Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-02-01

contest shall b. between Mr. Van Buren, ni MIR
Clay. have rs little hesitation in sayins There
is but one line Of action by which we en- acqn'
ourselves OF the full measure Of our duy TO the
country and tina, is, waving all minor dnsiaef-
atoms, TO give manly and detcrn,inedfppoH 10
Henry Clay in preference 10 Mr. Van7fute"-
For myself can conceive OF no greater n'amhy
to the nation, or deeper discrcdt to the t,"se ana
very name Of popular government, thar ne reel
ecton of Mr.. VIM Barren would be, afr the sg- "
nal and overwhelming majority by fahich he
was so recently drposed from power upon the
fullest canvass OF measures policy and ;onduct.
The host Of indicative passions wtth follow
in the train of rts,ored Governments<h e crowd
of hungry re,ancrs, pleading the pert OF past
services, who press forward 10 claim he reward
Of their fidelity, or indemnify for sa'rfces and
losses incurred in the common cause.-the infatua-
ted and per,inacous attachment 10 anaent abuses,
the arbitrary and selfwied habits nutured IN the
former possession Of power-.he commitment 10
favori,e and perncious schemes Of policy, have
all concnrred to give sort Of provebial currency
10 the remark Of a celebrated Eng'sh statesman
and historian, that the worst and INST dangerous
Of all revolutions is restoration
! Tha. all these would be realized.o the widest
extent, and in their most unmitigatd vrnlence,
in the restoration Of Mr Van Buren, none can doubt
who have been attentive Observers of the selfish
and vicious system of party policy examplhed IN
the creed and conduct Of himself and his friends,
or who have not forgotten that ncmorablc motto
of marty rapacitv, so boldly cmblazoned on
the shields of his chosen followers which, in pro-
claiming 10 the victors belong ,e spoils of vcto-
ry,' shamelessly pointed to the oiiccs and pnblc
trusts ofthe country as the righ4ul plumber of po
litical warfare
But, to return to the remark | have already
made. Could anything inhci deeper wound
on the cause of republican Institutions than snch
a spectacle of levty aid INSTABILITY on the part oil
The cons,i,ucn, BODY as wouhbe exhibited on the
restoration of Mr. Van Burer, after the overwhei.
ming condemnation of his administration pronoun-
ced BY the almost unanimous electoral vote OF the
country but three short year ago? Would it not
render popular governmcui iselfa 'by word and
,aun' among The nations In 1910 the Amcri'
can people, upon the fulle and most deliberate
hearing Of both sides of ttc political controversy
of the friends as well as the opponents of MIR.
Van Buren-recordcd thar votes against him by
such majority as neverlbefore sigwnlzed the re-
treat of any minister from power, and was al then
utterly unparalleled and cen unapproached in the
history Of our Presidential contests
Of,he 26 states composing the Union ne re-
ccved the votes ofbut sven, and all of these lex.
of the 594 votes of the electoral colleges he obtain.
cd bn, 60; and Of ,hetopular SURFACES, MAORI
tv of l45O00 out Of the free and enlightened
citizens of America who voted in the election
gave in their verdict against him. And yet ii
the face of this solemn finding OF the grca, in1ues
of the body of the naton-whilc the echo o
the general voice which pronounced 1t has no
vet died upon the car--a bold attempt is mad
10 induce the people 10 take down their own Sc,
tied and well considered judgment. and, in eleva
ting again to the hchts, office of the republic thu
individual whom thfv had so recently and delibo
. ra,clv dcposcd pronounce fragrant sentence @
n qualification and incompetence upon themselves
), know no, in whal light other minds may vle'
!. such proceeding, but 10 me It seems conteInu
!, Gus sporting with hhe sovereign constituency c
n the country--a SHEER Cookery and insult TO tn
\. public intelligence
i, And by what reans is Mr. Van Buren, to be
l. gain presented as the legitimate and amounted car
70 ddate of the Democratic par,yl Not certainly b
n. the will ofihe great body Of the party, who
have every reason 10 believe. deprecae and depior
the madness and folly of,he act but by the secret
y invisible agency Of selfconstiued eonelares an
p. enycnses. contrlled with absolute sway by fe
o bold and adroh political managers. run no ris
s. in saving that i,he individuals composing the part
a throughout tn, Union could be INTERCEPTED, upo
l. the roir dire.lo say whom they would prefer I
&c the Presidential nominee of,he party, .hreeiour'f
A. of them ut least, and probably far larger propo
ton, would tabesitnlingly declare their preieren'
to for some net candidate.
lie And vel, in utter contempt Of the popular sem
men, of thu party, and disiainfully rejecting Il
II. only equi,ale as well as practicable mode of a
I'd irving at d, will Of the majority through the m
e dun OF iIr, equal, and uniform popular repr
OF senlaiien i the nominating convention. the irIen
s, of Mr.. VA Buren, (holding on to the old mach
ID err of parry discipline and subord;nalion, derv
es 10 them from the cunning order Of the Jesnl
e. through he bloody Jacobinical clubs of revol
ne :ionary France, By which one or two active .p
II its are erabled TO suppress the will and control Z
n movements Of vast and entire bodies of men,) II
perouslf declare that he, and he only, shall
IN the candidate Of the party Is It not time that Z
n honorable and patriotic men, as they respect I
a. dignity of their own characters the privileges
Of frceme, and the sacred principles of republic
nd governments should unite in one generous and V
es tuous krugse to overflow, effec,ually and fore
SC er. the tyranny Of system which. if now snbm
&c tel "a must finally CONVEX, our noble popular
en- si,uttns into The wors, Of all denominations
er that d an INSCRIPTIONS and sordid party olig'
n chyi
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