Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-07-14

nately be adopted, not only will the power Of
the states he annihilaicd, but the whole power
ofthe nation be subjected To tho control of one
man. II our fathers resisted a iriliinp tax be-
cfuse they saw IN IL the elements OF an unlaw-
~ control. how much more should we resist
ihis bold attempt 10 establish despo,ism in
the consolidation of the whole power Of the ma
tion.
Alter the resolutions had been read Mr.. Adj
ans made some remarks IN support OF them,
partly as he remarked, becauss he was cit
zen OF this state and partly because he was
one OF the committee which reported them.
41n resolutions, Mr. A. said, set forth two
'loels. m the first pla~c, that we were in the
snitef fa greas political revolusion, and asc-
cndiy, that the enthusiasm Of the Immense
throng there present, showed that the people
oil vermont were enlisted heart and hand in
bringing IL 10 glorious issue. He said that
1t was not his intention to enter into any de-
tails, for he did not believe it necessary among
so intelligent an assemblagc: but he begged
leave to say that Vermont is now, and ai,cays
had been republican. She was so in the war
OF the revolution, and she had ever remained
so. While she had seen state afterstaie first
the Empire State, then thew Key Stone State,
and last the Bay State deserving her, she had
still stood firm and erect. The present assem-
bly, was most creditabe in his opinion, to this
state: the ireemen of Vermont had come up in
the majesty of their strength, and not they
alone. Thousands were with us from New
York: they had come up to mingle with us
their svmpathies and to promise their aid in
this great work of political reform. Mr.. A.
said that he noticed upon the banner at the
head of one ofthe county delegations the letters
o. X, and that he had asked an explanation
of their Specification. He learned that while
Gen. jackson was president, he was in the
habit OF marking those bills which received his
approval with these letters, as the initials of all
correct: but he said that the feelings and judg-
ment OF the people now gave TO them the more
significant meaning of 10 Kinderhook. One
remark more, said he, and have DONE We
have been engaged in three revolutions the
first when we achieved our freedom from the
crown of England; the second, when we es-
tablished the present constitution and the third
will be complete when we have succeeded i'm
reducing and expelling the Arabs who have
taken possession of the White House, and pla-
cling there the distinguished Hero of Tippeca-
noe. | feel convinced said Mr.. A., that this
mighty gathering of the people and their over
flowing enthusiasm on this occasion are found
upon the deep felt conviction that, Republi-
canism is the most glorious principle that can
animate the breast ofman, next TO that ofchris-
tianity. BY it, said he, every honest man
would wish to live, and to die. And here, in
this aroused state of the public feeling is
force which will put down the whole army of
office-seekers that Van Buren,, Kendall, Devil
and all can produce. You all know, said he,
the measures adopted by the present admins
fration: their sole ruling principle is sel6shness
and the only object OF their efforts is the con-
solidatiOn of power in order to fix themselves
above and beyond the reach of the people:
for their success in doing this, the psOple
must, and they will answer. The importance
of the present struggle does not cease with
the next campaign; if Van Buren, is again cleo
ted, he of course will appoint his scccessof in
humble imitation of his ''illustrious predeces-
sor," and we must then have in their turn
Calhoun, Benton and the whole tyrannical dy-
nasty. But he had no fears.-The whole will
now restore the government to its pristine pu-
rity.
After Mr. Adams had finished his remarks,
Mr.. Upham, of Montpelier, addressed the con-
venton, lie commenced by saying that al
though he had for years been in habit of adj
dressing the people in the courts of justice
and ia their political assemblies, never in his
life before had he thus seen the body of the
people of this state come up en- nasse To- sustain
their cause. He expressed his Joy at the sight,
and explained eloquemly and ably the object
of their thus coming together Although the
rights OF a sovereign state nave been torn from
her, and although the right of petition with ev-
cry other political immunity has been tram
pied in the dust, yet there is one right which
nothing can take from you, and that is the
privilege of thus discussing the merits of pub
lie men and public measures in your primary
assemblies. lie repealed with indignaiionthe
thought that the people were thus brought to-
oaf her he, els tltan inn nf
their own hearts. This assembly will make
another unnecessary for years. The ''powers
that be" know of your movements they see
the hand writing upon the wall, and they need
no Daniel TO read to them its Interpretation. !
The issue has been fairly joined between the
office holders and the people, and il was now /
time that the latter should take the matter into |
their own hands, vlndicate their rights, bring |
the government back 10 It's proper place. and !
drive the Tarquins from Rome. In conclusion
he said he would merely present the two can
didaies for President of the United States.
On the one hand, we have Van Bnren, the
tenant of the palace and the slave OF the rich;
on the other, Harrison, faithful, able, and
(what is a rare endowment at this day of po-
liiical corrupiion) unbendlngly honest, the
bold and powerful defender of the log cabin.
Which will YOU have The immense con.
course here interrupted Mr.. Upham with loud
cries of"Give ms the Log Cabin forever. Yes,
the speaker. but II is not the cabin
itself that we ask and our opponents fear.
The associations that are always connected
with these humble tenements of the poor, in
dusirF, honesty, and the most uininching in
leqriiy, these, and kindred virtues, il Is, that
Moreover, said he, they know that Gen. Har-
rison has another fbararfertss,cs ,k.v have |