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


city. Inc editor REMARKS, Tie author via "
recognized without the publcation Of hs
name and adds. ~ was written win no oK-
peciaiion of meeting the public eye SIuce,
however, II has mot tie eve, the editor cd ,ic
Madisonian has ob,ained the conscn, OF The
winter TO annex his name the haaisoniin
femarks
"Mt. Tallmadgc has been a true prophet,
le enjoys great advantages tor forming a coz
rec, estimate OF the course Of political events,
aad, in every instance, Tor tho last three years
at least, has predictions have been verified.
They VIII be In the present clse-we sob
scribe 20 his sentiments aud calculations fully,
every Thing %Justiiics his ant'cipauons. There
IS nothing IN the Dragging and bulliin OF the
Richmond Enquifcr-tho editor OF that paper
knows no thing of The popular feeling abroad,
and his Boosting OF carrying Virginia at the
late election was proved 10y the result 10 be
IN evidence of his utter ignorance of even the
people of his own State. MIR Tallmadee's let
ter being written in the freedom and iamll-
iarity offnendly private correspondence, with
on, intending it for publication, gives il addi-
tioDal force:
Washington, AiGy 20h 1870.
My dear Sir: Your letter OF the Goth, inst
was duly received. II is surprising to me
that Ritchie's Dragging in the liclimoad En-
quircr about New York, should give our
friends one moments uaeasiness. IS his
'vocation-and it IS the hdoit Of the Federal
Loco Foco party to brag the louder the more
they are beaten Since their overthrow
IN Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, and
in certain local elections in Penn. their pros
poets have frightened wonderfully They are
locking up because they are on Meir 6acksl
understand their game perfectly. They
know they cannot make a decent fight in
nthpr St1fpg- rulaSc fhpv can ppFSnoIn thor
| friends tina, Mr. Van Buren, can recover New
| York. Without il, he has not The remo,esi
chance of success. AS to his prospects III
New York, | have no hesitation in giving you
my candid opinion, that he viii be beaten by
a much larger majority than that OF the last
two years. ! have the best sources OF inior-
miiion. | have an extensive correspondence
all over the State, and, from my peculiar po-
sition, am enabled to Judge with much accu-
racy ofour elections. For The last two years,
| have predicted the result with an accuracy
almost equal TO the official canyass-and ]
now say 10 you that General Iiarrison's ma
jority, in my judgement, will not be less than
fifteen thousand. We hope TO swell it much
beyond that. ! have not heard of a single
man who has gone over to the administration
since the last election. But | know and have
heard of hundreds and hundreds, in diff ent
counties, who have abandoned il since that
time, and are now cooperating with their old
Democratic Republican friends in putting
down Mr. Van Buren's old Federal doctrins.
amongst this number are men Of The highest
standing and influence in their respective coun-
ties.
What possible ground, is there then, for
Mr. Riicbic or any other man TO claim New
! York for this Federll Administration 1t is
| preposierons. What Gains do they present
10 the Poodle, from which Ley expect to de-
rive more favor than for the ia't three years!
The confidence of the People has been more
impaired during that period; the mercantile,
the manufacturing, and the mechanic interests
Of the country have heretofore felt the delete
| rious influence ofthe measures Of the Admin
istralion. Now, that influence has reached
the farming interest-and you may rely upon
it, none OF these interests will tamely submit
to have their goods, their manufactures, their
labor, and the products of the soil, as well as
their lands, reduced enc bali, or two-ihiTds
in value, in order t. enjoy the blessings OF the
hard money currency OF Cubd, or OF any other
despotism, whose example the President has
recommended for our imitation. No, sir, the
Tree iaborers of this country will never consent
TO have the price of their labor reduced to the
same level with the peasants of Germany or
The seris OF Russia; nor will the ullers of the
soil consent that the products OF their farms
shall be reduced in price so low, as not to pay
the cost of production; nor will the farmers
consent thai the lands shall be reduced two
thirds in value-that where they have pur-
chased a farm, for example, for $4,000, paid
$4,000 in cash, and mortgaged it for $1,000,
and that it shall be sold from under them for
the amount OF The mortgage, and their wives
and children turned out Of doors without
shelter and without bread.-Such are the le-
climate effects of the doctrines now main
tanned by this Administration and which lis
friends and supporters are every where ur-
ring upon The country; and which will be es-
iablished beyond the hope Of redemption, If
Mr. Van Buren, shall be re elected.
Oflis re- election, there IS not tie ~iainicat
prospect. In regard 10 New York; speak
without the least hesitation, ard with tie most
entire c0niidence-he has no possible hope Of
success there. Why should he havel Tie
changes have been constantly against lin for
the last three years, aud none IN his favor.
At the extra session in 1897, ! predicted his
overthrow in that State. Al tic November
election of that year, he was swept away as
by a hurricane, At the next session Of Con-
gress, Inc apologized TO his friends, 10y saying
that there were 10000 voters that did not
come to the polls, but would lie out for him al
the next election. Wen, sir, il 1893, these
10000 came out, and 5000 in addition, andhe
was beaten by more than 10000. lie again
consoled his friends for this unexpected defeat,
by saving, that in the next campaign he would
take the field in peTson.-lle did so-he tray-
ersed the whole State, on a mere clcciioneer-
ing tour. and with the exception OF the city of
/ New York, the result in the Legislature show