Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-06-16

dsuons arc too deep, Il is inwfoueht into the
I public minl, and these immense gatherings Of
the people arc a clear. indispniablc index "
/ public opinion, which is carrying dismay into
the administration ranks, attempt TO disguise il
as they will and the people are abou, u De.
clare go whom honor is due" though Amos
may still continue to pronounce him "carce3
and guarded"
We next come 10 those graiuiious senti-
mcnis in the address, founded neither in rca.
son or truth. in their attempted application TO
the Wing party which, if we had felt disposed,
might, with slight alterations in names, bo
made mos, perfectly applicable TO Mr.. Van
Buren, and his associates, in all the particu-
lars. But we are not yet driven TO the use of
Amos kendall's weapons, offensive or defcn-
sive.
In addition TO "thc humbug of miniature
log-cabins and canoes and cider-barrels thro'
the streets, the rolling Of balls and the display
OF banners with unmeaning moiios, doggerel
rhymes and vulgar pictures, the drinking OF
cider and the mumhling of gingerbread" IA
little touch Of the sublimel are used DIV the
Whigs) "money without stint, abuse of Off
cial stations and privilege without reserve -
When Amos wrote the above sentences he
must have been dreaming abou, an empty
treasury and its contents wasted upon hire
lings-he must have been in vivid remem-
brsnce OF his own abuse of power in the post
office department, and very likely the free dis
tribu,ion of Franks by the Honorable Van Blu
rem senators, for party purposes.
| Hear him little furiher-"Thc Harrison
party in Congress are leagucd together in a
great electioneeriDg association with its cx-
ecuiiyc Committee, &C. Consistency, thou
art a Jewel, Can there be, among such pure
spirits as Amos Kendall, Martin Van Buren,
Levi Woodbury., Tom Benton, Sias Wright,
and a few of kindred genius, any league,
any concert of action, any wel-digested pur-
pose to keep in power! We should think
from the thrill Of horror with which Amos
speaks of the "league" that no such thoughts,
even, had ever found resting in his in
eorrupfible mind, or had ever passed through
his Imagination. Who has adapted the organ
izaton of the post-ol1ice department to the
most perfect subserviency to the political pur-
poses of the leaders of the Van Buren, patty at
the seat of government. Has the party ever
had any organization for raising money to
support presses, . to magnify, not hero but
demagogue-to libel upright, honest men, to
scatter delusion through the country Have
the members of Congress who are in league
with the administrators ever ranked news
paper have they ever devoted their money,
their talents, their privileges and their time,
not to the business Of legislation, for which
they were elected, but to an INSCRIPTIONS and
unceasing warfare upon the interests, the bust
ness, the currency of the country the laws
and the constitution Have they ever delay
ed the public business, violated the public
faith, or obstructed the ordinary operations of
the government Now, Amos, tell us honest
ly, would such combinations be less alarming
less corrupt, less dangerous, less criminal in
the Van Buren, party than among the Wings
We know, indeed, that Martin Van Buren,
breads the effects justly to be apprehended
from the union and enthusiasm of all true
friends of the country, for in this he an,ici-
paies his own downfall, and the destruction of
his ambitious purposes but have the people
cause to dread the triumph Of principle, and
patriotism and liberty over injustice, selfish
ness and tyranny
Amos charges upon the Wings, opposition
to the extension of the right of suffrage, and
steadily attempts 10 corrupt it when extended.
This is absolutely false unless Mr.. Van Buren,
was leading Wing when, in the Convention
OF New York, he strenuously opposed the ex-
tension of the right of suffrage in his own
State, or since his accession to the presidency,
where he has welded the whole power and
patronage Of his Office in untring efforts to
corrupt the right of suffrage or unless Amos
himselfhas been a Wing from which may we
be delivered) while he has been employing the
patronage of the post-of1ioe department to
aid in accomplishing the same end
lie next attempts the justification of mob
collected ~ Van Buren, men at Harrisburgh
in 1888 for the purpose of defeating the legal
organization of the legislatnre-and well NAV
he attempt the justification Of this exhibition
| OF mobocracy, for none would be more likely
to have hand in connecting the scheme than
this same Amos, under cabinet council.
lie asks, land what have we seen at the
present session Of Congress, We answer
ire hare seen The public business DELAYED hrelre
reeks-Ihe constitution and laws of Congress