Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-09-05

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law o, deflnce, aud have di.graced all the
restraints Of morals and duty.
Now, then, il is the time for us TO resolve
TO arrest the progress Of the downward
Government. and restore il, in all lis integ-
riiy, and to its ancient glory. The choice
between the evil and the good is now before
us, IN the men and the measures that are
striving for power. In Mr. POLK we see
a willing and unhesitating advocate OF
the %ruinous measures of his party, bound by
pledge 10 carry on and carry out the work
of his predecessors. which has once bank
rup,ed a whole country, and lhus pampered
a spirit Of licentious liberty and insubordin-
alton which has shaken our institutions TO
their foundation. In Mr.. CLAY we have ev'
cry thing and any thing but this. Far
from belonging TO this modern school OF
propagandisls, he dates back 10 the fathers
of,he country, from whom he took his first
lessons, and with whom he served in uni.
ty and in spirit. Through an %eventful lie
Of moro than forty years, he has been a
steadfast champion of his country, and faith.
full to the schools of our Revolutionary faith
ers, in all his notions Of Governments he is
old.fashioned. He has always been anx-
ious that the Ship ofSta,e should be steered
by the chart laid down by the trainers of
our Confederacy and it is now the great
desire of his life to bring back our Govern.
ment from its hayward wanderings of false
teachers to the peaceful and better days
when Jefferson and Madison pointed out
the way and the truth.
There is not a patriot in this country that
would not rejoice to see the Administration
ofthe Government restored to its early vir-
tue. Throughout all our borders, who is so
well fitted for the great task as Mr. Clay 2
His age, his experience, his talents, his
frmness, and his principles mark him above
all others as The man for the times.
If We entertained any doubt of Mr..
CLAY being the choice ofthe People upon
his own merits, we would appeal to the
friends of Law and Order all over the
country, in consideration of the foreg DING
views Of the subject, to lay aside all minor
considerations and unite in favor of that
candidate for the Presidency whose claims to
public confidence are based upon respect
for the laws ofthe country, and for the NOR
ais of his country, and for its duties as a
member of the family of nations. In sup
port Of such a cause and such a man 10 rep.
resent it, how can we permit ourselves to
doubt that not the Wings alone, but all who
place a proper value upon liberty, susta med
and guaranteed by Law, will rally to the
polls, when the time comes, and ensure
to the cause and its representative a glorious
victory2
1t is very evident that these transgressions
are but the effects Of adequate causes, about
whichdiverst y ofopinion may exist. May they
not be traced to the departure in the admins.
tration Of the Government, from those sound
principles that distinguished its early history,
and continued their influence until within
the last fourteen or fifteen years, for a great
part Of hlch time the government has been
administered more in reference to the pros.
pect ola few leaders, and to the supremacy
Of their party, than in obedience to the
great interests Of the country2 During
that period the cardinal principles of the
fathers of the republic have been repudiated.
In selections for Office, it is no longer in.
quired SIS he honest ? is he capable ~ A
new code of ethics has been introduced in
The memorable maxim "to the victor be.
longs The spoas;" and, in consequence with
this practical creed, The only question that
has been asked is, what has he done for
our partv?' The consequences has been
that profigate and unqualified persons
have been invested with office, who.
have from ignorance and indulgence,
left undone what they should have DONE
This principle Of rewarding the "rabble
followers of the camp has raised up an ar.
my OF mercenaries that hover aroundthe gov.
eminent like v%ultures over a carcase and
for what they can do, not less than for
what they have done, legion in number.
they get access 10 the ear of power, and
poisson it with false and pestilental surpes.
tons. 1t is thus that they virtually admin.
lister the Government by their diclaiion, cor.
rupt it by their profigacy, and weaken it by
their ignorance.
We appeal TO the candid, even among
the true friends oftbe administration referred
TO, 10 say whether these evils have not been
seen and felt for some years past.
We had no such doings ia the DAYS of
Jefferson and Madison and Munroe and Ad-
ans. The prosperity and honor of the
country were the great objects to which
they looked. They. TOO, were party men,
but 1t was a party tempered with justice, a
party regulated by patriotism. There was
a mora power in the virtue and grandeur
Of those men that was felt in every member
of their administrations and in the pulse of
the whole country. There was to be seen,
with such exceptions only as indicated the
infant struggles Of the new party which af
forwards Obtained the ascendency, a respect
for the laws, a fidelity in the discharge CT
every trust, and reverence for all the So
cial relations Of lie, that make US a peculiar