Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-07-28
LETTER OF hon. WIN. c. PRESTON.

LETTER OF HON. WIN. I. FIXES loN.
To the Wings of Nuc- Hdrcn, c. IN dnsicer 10
an irritation 10 unite ruth them IN celebrating
The an.
Washington City, June 2sth, 1910
GenGcrnrn-A previous engagement for the
ith of July prevents me from accepting the
kind invitation Of the Wings of New-lIaven TO
their celebration on that day.
| rejoice to sec that the approaching ami
versary OF our declaration of Independence is
about to be appropriately dedica,d 10y the Wings
TO the revival and re-asserton of those great
principles which belong TO the day, and the
maintenance of which their name imports
solemn and arduous duty is Imposed upon
ms.
A contest has arisen between the govern
mcnt and the people, the government claim
ing ard exercising new, unconstitutional pow
ers TO the grea, injury and oppression Of the
people have undertaken to right themselves,
and to throw off the ruinous dominion Of par
~, which experience has proved TO be incon-
sis,ent with the freedom and happiness of the
country
1t has broken down our large and growing
commerce by warning agGi..s! the credit sys-
ten which sustains it.
1t has torn from the agriculturalist the man
ufacturer, the artist and the laborer, the just
rewards ofther capital and industry, by de-
ranging and vitiating the currency.
1t has mutlated the public records, as an
offering to Presidential vanity. by expungng
the jou.nal fthe Senate.
1t has broken the great seal ola sovereign
State, and trampled upon State authority, by
rejecting the returned members of the House
of Representatives from New Jersey, and pla-
cling in their stead members of their own par
ty.
They have devised measure, and notwith-
standing repeated reflections of it by the coun-
try, have forced it upon us-to take the pub
lie treasury from the custody of the law, and
place il in the hands of the Executive.
They have proposed to establish large
standing army in time of peace. They have
protracted patry Indian war through many
years, and with a large expenditure of money,
which thus far has resulted in the massacre
of oul citizens and the conquest OF our terrific
ry.
They have enhanced the expenses Of gov
eminent from Is millions year to 80 mill
ions, increasing their disbursements in the in
verse ratio of the ability of the people to pay.
They have treated us as conquered peo-
pie, and acting upon the avowed principle that,
ito the victor belonged the spois, have dis
franchised the whole Wing party, and recent.
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the army, upon charge ofhaving purchas-
ed public stores from Wing.
They have erected mulitudes of new Of
fees, and sent among us swarms of officers
to harass our people and eat out their sub
stance-and have exhorted their stipendiariess
through official documents, to exert themselves
in the influencing Unpopular elections.
An administration, whose character is thus
marked, is unfit to manage the affairs of free
and enlightened people, and ought to be sur
passed. and all the hallowed recollections
called up by the 4th of July, animate and ex-
hort us to this patriotic undertaking. Not
doubling, gentlemen, that the same success
awaits the Wings of 1910, which attended our
gallant ancestors of l776, if prosecuted with
a spirit and energy worthy of the OCCASION
/ am, gentlemen,
Your obedent Sc rvant,
VIM. C. PRESTON.