Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-24

the success and responsibility of men more indus |,
rious and deserving than themselves some from
consciousness that they have nothing to lose, and
may be gamer by a state of anarchy and con-
fusion some from feeling of disappointment that
their own merits have been overlooked, and they
have not enjoyed the confidence and esteem of
their too discerning neighbors some from igno-
rance of the true nature of the government unLer /
which they lived, and restless desire for change
for the better; some from All inherent dislike to
aught which resembles peace or social order in
community; some to an aversion to republican in /
situations; and some from an instructive desire to
poison all sources of goodness, to pull down all
persons to tier own level and condition, to convert
paradise into pandemonlum,
I" Pour the sweet milk of Concord into Hell,
uRrooi the universal Pcoce--coniound
But such ls the prevalence of intelligence and
sound principles among the people of this country,
that these enemies of law, order, and government,
would be utterly poweress in the United States, |
and their widest efforts to subvert our institutions
would cause apprehension, were they not en-
couraged to 90 forward in the dark and crooked
paths they have chosen by profigate members of a
powerful political pary-lnen who would willingly
resort to the vest means by which TO make polltl
cal capal--and hcartless demagogues, who desti-
tute Of intrinsic merit hope to rise to distinction
and power, by becoming the leaders of u faction,
and clamor for the rights Of the PEOPLE with afiec
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strike deadly blow at their liberties.
1t was thus that the outbreak in Rhode Island, for
the purpose Of subverting the government, became
a serious revolution, threatening blood-shed and
anarchy. If the radicals, encouraged by the APP
probation of men Of some influence and standing
| in other states whose reason and sense of right
were blurred by party prejudices, and by the pres
ence of ruthless rulfians from abroad, desperate
men, each of whom
would willingly place his life any cast,
To mend it, or be rid ont"
had succeeded in their designs, the consequences
would have been most appalling full loose would
have been given to the vilest passions Of the hu-
man heart, and life, liberty, and property, which,
according to Mr.. Bancroft, have never been safer
than in Rhode Island, under the very government
which it was the wish of the radicals to subvcrt
would have been endangered--thc spirit of
radicalism would have wthcred and destroy
ed every GOOD thing which it touched and in their
destructive work they would have been cheered on
by this very Mr.. Bancroft, who had but shot time
previously pronounced the beautiful and just eulo-
gy on the character of the government!
But in spite of the exertons of bad men, reck-
less partsons and unprincpled demogogues, the
champions of law, order, and good and sound
government triumphed in Rhode Island. That lit
tie state has given an example to the other mem
bers of the confederation, which we trust will prove
in the highest degree sautary, and will tend to
check the efforts Of lawless and desperate men to
turn the world upside down" They have rebuk-
cd the spirit Of misrule in language which cannot
be mistaken, and we doubt not will always be able
and willing to establish and maintain rghteous laws
notwithstanding the opposition from INSCRIPTIONS
politicians in other States, who number among
themselves men who have held high otlices-a dis
tngushed historian-and the Vice President elect
of the United States
The establishment of the =" EMPIRE CLUE" in
New York, gang of unmitigated rutfans, who, il
had ,,,ro1t b.,tr sir
have been doing good service in the pententiaries
of their respective countries States, is but anoth
err phase of RADIcALIsM-and these scoundrels
were not only unrcbuked by the leaders of the great
political party to which they attached themselves,
but encouraged and urged on in their rutfan acts
and violent measures, by those who claimed to be
good patriots and honest men, Such is the mad
ness of party spirit
The radical spirit is extendng-and at this very
time some of the counties in the interior Of New
York are actually in rebellion against the laws
forces are organized to resist the action of govern
ment, and carry out their levelling principles Mil
tary force is called upon to quel the rebellion ant
compel the people to fulfil their legal contracts, ant
sustain the majesty of the laws. Troops are mar
ching from the city of New York and other place:
and we trust they will make short work Of it,
But on the other hand, the New York 4" Natona
Reform Associalion'-many members Of which
were also connected with the notorious Empire
Club--and the same Association which employed
Treadwell to bring the case of Thomas w. Dor
before the U. s. Court at Washington, has issued
call for meeting at Iammany Hal in yfarOr of tn
ANTIRENr party! Yes, public meeting ha
been called in the city of New York, for the avow
t cd purpose of aiding lawless men in their design
against all the rights of property, and all the secu
rites of law
Symptoms of this destructive spirit have bee
manifested in other places. In Maryland, off
Ger of the law was lately resisted by a mob, Will
in the execution of his duties-and REPUTATION
or the refusal of certain States to pay the interes
on their honest debts, which has cast blot of in
fanny Oh our whole nation, and caused every homes
American abroad, to blush for his country, is bu
another name for this unrighteous and destructive
spirit of RADIcALIsM and MIsRULE, which is know
as DoRRlsM in Rhote Island, and ANTI RENTIss
in New York.