Holly Springs gazette., 1844-02-02
VOLUME IlI---NUMBER Q

diScredH 10 the cause and very name of pop
ular government, than the reelection Of Mr.
Van Buren would be- after the signal and
Overwhelming majority by which he was. so
recently deposed from power, upon the full
lest canvass OF his measu urcs, policy and con-
duct
The host of vinliative passions which
follow in train of restored governments
the crowds of hungry retainers. pleading
he merit Of stservices. who press forward
10 claim the reward OF their fidelity, or m
demnity for sacrifices and losses incurred ia
the common cause the infatuated and per-
linacious attachment to ancient abuses-the
arbitrary and self wiIled habits nurtured In.
the former possession of power-the COM
mitment to favorite but perncious schemes
of policy, have all concnrred to give a sort
of proverbal currency to the remark of a
celebrated English statesman and historian.
that the worst and Isost dangerous Of all rec
olutions is Restoration* That all these
evils would be realized to the widest extent,
and in their most unmitigated viru!ence, In
the restoration of Mr. Van Buren, none can.
doubt who have been attentive observers of
the selfish and vicious system of iar.v poll
cv exemplfied in the creed and conduct of
himsel and his friends. or who have for
gotten the memorable motto of party rapaci-
tv, SO boldly emblazoned on the shields of
! his chosen followers; which, In procIaim-
ing 80 the victors belonging the spols OF
victory" shamelessly pointed 10 the offices
and public trust ofthe country. as the right
full plunder of political warfarel
But to return to the remark [ have al
I,v CanII
deeper wound on the cause of Republican
institutions, than such spectacle of levity
and instability, on the part ofthe constituent
| body, as would be exhibited in the res.ora-
ton of Mr. Van Buren, after the overwhel-
ming condemnation OF his administration,
pronounced by the almos: unanimous cleo
toral voice of the country but thsee short
years ago2 Would it not render popular
government itself "byeword and taunt"
among the nations2 In 1910, the Amer-
can people, upon The fullest and most delib
rate hearing of both sides of the political
| controversy, cf the friends as well as of the
opponents of Mr. Van Buran, recorded
their votes against him by such majority
as never before signalized the retreat ofany
| minister from power, and was till then Ut
terly unparalleled, and even unapproached
10 the history of our Presidential contests
Ofthe 20 States, composing the Union. he
received the votes of but seven, and all o.
these Except one) among the smallest ofthe
confederacy-ot the 249 votes of the Elec
torial Colleges, he obtained but sixty. and
;. Of the popular suffrages, majority of l45.
600 out of :he free and enlightened citizen;
of America, who voted in the election, gave
ia their accumulated verdict against him
And vet in the face of this solemn finding
of the great inquest of the body of the ma.
ton, while the echo of the general voice
which pronounced it has not yet died upor
the ear-a bold attempt is made to induce
the people to take back their own settled anC
well considered judgment and in elevat:ng
again to the highest office of the Republic
the individual whom they had SO recently
and deliberately deposed; pronounce flag
rant sentence of qualification and incompe
tence upon themselves. | know not II
what light other minds may view such
proceeding; but to me 1t seems contemptu
Gus sporting with the sovereign consttuen
cy to the country, sheer moclkery and in
suit to the public intelligence.
And by what means is Mr.. Van Burer
| 10 DC ugdin plSScHtcu az III { iegitlfndtc dilt
annointed candidate ofthe Democratic par
ty2 Not certainly by the will of the grea
body of the party, who, we have every rea
son to believe, deprecate and deplore ths
madness aud folly of the act. but by the Fse
cret and invisible agency of selfconstituted
conclares and CAUcusEs. controlled, witt
absolute sway, by few bold and adroit po
r liiical managers. | run no risk in sayin@
that ifthe individuals composing the party
throughout the Union could be interroga
ted. upon the vIoR DIRE, to say whom they
would prefer as The Presidential nominee o
the party, three fourths OF them, at the least
and probably a far larger proportion. woult
unhesi;atingly. declare their preference fo
some Eew candidate And yet in utter con
tempt of the popular continent of the party
and disdainfully rejecting the only equita
+ Eble, as well as practicable mode of arrivin!
atthe will Of the majority through the me
r diam of a fair. equal and uniform popuIa
!, repres entation in the nominating Conven
, uon, the friends of Mr. Van Buren (holdin,
! on to that old machinery Of party disciplin
and su5ordinatioD. devised to them from tn
cunning order Of the Jesuits through th
bloody Jacobinical Clubs of Revolutionar,
France, by which one or two active spirit
are enabled to suppress the will and contro
! lthe movements Of vast and entire bodies &
: men) lmperiously declare that be, and b