The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-10-15
HON. q, CUSHING's LETTER TO HIS
CONSTITUENTS,

!, lmprcsslvoly, we invite the attention of ou
Democratic and high-mnded readers to this inter
cstlng document, Its extreme length excludes III
appearance in our columns. Many OF the facts
too, dyeloped in the course of its narrative part
have already appeared they confirm the wide ex.
, tended and just impression that the retiring men,
bers of the Cabinet falsifed and mystifed tho mo-
tves and conduct of the President, in relation to
the Bank question. These it is needless to re-
capitulate. They are before the public. But the
chief merit of this expose ofMr Gushing lies in this
serviency Of "the white Chares'' of the Wing
party, and the absolute despotism and pictorial
spirit eff their ambitious, reckless, desperate and
doomed master 1t indicates the course of Mr.
Tyler, but it gives death-blow to the character,
the prospects, and The hopes Of those subseryent
party tools, whether in the Senate Chamber or in
the House Of Representatives, and of their vile
myrmidons out of doors, who hope, by rs-estab-
isnng corruptable incorporation, ready at all
times to subserve their nefarious and selfish
schemes, and by an overthrow of the Constitution,
to ride into political power and influence. This
letter proves concluslvely that the Bank question
was not made one of issue before the people, pre-
vious to the last presidential election and further
that, during the extra session. the ultra Bank men,
The tools Of HENRY CLAY, y" taking for granted
the rery thing TO be prored,' were induced "to
expend all their efforts in arguing the false idea,
that the question must not be looked ino or exam
ined at ALL" "Ther minds dominated by this
sophism, and haring adopted as the rule of their
o,cn action the theory Of the degeneration Of rea-
son, and self satisfaction which it implies, it is not
strange that they assumed the same rule as ap-
picable to the President"
And here we pause for what an exposure is
not made of the Infamous conduct, the sinister mo-
tives, and prOspectively niquitOus designs of the
mongrel amalgamation ofall the heterogeneous fac
tons which have ever distracted, convulsed, and
even shaken to its very foundation the glorious SUI
perstructure of HUMAN FREEDOM, reared by
our Fathers of the Revolution, but ccmened,
brought into shape and form, and rendered capa-
bic OF withsanding foreign and domestic batteries,
by the sagacity, philanthropy and universalism of
Jefferson and of the Democratic Republican fam
lily
How can Mr. Gushing, or Mr. Tyler, still wish
for the continuance Of "WHIG" principles -
Prob pudor
We have only room for the conclusion of Mr.
Cushing's able letter. lie is graphic and true
and we hope to recognize HIM shortly in the ranks
of the honest lovers of his country.
"The veto power has been sigmatized as one
man power. BY the fathers of the republic it was
Constitution it has been constantly defended, as
a needfu check on, not only unconstitutional or
usurping acts Of the two houses of Congress, but
in general on all improper legislation whether i'm
proper by intrinsic defects Of whatever sort, or by
attendant haste of faction.
| And if there be any description of bill which
more than any other, requires mature cOnsidera-
ton, and when apparently unconstitutional, jus-
fies the interposilion of the suspensive power of
the President, surely it is one which proposes 10
trust to private corporation jurisdiction over The
currency by an act irrepeaable.
If to clear the way for Bank, or for any other
object. this suspcnsive power of the President over
bills, this one-man power, is to be struck from the
| Constitution, why not go to the root of the mat
ter at once, and strike from the Constitution other
parts of the one man power, which are at present
among the functions Of the Executive
In fact, it is proposed in that document to do
this for example, to give to Congress jurisdic-
ton over removals from office and administration
of the Treasury.
DO this-take away the veto, so as to leave the
power Of Congress unchecked, that is absolute
for all libety exists by means of checks on despo-
tism-abandon to it not only the law making pow
er, but the appointing power and tho money power,
and where stand the liberties Of the people of the
United Sates' Nomnally in the hands Of Con-
gress, really in those of an unchecked and untem-
pered majority Of Congress nominally in the
hands prescribed by the Constitution, really in
those of heated and despotic party caucus ; nom
inay in the responsible hands of the Senate and
House, really in the irresponsible ones of some
one man behind the scenes, wiedinstho Govern
mcnt through tho caucus.
want no such Government. The dark shad-
ow Of its threatened coming is enough for me-
Save the country from this despolism Of Congress
on the one hand, as well as that of the Executive
on the other, by continuing to each of the partition
Of powers as the Constitution provides.
When ard how did the scheme of an Eracu-
tire Congress come TO be the platform of the
Whigs'
These new articles Of the party seem TO me to
resemble The codicils TO the will Of Caesar which
Mark Anthony was continually finding, or the ai-
di,iona chapters Of pretended revelation which
Nlahomet was accustomed to produce, erpedicnts
to meet the emergency of the hour.
The English Commonwealth tried the expert
ment of government by legislative assemblies, bal
anccd by no Executive check, and was glad enough
to escape from 1t into the arms of the mider des-
potism Of Oliver Cromwell.
The French Republic tried 1t, and after finding
that its operations was to enable one party chief
after another, backed by clubs and caucnses, 10
ercise, irresponsible 10 law, such bloody tyranny
as the world never saw before, was content to well
come instead the enhancement Of Napoleon Bona
parte.
NV friends let us devoutly thank God for the
happier Government he has given TO us, and dis
carding all the perous novelties, the hot-bed
growth of temporary party passion, sprnging up
gourd-ke in night to wilt and perish in the first
sun-repudiatlng these ncw-Gngled whmseys, let
US cling with fond affection TO the Constitution
whose foundations were cemented by the blood of
our fathers, and which in so many vic,sstudes of
fortune, has proved TO be the ark of salvation to
our blessed Union.