The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-11-04
Gus as could well exist between persons living so

Gus as could well exist between persons living so
remote from each other.
In the conduct of his administration he has not
departed from The principles which we held in COM
nl0n lilo has carried out, or has attempted TO
carry out, all the views and objects which were
avowed as the designs of the reformation Of gov
eminent, in 1910. He has refused to assist in
measures which are claimed by some to have been
among those objects, but which he and and thou
sands of others, deny to have been sn,h, In all
this, have found no cause for refusing to coll
linue such advice and assistance in The adnnistri-
lion OF the government as the President may re-
Qure and MS II sincere desire to promote the best
interests Of a beloved country, may enable me to
render.
These views and sentiments are presented 10
you, gentlemen, in explanation Of my position and
IN defence against the rrproaches which have been
cast upon me, for not resgning the office | hold
cannot lend mysclflo the vindclive feelings which
they and then associates entertain towards the
President: cannot be party to the torrent of Vi
tuperailon which has been poured out upon him.
| cannot consent to aid, in any manner, the sue
cess OF party which goes before The people, de-
handing that it may be inlrused with power, for
the purpose Of incorporating n National Bank. |
am not in favor of an alteration of the Constitu-
ton, to abolish the Executive power of returning
TO Congress, for their more mature consideration,
bills which may have passed in haste, or inadver-
lently, or upon mistaken principles, deny that
few and unimportant abuses of conservative and
suspcnsve power like this, even if they existed,
which in their nature must be temporary, furnish
any good reason for abolishing the power itself,
and leaving all legislation without check and with
out an opportunity loI revisal, 10 II multiludinous
congress. am not for distribution of the pro-
cceds of the land sales, when that distribution will
cause the imposition of taxes beyond the wants of
the government, merely to supply the very def
cheney it causes. Finally, viii not consent to
have any man forced upon me, as my candida
for the Presidency by associated clubs, to orcstal
the action o. a convention, or by the denuncia-
ions of personal parlizans. doubt not that this
exposition Of opinions will be deemed, by those
parzans, but continuation of the sin committed
in 1889, in having used my best cxciions TO pre-
vent the nomination Of Mr. Clay, at the Harris
burgh Convention. That sin has already been
deemed sufficient cause, by those assuming to
speak for the party in our slatc for pronouncing
sentence of accommodation against those who
committed it. With regard TO some, that sen
tence has been promulgated while i, is suspended
over the heads of Others. Freedom Of thought
and independence of opinion, in the choice of a
even before n nomination, have become
deadly crimes in the estimation of those whose Sc
verest reproach against their opponents, within a
few years, was then slavsE adherence to party,
aud their blind devotion to one man. So be it, A
party which commences with the prescription of
all who will not worship the same idol, at the very
time when it is seeking to gain strength and num-
bcrs 10 its ranks, gives us lore'asle of the Sheriff.
ces to be offered on the same altar when power
shall serve inclination.
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