Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-05-25
THE NORTHERN MAN WITH SOUTHERN
PRINCIPLES.

In u late speech in Congress VIM. Cost John
son Of maryland by the way, one of the most
distinguished of the Southern memberships al
luded to MIR. Van Buren,:
Sir detest the name of Northern man with
Southern principles detest any Executive that
would sacrifice any portion of the Union to the
rest Fit were true that MIR Van Buren, has dope
so, as a Southern Representatives, would abhor
the motive and the man.
II he has sold, betrayed, or sacrificed the interest
of the North to buy up the South, ifhe has done
such thing once, will he not, fit is his interest,
turn false TO you, MS he has TO his friends Mt the
North? Will lie not sacrifice you az readily as
he would the people of the North? Is his attach
ment stronger for you than it is for those who
first supported him, who made him all that he is
And If it is true that he is now false 10 them, is
he not chargeable with the vilest ingratitude?
Will the proud and boosted chivary of the
South those pure and immaculate patriots, take
such man 10 their embrace who has stung the
bosom that first warmed him The raining and
selfish politicians OF the South may do i'll, for
one, will not.-Those who expect in time to get
reward may boast of him rs he is-a Northern
man with Southern principles; but esteem him
rs he "A Northern man without principles; or,
| if he has principles, they IRE as transferable
pair Of bar room slippers; changed as easy, and
made to fit any body; Chinese lady, or on Am
azonan LiIlaputlan or CULVER
Again: in concluding ms speech, he thus adj
dresses the administration members
The People have called upon his name (Harri-
sony to be their candidate for the Presidency be-
cause you have abused their confidence, not re-
deemed your pledges, and you have filed the land
with suffering bankruptcy, and distress You
promised them gold when you closed the doors of
the banks and you have afflicted them with power
~. You have made the banks suspend, and now
you tell the People that they must work for as low
wages the People of Europe. You have told
the manufacturer and the merchant that they have
no right to trade with credit and you have forced
the workshops to be closed and the factory hands
TO be dismissed. You promised the farmer better
prices for -four, his corn, and his pork, and he
cannot sell either for the cost of producing. You
have abused and deceived the people, and now you
insult them if they complain. You have hoar-
ded up all the gold by Your ofceholders, and left
the People not even good bank paper to do hush
ness upon. You have tried to destroy the capt.
=, tai of the country, and have reduced all wages.
You have been either too ignorant or too vlcious
not to know that wages must fall when money is
scarce, and that wages can only be high when
capital is plenty. You have reduced by your
measures the wages Of the labourer and the me-
'' chanc, whilst your salaries have been increased
by the scarcity Of money. You can pay your
selves in gold and silver, while, the mechanic, the
. farmer, and the merchant cannot dispose of their
commodities for even good bank paper.
The day OF reiribiition is close al hand; you
have refused TO listen to the complaints and suf-
. feing ofthe People and they will do themselves
justice at the baot-box. The People are moving
e IN their majesty and their power, and will elect
Gen. Harrison by reclamation.
n He is farmer as well as a soldier and states
men; he understands the interests Of the farmers,
F.; and las sympathy which you have not, for the
S laborng man and the mechanic. The People
will call him from the plough, as the Romans did
Cincinnatus of old, TO quiet domestic confusion
: and disorder and to put the Republic once more
e in prosperous condition. Post up your books
/ then, Tel you, fairly, and square your accounts
honestly or burn up your departments as yom hare
done heretofore, or he wM punish your army 81
detduliers.
S The voice of the People is heard already like
the moving OF mighty waters. They have agita.
ted the waters that healing may spring from them.
You had well try and stop the voice ofthe wind
as to sfe the voice OF the People.-Your office
holders who have fattened upon the substance OF
e the People will try and oppose their will but II
= will be useless. The People can and will "shake
i, them off easy as the lion does the dew drops
, from his mane."
"Tbe People will ever remember" in the pat
riotic sentiment of Gen. Harrison, "that, to pre-
serve their liberties, they must do their Otcn voting
and their o,on fighting"