Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-04-03


their stations by the tenure of party services. Not
one ofhcm dares TO be neutral. The press, more
powerful in this country than any other on the
globe, is subsidized and corrupted. The income
of the Globe office for one month, Is equal TO the
whole annual income of theSiaie of Nernont.-At
the same time three-fourths Of all that issues from
the press is mere elcctionCerng matter, ana the
amount is enormous. The country is inundated
with il : and, what is hcarsickenng to every true
friend of his country, the mass, great as IT Is, IS
an immense compound OF misrepresentation, per-
version, and fasehooj. Truth is discarded as out
of fashion and the parizan editor who hestacs
at faschDod, is considered unfit for his office.
The Globe at tins moment cxerS an influence in
every nook and corner of our extended country.
Were this influence regulated by "a regard for truth,
it would he salutary. But such is ITS habitual
ialsehood, that scarcely article can be found IN
it, which is not gross and wful pcrvcrson. ]
assert this upon the responsibility of no man but
myscll--upon the strength Of no mans vcracity.
do it from my own observation. have listened
to the speeches of prominent Wings in Congress,
and have been startled at the unbushing falschood
| of the representation ofther language and senti-
ments, published in the Globe, within 81 hours.
We know them to be false, but thousands and tens
of thousands of the honest yeomanry of the States,
! receive them as true. The poison is disseminated
throughout the land with electrical rapidity. If
you would counterfeit it, you must visit every ham,
mcndous engine does not work alone.-An army
| Of executive hrengs is engaged in every section
Of the country 10 vouch for the purity OF the Globe,
and endorse its fabrications. II you can find one
| of these hirelngS about you, watch him for only
twenty-four hours, and youwil he satisfied OF his
activity. But the process does not stop here. The
subordinate prints copy the falsehood. 1t diSlls
from every dlngy sheet from Maine to Arkansas,
until our political atmosphere is polluted and cor
rupted.
Even Congress lends its aid TO this dele,erious
influence. Two-ihirds of the mass, printed by its
order at the public expenses, consists of mere cleo
toneering matter, concocted solely for party pur-
poses. The >ident's Message is of this charac-
Ter, so is the Report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. Grundy's Report upon the subject of the
State Debts, Is one of the most glazing instance,
on record. No mortal supposed that the assump-
ton of the State Debts by Congress was seriously
contemplated by any one, or that there was any
necessity for the action of Congress in the matter
But the proceeding was got up for the purpose o.
connecting an electioneerng document, which, in
its turn, would serve as text for speeches, upon
any and every subject involved in the party tao
tics of the day. Ofthis miseraby weak document
| (Grmdy's Repor) which was neither intended MOI
expected to have even the slle htest hearing upon
the Legislation Of Congress, 10000 copies were
printed by order of the Senate. Ten thousand co.
pies of Benton's Salt documents have since beer
ordered. This is piece Of Benlon's foolery. lr
tiustceto him, however, | should say, he turns hi.
fooIery TO account. He makes himself conSpi-
cuous by it, and he guiis the multitude.
Thus it is that the government lends It's aid, il
sustaining and patronizing this powerful engine 0
mischief And the wages of nlquliy are not small
The thirty pieces of silver, for which Judas sole
himself, would he spurned by Blair's shoe black
That ga iranized corpse as he was termed b!
an honorable member, rolls in luxury. With al
income of perhaps 100000 year, his dinner
and evening parties are not surpassed in SPLENDID
and profilsion, by those of even the Chief MagiS
trate of our nation, or the representative of thu
richest and most powerful nation upon earth
Such is the reward for prostitutng the press TO tn
worst purposes. This deeterous influence of tina
powerful engine will prove too strong for gu
: institutions, and will make us, under the guse c
free constitution, IN reality the slaves of fac
ton ; and should it be turned in that direction, a
there is too much reason TO apprehend it will be
it will PROSTATE the religion and the laws, as
has already well nigh Frustrated its politica
freedom
How can this evil he remedied' You need no
look to your rulers for remedy-thoSe 10 whom
you have committed the guardianship of your in
tereSts. Those interests are now made subservien
to the interests of the party; and this great engin
Of mischief venal and corrupt press, is too ne
cessary 10 their purpose TO be, by them, ei,he
purified or demolished
Will you look TO Congress? Congress itse
w
justly proud, has been humbed by the arm of eS
ecutlve power. The members of that body, in
, tended to be the most independent and ieare.
body in the world are now daily instructed to vie
obedience To- executive Gicaors, past, pre>eI
and TO come-to support the policy of the adm
d niStration, disclosed and to be disclosed
& The venerable Judge White, than whom pure
man lives not, was hurled from his seat for DARN
to follow the dictates Of his own judgment an
; con>cience.-And in either House, the memb,
who faltcrs in his allegiance to the party, is dt
nOuncej, vied, degraded, sacriiied.-The exam
S pies of Rives and Tamadge, indicate too closel
o what is TO be the fate of the recrcant parzal
There are few men who have nerve enough
break the ShachcS. The repre- sentative, therefor
who in his conscience condemns the corruption
= the times, is yet hurried on by the force and Il
: terror Of party discipline and compelled to uni
: in teraymgl .and deccivine his constituents.
The remedy, then, Is with the people, and vii
:. them alone But they are deceived and mi>lc
3 Here is the solution of Il mystery. The unaC
= countable success OF che party has 10 me bee
an ineXpcable mystery. But the solution of tn
= mystery is found in The immense power of the az
: mniSiration, in lis extensive and pervadng pa
tronage, and lis control over prositmcd pres
:, The only hope is in undeccivinr the peopI
9 But in attempting thi~, You encounter this 1r
! mendouS influence, which have attempted TO de
y crihc. The experiment, thank God, is about to
i tried with what success, time will di>close.-B
!, the Wings in this effort, have entered upon no tr
1t fling contest lfthey succeed It will be only by {
:, effort commensurate to the task. If this gicant
power is to be overthrown, il can be done only
y an explosion, which shall shake this nation wi
= the power of an earthquake. Onward then TO Il
I, task, and God speed the right ~
g, L. S. SENATE, Thursday, March 26.
= The Chair submitted the following message fro