Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-03-17
Prom ,lt Empire state
,-rTjyE POWER HOSTILE TO
FREEDOM.

D. L
FREEDOM.
Lion AZ the Executive Patronage u .
q n 4, every commonly, are the yif'ue .
=. f,eolo.n Of the people strengthened
..,o,ed. There u one S'a'e IN u'e
ut.,b this principle ana Us results 1
~ tiv rtemp.iheA. Vermont IS ihe Z
I'-orritie community on earth. Every
-. scvomr,ea,. FROM the Governor
~ b,,bway Surveyor, 10 chosen annu-
n pBc,ically Wy the people. &c "oV.
.s1 sppa,n, his pH.se se''e'FF' ou'
d. tie never Of nlmIDaulo' ne sp-
,,, ~ justices Of the peace sherliis,
- .f-ies suOuays, and other
-, o9rors, not elected inmcdi-
-, -. ,,oo.se. u vested IN the Legis.a
| - consists Of thirty Senators aud
,,eo lr.lrei and iwca'y members re,ar-
,,,o7ef 10 which the Legislature makes
,ms9,s is curious. The Senator'S
| .-5sfs from each county constitute a
called the County Convention.
.sab,r presents 10 tie convention his
| 4 ., magistrates for his town, AMI the
k..,,on noalifaics tie county officers.
DONATIONS arc. all Submitted TO the
| I.a.,. 10 join, ballot, and arc almost in-
&, confirmed The state has always
| Whg by strong majority and yet
1 hsa Town has loco foco magistrates. and
feo county, loco (ocu county officers,
rss il bap,em that each party has its
1 .h,,e Of all the officers of the State.
,sy wars since, this principle was violal-
4 tsc dominan, party in the legislature
made a clean sweep OF their opponents,
| filed every Office with iheir own iiionds.
Indignation OF the people was aroused TO
Extraordinary pitch, and swept that party
n power the next year. The experiment,
never been repeated, and probably will
lie for halt century.
! he consequence Of this principle IS. that
,nifrs Po,cer is just what II should be--a
J. public agency for public purposes. Po-
ans have less TO gain by the arts of dcma-
ms, than by honesty, and the people are
% settle political questions upon their in
&c merits.
re q the first acts Of the Legislature, af-
,he organization of the State was TO pro-
ig ,be education Of every child within its
IS The intelligence of the people, there
Qualities hem 10 understand their poliii-
interests and duties and their institutions
nh public virtue and administer no stimu-
70 corruption
III % Vermont, as in every other State OF
aian, The effect of the patronage Of the
'rsl Gar9AmeHi is felt, since Office has
alds the reward of partisan services, and
wr. # partisan efforts. The Custom
~ and the Post Office patronage has beer
lhae, to strengthen the hands of the Ma
vi EItliire, and TO contravene the prin.
les onssIch her state institutions have al
s beel administered. Whatever Of polii
coUgaion has been introduced among tho
f'gous and intelligent mountaiheers of Yer
n, can he traced directly TO the praciica
tnion Of the fatal doctrine-"to the victor'
oag thespoils" That corupiing influence
nlde slower progress in Vermont than il
4 other state, because il has been more
| ohglf opposed by the spirit Of her state in
slaos, and the habits which they have gen
va Isaee her politics have been more
Fsir iS'n those OF any other state, and hence
Enlaken ascendency ofDemocraiic Viii:
'n?e for fourteen years, while the state
surrounded her were yielding 10 tn
Nashmen,s or under the blows of Execu
power.
RTrg and INTELLIGENCE are the pillars Q
publican Government. Destitute of these
ale NAV possess the forms Of Republican
|yernmen,, ALPHABETICALLY it is another thing
the People are the mere instruments ofde
hung men--ihey become a sea, which SCI
lness and ambition may lash into pcrpe,ua
Function.
3u, the virtue and intelligence Of the Pee
IN communities where they exist in tn
lest degree, may he ovcrborne by this va:
WAL PowER at Washington and Cor hi
son We desire to sec a change Of admin;
m as the only hope left of destroying il
ahes Of mischief and corruption. b,
ever may be the fate of the Republic
ON he destined 10 abandon a people ur
ny Of her presence, her last home will
'is and Businesses OF the "palaces of ma
she viii linger still among the Gree
.1'l's' and wing her final iligh, from the