Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-05

che's Enquirer" which yiiicd the viduat be-
iorc you. Tor the purpose If inducing the people OF
mat ancient and honorable commonwealth, to give
tner suhrages so as best TO sustain MIR. Van buren,
in power.
Butt people ofvirginia true TO Virginia, where
ever attempts were made to overawe their honest
confidence, they Iebuked them. Yet what did Mr..
Van Buren do! Did he leave the ias olcnt Oil cial
| menial in miserable obscurity! He who was filling
upt the columns OF Ritchies " Enquirer with abuse
OF your humble scrvant-hc who was only inferior
| before (here N Tailmadgo cried out " a clerk in
the treasury department'), to increase this inter-
ference-he was taken up and frem Si4Oo clerk
ship, In some obscure department, where he had no
duties but to promote the sinkngtortunes of Mr.
| Martin Van Buren,, he was promotedt to the high and
dignifed office of Under Secretary OF State. (Cries
of" Shame! shamen')
Fellow Citiz Ems need recall your attention 10
other instance without parallel, OF a government,
pretending to decent regard for popular opinion,
| in the case exhibited Of Amos Kendall, your late
postmaster general Of the United States, laying down
his Office cOpid entail adviser Of the president in
the privy council and become writer for miser-
able party press (Hcrea stentorian voice from the
crowd cried out Sand all for one dollar :" laugh
ter)
Yes, all for dollar And not only for
| knowing full well that he and his master have SO
| impoverished the people CT this great nation, that
very few are able to pay dollar. he savs il you
are not able to give dollar, clab and give us
quarter picc! For the one thing neediul, IN the
eyes OF this administration, is to subscribe to the
"Erfra Giober' rI..
| wen, what DO you see! One OF those puD'c ser
wants, availing himself Of the confidence which his
situation gave HIM, growing up into familiarity with
the various deputy postmasters, writing letters,
| which were virtual commands, calling upon their
featy to the party to procure subscribers for its
lone thing needful!' Yes, what do they tell you,
my republican friends? WHY, that farmers and
mechanics must have the one thing neediul,"
the Extra Globe. You may do without tea and SUI
gar, and the comforts Of life to which you have been
accustomed from childhood, but the one thing need
full without which you cannot do, is to subsc ribc a
NJ a doll IN Eytr md uph
u support the administration OF Martin Van Buren,.
daughter and cheers.)
Now, have you seen the rebukc with which high
minded President would have visited instirctively
any interference with such vital privileges? Then.
10 bring il 10 the test Of Mr. Martin Van Bur ms ad
mission, is this not another attempt annhate the
vital prime Of democracy and TO wrest from the
people those precious privileges OF choosing their
own representatives,, and submit that privilege to
the control OF the President of the United States
himself! Is this repHblicanism. OF is il despstsw
and ~ ranny, aye, and monarchy itselff Cloud
cheers, and cries Of .' 1t ispo
My friends, have not time to dwell IN all those
things; but there is more demonstrated act Of
this administration, which cannot in justice to this
occasion, omit to notice. mean the attempt Of the
President Of the United States, through his Secre
ary Of War, after having obtained possession Of the
public purse, to obtain unlimited control these
sound institutions Of our country faithful to the
traditions Of the usurpers Of all other countries to
take the sword in time Of from where the Con-
sttuion has placed it, and to put that too in the
puny grasp Of your Executive Majesty Is this re-
W,
: and cries " He can't use a sword)
$ How does this square it'll Mr.. Van Burens def
Etion of rcpub icanisml know miserable attempt
has been made, fellow citizens, to bubble Mr.. Van
Buren, out Of this measure; but oil in ua,n lie is
the legitimate responsible author of this extraordi-
nary conspiracy which has risen up in these latter
days of degencracy-whch has risen up in this
free, republican government Of America, IL crush
I the liberties OF the people.
Need tell you, reading, intelligent, rejecting
men, as You are what were the lineaments of this
hnlA nd a nj mill nj
troll the constitutional power over the militia Of the
states in time OF peace, which the Constitution has
the annual report ofathe Secretary ofwar, Mr.. Pon-
sctt, which was under the eyes OF the President,
5 when he submitted his message TO Congress, in
which he said, 81 cannot too strongly recommend
the plan TO the representatives Of the people OF the
: United States in Congress assembled.
Now, let rs look at that report Of Mr.. Poinsc.ts-
and mean to conine myself to his original commu.
e ncation made TO Mr.. Martin an Buren, himself AND
! which before his eyes, when he submitted his
message to Congress. And what was il but 20 amir
hiate all state sovereignty, and TO centre il in the
President; to lay off these twenty-six independent
u states into ten military safTaps or military despo
.isms, in imitation Of the military despoism of the
Persian monarchy, for it is TO that we must come
Yes, proposition without regard TO state guardian
ship was made TO divide the United States into
eight or ten military districts Il think at first eight
the proposition and to organize the militia
they called IL, in each district that you would
have had II 900 men in each Of these sGtaps in ac
tive service himself, che of the
United States when they should be called into ac
tive service. They were TO be disciplined by the
>, officers Of the regular army they were lie dree
y and commanded by officers OF the United State
d Army, and disciplined wherever and Whenever III,
C Secretary OF War the President should call then
into service; and further they TO be in the pa,
: Of the United States, and consequently under III
constitution subject TO articles of war; aud neecssa
rily subject to martial law In the time Of peace
u | (Cries OF +" shame p')
And yet, they insult you, taking you for misc rab
dupes and gull, by calling thi. plan militia! bat
in The pay and service Of the United States, drilled
aud trained by the officers Of the regular army, sub
ject to the rules and articles Of in time Of peace
add yet they insult free people by telling them tha
: There may be those who for party legiance may
be induced to surrender their liberties and dearest
o rights ON the altar OF party de'po,ism but even
those rcyol, aud rePel as i deserves such an insult
stanoing. No one, my friends, OF the republican sons
of New York, or the republican sons OF Virginia.
any one Of our cherished sister States Of this repub
, lican Union, but knows too well the miserable de.
vice, to be CALLED by such nomenclature as ths-a
intended and purposed 10 carve out from the militia
Of the sovereign States, standing federal army in
the pay Of the United States, under the Command
the President, time Of peace, and 70 be drilled
and trained by officers Of the regular army aud q
be subject 20 the rules AND articles Of and TO I'll
the urinary rigor Of the martial code. (Bers
voice in the crowd, cried eat He does IL 10 max
$ himself First Consul Napoleon like ~
You will be reminded By your own recollection OF
) Mr.. Martin Van Burcn. what mild. smooth, afa'
bic, smiling-whsts polite man he isl Laushter)-
a man who never welded sword when his country
called for his servicesand is he To be suspected II
such daring attempt at military usurpationl Cen
! tlemen, you have not read human nature as have
read IL you have not interpreted that hum y ga,
ycuns and old ambitions ladder too. Applause
> Look at Cromwell Was not his usuryation in tn,
name and avowcdly for the benefit, OF the "dear pee
: PIE" Look at Bonapsrte!
When he turned out the Council Of Five Hundred
did he not do Ia the name Of equality, and for tn,
, sake ~ the dear people And set up Mr.. Van Bu
rem against all the Of other times in rsverenta
regard Tor the dear people" Gentlemes, I bar,
called our attention TO what Cromw ell has done ir
regard 20 this very militia-his regular army hat
become little refractory ;he could not depend upor