Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-02-03

: restoration to the Presidency. He mas no hop
but in its influence; his restoration, wouIt
therefore, be a direct sanct ON Of Tire systel
by the American people, and 20 far toward
fastening it upon the country beyond fh
reach Of future redress. In this view OF Tn
case, the reelection Of Mr.. Van Buren,, what
ever his personal worth, would be a ~dangerou
precedent, and a most serious public calamity
In 1910, such was the state of certain grea
public questions, and such Dir. Van Buren,
position, that all those Of us who felt deepl
the importance of completing the fnancia
I policy commenced under his admimi5tratio
were obliged either to vote for him, or TO vott
against our principles. But there is no ne
cessity Of driving Us again to this severe al
tentative. Moreover, his defeat was not an
unTnixed evil, for it was not wholly owing tC
the opposition of the American people TO the
leading measures, or rather measure-fOr vt
had but ~one-~of his administration; but, to- no
inconsiderabIe extent, to the obnoxious sys-
tenn Of party management he represented.
We are not sure but the determination to- get
rid Of that systematic caucus s~ysGem--had
as much to do in effecfing his defeat, al oppo-
sition to the Independent Treasury. Men had
grown weary of party tyranny, Disguised viii,
its machinery. That this gave to the opposi-
ton no little Of their strength IL pretty dear
" eyineed by the fact, that n0sooner we're
Mr.. Van Buren, and his caucus system believ.
ed to be out Of tie way, than the republican
party was stronger than ever. State after
State returned, and gave their votes for the
principles AMI measures of government they
had persisted, under him and his tactics, in
voting down. The whole party, throughout
the Union, gave a sudden spring, as if freed
from some superintendent weight. which had
hitherto pressed it to the earth. and preven-
ted all free movement. 1t was a general ju-
bilee: and men seemed to say-'now reDubli-
can principles can have a free development,
and a certain triumph"
ConsideFate men, who had stood by Mr.
Van Buren,, and made no iBconsiderabIe sac
fifices to sustain him, felt, after all, that it's
defeat had its good side, in that il might tend
to break up the old party organization, de-
mBlIsh it's machinery, and leave men d meas
IRE of freedom TO labor for the public good.
They felt that all was not lost-nay, that The
gain might possibly, in the long run, overba-
lance the loss. Mr. Van Buren,, they felt,
was out ofthe way; and this, in itself, was no
triaing gain. Hope sprang MP afresh, and in
the buoyancy of their hearts, they we're dispo-
to treat him with all tenderness. tD tread
lightly on his faults, TO forget the injuries he
had inflicted on the Republican cause, and to
magnify, as much az possible, his virtues and
services. His defeat suftened prejudice
and disarmed hostility; and all we're disposed
to follow him TO private life with marked res
pect, if not with gratitude. They felt that,
since he was no longer ID the field, the digas-
of the campaign could be easily repaired;
aud that the Republican forces, marshaIed
anew, under new leaders, with fresh hoDes,
and the natural stimulus of recently recover
I'd freedom, would be in no danger of a future
1efeM. There was reason and justice In all
his. But the appearance of Mr.. Van Buren,
lp0n the stage, changes the whole aspect of
He comes not alone, but as the chief
If a band, which the country had devoutly no.
)ed was dispersed, never to be collected a.
yain. He comes as the representative of the
anne old corrupt and corrupting system of
,arty tactics, followed by the same swarm of
,reedy spoilsmen, with their appetite for
sharpened by the few years abstinence !
hey have been forced, through the remains 8
t the original virtue and patriotism of the I
oUnfry to practice. Crafty his wisbes-res- r
Dre him to the place be is personally solicit :
.ng-and we lose all that was good in the de- :
Eat Of the Republican party ID 1910, and re- !
lin only the evil. We restore what, with an h
lmost unheard-of effort, the country had
of, and place the Republican party in =
lie condition in which it must be defeated !
gain, or the country be inevitably ruined. j
These are, no doubt, hard things to be said j
+ a man who has once filed the high Office of 3
resident of the United States; but, if Mfr. &
an Buren, had been at all worthy of that =
Ugh Office, they never would have been said: n
Il he would, on his defeat. have retired, and Il
smained thenceforth in private life. The i,
ct that he is now before the public, solicit i,
NO TO be restored to that office from which !,
e country elected him with indignation and Al
sgust, is a proof of his moral unftness for u
e place TO which he aspires, and of the JUS !,
&c and wisdom of the people IN eiecting him. 1,
e loses all the sympathy his defeat excited n
-%forfeits all the respect with which generous !,
,arls always follow the f~ailea-=and all the j,
Credi7ess that ordinarily belongs to those
no have filed high Office. He stands before
/, simply as an aspirant for the highest hon lie
in tbe gifs of the american people, and not 70
agpifant relying on his own personal mer- be
and eminent public services, but on a sys- &C
Of party tactics and caucus machinery,
rich cannot be c0untenanced for a moment in
the most serious detriment to liberty, "a
d the grossest indignity to civic yirtne. Un- RI
r these circumstances. he mus. expect to W
We hard things said 81 MIN, at least hard es
mystic 5e t...sought Of him, by every fiIan ca as
bic Of distinguishing between the virtues si
the citizen and the, virtues Of the baftiEan. in
= voluntarily proyoket the severest eensure be
I'm every enlightened friend of his country, ar
d of her republican institutions. 1t is too ST
lch to ask us to restore the old caucus sys- pr
n; the old paft3 machinery, and reihstate all pI
3 old drill sergeants, by whose means our su
critics have been jeopafded, and our Repub- th
brought to the very edge of the precipice. sp
is too much to expect Us quietly, now after an
much has been done, to clear the onward ca
III of republicanism; now after Providence So
) 80 signalf3 interviewed in oIf favor against bl
use who had for So long a time PFbt5ked its th
lignation, to replace the old impediments pu
ept away by The whirIWind Of 1910, by raj in
ng again around the very man who, Of all
lers in the Union, relies most on these very
pedimeBts for success, and who cannot be q
Iorant that, if il. were not for the party con- b
rances which stife the free voice of the as
1ple. he would never be solicited To leave, w
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