Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-09-14
- 80 ~ From the Nashville Union.
y y Letter Of Mr. Van Ruren.

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IS Letter Of mr.. van Buren. y
Mr.. Van Bwrn's response to TIE letter or n,
Tennessee Nate Commiitse, iaua ~ hin
to The Mass ltseiing Of tie l5iA IN.
saSt9nt. aa7ra ahY an a11t teifi4n aaitsria1iaa
/ The following patriotic letter from on.
Of our most distinguished country men, i.
50 full Of eloquepce and power, that moth.
Ing which we can say will add to its high.
y interesting character. . s''H
- LlsDrswALD, July 90, 1914.
Gentlemen-I have to thank Won fol
your kind invitation 10 attend in; IS m .et.
ing OF the Democracy Of Tennessee 4
be held at Nashville, on the 18th Of Au.
gust. -r .+, f,.
It will not, regret to inform you, be il
my power to be with YOU personally, bu1
you may rest assured that my best wishe.
will attend your noble efforts to re-estab.
llsh the ascendencN OF, Democratic princi.
pies in the councils of the nation. Thi.
is no. said from spirit Of courtesy only
but conveys the earnest and undisguised
sentiment Of my heart, which has Its
foundation in conviction that the success
of the men and principles you support i
esary for the welfare Of the country.
pinion Of. the character Of our candi-
aIes, including Tennessee's unassumina
and highly meritorious son, has already
been given 10 the public, and need not Ii
repeated. It is equally unnecessary tc
say that there is not among the numerous
friends Of those gentlemen, one who cher
ishes more disinterested desire for their
individual welfare, than do. There are.
besides, public interests involved in the
coming contest, which have claims upon
our consideration, fir beyond such as are
Of q personal character. ast''l9 A Is 'i
It is scarcely too much to say that the
permanent success or final overthrow Of
those distinctive principles for the admin
lstration Of the federal Government, which
constitute the Democratic creed, are sus-
pended upon the result of the appros CHI
ing election. Although Justly regarded as
the promised fruits OF our struggle for Ma
tional independence, il i lie errheless true
Chat those principles did not acquire that
influence in all the departments Of the
GOV eminent, to which they were 50 well
entitled, until after what was appropriate
~ called the civil revolution Of 1900; and
from that, day to the present, there has
been an uninterrupted struggle for their
expulsion from the foothold they had thus
acquired. In this struggle, So long con-
tinued and with such varied success, they
have had arrayed against them that active
and undying spirit, by which the conduct
anu Hs.'.n Of mankind has, at all times
regards the powers Of government az hEas| ..
applied when its benefits as well as its
burdens are tliffnsed among the whole
people III equal proportions, and by an i'm
partial hand, Although the luminous and
earnestly patriotic mind, ofTMr. Jefferson
e .erted principal agency in their con-
ception and successful diffusion, and al
though the public mind was strongly agi-
tated, by the establishment of the first
Bank Of the United States, and the prin-
ciples then ,avowed BY its leading advo-
cate, as also BY some Of the leading meas
ures Of the administration of the elder
Adams, vet the real character AMI practi-
cal tendency Of the conflicting principles
which have from the beginning been en-
tertained by the two great parties which
have divided the country since the estab-
lishment of the Fedora! Constitution, were
never 50 sthoroughly appreciated by the
great body Of people as during the admin
istralion Of. Gen. Jackson and that which
Immediately followed. 1ndiif,rent about
forms, but ever ANXIOUS, might even say
impatient, for results, and bringing to the
consideration Of every public question a
clear head, an honest heart and a truly IN
domitable spirit, that extraordinary man
carried out the principles Of his party with
SO vigorous hand, and dealt, his blows
upon opposing heresies with such rapidity
and fofce,' as not only to bring the parties
themselves to the closest quarters, but also
to lead all classes and conditions of men to
a more earnest consideration OF the prin-
,ciples and designs Of the opposing parties,
than had been before bestowed upon
The struggle thus produced reached lis
crisis in The course Of the four prece. irg
years. Never had the, masses of the
Democratic portion of the people, been
made 50 deeply sensible Of the objectiopal
character Of the doctrines which they had
hitherto opposed; and never before were
those who have at all times preferred a
government Of associated. wealth, 10 one
founded on popular sovereignty and prac-
ticabiy controlled BY the win Of the
masses, 50 thoroughly convinced Of the
necessity of immediate and efficient exer-
,tions to, save their cherished principles
from total overthrow. The conflict OF
such interests, and the collision of such
sentiments in wilderness Of free minds,
gave character to the contest, which,
though perhaps to be expectets will, i Is
hoped, never be repeated. Means which
will without doubt, in the course Of time
time, lose all their apologistss were BY our
adversaries brought 10 bear upon a pub'ic
opinion already to some extent unsettled
by many years Of severe political agitation
These were in the sequel powerfully aidet
4by arrangements in the business relation:
Il HE csu ,try, occasioncl BY unexampled
abuses Of Che credit system; which, though
they perva,led alb commercial nations, and
are now universally known TO have beer
ioecasioned BY individual improvidence ans
,mismanagemcnt, were at the time with tor
much s,iccess, attributed to. an. alledgeg