Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-17
V o l.. XIII. NO. ga


usefulness ends. Beyond that thew ," u
come destructive Of public virtue, the " w.
ents of spirit antagonist to that of Iibsr'
and. eventually, its inevitable conquero,
F We have examples of RepubIics wSa.
the love of country and of liberty, at W.
time, were the dominant passions of %'
whole mass Of citizens. And vet, NJ; Wv
the continuance of the name and forms y,
free Government. not vestige of ths~a
qualities remaining in the bosom of ~"
one of its citizens. 1t was the beau6fS
remark of distinguished English wr,s,
that "in the Roman Senate Octavius b.!
party, and Anthony party, but Ii.
Commonwealth had none"
Yet the Senate continued to meet in,b
Temple of Liberty, to talk of the sacrrI
ness and beauty of the Common yeaLS
and gaze at the statues of the elder Brup,
and OF the Curtii and Decii.
And the people assembled in the fopn
not as in the days of Camillus and ii,
Scipios, to cast their free votes Tor anpp,I
Magistrates or pass upon the acts Of h.
Senate, but to receive from the hands n
the leaders of the respective parties The,
share of the spoils, and to shout fer On.
or the other. as those collected in GAM
or Egypt, and the Lesser Asia, wopS
furnish The larger dividend. The spin
of liberty had fed, and, avoiding be
abodes Of civilized man, hac soueh M
lection in the wilds of Scythia or Scam.
navia; and so, under the operation 9th.
same causes and influences, ii will 4,
from our Capitol and our forums. Aa
1amity so awful, not only to our couur
but the world, must be deprecated BY Ell,
ny patriot, and every tendency to a Sta.
of things likely to produce it immedaev
checked. Such tendency has existed
does exist.
: Always the friend of my coun!fvma
f never their faterer, it becomes nv dub
, to say to them from this high place b
, which their partiaiity has exalted me- lha
there exisss in the land spirit hostile u
their best interests-hostile 10 liberty D..
self. 1t is a spirit contracted liz its views
selfish in its Object It looks to aggrant
, izement of few, even to the destrucliul
, of the interests of the whole. The entira
!, remedy is with the People. Something
, however, may be effected by the means
which they have placed in nay hands,
1t is unior that ave want, not of part
for The sake of that patty, but a union Z
; the whole country for the sake Of b
. whole co1ntry-for the defence Of ills i
terests and its honor against foreign g
gression, for the defence OF those primo
pies for which our ancestors so gIoriou
| ly contended.
/ AS far as it depends upon me it Sha
!, be accomplished. All the influence ID.
I possess. shall be exelted to prevent tb
FORMATION at least of an Executive party
1.-THE halls of the Legislative body. wH
for the support of no member of that boiJ
S Ito any measure OF mine that does mol 2
$ isfy his Judgment and his sense of dutys
: those from whom he holds his appoD
a tnent nor any confidence in advaGn
r from the People, but that asked fol b
: MIR. Jefferson, "to give frmness and t
f ect 10 the legal administration of the5i
: fairs.
j.. ] deem the present occasion suficrt
f ly important and. SOLEMN TO justify Die !
e expressing to my feflow-citizens pr
: found reverence for the Christ ian Rel!
= zion, and thorough conviction that sOua
/ moral, religious liberty, and a just secs
of religious responsibility, are essential
u fconnected with all true and lasting hay
r piness :: and to that good Being who b
:, blessed US by the gifts of civil and ri
: gious freedom. who watched over 8
! prospered the labors of our Fathers, 4.
{ has hitherto preserved to us institUrS
!, far exceeding in excellence those ofM
e other people, let US unite in ferAay
e commenting every interest ct our below"
;. country in all future time.
Il FelIow-citizens: Being fully invest
l. with that high Office to which the pafT
: ity of my countrymen has called ns
e now take an affectionate leave Of you
IS You will bear with you 10 your bens
n the remembrance of the pledge haEen
II day given to discharge all the hig b d1aa
g of my exalted station, according tothe D
It of my ability; and ! shall enter 0r
IS their performance with entire conhdd'
lie in the support of a just and generously
N pie.