Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-10-08

conducting tho public affairs of the nation in
such manner rs shall preserve the Constitu
ton, maintain the public liberty, and secure
general prosperity. We declare with the ut
most sincerity that we believe its main pur.
: pose to have been, to continue its own pur-
pose, influence and popularity that TO this
end, It has abandoned Indispensable but high
: ~ responsible Constitutional duties; that il
has trified with the great concerns of finance
and currency; that it has used the most rep
rehensible means for influencing public opin-
lon' that 1t has countenanced the application
OF public money to party purposes; that it
seeks to consolidate and strengthen party by
every form ofpublic patronage; that it labori-
onsly seeks to conceal the truth from the peo-
pie on subjects OF great interest; that it has
shown itself to be selfish in it's ends and cor
rupt In its means; and that if it should be a.
BILE to maintain itself in power through anoth-
er term, there is the most imminent danuer
that 1t will plunge the country in still farther
difficulty, bring on still greater disorder and
distress, and undermine at once the founda- |
ton OF the public prosperity and the institu-
tons of the country.
Men thus false to their own professions.
false to the principles of the constitution,
false to the interests of the people, and false |
10 the highest honor of their country, are I'M
int to be the rulers of this Republic.
The people of the United States have n |
right to good government. They have a right
to an honest and faithful exercise OF all the |
powers of the Constitution as understood and |
practised in the best days of the Republic for
the general good. They have an inalienable
right TO all the blessings of that liberty which
their fathers achieved, and all the benefits of
that Union which their fathers established.
And standing here, this day, with the mem
CRY of those Fathers fresh on our hearts and
with the field of their glory and the monu-
ments OF their fame full in oir own view
with Bunker Hill beneath us, and Concord
and Lexington, and Dorchester Heights, and
Fanueil Hall around us-wc here, as a part
OF the people, pledge ourselves to each other
and to our Country, to spare no lawful and
honorable efforts TO vndicate and maintain
these rights, and to remove from the high pla-
ces of the nation men who have thus con-
temned and violated them.
And we earnestly and solemnly invoke all
good men and true patriots throug hout the u
Mon, foregoing all considerations of party,
and forgetting all distinction of State or Sec !
tion, to rally once more, as our Fathers did in
10 against the common expressions of our
country, and to unite with us in restoring our I
glorious Constitution to its true Interpretation,
If. RE5nectical administration and tic inst sn-
In such cause. principles arc every thing;
individuals nothing. Yet we cannot forget
that we have worthy, honest, capable can
didates for the Offices from which we hope to
remove the present incumbents.
Those who desire change, throughout the {
whole country, have agreed with extraordinary Il
unanimity TO support Gen. W lillian Henry |
Harrison for the office of President. We /
believe him to be an honest and faithful ciii- {;
zen, who has served his country successfully, ,
in divers civil trusts; and we believe him a
veteran soldier, whose honor and bravery can
not be questioned. We give him our unhes-
itating confidence; and in that confidence we
shall support him, and the distinguished citi-
zen of Virginia, who has been nominated for
the Vice Presidency, with all our efforts and
all our hearts, through the present contest,
convinced by their election the true spirit of
the Constitution will be restored, the pros
perity ofthe people revived, the stability of our
free institutions treasured, and the blessings
of Union and Liberty secured to ourselves
and our posterity.
After Mr.. Webster had finished reading this
noble production, the air resounded with ac
clamations-ard copies were struck off at the
printing press, which, mounted on platform,
formed conspicuous object in the procession,
and distributed among the members of the
Convention. The meeting was also briefly,
but eloquently, addressed by several distin-
guished gentlemen from the neighboring
after which the line Of march was taken up
for Boston.