and introduced
nough his minios an odIOus szl! Intole rabie
oTirrrur
Ills has underworld. through his rarirzan. in tho
senaie OF tho United States lcl;alise this uncvn,,
tJtional procedure. = ~. :,
lie has made tho purchasing orsuppiie- for the pull
ne sorNee from erlIeen uI,hOing his domino.
| Ton an offence againsj government s.: -
lie has pro'tiIuttd the -ligm OF the goysrnmen nj
ard outraged s principles 10y calling persous cbary
e' with such offences 10 answer before . court mar.
tial
lie adopted this vile measure. on tho reon.;tio, oC
oliical cumnitter. orgapzvd IN the supoort OF h;
oSn re-electfun. al BALTIMORE. -
lie has made corruption weapon of his warfare
against the people AUD retained ia ,ice noIoriu.
o detauer' with full knowledge vi their use Vi the
| peoples money ,
lie has rendered oar Political organ,I,tion NOR,
Complicated AID expensive. and caused IL Ia -Ls seen
here, shat afet leaving lIior the smallest portion of
Iu earnings Walsh ,ubes; government it.eI
shall 'n'ums the residue Of what 1t IntznJpd To
guard"
He has created Offices and ot,r;sr.d uno, -,
large bodies Of Oce holders to overawe public opini
"n and take from The nlsuh of labor the bread II has
| earned
lie has advanced cenuniism. consolidaon and ALSO.
uic power III the Executive while profss ing 10
tain democratic asccndaHcy. -.-'
| lie hHs abandoned the wise system Of reyenu, ,pd
| hhnh'e introduced by Washington and his yreni "a
'bcHies and substituted in: lead thereof the elamnl
| OF NV .nty-rwo despite states.
| lilo has declared the course of goysrurn,,, 10 6.
oeei wrong from The commencement; thereby arfs,,t
ing IN hmsslf superior wisdom the able statesman
VINO hilned The Cons tuition, and ~ ho have hrr.,.
lore adnrinIsrrcd II. and exhibited scttl.d nI,n 10
overt 10" policy which has raised u, TO a degree Of
prosperity wealth and greatness flT suru,,.ioy ,n,,
| other nation the globe. -
J. lie has by Sc / Oi mrasure-. az unjust n they
nave been oppressive Produced al unnatura. fn.tus
''on IN the ua!ue If money thereby dragging 70 ,h,
verge OF rum. the Whole and entire debtor class OF
o3!e and ansmentIng IN the same ratio lie acalth
"i Tie whole and entire ere! i;or class thu. violating
The duties ofs just and eguis bic administrators
ins general put lac and private bankruptcy sn,d dit
'nS IGs'ry through all classes 10 an trtei,t st.,I
s 'e evils oi any ether catastrophe. civil or military
which has occurred 10 modern Iim.s
lie has broken in non Ie business IA on. fine nc
Pc h" has derIngcd the currency vf tn, cuutr ,nd
men dlS' IaTied al! care obligation 10 ii-be
las Irosirlied eSInmereeho has depressed asricuI
tne-he has almost ruined mlnufactures--he IN,
'edHc the wages Of lbJr-he has assaulted The cred I
ssiem Ih- moneysd institutions the states and The
state. shern'el'es. and produced public calamity Al
nome which has extended over The world.
Tic has arriigBod the rond CT OF the states IN rer,rd
20 Their sovereign acIs, and sempted TO bring then. 10
me bar"i the Federal Government for prosncutins
'heif schemes OF internal Improvement.
lie has viewed the people as belonging TO the On
VsTnInerL and istsucd Congress into rorpl,,i'cs
"''h his "ii' 10y passlns Oltrjected and most oa
noIi0us Law.
lie has procured The passage Of the sub.rrr..yry
JAIL by t'rco Of has executive power and ia6usnc
agahsi me wishes and interests OF the people and
thereby placed tho treasure. 81 the nation Al IN. Go,
Of the President -" wv
lie has proclaimed act Which thusds,poiled The
people "Sccond declaT Ition OF ind spenssncr Tbs
J'' declaration was Tho independence # tho people
'her executive h'E Declared himself independent
Of them $500"
lie has deel rcd "ihat communities are apt IA IouE
10 government for much and that the D, ope of ,,
country are especially prone to do 50"
lilo has separated the government from the people
puI UPON the Oiiic e-holdcfs specit privilege OF re-
eeiving their dues ~ gold and silver only ~ the en-
Psnse OH people who pay them.
Tie has proposed and carried out The measure, az
party IN the city Of New York who, 10 SO decIa,
I'd themselves hostile 81 all banks all charier, all
press or anthorizUd religious teachers against IN.
As'.'Se o "ealh'sSainst tho laws OF inheritance. by
which property s transmitted to posterlty and der
cd their intentions to elect nensshs from cnnssnzuni
NY OF feeling will be d'Po'ed to 50 all they can 10
afford remedy"
lie hiss taken to his confidence the men who ayov.
Cd ihese sentiments as he objects Of political aco
Ne ass elevated hem to important nj responsible o.b
TIC trusts and given predoninance to that faction IN
whose bands here world 10 neither safety the bic
institutions nor protection 10 private property and Der.
SJna liberty.
~" maintains IN public employment, and gives his
oiicIal counensncs and sanction 10 men and journal,
Proclaining incorporating hostility 70 the whole
banking 'ysem that "ihs system must DO DESTROYED;
that every friend ofihe system must be marked a, an
enemy TO las iacs" THAT have abolished bered
iay monarchy and hsrsdIts'y nobility. We must
completes the work by ssolishing hereditary p,oo.,.
~" r''P''
lie has declared that had the sIiension ofths bsnk
ING system bssn fOrsssen. 10 would probablv hsvs
been guarded sgHinsi BY the trainers Of the eonstu
m NNmH liz II.