Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-10-01

no difference, under this dyDasly, who Is
4 President whether he be "A strong nnd
! decided character, like Andrew Jackson
or IA feeble character, but managing,
Il adroit, aud sp.Lious, like Martin Van
Buren, or what the character may bo--
that influence will be enough, IN any
hands, TO pcrpeluate the dynasty. Such
Il a character as Jackson WAS necessary
To begin il, but The lecblest may continue
III. ! do believe, therefore as l have
said, that the present TO be The slrug-
| gle Of life aud death 10 This country ;
| that If she now falls, she falls to rise no
more aud then that who Witnessed,
that these veterans, who helped to
! achieve, the glories Of the revolution,
| shall live to see them expire. For look ,
\ pray you, at Martin Van Buren,, and
see what is to be.
Il His whole administration il adverse to
the very genius Of this country /; to that
genius which has made her what she is
\ to Tint genius which was working out
| her high deslinies in tho most wonderful
manner not only adverse, but dcstrnc-
tive to the genius. His policy is saving
the worry mind of the country (; aud CIV
ing to her the decrepiiude of age, in
the bloom Of hor youth. Her eagle is
no longer to be the bird Of .Dove-taking
his flight upward to the Hcavons-the
true emblem Of her genius but her en-
blem is to be some low, creeping thing
know not what-but o type OF some
talicred and poverty stricken dcspo'ism !;
whose financial policy ho recommends,
and which he would force Us TO adopt.
Now, her genius prompts her TO enter
prise, and iniprovement-to explore, and
\ to envelope her resources to the ever
onward march but his policy is to re-
\ press that enterprise {; To stop those Inn
4 provcnients to leave those resources
neglected, and locked up in tho store
house of nature retrograds, and TO re-
I Iirnce her steps. That enterprise he calls
rash speculation those improvements
proilless investments and that credit
by which they ars sustained, the bane
OF the country. Now | consider such
President the parricide of his country (;
the worst Of parricides.
The usurpa,ion OF power by the Ex-
ecutive, atrocious as that crime is, con-
slider as nothin! compared to the crimi-
nal use made Of it-that of destroying
the mind Of the country. The great but
bad men Of other times, have never done
this nor any thing like it; far otherwise.
They would be great, but they would
have their countries great also. The
vast projects Of CHsar--conceived,b but
not executed, had all in view The Roman
greatness. II any thing could, (but
that is in,possiblc) they would have atom
ed to Rome for loss Of her liberties
such were the merit and grandeur OF his
projects. Cromwell would be great,
but he would have EngIand to be greater
than ever; and he made all Europe toI
,remble and to stand in awe OF her great
ness. Her navig CATION acts and policy,
which lie at the foundation of all her
subsequent and astonishing growth III
opulence and power, were begun by
Cromwell. There men disdained the
idea OF making themselves great, while
they made their country little. Such can
only be the ignobIc work Of little MINDS
Ambitious Of power, but incapable oil
any but little views. A great mind with
absolute power elevates his country to-
his own standard; but little mind brings
her down to level with his own. A
little mind, with power TO carry into ef-
feet his little views, must be death TO n
great country Ike this. And such is
the inevitable destiny OF ours under this
dynasty. The work Of death is now ~
progress it is gradual, but 1t will be
cilectual-and death is inevitable. The
first mortal wound to our country, was
this was given by Jackson whereby
our whole internal trade has been totally |
ruined but tho finishing stroke has
been given by Van Buren, by his Sub
treasury system; whereby all that re-
manned Of business, founded on bank
credit, has been, aud Is to be, totally
destroyed. Then the shades of death
will settle upon the whole business OF
the whole country. Such is our situa-
tion; aud such, at present, our doom
and IN the coming contest, it is for the
American People to say whether it shall
remain such, and whether that doom
shall stand unreversed.
OvER THE MOUNTAINS, Ho About a
year ago we copied from u journal OF the
Intcrlor-ihc Cleveland Ilerad--lhe card of
n Mr.. Davidson, proposing TO carry the mail
from New York 10 New Orleans in some
marveIlously brief space OF tnnu, not upon
terra irua, but through the air. Mr.. David
son, it appears, applied to Congress for assls-
lance ~ developing his project, bui met with
no attention whcrcut he expressed hls dis
appointment and modification IN letter To
the editor Of the st. Louis Gazette, from
which we extract the following. lie rs go
ing ahead" Il seems, without the aid of Con
grcss. The letter is dated at New York.
Like the tabled PLGnlx, | rose from tho
cshes of my destruction at Washington, with
new cuergy ond rcdoublsd zeal. And !
am happy to inform you that, through an en-.
gagcment entered INTO with a brother of
mine in Virginia, with the view to expert
ment on my plan Of mroslation, have been
enabled to go forward with it 4; aud, already,
a urge portion of my machinery is IN n state
IT rapid completion. om getting II made
by r. NJ Hoe & Co machIni,ts of this clty