Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-04-30
iFor the Herald Of the Times
Facts for the LabOring M an
By A LADoRING MAN.
e u NC L. U ID y ID.

II Fdtse system Thich has at idst sHb
jecied himself 10 The control Of a "pou
er behind he hrone," pis:-Me pore
Of he Kitchen Cabinet, non mostly con
centroted into he hands Of Mcs,rs
Kendall, Benton, and Bi0n--wiH
some remarks on Mc Epeech of Mr.
Benton, on The Treasury independm
cChe PeopIe.'
! Ia the last number tho writer has cndon.
vored To truce the progress of the conspiracy
against the liberties of the people engendcr.
ed by Martin Van Buren,, from the period
"A ndrcw Jackson was elected President tt
the time OF the removal of the dcposites.-
( This comprehcnded a period of about four
and one half years, in which time the powet
Of the Executive branch of the government
had increased To such an extent, BY means Oi
the bold usnrputlon of the President, nidet
by the political ntrlgues ofthc Kitchen Cabi
net, that the legislative brunch was pretty
much reduced to cypher. II seems, how.
ever, that the cOnspirstors were fearful lest
the action Of Congress, as il was then con
stltuted, might yet arrest them in their bold
attempt to render the pW Of the President
supreme and as Kcndali's letter shows, a
regular system was organizing to bring the
whole pnwer of the Federal government t.
act on the election OF members of Congress
through the officers of government and the
public press. THIS system has since been
80 thoroughly perfected, aided by the pub
lie money now entirely at the disposal OF the
conspirators, that both Houses OF Congress
have haa tl..I a. u
creatures, Of their own selection, who are en-.
tlrcly under the control Of the coDSpirators
and who are ready TO pass and perform any
act their masters may dictate. Things have
arrived 10 that pass that there il not qnes.
tIun of Importance now acted upon, by what
are called the representatives of the people,
that does not emanate from the Executive,
and is the same in reality as if no such de.
partment Of government as a Congress ex-
istcd-and as if the President ruled in his
own person in which is concc ntratcd all the
arbitrary power of the Car of Russia, or the
Sultan of the Turkish empire.
To such pitch OF bodness have The minions
Of the Executive arrived at, that a few days
since, n prominent administration journal at
Boston informed their readers that II was the
belief of their correspondent at Washington,
that IT was unnecessary the people should
elect Vice President the ensuing fall--as
his appointment might safely be left in the
hands OF the Democratic Senate-thus leaving
the Executive, through his minions in that
body, to name The Vice President. II the
leaders Of the present party IN power should
not be able To succeed in getting up a war,
IN time 10 aid them la the ensuing PrcsI.
dental election, and thereby insure the sue
cess Of Martin Van Buren's re-cIcctIon, the
writer would not be at all surprised II the
potoer bciind the throne" " should so mana re
as to have a number Of Presidential candl-
dates started, in SO arlfu manner as to
make II appear that some of them were IN
reality Hhig candidates, and thus defeat the
election, by The people, for the express pur-
pose ot throwing the choice of President in
the hands OF the Executive minions with
which they have managed 20 Gil both Houses
Of Congress.
AS before stated, there are probably nearly
one hundred and fifty papers IN various parts
of the Union that ure employed IN "A greater
or less degree by government. These press
es are ul subject TO the dlcta,on of their
head organ, the Globe.-second TO which
stands the Albany Argus, whose editor was
one of the most prominent OF the regency,
and who was rewarded for his zeal IN the
cause Of Martin Van Burcn and the Regen.
cy, with patronage IN printing for the state
of New York to the amount, rs 1t Is SAID of
more than 10000 dollars annually. Those
who are IN the habit Ut reading the EXccu-
tive organ, the Globe and other papers under
its control, will observe that when any new
measure of policy Is about being adopted by
the consprators, they frequently cause the
project To be started ~ the columns Of some
distant subordinate paper, which Is then copIud
into the Globe und JdrOraJiy commented Oh
Uy the Editor or other members Of the kltCh-
en- Cabinet, who write IN its columns. The
rue Is thus given to the whole one hundred
and fifty hired presses Of the Executive, and
they immediately commence advocating the
let II be what II viii. The Globe .
then Bgain comes out with n series oi cX.
tracts rom these papers, from every part at
the Union. to shcw that public opinion Is
n favor of the measure proposed.-And rs
tic Globe ~ sent to all The postnastcrs III
hc country who are bound to promote the
news of their master Amos Kendall, they OF
course take especial care that 1t has a good
circulation with those they think will be ga
slcs, dupsd by it's trIckcry. Besides the
u thousands of extras printed and circulated
through the cOuntry,at mere nominal charge
and IN many instances without Giy charge
" uhatevcr--and as most uf the readers arc not
lware of the position oiihc pap, rs from which
he extracts alluded To are made, they really
think that there Is strong CURE nj oi 'Pu6hc
opinion" ~ favor of some measure thus pro-
in reality, there had not per.
iaps been a single unbiased voice raised IN
is favor. This Is the species OF "pubhe oPin-
ion" Mr. Ingham Informed MIR. Bddlc was
The sat,sf guide, in absence ot other proof, to
cst the truth OF the charges brought against
The Bank.
The writer was Informed n year or two
since by gentleman, that on trip through
The Interior of Pennsy lvania he observed a
Globe newspaper Mt nearly every tavern he
stopped nt-and that lac made 1t a rule to
inquire of every landlord M what way he re.
,cived the paper In a great majority Of
,ascs he found they were furnished gistui-
ousy aud without beng asked for. The
unler has also been informed, that immense
lunbcrs are circulated ~ New lI,mpshlrc,
probably through the agency of Isaac lilll,
who hlmsclf mas edited n paper tihc N. III.
patriot.) ~ the service Of the government,
,nd received o very large sum yearly Tor
printing for the executive dcp,rtmenls-bc
,ldcs occasional extra allowances ior "blanks,
,sper and twinc," ~ proved before q com.