Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-05-26
THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED.

We copy The following considerations from the
N. Y. Courier aud Enquirer. The suggestions
are such us should he constantly borns III MUD by
every body.
1t is lending ect Of the Loco(oco presses and
POIiticiuus to taunt the Wings with having failed
10 fulfil their promises to the people during the po-
cal campaign of 1910. The pre- sses OF this city,
aud the Evening Post especially, make this false
hood the staple of nearly all the dd cdpfdndum
winch they are daily boiling forth 20 Their readers,
and they would really run short of raw material
for denunciatiUn against the Wing party if they
were deprived of tins, their avoritr stock in trade.
But, though these editors are living principally
upon one idea, they see the necessity of SO vary
ing the words in which they smother The main
thought as TO give little verbal variety TO the ev-
erlastiug saneness of the material from which
they labrcute.
| The fling at the Wings for the failure to carry
ON the principles upon which they elected Gen.
Harrison to the Presidency is not only false, but
| pary. 1t is pnltry, because lhose who make the
charge know, us well as we know ourselves, that
the ~ hig party was in power but single month,
+ aud that at tie eud of that time, traitor 10 all
their principles, 10y an inscruable dispensaton Of
God providence, caalc into office, aud commen-
ced at the game which las not only thwared
all the plans proposed by the party for relieving
! the country from the evils brought upon it by tho
| administrations Just overthrown but he actually
threw himself into the arms OF The enemy, aud
| rendered it impossible to fulfil the promises which
! we are now charged with having violated This
truth is palpaUle ard so fresh in the minds OF
! every intelligent man in The country, that it
really supererogaton TO produce formal proofs Of
it, or to euumerae the Instances in which the ac-
cdenlnl Executive has rendered aboriive the cur
dina measures of the party that elected him to the
| position which lett him The chance 10 do evil. The
| Wings believed the establishment of II National
Bank TO be essential 10 the financial welfare OF the
country and they proceeded at once to the eslab.
! A. a
1t, far as both branches OF the National Legis-
| laure had the power 10 do it. Mr.. John Tyler's
| conscience, which appears from the beginning
made OF Locoioco material, interposed its veto,
and that grent remedial measure was taken out of
our hands. Our party promised other and cardl-
nal meliorutions of the misgoyernnent that had
been blighting the prosperity of the country for
| twelve years. and they, TOO, fell under the Exec
utive ban. Labor us they might Tor the benefit OF
tho people, John Tyler was ready at every point
! TO thwart them and render their efforts nugatory.
In shOr, it becuine impossible for the peoples
representatives 10 do any thing-out of the ques-
lion 10 eglsIate TO any advantage so long as ,hai
deadly incubus hung Oh the body polite; for il
was very soon found that il was even useless 10
! shape act al To meet the wishes of the act
ing President AT any given point of time, for nei
| iher he himself nor members of Congress knew
! what his mlnd was from one day TO another.
A bill might be drawn to-day in strict conform
| ity with his expressed will, aud Tomorrow he
would threaten To veto it. One law actually pass
ed both Houses which had previously received
his express sanction may, was partially drawn up
| in his own hand writing and yet when il was sent
to HIM for his signature, the creatures that We're
around HIM hal no difficulty in persuadng him to
relsrt! The opposition party WIS OF course rendy
to take advantage OF this treaCherOus inbecllIty
on the part of MIR. Tyler and 20 give SORT OF
seeming sanction 10 his course Ii was convent
eilt lraason Tor them, however deeply they might
| tIin ttav saui f MA
though they had large majority in Congress- had
less than two.llllrls, aud OF couise, without The
signature OF the man acting as President, no bill
could become law. This was the state of things
MS soon MS Gen. Harrison died. and The Locofocos
IRE as well aware of il us we are ourselves and
still they have the cool mpudence TO launt the
Wing parry of the Uuiled States with non-iul-
ilment of their promises TO the people, who, we
tell them, these circumstances III their true
light, and will so tell the demagogues as soon as
! the real issue can be nude up aud decided at The
ballot boxes. Ii Is quite true that the paralysis
which such mountains OF treachery us the man
whom they had nalc Vice President and loriuit-
Gus circumstances had permitted 10 become Chief
! Magistrate, had exhibited, prevented them from
coming To the polls Oh ninoI questions OF public
concernmenl, hut lei The vital question be placed
before them let The Wing and Locofoco candi
dates for the Presidency OF this Union come up for
the expression of their choice, and the result will
| not be doubtful.
We have showed that the Wing Congress had
been unable 10 carry out any OF Their leading meas
urcs for which they were elected aud which the
people expected nj their hnnds, in consequences OF
! the ireachery OF the indiyi ual upon whom the
Executive office had unfortunately Gevolyed. But
those who believe the Government was lnsttuted
aud should be administered Tor the benefit of The
governed, will find in the measure of retrench
nsnt adopted by The last Congress, and which the
Z" constitutional fact could not defeat, without at
| the same time cutting off the supplies that were
necessary 10 carry On the Government, evidence of
that convincing aud practical nature that comes
home 10 all, of the patriotc principles which con.
lrolled The actions of the Wing minority ind Of
the good faith with which they acted. IL is easy
TO pirate Of The public welfare aud OF regard Tor
the interests of the people, but it is from their
practical action Mat the sincerity OF men is TO be
Judged, and their true principles ascertained. The
l.OcolUco party came into power under the pledge
TO introduce economy and relrenchment in the I'D
minisraoh~6f the Government, and carried out
their pledge by raising the annual expenditures OF
the Government from thirteen TO thirty seven mil
lions Of dollars per annum
The appropriations in the four years OF Van
Buren's Presidency amounted TO one hundred and
thirty three millions three hundred and forty
thousand dollars; averaging over thirty three mil
lions three hundred and thirty six thousand dol
lars per annuin. The liabilities OF the Treasury
on the 4th of March, l64l, certified by the Reg
lister of the Treasury, S35, 527 1923 90 TO pay
which there was on hand only $500 055 81 leav-
ing an ncumbrance 10 the Wing Congress
1874, Cos, 2S9 ~ sum greater than the whole
amount of the receipts into the Treasury, from
every source during the two years the Wings
were in possession OF the legislative power. With
the resources Of the country thus mortgaged, the
Wings set themselves to work to introduce econo'
my intv the public affairs, and TO reduce the pub
lie expenditures 10 such SUN as should be suffi-