Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-11-23
THE CAUSE or nEEr,r

ing Of the resol, Of The election IN ia, g, ''s
thc Wings The following deserved rar.,., =. vi
"1he disastrous results ofthe late ei,,,.--
deeply engrasen on tho minds OF ever - u,
manifest that nn'hing bot the t,cp. d''oR
cradle apathy OF The Wings has cap,ci {, e. a
lcled defeat" ''A faz
Such Is the testimony from nearly cr,-, O.
which the iocos have la'aly ,iiumphcd y,
ing to exercise the great aud tlo,,np, n, sd. -
American at the ballot hoy, csprcisli, -
,eresi of his bleeding coun,ry demands a., -
forts of It's friends 10 from an evil r,,,,.,,
,han desPo''sm Itself, is political e,,,.
which there is no forgiveness. Wbich er,n,
OF ,ardy, snall-souled frcemcn would ,on,.,,,
ever declared the privilege Of voting Wa,
would not maintain hts ground 10 the ln.t. ,,,,
should be disputed And yet, OF whit ,,i..
right To the three hundred ilious and dc',,... ~
voters who have disRraced themselyc, and Is
our country to another NAL Of the horrors rt,
by falling to exercise III Is not every s,,,,. ~,
triumph peeled on, by the exud Y enemies of a..
can liberty over their temporary success. a 60,
each man who stands accused OF havn, r,,...
state Of ihingsi now that the cons,oo...
shameful conduct are staring him broad j, III. 4,
will he not feel those reprolfs' lfhe loo, ,.,
| deserves TO be DISTINGUISHED, denied his o,, 81
teemed traitor. An immense number ID IT.
every State have seemed TO regard the g,e, -,
struggle in this country between Repubi,sn,r -
practical DeNoism As childish, uurnpoiAni o,,
one in which no interest of theirs wa, ln,o,.l :.
one in which they might engage or lie, alone a, 81.
sure; and even the cravings Of hunrcr and III,
versal complain, Of hard times. which t,cy Aer,,
have as often repeated as any ono, DO hot scem,o,
awakened any permanent suspicion in their mind, d,
for long series of years something has bpen radical
wrong in the administration of poycrnmcpr r
freely join in the complaint and point 70 The cad
verses in their private affairs as corroboroto,
truth, but are either too stupid to comprehend me Inn.
ducing cause or too indolent dcplorablv 10 p,c IN,
power in their hands to remedy the evil. Br nm.
usual effort, their Emphatic iempcramens were e,c
ed to percep,lble animation in the las, presleuA I'M,
and the consequence was, the Wings swep, the uno,
from Maine 10 Florida, leaving scarcely vestgc d
loco focoism behind to dsfgure the face Of the coyal
Then they hoped-and properly hoped-lur resiora.as
from tho fall bu, an inscrutabe providence Jemoyr,
him on whom they had placed their political hopes al
devolving the momentous concerns of bis Office uya
one who in the frs, instance bascly deceived ID
friends as TO his principles, and in the second ust
their hopes by an arbitrary exercise Of quesuomt
power, together with intestine divisions and The Of
currence of many unfortunate local ovcns, has OF
meniarily palzied the living energy Of those who pos
sessed it, and cast, il possible, deeper than naur
lethargy upon the stupid thousands who in out ocer
State elections have deprived the ballot box and
| country OF their votes And thus il is-d mcqgrc p
jul minority-a ,sretched ghosAy opparinoa ofha, ?,
iy who nearly thirteen years ago elevated the found
of locofocosm TO the presidential chair, is able al
present time TO ride rou2hshod over tie recks Of
people and trampe the very Constitution itself UNI
| foot.
Bot the time is Fastening when all may be retire
and the plundering robbers Of The country receive h
everlasting quie,us. Blu, on the three hundred h
sand delinquent Wing voters depends the result 7
experience of the pas, has taught lesson which '
not be forgotten, TO the value OF Virginia abstracts
ism. II was but miserable and unfortunate game
hazard that led 10 the nomination of one Of this chi
ac,cr for the vice presidency. Had the Wings
they ought to have DONE disdaned to stoop to count
favor and vote Of Virginia by selecting candid
STEPPED in her peculiar politics, John Tyler wo
never have been nominated and the mass Of sol
| would never have been deceived into the belief that
was Wing by the fact of his nomination and
grea, measure of the Wings would not have been
fea'ed But we shall soon see whether popular ioc
nation has brought him to his senses tho BAN qn
ton and the rights Of the people Congress asemt
in two weeks, and we have the promise Of the pr
dent that he will bring forward concii'i
measure substitute for the vetoed fiscal agent
The Wings will in no wise be litigarious about It's
visions il there is decent prospect Of its being e
fetal, but we venture the prediction that he vii d'
the bone between the dogs and give the locos the P
having the meat on it.