Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-06-24

an u nave pcrinltttu tue s'"ses VI Po"c' W
die tuie TO the generous but thoughtless men
them by hundreds 10 the polls. This will
now be repeated on u much larger scale, and
the writer IL strongly under the impression
that before the next Pr sideniial electioL-
after the Post Office department, together
with all The officers Of Government are or
gaDzed aud sufficiently drilled TO suit the
purposes of Kendall a. Co.--thst the most
monstrous and false assertions Of some kind
or other, will be stated in the extra Globe
and care be taken that IT shall be read by
every man in the Union on whom II con have
an cifcct--and simultaneously with the pro-
mulpaion of these falschoods, The publica-
tions of the Wings be stopped in the Post
Office, aud prevented from reaching their
destination, until after the election. What
would the conspiralors care Tor the dis
closure Of such scheme, after the election,
| # they should not succeed. Neither 1t
nor any thing else can add to the lniamy
that will attend their downfall. The discl0-
sures of corruption that will then be brought
Il to light will canso the conspiracy Of Arnold
and of Burr, to sink into insignlfcaDce, and
/ will be held up ever after rs beacon to
warn postcri,y Of the like again. On tho
contrary, if the conspirators do succeed in
The election, they will laugh the future Ell
| forts of the people to scorn. What with the
army ot one hundred and fifty thousand Of
| flee holders, each controlling on an average
/ of not loss than six votcs-a Sub-Treasury
H Bank in the hands of Kendall, who will prob
| ably como in rs Secretary Of tho Treasury
after the election, and who by the provisions
| of the bill now about TO be passed, will have
4 it in his power to silence, IL not control, ev-
cry President, director, cashier, teller, stock
holder and debtor Of the nine hundred Banks
Il in the Union-when all this power is con-
/ centrated in the hands Of The conspirntors,
what, the writer woslj ask any thinking man,
can the people do?
\ The writer has frequently stated, and
he firmly believes it 10 be true, that in
case the Key Stone is placed in the arch
erected for the destruction Of the liberty
of the people, by the reelection Of
II Martin Van Burcn,-the conspirators
might call every man in the Union be-
fore them, insult them to their faces, and
in spite Of their efforts, cnslave them
then. Animal strength is as nothing
compared with the moral force-and the
money power is infinitely greater than
that Of the sword-and has always
tended much more to render the many
subscrvient to the few in all ages--as
has been attempted to be shown by the
writer in previous commune ations. But
should it SD happen that when the peo-
pie of this country become fully aware
of their situation-if tho chains now
forging by their pretended friends should
gall them so cruelty as to cause them to
rise, in despair, against the hypocrtcs
who are dccciving and enslaving them,
a nosirum is in store TO quiet their mur-
murs and TO force them into acquies-
cence. A STANDING ARMY is in
embryo, and ready to start into existence
the moment that the other parts Of tho
H scheme, are perfected. 1t is tho last
link of The chain Of despoiism, and when
H once established, will be more fell and
hcllish in its character than any army
that has ever been used in modern times
| to silence the murmurs Of an cnslaved
people.
/ All the Standing Armies Of the old
world are mostly composed Of citizens
Of their country-Inen who have fathers,
mothers, sisters, children and relations
scattered over the land by the despots
they serve. 1t will not be so in the
\ United States. Our country is filed
with emigrants from every part Of tho
world-and while thousands Of worthy,
but oppressed people, find Hn asy lum
with s,-the United States becomes, at
the same time, the receptacle of the Off
scourings of all tho countries Of Europe.
h As tho writer has before stated, some of
them send yearly TO US the inmates Of
their pentcnliaries, whose passages are
paid by contract with Government. The
scheme for u standing army as broached
by tho conspirators through the unit"
the Secretary Of War, and endorsed by
their former associate, and now tool,
Il Martin Van Buren, in his last annual
mess age, proposes TO place i W D
HU NDRED THOUSAND MEN
in the pay Of the Executive, and under
its control. In what instance the wr-
ter would ask does the present Executive
pay, that it does not control y These
men are to be drafted from among tho
people, and to be liable to be called out
Of their own States when the Executive
may think fit. Now the writer would
ask any farmer or mechanic, who may
happen to read this, whether in case they
should happen to be drafted, they would
be willing in time Of peace, TO submit to
the privations Of camp, and to come
and 60 at the bidding Of Amos Kendall,
Thomas II. Benton, or even of our
present reneraied Chic C.Magifsraie, Mar-
lin Van Bwcn! You will one and all
answer, No! What then will be the
consc quence3 Each drafted militia man
will hire n substitute. Who will be Tint
substitute? The able bodied man you
can hire the cheapest. Who will he bes
Probably some cut-throat or vagabond
just escaped from the prisons Of Germa-
ny, or the purlieus Of London or Paris.
In this way, the corspirators will soon
have under their command one hundrst
thousand men, with arms in their hands,
without connexions in the country, pos
sessing no sympnthies in common with
our people, and whose lives have most
ly been passed in the commission of
n crime nnd who would Iiko noth;oc L,,