Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-31


revolutions is restoration That al
these evils would be realised 10 the WI
dest extent, and in their most nnmltiga!e'
yirulence, ia the restoration of Mr.. VA
| Buren,, none can doubt who have been al
ten,ive observers of The selfish and yiciou
system of parry policy exempliEcd in IN
creed aud conduct of hiH,self and hi
friends, or who have not forgotten tha
memorable motto of party sagac city, 81
boldly embIazoned Oh iae shields of hI
chosen followers, which. in proclalmns
",o The victors belong the spoils of yicio
ry," shamelessly pointed to The Offices
and public trusts of The country as th'
righ;ful plunder of political warfare.
Bat, TO return 10 the remark have al
ready made. Could any thing mfllct {
deeper wound on the cause Of republican
institutions than such spectacle oflevit,
and instability on the par, of The constit
uent body as would be exhibited in the
restoration of Mr.. Van Buren,, after the
whelming condemnation Of his 'ad
ministratiOn pronounced by the almos
unanimous electoral voice of the country
but three short years ago? Would il mo-
render popular government Itself a "by
word and taunl' among the nations? In
1910 the American people, upon the full
lest and most deliberate hearing of both
sides of The political controversy--of the
friends as well as ofthe opponents of Mr..
Van Buren--recorded their votes against
him by such majority as never before
signalized the retreat of any minister from
power, and was TILL then utterly unparaI-
leled and even unapproached in the his,o-
ry of our Presidential contests. Of the
tweMy-six States composing the Union
he received the votes ofbut seven, and all
of these Except one) among the smallest
of the Confederacy of the 294 votes OF
the Electoral Colleges he obtained blu,
go; and OF the popular safrages, a ma
joriiy of Las, 900, out OF The free and en-
lightened citizens of America who voted
IN Inc election. gave III their accumulated
verdict against him. And yet. IN the So
lemn finding Of the great Inquest of The
body of the nation--while the echo of the
general voice which pronounced 81 h~e
not vet died upon The cara bold attempt
is made 10 induce the people TO luke back
their own settled and well considered
judgment, and, IN eleyating again 10 the
highest Office ofthe Republic The individ-
ual whom they had SO recently and de.
liberately deposed, pronounce a fragrant
sentence of qualification andincompeience
upon themselves. | know not in what
light other minds may view such a pro-
ceeding; but to me it seems a contemptu.
Gus sporting with The sovereign consiitu-
ency Of the counlry--a sheer mockery
and insult TO the public intelligence.
And by what means is Mr.. Van Blu.
rem 10 be again presented as the legitimate
and amounted candidate of the Demo-
cratic party? Not certainly by the will
of The great body of the party, who, we
have every reason 10 believe, deprecate
and depiore the madness and folly Of the
act, by the secret and invisible agencv OF
selfconsituted conclares and caucuses,
controlled with absolute sway by few
bold and adroit political managers. run
no risk in saying that if the individuals
composing the party throughout the Uni
on could be interrogated, upon the roir
dire, to say whom they would prefer as
The Presidential nominee of the party
three-fourths of them at least, and proba.
bly, far larger proportion, would unhes.
ltatingly declare their preference of some
new candidate. And yet, in utter con.
tempt OF the popular sentiment of the par
iy, and disdaInfuily rejecting the oaly e
quiiable as well as practicable mode q
arriving atthe will of the majority thro
the medium of a fair, equal, and uniform
popular representation of the NOMINATING
Convention, the friends of Mr.. Van Buret
holding on to that old machinery of part,
discipline and subordinalion, derived /,
them from the cunning order of The Jes
uhs through the bloody Jacobincal Club.
OF Revolutionary France, by which on,
VI WV oSu'O opiIHS are enabled IL
suppress the will and control the move
ments of vast and entire bodies of men
Imperiously declare that he, and he only
shall be the candidate Of the party. Is,
not time That honorable and patriotic men
as they respect the dignity of their ow,
characters, the privileges of freemen. an,
the sacred principles of Republican Gov
eminent. should unite in one generou
vlrtuous struggle to overthrow, effectuaI
ly aud forever. The tyranny of "a system
which, if now submitted TO, must finalI,
convert our noble popular institutions inf,
the worst Of all dominations--,hat of a,
unscrnpulously and sordid party oliear
chy.
And what are the wise and benisnan
measures of administrative policy which
are promised US as the fruits of Mr.. Va,
Buren's restoration ? A return to III
glorles and blessings of the Suh-Treasur,
sysiem-a renewed war upon the curren
sMr. Fox, in his History of James IL.