Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-11-26
PROPOSALS FOR
ENLARGING AND CONTINUING
THE YEOMAN,
A, regular Political g. Miscellaneous
Newspaper.
Newspaper,

WHEN the undersigned commenced, in
January last. the publication OF weekly po-
litical sheet under the name OF the CONAN,
to bo continued until the Presidential cleo
ton, he intimated that, If circumstances
should prove suspicious, 1t would probably |
be converted, after that period, into regular
journal. The awakening spirit Of the coun-
try has thus far crowned his enterprise with
a success as brilliant as unexpected. The
people of the country have at length learned
from bitter experience that every citizen must
make it a part Of his business to watch over
the administration of its affairs. The maxim
that perpetual vigilance is the price that must
be paid for liberty, is no longer regarded as
rhetorical flourish of high sounding words:-
it has become, and if 1t please Heaven, 1t
will continue to be, practical maxim with
the people of this generation. storm has
arisen which will ere long hurl from their
b;gb n,aces the profligate and ambitious men
who have blinded and deceived the people,
who have abused their generous confidence,
who have brought the institutions Of the coun-
try and the country itself to the verge OIL rum.
The political atmosphere will be puriied, In
some DEGREE at least, and the acclamatlons OF
the people will elevate to theliirst ONCE In
their gift an honest man, a true patriot' ana
genuine lover of liberty.
But the election of William III. Harrison,
though an important and indispensable steP,
is. after all, but step towards the attainment
of those great objects which every cnllght-
ened patriot perceives to be essential to the
preservation of our liberty and our lnshtu-
lions. Those objects, some OF when can DC
attained only by an amendment OF the Con-
stitution, are -
First and chiefly, the reduction of the pow
or, importance and patronage OF the fresiden-
tial office; and under this head that the Pre-
sident should be ineligible for second TERM
and that the power OF removal from once
taken from him
That public opinion, purified and enllght-
ened by fair discussion, should frown on the
vile system of buying up political partlzans
with the Offices in the gift Of the government,
and of prescribing one-half of the people tor
opinions sake, and treating them as enemies
ofthe country -
That the freedom reflections should be re-
stored by the disavowal OF the base ana de-
grading doctrine that the officers oil the gov
ernment are the s'hirelings' and servants OF
the President, and bound, by virtue Oh 'hei !,
Office, to become electioneering partlZans, ana
even to contribute part Of their salaries 10
raise fund for corrupting the people -
The restoration of purity, independence
and their original deliberatlve character TO
the Legislative bodies, now corrupt and ser
vile to an alarming extent, by making the
members of the two houses ineligible to any
Office with some few exceptions In the gilt
of the Executive, and by the abandonment,
once and forever, of the base, degrading and
anti-republican doctrine, that every member
OF the party in power must vote as the head
of the party directs, on pain OF Remuneration,
obloquy and unmeasured abuse through all
the journals of the party -
The publication of a degraded and venai
press, now the disseminator OF falsehood and
servile doctrines, and the eXecutloner OF the
victims of presidential wrath -
The reduction of the superintendent
weight of the Federal government by Sc
we're and scrutinizing reduction of its expen-
ses or disbursements, and ajealous resistance
of all it's encroachments on the rights OF the
States and the people:
Finally, the restoration of the Republic In
all its departments, to its pristine simplicity
and purity.
If these great objects be unattainable--lf
these views be Utopian, as some Will be rea-
DIV to pronounce theln-then is our whole
system of government Utopian also-and the
great problem of the capacity ofman for self
government will have been finally and fatally
solved. The American people has already
taken one long step towards monarchy, by
permitting President to nominate his sue
CeSSOr. lnat almost 1dtal step is ABOUT 10
be retracted. Now is the appointed time to
purify our insttutions-now or never.
They fatally deceive themselves who ina
CINE that single effort--tbat mere change
of MEXICAN at once effect this great and glo-
rious object. A great and long continued eff
fort will be necessary. We religiously be-
lieve that VIM. II. HARRISON is an hon
est man and a true patriot-and moreover that
he will faithfully devote himself to the carry
ing out of the political doctrines which we
have thus family sketched. But antagonist
doctrines and practices have struck deep root
in the country, and will not easily be eradi-
Gated. We repeat what we do firmly be-
1ieve, that great AMI continued efforts will
DO necessary in order to purify our institu-
tons.
We offer ourselves as humble co-laborers
in this great work. We cbeerfully concede
10 the Jealous and able journal which public
opinion and its own unwearied efforts have
placed at the head of the Wing opposition
press in Virginia, the rank which it has fair
ly earned and well deserved. In profess
sional career which has now extended, here
and elsewhere, over nearly d fourth of a CEN
tuary, we have honestly devoted ourselves to
the dissemination of what we have believed
to be Just and sound political principles
We have never failed to denounce usurpa-
ton, or Guailed beneath the frown of those in
high places. We will continue to do battle
in the good cause, not too anxious about the
rank that shall be assigned to us.
About the first of December, we propose to
convert the weekly political sheet called
TIE Woman into regular political and mis-