Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-04-21
Mn. VAN buren, Now;., !.

Mn. Van BuREr The Nowieb~ ~
nal published in Chenango county, i" , 70
York. in defining its position y, y New
ent time, uses the following Just l.n e p'e'
with regard to Ex-Presiden: Van psuae'
Should that distinguished sta,esm ~ noFen
elected to the Presidency. it would ~ oe IT,
only a political. bu. grea, moral VIC; - not
speaking trumped-,ongued for The ,, ,M'0fy.
permanent triumph Of Democrat I ~: and
pies: p''hsE
"On the Presidential question !,
necessary 10 enlarge at this time. ~ a'
tional convention will undoubtedly n,' ~
us such candidate as every true rn'e s'
cra' can heartily support. And =, nsn %
convention we are willing to leavs wax
question for we have full con6der..@os
the patriotism Of the Democracy snS
are not SO attached TO any indiyidn aau We
we can readily yield our prelerencs ' 'a,
support the national nominee, if he !. .'a
man thoroughly imbued with JefTsrs,s;'
Democracy faithful, honest and ;o,a'a
misunderstanding his duties .n ''Ie'l'
ing the nerve and energy 10 learles., ' a
charge them. u'
"Such man we believe Mari, y
Buren, to be. He has been a,,achsdn
Democratic principles through a lono ~.
FIJI and brilliant career. He has ne,a IS, 1 .ss'
known 10 wave, or seek his own e,a,s' Yea
or selfish ends at the expense Of hon' a'eA
of his party. or by the sacrifice Of hi. w..
ciples. He was hurled from pows, p'a,
fron' any derelic,ion of principle, IT, III. aN
failure in fearless dircharge of bisdla'
ties; but combination of circums,a,'s
Which can hardly again occur. Hi, on.
mics seized hold Of the pecuniary emb,,
easements Of the times, which he had \,
hand in creating, and made them an ,,,n
sation against him and by unparalleled
exerlions, and mode of eleciioneerinc
disgraceful as it was unprincip!ed, .suecp.
ded in his overthrow And VIVA, has ho.,
the result! The history of the last f.,
years gives the answer. They promised
us improvement and better times :; and V,
further depression has followed their mle
Called together by no common priDcu|ed
union, their deliberations in Congress hsu
been charterized by weakness, cupidir,
imbecility and braw!s. alike 1isgracefuI
themselves and the national character. s,
disguised have the public become with hi
Wing reign Of imbecili,y and corruption,
that The universal opinion of The peopI.
pronounces its overthrow. The wisdom
and integrity Of Mr.. Van Buren, are nov
generally acknowledged Why not, then,
have the magnanimi,y to say SO, and re.
store him to The Presidential chair! W
believe that, by SO doing, The American
people would render an act Of Justice to,
man most unpreceden,y persecu,ed l'
his stern integrity and unwaverin. attach.
ment TO Democratic principles and a. III.
same time take an important step owarb
tional councils. Blu, This IS liia.ier I 'p
we are willing 10 leave to the assent
Democracy. and shall! cheerlully BONN
their decision; for the success of our prA.
ciples is of infinitely more Important
than the elevation of any man, howevu
pure, and intelligent and patriotic.
ESCAPE OF MuNRoE EDwARDs.-The Nr
York papers states that Munroe Edwards, Tho
celebrated forger, had jumped off The dock
Sing Sing, on Wednesday evening. the 5d
instant, and had not been seen nor heard 'fY
TO the time that the intelligence was despath
ed to the city Of New York. He bad bn
very unwel for two weeks, and on Wednss
day morning powerful cathauic was admir-
istered to him. and it is supposed that he n
been drowned, as he was in quite a wes!
condition.
Drags were employed during the Who'll
night I" see if his body could be found in"
river, but without avail.
PAPtNEAU.-This we'll known indr1aa
VIII shortly return 10 Canada He has been