The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-09-15

| thesC COIOr5 nave FADED as the object has been
| approached Prospects of abundant revenue
have resulted in the necessity Of borrowing; the
| brilliant hopes Of better currency end in gen.
eral arrangement, stagnation and distrcss-alld
| while the whole country Is reused TO an unpre-
ccdented excitement by the pressure OF the times,
| every state paper from the cabinet at Washing
| ton comes forth frought with congratulations on
that happy state of things which the wise policy
OF the administration is alleged to have brought
about Judged by the tone of these papers,
/ every present movement Of the people is quite
| unreasonable; and all attempts at change only 50
many ungratelul returns for the wise and sue
cessiul administration Of public affairs!
! There is yet another subject of complaint to
| which we feel bound to advert, by our yenera-
ton for the illustrious dead, by our respect for
truth, BY our love tor the honor Of our country,
| and by our own wounded pride as American CT
tizens. We feel that the country has been dis
honoied, and we desire to free ourselves from all
lmputation of acquiescence in the parrcidal act.
nc late President, IN a communication TO Con-
gress, more than intimatcs that some of the ear
hest and most important measures Of Washing
tons administration were the offspring OF person.
al motives and private interests. His successor
has repeated and extended this accusation, and
| given to 1t, we are compelled to- say, greater
degree OF otenslveness and grossness. No man
with an American hearth in his bosom. can endure
thIs without feeling the deepest humiliation as
Wen as The most burning scO-n. The fame OF
| Washington, and his immediate associates. is Of
the richest treasures OF the country. Ills is that
name which an American may utter with pride
IN every part oil the world, and which wherever
uttered is shouted TO the skies by the voices OF
all true lovers of human liberty inputations
which assail his measures so rudely, while they
are abominable violations of the truth of history
are an insult to the Country, and al offence
against the moral sentiments OF civilized man
kind.
NTisers HE r,;sar,bJa ;rJaal ,,,,,.t h. 4L,4
cause which cannot support its party predomi-
nance, its ruInous schemes and senseless expert
ments, without thus attempting to poison The
fountains Of truth, and 10 prove the government
of our country disgraceiully corrupt, even its
very cradle. Our hearts would sink within us
If we believed that such efforts could succeed;
but they must be impotent. Neither the recent,
nor the present President, was born 10 cast
shade the character of Washington or his
sociates. The destiny of both has been, rather,
TO illustrate by contrast that wisdom and these
virtues which they have not initiated, and to
hun blows, which the afiectionate veneration OF
American citizens, and the general justice OF the
civilized world, ,wM render harmless to others,
and powerful only in their reeoil upon them
selves. If this language be strong, so also IS
that feeling of indignation which has suggested
it; and on an occasion like this, we could not
leave this consecrated spot, without the consci-
entiousness of having omitted an indispensable
uul}s ldu We not lIuS gwen uttciailCe u lAc
fulness of our hearts, and marked with our Sc
verest rebuke, and most thorough reprobation
and scorn, labored effort to fix a deep and en-
during stain on the early history OF the govern
| ment
| Finally, on this spot, the fame Of which began
with our liberty, and only end with it, in the
presence of these multitudes, of the whole coun-
try, and of the world, we declare our conscienti-
Gus convictions that the present administration
| has proved itself incapable of conducting the
public affairs OF the nation in such manner
shall preserve the constitution, maintain the pub
lie liberty, and secure general prosperity. We
declare with the utmost sincerity, that we believe
its main purpose to have been, TO continue its own
power, influence and popularity; that to this end
it has abandoned indispensable but highly re-
sponsble constitutional duties; that it has trihed
with great concerns of finance and currency; that
it has used the most reprehensible means for in
fluencing public opinion; that it has countenanc-
ed the application of public money to partypur-
poses: that il seeks to consolidate and strengthen
party by every form OF public patronage; that it
laboriously seeks to conceal the truth from the
people on subjects of great interest, that it has
shown itself to be selfish in its ends and corrupt
| in its means; and that ii it should be able to
maintain itself in power through another term,
there is the most imminent danger that it will
plunge the country in still further difficulty,
bring on still greater disorder and distress, and
| undermine at once the foundation OF the public
prosperity and the institutions Of the country.
Men thus false to their own professions, false
to the principles of the constitution, false to the
| highest honor OF their country, are unfit TO be
the rulers of this republic.
The people OF TIE United States have right
! to good government. They have right to an
honest and faithful exercise of all the powers OF
| the constitution as understood and practised i'll
the best DAYS of the republic for the general good
| They have an inalienable right to all the bless
l..l,f bair fatl, ~
| and all the benefits of that union which their
fathers established.
| And standing here, this day, with the memory
of those fathers fresh on our hearts, and with
the fields OF their glory and the monuments OF
their fame full in our view,-with Bunker Hill
beneath US, and Concord and Lexington, ana
! Dorchester Heights land Fanueil Hall all around
us.-we here. as a part of the people, pledge
ourselves to each other and TO our country, to
snare no lawful and honorable efforts to vlndl-
| cate and maintain these rights, and to remove
from the high places of the nation men who
have thus condemned and violated them.
| And we earnestly and solemnly invoke all
good men and true patriots throughout the union,
foregoing all considerations of party and forget
fine. all distinction of state section, to rally
| once more as our fathers did in rs, against the
| common oppressors of oul country, and to unite
with us in restoring our glorious constitution to
its true Interpretation, its practical administra
ton, and its just supremacy
In such cause, principles are every thing; IN
dividuals nothing. Yet we cannot forget that
we have worthy, honest, capable candidates tof
the offices from which we hope to remove the
| present incumbents
Those who desire change, throughout the
whole country, have agreed with extraordinary
unanimity to support Gen. William H. Harrisoi
for the Office of President. We believe nm L
be an honest and faithful citizen, who has serve'
his country successfully in divers civii trusts
and we believe him veteran soldier, whose he
nor and bravery cannot be questioned We giiv
him our unhcsitating confidence; and in tina
confidence we shall support him and the distir
guished citizen Of Virginia, who has been nom
J mated for the Vice Presidency, with all on
hearts, through the present contest; convince
by their election the true spirit OF the cons,
: tuition will be restored, the prosperity of tn
people revived, the stability OF oar free instit'
/ tions treasured, and the blessings of union an