Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-02-01

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their proper and natural level everything is TO be
again thrown into confusion, and are to be re.
plunged into chaos of wild and pernicous expert.
mens, simply TO signalize a rcmorsel(ss party
triumph in the consummaon OF a measure openly
at wal with every great practical inleres, ofihe
community
And 10 this would be added, natural and nee.
ossary connexion NIL tha, long train Of congenal
abuses which 81 ingloriousy illustrated The era of
Van Burcn's fori-,r administruion--mulii
schemes for extending Executive power and Pres
dcntial patronage profuse and prohigue cxpenJi-
lures OF public money and the IMMUNITY and pro.
lection offlithess public officers purchased BY the
merit of their party services new brood OF de-
huers of the Hoyis and the Harrises--a race,
the entire disappearance Of which since 1910 is
of the protound,st proofs Of - justice and ne
ccssiIy ofthc change then decieed by the people !
But it were vain 10 attempt an enumeration OF the
tecming abuses that must ever attend the funda-
mental hercsy of Mr. Vai. Burcn's political sys
lcm which instead of regarding government as a
high and holy trust for the country sees in it no.
thing but job to be administered for the benefit
Of party, Of which the President is the head and
grand almoner
Now, would ask, whn. is there to be nppre-
hended from Mr.. Clay's Election which ought TO
have the weight OF feather in the scale when
compared with the fatal and destructive evils, poi
,oning the vital element of republican freedom
and virtue as well as the essential sources of ma
tiona prosperity and happiness, which we have
every reason to believe would inevitably follow the
restoration of Mr. Van Burcn2 We shall, doubt
less have paraded before our eyes, in sterotyped
horrors the old and threadbare oppar,on of the
tariG the bank and distribution. On the subject
OF the tariff do not hesitate to say that Mr. CLAWS
creed developed in his recent letters, is IN every
respect as just, as sound and uncxceplionable as
that Of Mr.. Van Buren,: and his practice infinitely
better.
Mr.. Clay did not vote for or approve the tariff
of 1928, consigned to an odous celebrity, under
the name Of the bill of denominations, which Mr..
Van Buren, and his friends carried by their vol, $
1t is rather an unfortunate coincidence. consider
ing the professions of Mr. Van Buren,, that all the
tariffs which have been most complained Of in the
South owe their existence upon the statute book
to the votes of himself and his friends.
1t is no want of charity, then but the result OF
the most candid and deliberate consideration when
express the decided opinion that Mr. Clay is far
more to be relied upon for practical adjustment OIL
this delicate and complex subject, on the terms
just and satisfactory, to all sections of the Union
(harmonzlng their various interests by the golden
rule of moderation, which is the only pledge and
permanencc and stability in arrangement that may
be made, than Mr. Van Buren,. The wise and
temperate spirit so strikingy exhibited in his le
ters which have been recently given to the public
sustained by his well known influence with hi;
: friends, and his own high and unquestoned char
ac,cr for frankness and decision, is guaran
, ty which no portion of the nation will lightly re
n gard.
i With respect to the bank, if the country sha
II no rcuuceu IN n chnirn hefv een hp odious mn
u grinding Sub-Trcasury scheme and national IN
: sltulon of finance, properly guarded against tn
= abuse by the jealous restrictions of its character
/ well by vigIlent public supervision and contro
{ do not believe that the sober judgmcn. of tn
people under the pressure of such an alternative
d would find any cause of quarrel against thos
who, free from constitutional difficulties on III
" subject, should go for the latter, in preference
}, the former And so to the distribution of tn
u proceeds of the public lands that stands necessar
&c y and evidently adjourned as practical ques.io
and the revenues Of the nation, compared with il
a. expenditures aud engagements shall be in yer
n different situation from that in which they no.
" are. or are likely to be for years TO come.
'c My own individual opinions on these subiec
re have been often and fully stated that need n
& repeat them here. What mean TO say at presel
ID is that these are issues either hypocri,ica nr
W speculative, or neutralized by equal and opposn
TX considerations on the other side, and should n
iy divert the mind for moment from those high,
on and more urgent and vital questions. which a
the trne st of sound and correct decision in Il
his pending Presidential election. Those tests ha,
". already advened to. They are such as are inse
&C arably connected with the purity, character an
preservation of Government itself, and in n
ii. humble judgment are overwhelmingly conclus
he against the preentions of Mr.. Van Buren,.
II. As liule shall we permit ourselves, trust, to
o. Enlightened from our PROPHECY by the hollo
-e and incxpedent OF a senseless and arbitrary u
dis of party names. Those who are SO prone to ri1
N. the changes on the nomenclatures Of Federal
ed and Republican would do well to remember tn
h. they have men, reading and nquiring men, to de
la. with, and moi children Try Mr. Van Buren, al
If. Mr., Clay by any test derived from the au,heni
he history OF political parties in this country, or
m. the Standard of those great principles which ex
he in the essential elesens OF popular nsttuIio
he and Mr. Clay stands before the world the far belt
he republican Of the two.
Of In that great array and struggle Of the two pr
an ties ofthe country (iinong the most memorable
r. our hisiory) which arose out of the controver
pv. and war with England in 1912, where was n
III. Clay and Mr. Van Ruren2 Mr.. Clay gallant
in. leading the republican hosts IN the House Cf RI