The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-09-09
OLITaCAL .
TO THE WINGS AND CONSERVATIVES
OF THE UNITED STATES.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ttOoM,
WASHINGTON, y4isg. %, 1910

E,srcrrfyE COMMITTEE Room,
WASHINGTON, Y9isg, rs, 1910.
The splendid election results Just announcer
from the States of North Carohnas hentucky
and Indiana, FL .dden the heart OF the patriot
and stimulate him to greater efforts in the ser
',;.a &c his country The Destructives are panic
stricken. Turn which way they may, their al
f;ghted vision is startled with the fEhand-wrltlng
on tbe WALTZ In Alabama, they have barely
aeca,,od aef4at Missouri is sEcomng to.fhe res
cne ! with forced but feeble shouts, they eNult
over Illinois, and rejoice that they have been
able--to hold their own.
Since the nominsdon OF Gen HARRISON the
States of Connecticut, Ittode ista'n, VusGttG'
T.o,,isignn and North Carolina, all OF which
Toted far Martin Van Buran In 1886, have pro-
claimed in no equiqocal language, their allie
o,iance TO the country and its Constitution.
The information which we have received, and
Witch we continue to rereive, from the States
Of pennsylvania, New York, Michigan Ohio,
New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia.
Tennessee and Georgia, is well calculated 10
inspire MS with fresh confidence in the ltelli-
ae1ce and patriotism of the people, and with the
Conviction that their slumberng vengeance Is
,,,atened into life and action, ready to lay hold
- +ho niIlars Of the temple, which corruption
las raised on the ruias of the Constitution and
welfare of the nation, and crush beneath us
fragments its power-grasping and infatuated ar
q fleets. .,,
Excessive confidence in opt own strength, IS
the only danger to be apprehended- Let US not
rest in fancied security. Let us not repose on
nv laurels so freshly and calamity won, but
r,,sb into the battle field in quest OF new achieve
,nents The enemy is rich in the means ci cor
rnnt;on. and thew will use them with no sParlng
hand 4 mercenary legion OF one hundred thou-
sand ofice-hoIders, who fight for their salaries
and their bread, are srrayed against you. Inc
money of the people, ROW IN the bands OF tne
President by his Sub tfeasurers7 VIII tlcAle Inc
palms of the purchasable. a nbaio ara snpea-
diary press, sustained by governmental patron
are viii scatter its vile trash among you. To
meet successfully these fearful odds against you,
requires vigorous and untiring exertlons' Let
ne NOT fear that our maiorities will be too over
Tbe Administration, and the principles on
which Il acts should not only be prostrateu' plt
prostrated efectudEly and torercr. II shouia
mass to its long account AMID the eAuisdSioAe u
immense maiorities, and withoae 'HI hoP
resurrection. The rebulSe about to be admins
+ered should not only be severe, but astounding
II i due 70 the Coustitution-tot the countIy-to
retrbptive Justice and to posterity, that the Po-
6tical crimes of this Administration should Dc
marked with reprobation deep as your sulicI,
incs. aud broad as the Union The "hlc jacet'
which the people are about to write on us tonip'
should be in capitals, bold and prominent as are Re
its derelictions from duty. Thus wrlttch' IT VIII
stand through future ages as poiitical me
uento mori; to any person who, dressed IN
l,ttle brief authority" shall play the tyrant, Tor
eetful OF the power that made HIM.
Is there natriot in the land whose bosom
does not swell with pride and exultation at the
brilliant prosperity now dawning on his eesccra-
ted country? On the 4th Of March next, hlsto-
nv, with iron pen, will inscripe on her marble
tablets, on this day, by the almost unanimous
voice of a confding, abused and InteihgenV Peg
pie. was banishcd from the Capitol thc iirst n
rroarr;ca, Moro. who laughed at the calamites
with which he had scourged his coaStry 'Aen,
,nocked at the suiferings which he had crealed,
and tauntingly told them SSthat they looked TO
Government for too much
Then will the country shake off the shackles
With which folly and madness had bound her
volnr and vigorous limbs, rise with new strength,
and press onward to her high destiny And VINO
among you will not on that ausplcious day JON
the Joyous song, and wIth honest p.lue anu "a r.
triofic exultation, mingle your voice wltn tne
shouts If millions, and exclaim, 81, too, fought
-. tbe hattie Of Waterloo TO all such who
have mn to this period stood by as idle spectators
~ th;s fierce conflict now being waged between
he neonle and the office-holders, let US say,
eedclay no longer Inaction now is dangerous to
The Republic Rally on the side OF our country
and prove your love TO her institutions.
We use no hyperbole when we say that she IS
hut one remove from practical monarchy -
Give to MIR. Van Buren, standing army OF zou,
600 men. and your liberties are at an end Al
ready is he in the possession OF the entire reve-
nues of the country. The national purse is at
his unlicensed control. Think you that he VIII
abandon his wild schemes OF an overwrought
ambitioas Think you that he will cease to urge
upon the consideration of Congress the mon
r l...r- rfrr.p
Think YOU that there is i'll Congress independence
sufficient to deny him any request? No, no
ssI.ay not that catering JUNCTION to your SOULS
Who could have been found on the first oil Janu
arv 1887, bold enough to have predicted that q
Measure. which had been denounced by nearly
the unanimous voice of the people, s'disorganiz-
inc and revolutionary" "as subversive OF the
Government from its earliest history Gas en-
laro;np. TO an alarming extent, the boundaries o.
Txeee,ss;ve power.o would at this time have beer
tbe law Of the land, But such is the melancholy
factl The National Legislature furnishes .yol
with no protection, no guaranty against the ex
snt;ons of Executive power. Il is the funda
sssa,,ta1 law sf ssthe party that the Presidsn
acan do no wrong" His will is the law of eth
nartv.n both in and out Of Congress, and woe t
The man who darcs to oppose 1t. lie IS denounc
ed as traitor and renegade
rhe sleek hounds of the Executive, thirst
for hlocd are unlaashed from their kennels, an
with eager scent pursue the object Of their nate
they soon banquet on the mutilated carcase wit
crimsoned muzzles they return to their master
giving gratifying evidences that his orders hay
been faithfully executed, and are again Kept
reserve for some fresh victim of Executive yer
geance. Under this reign Of terror and pro
cription place no dependence on Congress. IT.
no longer shield between the rights oil the PEI
pie and the usurpation OF the President. Il G.
tiers for Executive qualification, and panders