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

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: constituency of the couuIry--s sheer u,ock ke
> ry aud lnSn'i TO lhr Pgbic IntrlgcUcr.
Il Aud by what Uraus ~ Mr.. Van Bnrpn it
? b. again presented ss the legitimate ana
: hnoinrd candidate Of the democratic patiy:
Not certainly by the will oi the great body
oi The party. who. we have every reason IN
beI"ve, drpr"cai" and drpor" the mndness
: ana holly oi the act, but by the secret aud IN.
vi~!bI" agency of self constituted c0ncinUts
hnd cdHcnS's controlled wIlh absolute sway
ny tew Dold and ndfoIf polIlra managers
run u" risk ~ saying that /! the individuals
Composing the party throughout the Unlnn
could be int"rr"gatcd, upon the r0ir DIRE. To
say whom they would prefer az the presldpn.
tlal NOMINEE, three luurths of them at least.
and pfobaby Ear greater proportion. would
/ unheslthiluyIy declare then preference tor
some new candIdaIr. And yet ~ utter con.
tempt of III" popular sentiment of the party,
md uI-daIntnIIy rrlrcl'ng lh" only equitable
rs well ~ practicable mode of arriving at
ih" wiIl Oi the malrrty through the medium
oi n iolr, equnl, aud uniform popular rrprr-
srn,allon IN the nunIuatlng convcnlIop, toe
friends of Mr.. Van }urcn (noldIng on to that
old mdchinery oi party discipline and subordI
nation, derived Ia thrm from lh" cunning or
der at the J"suns through lh" bloody JacoblH-
nj clubs o Revolutionary France, by winch
.nuc or two active spirits are enabled To sup
press ;he will aud control the movements OF
vast and entire bodies of lneu) lmprrou~ly
declare that he, mud he only, shall be the
candidate of the party. l. II not tune that
honorable and patriotic men. as they resprct
the dignity ot thrIr own characters, the pr',I
l"g"s of irrrmcn, and The sHcrrd principles
0i Republican G ycrnmcn. should unite IN
throw, ctrcluaIIy and forever, The tyranny
of a system which. II nov Submitted to- must
6naiIy convert our noble popular institutions
into ihc worst ot nli dumIuAtiou-- that of un
INSCRIPTIONS gnd sordId party oIgnrchy.
And what are tLe wise aud bengnant
measures at administrative policy winch are
PROMISED us ~ the fruits of Mr.. Van Buren's
resiora,un; 4 return To the glorIrs and
blessings of the sub-lreasury syslcm-a re-
newed wnr upon the currency, commerce,
aud business of the country Just dt the
moment when by the mere tact of The with
drawal g. the hostility ai the Government,
aud that piS m,dicdirir ndiUrR winch Is m
hrrenl ~ the energies ut a tree, cnterprslng
and industrious people, all the business pur-
suits of ,h" nation are remaining their pros
prrity and Gcivlty. and the currency and TX
changes ui the country are finding their pro-
per and natural level every thing Is To be
thrown again into confusion, and we are Ia
be- replungrd into "A chaos of wIld aud per
nIcinns experiments, SIMPLY 10 sIgnaIize II
remorselcss party triumph, IN the cuusum
nation of MEASURE openly al war wIlh every
grrrt PRACTICAL interest pi the community
Aud to this would be added, by u natural and
necessary ConncxIon, all that long train oi
congrnlal abuses which 80 luglurIonsly Illus
tratcd the era ol Mr. Van Buten's former ad.
lulstralou-mul luplled sche mes tor extend
lug Executive power aud PresldsntIal palru-
mage prniu~e aud prntll gate expenditures Of
public money the impunIty and protection
of fahIc@s pubic officers, purchased by III"
merit ol their party services "a new brood u
drfauliers of the lIoyts and the llarrses--a
race, the entire disappearance OF which since
1870 ~ one ot the prnnGest proofs Of the jus
tlcc and necessity OF the change Then drcrccd
by the voice Of the people. But 1t were laIn
10 attempt an enumeration at the teCWlng
abuses that mus, ever attend III" fundamental
hrresy ot Mr.. Van Bnrcn'- political SYSTEM,
winch, instead OF regarding governments a.
nlph and holy trust for the good ot the cuun.
try, sees IA It nothing bat lob TO be admin.
istcIed tor TIC benefit OF party, OF which the
President !c Tie head aud grand dlaOEer.
NOW. ! WOuId hSK, WHAT Is ll'Fe 10 " hN-
pretended from Mr. CIgy's election, which
oGght To have tie weight ot n feather ~ The
scale. when compared with the fatal and de-.
blrHcu.r etliN pp'-"ning the vital element,
oi republican t,c-uour aud sIride. Us well a,
The essential sources of national prosperity
and hayplurss which we have every reason
to believe would inevitably follow the resto.
ration OF Nj. Van Buren,: We shall, donbt.
lose havp nnra1,d IA, t,rp ,,tr pVps IN stprnn.
typed horrors. tho old aud ihrcadbnre nppa-
ri,lon of The TnriG The Bdnk, dni Disiribu-
ton. On the Suhi"ct of the lartf | de- not
hesitate to soy that Mr.. Clay's creed de-.
vclopcd IN his recent letters, Is IN every res
pect ~ Just, as sound, and uncxcrplIunable
a. that of Mr.. Van Buren,, aud his practice
infinitely better Mr. Clay dad not vote tor
or approve The tariff OF lS2S, consigned to an
odInus celebrity, under the name of the }lll
,uf AbnmrratIons, which Mr.. Van Buren, and
his friends carried by their votes. ii Is
rather an unfortunate coincidence, consider
ing the professions ot Mr.. Van buren, that MI
the tariffs winch have been most complained
OF ~ the South owe their existence upon the
statute book 10 the votes Of hnn,rll or hl-
friends
It's no want oT charity then. but the re
sult of the most candid and deliberate con
sdcratIon, when express the decided upn.
,nn that Mr.. Clay ~ Tar more ru be relied
u2ou Tor practical adjustment ui lhls dell-
cate aud complex subj ct ON terms just and
satisfactory 80 oil sections # th, Umun, har-
monlz,ug their vHuuus interests Ly tn" goi-
den rule ut uuderslion, which ~ the only
, pledge ui pCrmHnence aud stability IN nIr
arrangement tat may be m,de.) than Nj.
Van Hirrn. The WISE and temperate spri'