The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-01-20

20 ololes composing the Union, he recelv-
ed the votes of bur seven, and all of these
(exsept one) the smallest of the confeder-
acy--of the 29l votes of the Electoral
Colleges, he obtained but sixly-and of
the popular suffrages, majority of 1885,
600, out of the free and enlightened ci,i-
zens of America, who voted in the cleo
ton, gave IN their accumulated verdict a.
gainsl him. And yet in the face of this
solemn finding of the grea, inques, of the
body Of the natlor-whie the echo Of the
general voice which pronounced It has
not yet died upon the cara bold a,lemp,
is made to induce he people to take back
their own settled and we'll considered
judgment, and in eleva,ing again To the highest
Office Of the Republic the individual whom they
had so recently and deliberately dcposed. pro-
nonnce fragrant sentence Of stultbcation and
Incompetence upon themselves. ! know not in
what light other mind may view such proceed
ing; but to Inc it seems a coutelnptuous sporting
with The sovereign constituency OF the country
IA sheer muckery and insult TO the public in
tc.igencc.
And nv what means is Mr.. Van Bur n 10 be
again presented az the legitimate and annonted
candidate oithe Democratic parry, Not certain
ly by the will of the great body OF the party
who, we have every reason to believe, deprecate
and deplore the madness and folly of the act but
by the secret and invisible agency of selfconsti-
tuted conclares and CAUcusEs, controlled, with
absolute sway, by few bold and adroit political
managers run no risk in saving that if the in
dividuals composing the party throughout the
ln.on could be Intercepted, upon the voiR DIRE
to say whom they would prefer as the Presiden-
tai nominee Of the party, three-fourths ofthem,
at the least, and probably far larger proper
ton, would unhestatinglv, declare their pre-
ference for some new candidate. And vet in
utter contempt of the popular sentiment of the
party, and dsdaintully rejecting the only equt-
able, as well as practicable mode of arriving at
the will OF the majority thro' the medium ola
fair, equal and uniform popular representation
in the nominating convention, the friends of Mr.
Van Buren,, (holding on 10 that old machinery
otparts discipline and subordlnation derived to
them from the cunning order of the Jcsnits
thro' the bloody Jacobinical Clubs of Revolu-
tionary France, BY which one or two active spir-
It's are enabled to suppress the will and control
the movements vast and entire bodies of men)
imperiously declare that he ind he only shall
be tn" candidate of the party. Is it not time
that honorable and patriotic men, ns they res
pect the dignity of their own character, the
privileges Of freemen, and the sacred principles
OF Republican Government, shall unite in ono
generous and virtuous struggle to overthrow, ef
tectually and forever. the tyranny of a system,
which, if now submitted to, must finally convert
our noble popular institutions into the worst of
all nominations that of an INSCRIPTIONS and
sordid party oligarchy.
And what are the wiSc and bcnipnant men.
surcs of administrative policy which are p.o,nis.
cd us as the fruits of MIR. Van Burens res,o,a-
tom A return to the glories and blessings Of
the Sub reasury system renewed war upon
III, currency, commerce ard business of the
country! Just at the moment when, by the
mere fact Of the Withdrawal! Of the hostility of
the government, ant :t..t =: - ."iratrir nature
which is Inherent in the energies of free en-
terprsipg and industrious people, all the bust
hcss pursuits OF the nation are regaining their
prosperity and activity, and the currency and
exchanges Of the country re finding their pro-
per and natural level, every thing is to bc again
thrown into confusion, and we are to be re- plum
ged into a chaos of wild and pernicious expert
ments, simply 10 signalize remorseless party
triumph, III the contamination of measure
openly at war with every great practical in: eros.
OF the'commnnity. And to this would be added
by natural and necessary connexlon, all that
long train of ctngena abuses which SO inglor-
ously illustrated the eta of Mr.. Van Buren's for
mer admlnistration-mu multiplied schemes for ex-
tending Executive power and Presidential pa
tronage--proiuse and prohigate expenditures of
pnbhc money! the mpuniiy and protection of
iaithleSs public officers, purchased by the merit
OF the party services--a new brood Of defaulters,
OF the lloyts and the Harrises race, the entire
disappearance of which, since 1910, is one ofth
proudcst proofs ofthe justice and necessity ofthe
change, then decreed by the voice of the people
BUTT we're vain TO attempt an enumeration Of
the tecming abuses that must ever attend the
fundamental heresy Of Mr.. Van Buren, g polica |
system, which instead Of regarding government
as a highland holy trust tor the good of the coun-
try, sees in it moth ng but job to be administer
ed for the benefit Of party which. tho Prcsi-
dent is the head and grand alnoner..
Now, would ask, vha, is there to be
apprehended from Mr. CIay's election.
which ought to have the weight of fea-
Their i'll the scale, when compared with the
fatal and destructive evils, poisoning the
vital elements Of Republican freedom and
virtue. as well the essential sources 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
naradcd before our eyes, in stercotyped
horrors, the old and thread bare apparlion
of the Tariff The Bank and Distribution
On the subject Of the Tariff, do not hes.
l'ate TO say, tina. Mr.. CIay's creed, devel-
oped in his recent letters, is in every res
pect as just, as sound, and unexcep,iona-
Bile, as that Mr., Van Buren,, and his
practcc infinitely better. Mr.. Clay did
not vote for, Or approve, the Tariff of 1928
consigned to an odious celebrity, under
the name The bill fAbominatio which
Mr.. Van Buren, and his friends carried by
their votes. il is rather an unfortunate
coincidence, considering the professions
of Mr.. Van Buren,, that all the Tariffs
which have been mos, complained of in
the South, owe their existence upon the
Stntutp RnpkS In tho yo,o, of h;,,.oc =.