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

Try! Just at the moment when, by the
tmere fact Of The withdrawal of the hostiI-
ETY. f The Government, and that ris med
icairig nature which is inherent in the
energies of free, eIterprsng, and in.
disirious people, all the business pursuits
of the nation are regaining their prosper
tv and activity, aud the currency and
exchanges of tie country are finding
their proper and natural level, every thing
is To be again thrown into confusion, and
| we are to be repluoged into chaos of
wild anu pernicious experiments, simply
10 signalIze remorseless party triumph,
in the cousummation Of measure openly
at war with every great practical interest
of the community. And to this would be
added, by natural and necessary con-
nexion, all that long train Of congeniai
abuses which so ingloriousIy illustrated
the era of Mr.. Van Buren's former ad-
Observation-Disclosures schemes for ex-
tending Executive power and Presiden-
tial patronage profusc and profligate ex-
penditures OF public money: the impunity
and protection of fai,hless public officers.
purchased by the merit of their party SER
wees; new brood of dcfaulters Of the
Hovts and the Harrises-a race the entire
disappearance of which since 1910 is one
of the proudest proofs Of the justice and
necessity Of the change then decreed by
the voiceofth the people. But it were vain
TO attempt an enumeration OF the teeming
abuses that must ever attend the funda-
mental heresy of Mr.. Van Buren's politi-
cal system, which, instead of regarding
Government as high and holy trust fox
the good Of The country, sees in II nothing
but job to be administered for the bene.
tit of party of which the President is
the head and grand almener. -
Now, I would ask, what is there to be
apprehended from Mr.. Clay's election,
which ought to have the weight of fea-
Their in the scale, when compared with
the fatal and destructive evils, poisoning
the vial elements of republican freedom
and virtue, as well as the essential sour-
ces of national prosperity and happiness,
which We have every reason to believe
would inevitably Follow The restoration of
Mr.. Van Buren,? We shall, doubtless,
have paraded before our eyes, in stereo-
typed horrors, the old and threadbare ap-
partition of the Tariff, the Bank and Dis
fri6ution. On the subject Of the Tariff
l do noi kesitae to say tina. Mr.. Gays
creed, developed in his recent letters, is in
every respect as just, as sound, and unex-
cepiioDaple as that of M. Van Buren,,
and his practice infinitely better. Mr..
Clay did not vote for or approve the Ia
riff of 1923, consigned to an odious ces
lebriiy. under the name Of the Bill of Alb
ominaiions, which Mr.. Van Buren, and
his friends carried by their votes. It is
rather an unfortunate coincidence, con,
sldering the professions OF Mr.. Van Blu
rem, that all the tariffs which have been
most complained of in the South owe
their existence upon the statute book to
the votes ofhmsef or his friends.
Il is no want of charity, then, but the
result Of the most candid and deliberate
consideration, when l express the deci-
ded opinion that MIR. Cay is far more to
be relied upon for practical adjustment
of this delicate and complex subject, on
terms just and satisfactory to all sections
ofthc Union, (harmonizing their various
interests by Inc golden rule of moderation,
which is the only pledge Of permanence
and stability in any arrangement that may
be made,) than Mr.. Van Buren,. The
wise and temperate spirit so strikingly
exhibited in his letters which have been
recently given to the public, sustained by
his welI-known influence with his friends.
rand his own high and unguestioned cha-
racter for frankness and decision, is q
guaranty which no portion Of the nation
will slightly regard.
With respect to the Bank, if the coun-
thy shall be reduced to choice between
the odious and grinding Sub Treasury
Scheme and a National Institution of FL
nance. properly guarded against abuse by
vigilant public supervision and control,
l do not believe that the sober judgment
of the people. under the pressure of such
an alternative. would find any cause of
quarrel against those who, free from con-
stru'ional difficulties onthe subject should
J go for the latter, in preference to the for.
rner. And as to the Distribution of thepro-
cee1s ofthe Public Lands. that stands me-
cessarly add evidently adjourned, as a
practical question, until the revenues of
the nation, compared with its expendi-
lures and arrangements, shall be in q very
different situation from that IN which they
now are. or are likely to be for years to
come. My own individual opinions on
these subjects have been so often and full
ly stated, that need not repeat them here.
What | mean to say at present is, that
these areissues either hypothetical & spec
ulatlve, or neutralized by equal and OPP
posing considerations on the other side,
and should not divert the mind for mo-
ment from those higher and more urgen!