Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-01-25
Dcmagoguism-ilr. Van Buren,.

DCmagOguism-iilr Ian Buren,.
4 Mr.. Brownson, Editor Of Brownsoh's
Review, thus characterizes the despotic
Jacobn Club, which manages the Van
Buren, party, and seeks to control the
Democratic party
"Selfishness, thus, becomes time-ssr
rcr seeks not for truth and justice, but
TOR what is popular asks not What is
rigai but simply, What will the People
say 1t has no opinion of It's own. IL
runs aihwart no popular prejudice; tr"ads
on none the Peoples corns is non
romminaI on all points on which the pub
! lie mind has not declared itself and Is
tolerant to all incipient errors, for they
mag become popular tomorrow. 1t ~
| prudent, sleek, decorous. 1t has no
rough edges, no angular points, aud
! thrusts its elbow into no mans ribs. Its
| face has IA settled smile, and its voice is
soft, gentle insinuating. II is fee from
I,,ape, from hurry aud 'bides its time III
IT fails to-day it will succeed Tomorrow
The sober, second thought Of The peo
ple,' will Sc, all rght-and place II al
lie iop ofMe ladder."
!, Wen may the writer add-"We dra"
here no fancy sEetch. We re,unhappiIy,
painting from the life
IN
"This system, five have rightly learn
ed il, and we have learned It from the
intimate personal associates n Me distin-
puished man nho is al resent lis most
biHidm representative, is IN substance
this In n Republican Government eve.
ry thing must be done 10y means of party
Our first effort, therefore, must be to get
and to keep, our party IN the majority
We must never oppose any measure IKE
" to throw it, or to keep /, IN the mInorl
lily. Having determined that all
is to be done by and through party, and
that Our primary duty Is t" labor for the
organization aud ascendency Of our par.
.tv, the next thing to be insisted on is, f.
dcity to the patty and strict adherence
io lis usage-the surrender OF all mdi-
yidual opinions, convictions and prefer
cnceI, To the decision at the party, (which
decision be it understood, IL always to
!, be effected 10y the aforesaid poililclans
who have hold of the crank. Thi>
throws the whole business into the hands
of central committees, and deprlves the
great mass olcitzcns Of all free voice III
lhe determination ofm- assures ar IN the
selection of candidates. To keep the
ranks Of the party full TO prevent mem.
hers from breaking away and asserting
their independence, appeals are no"
made 10 the loves, and most corrupt pas
Sinus Of the human heart. The IndlNidu.
al who shows himself little uneasy or
4 disposed To kick at the party traces,
,uusi be denounced, thrown over, and
declared to be an enemy, and no lonae,
cnil,led 20 the confidence Of the party
ri Thus men must he kept IN the party, and
faithful 10 It's usages, decisions, and meas
ures, but through fear, that, if they as.
sert their Independence, they will lose
their share Of The 'spoils.'"
\ Mr. Brownsnn then goes directly al
Mr.. Van Buren,
h "And here, we must be permitted TO
say, is a strong reason why the Aneri-
can people should pause and deliberate
long, before elcvating Mr.. Van Buren
Fl to the high Office from which, in 1910,
they so Indignantly elected him. IL
canno, he denied that Mr.. Van Buren,
is The most conspicuous representative Of
| Mis system Of pariy management, in this
/ country. The system itself has been
! perfected, and to no inconside'able eX
tent, was tounded by him and his near
immediate political associates. lie is
| intimately connected with it ores 10 IL
! all Me political elerdiion he has erer re-
ceired, and relies on Il alone )or his res
tordiion 10 The Presidency lie has no
! hope but in lis influence /; his restoration
| would, therefore, be direct sanction ol
| the system by the American people, and
! 90 far towards fastening 1t upon the
! country beyond the reach Of future re-
! dress. In this view of the case, the re-
election of Mr.. Van Buren,, whatever
! his personal worth, would be danger
Gus precedent, and most serious public
calamity"
/ In speaking of Mr.. Van Buren's de.
(ea, in 1910, Mr.. Brownson says;
II llSu, "Io s''Vo Wy WI
\ Van Buren,, and made no inconslderablc
sacrifices to sustain him, felt that all was
no, lost nay, that the gain might, pos
| slb|y, in the long run, oyeIbaIance the
loss. Mr. Van Buren,, they felt, was
I out Of the way, and this, in itself, was
no trinug gain. Hope sprung up a(resh,
and, IN the buoyancy of their hearts
they were disposed to treat him with alt
tenderness, TO tread lightly on his faults,
to forget the injuries he inflicted on the
| Republican cause, and To magnify, as
much as possible, his virtues and public
| services. But the re-ap2caranceI
of Mr.. Van Buren, on the stage changes
the whole aspect of affairs. lie comes
not alone, but as the chief of a band,
which the country had devoutly hoped,
was dispersed, never To be collected
again. lie comes as he representative
/ Of The same old corrupt and corrupiing
system Of party tactics, Joilo,oed by heI
same srom Of greedy spOiismen, w'th
ihc;r appetite for piunder shupcncd by hcI
icw years abstinence they hare been forced
a. D II "A II.