Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-03-18

MIA EplroR:-in the Vermont Telegraph Of April
oath, under the odlnrial. head. | noticed the following
statement "A reLnke fron tie KING Ct Kings has been
uttered. and the nations IDOL beth ioe.' would ask,
i, il evidence HAT one Of our citizens is idolizcd by the
nation because he has been elected 10y the sufirages Of
a large majority oil re freemen OF these states. 10 the
iirhcs, office in their gli!l Or is 1t evidence that our
Chs. Magistrate was the it9l OF the nation, because
God, IN his holy pleasure, has seen ut TO remove him
from US by DEATH or is il because the nation Is dress
cd in deep mourning on learning his decease' Yam
one Of the above circumstances, or all of them toge'Iler,
make out a satisfactory proof Of the editors statement
! think every candid person must say no. For we can
no, discern he precise obloct Of Heaven in visiting
this nation vain SO deep an atlliCiion; we can only say,
"lor SO it secmc,h good 10 thy sight"
Was Washington the nations idol, when he received
n like almost unanimous vote for the highest political Of
fee in tie tgil ofmarl Or was the deep mourning of the
nation, so uuIyersaity manifested al his death, consider
Cd idolatty1 Both ,bese men have been thus elevated,
because tho people discerned in them, traits Of charac-
ter, and qualities Of mind. well calculated to do honor
and justice 10 the important station for which they
were elected.
Many traits Of character, general views OF govern
meni, military and civil services to the nation, 1t is be-
lIeved, meet more fully in these two elevated men than
we have yet seen in either of our othe. presidents
We revere their memory for their works sake, not as
Idols otthe nation.
We are further told, under the same head, "By an
unprecedented Pr, rideaee the people hare placed a slare
hoider IN the Presidential chair;' and that 'ehrishoE
aboi.tionistS uninicHiionaHy pofed FIR a Shareholder 10,
Presideni, anil God. IN hs righteous anger. has gre,
them one We are told, also, "hhat Mr. Tyler IS q
man ,chose heart, by eUery fibre, rs linked 10 The isSiitu
hoHs among trhicA he has aicdVs heed; ,ehost soul goe!
oni IN sympathy far The lord Of The tcrce and coto,
bale, By all the deep rooted prejudice Of early impress
IONS &c. &c.
would ask again. Mr. Editor, what evidence have
we that this evidence Of God. in removing our Chic
Magistrate by death and thereby elevating another IL
fiji his place, IS so highly marked with "%riehteous an
GER it is true we are IN many respects a sinful ma
7 ton, and more parliclarly so in that san Of SINS, Siarery
Blu, God is m-rciiul, and lie may, for aught we know
bring about the greatest good by This solemn trans
J itioa. The same Advise providence gave and re
. moved from Us n Washington, by far a much create
slave lu.1sr Than Mr. Tyler. Who that has read Mar
shalts lie Of Washington, on any other authentic his
! tory of that distinguished ma. viii for a moment be
y lieve that God raised h'n up IN '~girhtcous anger Il
the nauonl WI. !a not rather believe that II wa
7 greatly To bless this nation, that God gave him 10 US
g We therefore should not PREJUDICE the present occu
pant OF the chair Of slate, who, 1t is true, has com
there from a slave holding state, and IS, no doubt,
partakcr in the sins OF slavery. Let US wait the devel
opcment OF his public course, before deciding so has
lilly, that God, IN his providence, has set HIM over u
in "righicOHS amer" We shall agree in dcprecatiu
the sin OF slavery. But | am far from making up m
mind that no good thing can come out of Nazareth,
s or politically out OF Virginia. And | hope we shhl
c not condemn unread, unheard, untried, unreported, AM
. unknown, what NAV be, or what may not be, IN
public acts Of Mr. Tyler, who proyldenially, as beior
II remarked, is now our President. But rather let u
d give him a fair trial. Then we can judge and decld
n with more fairness, whether his soul goes Ouf mo.e flH
for HE iord oc The ice neree and cotton bale, than
does for the equal rights Of all.
-Four short years will decide, whether he is the Pre-:
"a identofthe people or the party, either political or sec
tarianal. Let us have the evidence spread before ~
IS by his public course, aad then, and not until ihen.mak
II up our minds.
OSE or THE LATE COLLEGE o. ELEcToRs.