Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-09-28
FOR PRESIDENT,
VIM. HENRY HARRISON,
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
OF VIRGINIA.
BUNKER HILL DECLARATION.
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SEPTEMBER 10Th, 1910.
When men pause from their ordinary occupa-
uoils, and assemble in great numbers, u proper
respect Tor the judgment of the country, and of
the age, requires that they should clearly set forth
the grave causes which have brought them to-
gether and the purposes which they seek to pro-
mote.
Feeling the force of this obligation, more than
lhhyl thousand Of the free electors of the New
England States, honored also by the presence of
IKE Tree electors from nearly every other State in
the Union, having assembled ON Bunker Hill, on
THIS 10Th day Of September, lo40, proceed to set
iorth DECLARATION Of their principles, and
OF the occasion and objects of their meeting
In the first place we declare our unaera6le Mt.
tachnient to that Public Liberty, the purchase of
SO much blood and treasure in the acquisition Of
when The held whereon we stand obtained early
and mpershabe renown Bunker Hill is not Il
spot on which we shall forget the principles of
our Fathers, or suffer any thing to quench within
our own bosoms the love of freedom which we
have inherited from them.
LII Inc next place declare our warm and
hearty devotion to the Constitution of the conn
Try, and TO the Union of the States which it has
happ'y cemented, aud so long and prosper
ously preserved. We call Others by no local
MINES, we recognize no geographical divisions
while we give utterance TO our sentiments on high
constitutional and political subjects. " e are
Americans, Citizens Ot the United States, know
Jug no other country, and desiring to he dstin-
guishcd by II" other appellaton. We believe the
Constitution, while administered wisely and in its
proper spirit, to be capable of protecting all parts
OF the country securing all interests perpttuaiing
National Brotherhood among all the States. We
believe that to foment local jealousies, to attempt
10 prove the existence of opposite interests be-
tween one part of the country and another, and
thus to disseminate feelings Of distrust, and alien
aiIon while II is in conteinpiuous disregard of the
couiIses 0i the great Father of his country is but
one form, IN which irregular ambition, destitute OF
a 'rue patriotism, aud love of power, reckless
OF the means of its qualification, exhibit their I'M
SuD0ued and burning desire.
We believe, too that party spirit, however nat
ural or unavoidable it may be, in free Republics,
yet when 1t gains such an ascendancy in mems
minds, as leads them to substitute party for coun-
try, to seek no ends but party ends, no approba-
ton but party appreciation, and to fear no reproach
or conluniey, so that there he no party dissatis-
iactoti not only alloys the enjoyment of such
institutions, but weakens, every day, the founda-
tons on which they stand.
W e are IN favor of the liberty of speech and of
Inc press; we are friends of free discussion we
eespouse the cause Of popular education; we be
iieVe IN mans capacity for scli-government; we
desire TO see the frecst and widest dissemination
OF knowledge, and OF truth ; and we believe, es-
pecially, in the benign influence OF religious feel
ing, ana moral instruction, on the social rs well
us on the individual happiness Of man.
Holding these general sentiments and opinions,
we have come together 10 declare, that under the
present administration Of the General Govern
ment, course of measures has been adopted aud
pursued, IN our Judgments, disastrous TO the hest
interests OF the country, threatening the accuniu-
hlion Oi still greater evils, utterly hostile TO the
true spirit OF the Constitution and 10 the prnci-
pies OF civil liberty aud calling upon all men OF
honest purpose, disinterested patriotism, and I'M
biassrd Intelligence, to put iori their utmost con-
sulutional efforts in order 10 effect change.
Gen. Andrew jackson was elected President OF
the United States, and took the oaths aud his seat,
Oh the 4lh of March, 1899; and we readily ad
NIT, that under his administration, certain portions
OF the public affairs were conducted with ability.
But we have 10 lament, that he was not proof
against the insinuaions and influences of evil
councillors, or perhaps against his own passions,
when moved and excited. Hence, in one most
important branch of the public interest, ~ that
essential part OF ccnmercal regulation, which re-
spec's The money, the currency, the circulation,
ana The internal exchanges Of the country, ucci-
dental occurrences, acting on his ,chnrac eristic
love OF rule, and uneasiness under opposition led
nm to depart from nil that was expected from
MN, aud 10 enter upon measures which plunged
pom INN and the country in greater and greater
ulnicues nj every step, so that in this respect
his whole course Of administration was hut a Sc
RES OF III fated experiments, and of projects fra
med IN disregard of prudence and precedent, and
bursting in rnpd succession; the final explosion
taking place u few months after his reiremen,
from office.
Zen. Jackson was not elected with any desire
or expectation, on The part Of any of his support
ers, TINT he would interfere with the currency Of
the country. We affirm This as the truth of his
tory. |. is incapable OF refiilation or denial. Il
Ia as certain us that the American Revolution was
not undertaken to destroy the rights OF properly,
or overthrow the obligation OF morals
But unhappy, he became involved in con-
troversy with the then existing Bank of The Uni
ted States Ho manifested desire, how orgna
ting CT by whom inspired, is mmaterial, TO exer
else political influence over that institution, aud
to cause that institution TO exercise, in Turn, po
il'icai influence over the community. Published
documents prove this as plainly as they prove any
other act OF his administration. In this desire he
was resisted, ihwart"d, and finally defeated. But
what he could not govern, he supposed he could
destroy and the event showed that he did not
oVerrate his popularity, and his power. He pur-
sued The Bank 90 the death, and achieved his tri-
umph by the Veto OF 1881. The accustomed
means OF maintaining a sound and uniform cur
iency, for The use of the whole country, having
been thus trampled down and destroyed, recourse
was had TO these new modes of experimental ad
mlnis'raon, 10 which we have already adverted
and which terminated SO disasrously, both for