Holly Springs gazette., 1844-02-24

We are. unhappily. painting from lie. Il
ivan Burenism) has no opinion OF ITS own.
Ii runs a;hwart no popular prejudice Ireads
on none ofthe peoples corns: IS aoH'eops-
initial on all points on which the Phbtle
mind has not declared ITSELF and ITS toier-
ant to all incip;ent errors, for they mag be-
| come popular tomorrow. H'ls prudent.
sleek. decorous. II has no rough edges. no
points, and thrusts It's elbow into no mans
ribs It's face has settled smile, and It's
voice IS soft. gentle. insinuatlng.'
| Mr.. Brownson thus goes on TO show how
few men in a party can control It's opera
tons for their private interest. People OF
Tennessee, behold the selhshnesS OF Van
Burenism
This system, if we have rightly learned
| il, and we haze learned 1t from the Intimate
personal associates of the distinguished man
fcho IS at present ats Most brilliant repre-
sentatire, is in substance this: In rePub
lican government every thing must be don
by means of party. Our FIRST effort, there
lore. must be TO get and to keep, our party
in the majority. We must never propose
any measure likely to throw it, or 70 keep Il.
ia the minority. >" Having determined
:ha: all is 10 be done by and through party,
and shat our primary doty IS to labor for
the organization and ascendency of our
party, the next thing to be insisted on Is.
fdeiitv TO The party end strict adherence 10
! us uSggs-the surrender Of all individual
opinions. convictions and preferences. 10 the
decision of the party, which decision, be Il
understood, is always to be effected by the
aforesaid politicians who have hold OF the
crank. This throws the whole business
into the hands of central committees, and
deprives the great mass OF citizens OF all fTes
voice in the determination OF measures or IN
the selection of candidates To keep the
| ranks of the party full, to prevent members
| from breaking away and asserting thei:
independence, appeals are now made TO the
lowest and most corrupt passions OF the hu-
man heart. The individual who shows
himself little uneasy, or disposed TO kick
at the party traces. must be denounced.
| thrown over, andl declared TO be enemy,
and no longer entitled to the confidence OF
the party Thus men must be kept IN the
party, aud faithful to its usagss, decisions
and nominations, not by attachment TO its
PRINCIPLES and measures. buf through fear,
| that if :hey assert their independence, they
will lose their share of"ihe spoIls"
/ But we must give another extract Mr..
Brownson applies his general principles,
with particular force, TO the case OF Martin
Van Buren.
land here, we must be permitted to say,
is a strong reason why the American peo-
nle should pause and deliberate long, be-
fore elevatine MI Van Buren to the high
office from which, in 1910. they so indlg-
nantly elected him. 1t cannot be denied that
Mr.. Van BuTen is the most conspicuous re-
presentatiue of This sysfem Of party manage
ment, in this country. The system lselt
has been perfected. and to no inconsldera-
BILE extent, was founded by him and his near
immediate political associates he Is inu
ma,ely connected with it OlceS to IL all the
political eleratiOn he has eUer received, and
relies on 1t alone for has restoration 10 the
Presidsncv He has no hope but IN It's ~
) fluence; bis restoration would. iherefOFes
be direct sanction of the system by the A
r lnefican people, and so far towards iasten-
2 ing il upon the country beyond the reach
future redress. In this view OF the case, the
: re election of Mr.. Van BuIen, whatever ms
. personal worth, would be dangerous pre-
] cedent, and most serious public calamity.
We commend the following to the honest.
intelligent, but too trusting members OF the
!. locofoco party. In speaking OF Mr. Van
. Buren's defeat in 1910. MIR. Rrownson
G said:
"Considerate men, who stood by Mr.. en-
3 Buren, and made no inconsiderable sacrifil'
S ces to sustain him, felt that all was not lost
nav, that the gain might possibly. IN the
n long run, overbalance the loss. MIR Van
Buren, they felt. was out of the way and
d this, in itself. was no trifiing gain Hope
g sprang up afresh. and. in The bouyancy oi
o their hearts, they were disposed 10 treat hlm
J. with all tenderness to tread Lightly On hl:
faults. to forget the injuries he inflicted on
the Republican cause. and to magnify. as
much as possible, his virtues and public
services. e But the temperance oi
MIR Van Buren, on the stage changes lhe
d whole aspect of affairs He comes not a
= lone but as the chief of band. which The
country had devouily hoped, was disPerfsd
81 never TO be collected again. He comes as
Of the representative of the same old eoFruP
e and eorrupting system of party taetles' iel
4 lowed by the same swarm OF greedy sPoiis
! men. with their appetite for plumber sharp
'e ened by the few years abstinence they have
q been forced, throug the remains OF the OIL
o. ginal virtue and patriotism ofihe country, tc
: orac,ice. Crafty his wishes. restore hin
: 70 the nlace he is personally soliching, anS
De - 81 defeat 1T Rhr