Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-07-04
GEN. VAN NESS'S + r

The following letter having at length found
its way TO the public. we give IT to our read
ers as an item in the history of the times in
which they may be supposed to feel some
interest. There is one little statement in il
which the writer, we think, will find i, some.
what difficult TO verify, viz that the Col.
lector 'actnally revolulionized il 1.-THE State
Of Vermont from a warm federal to IA dem.
ocra,ic Loco Foco] State" That would
indeed have been an achievement wortI,
Boosting of, but We rather think his ex.Ex.
c%ellency has a very vivid recollection tina,
the thing was neUer done No one knows
better than he that the Star Of the North new.
or sets - Tribune.
TO james X. Polk, President Of The U. States.
SrR,-Iii understood that you are abou, TO remove
fF5Tr Observation-Disclosures ofihe Port of New York,
C. p. Van Ness, Esq, l beg leave TO say a few words
to you on that subject. This shall be done in terms
of respect; whilst | boast, with a pride ] trust not IN.
becoming, that ! have n right to speak when | behold
a serious menace OF impending wrong to one in whose
fate am not without some personal interest, mud IN
whose ruin there ia 10 be a violation, you will find, moi
only of sound policy, bur also of the sacred principles
Of both private and public justice. l fortunately need,
and therefore ask nothing for myself; and you will
bear me witness that | have never ammo yed or trou
bled you in relation TO appointments, except for, per.
haps, about fifteen minutes in this one case You
then treated me patiently and courteously, not saving
any thing of your cantor.
Now, sir, a func'ionary Of your high station. mower
and responsibility, IN this Government, is moi To ac
without, reason. YOn are the moral and political hear
of a great country. ] need not tell YOU that. whilst
is your duty to promote lis physical and political i'm
%provenent, YOU are equally responsible for us mora
condition. The mass will he sound when its ingredl
EMS are so. A community ofhonest, honorable, high
minded individual, will be of the SAME character
Besides The intellect, foster the feelings and principle
of honor in the one, and you will elevate the characte
Of the other, and immor;alize i, on the rolls ofhisior,
and moreover. you will yourself, as the ruler, stan
before posteriiy in glorious association with il. Blu
cir, on the other hand, cherish and encourage the v
cious propensiiies Of The unprincipled, who can a,
quire distinction and success only by the arts of d,
traction from, and depression Of superior merit VIII
surround you with their cloaked weapons, most dar
gcrous to the most ingenious and most honorable
whose insiduous shafts, despatched in the dark, spec
most surely to the destined and ungnarded victim
and you are sure TO humiliate and morufy the goo
honorable, and hiRh-minded. Elevate human feeling
and you ennoble the human character and mullipl
human blessings; hum,liate them, and You sink yo,
fellow men 10 degradation, wee and misery. DiscaI
and repel, therefore, the wretches who surround yo
with their inuigues and Vaccinations against meritt
distinction, and rest only on the firm perpendicui
pillars of exalted and virtuous ministers,
The Collector, il seems, ia to be removed. tn
being, from the importance of the port, a subject
some distinction, and rather more than ordinary pu
lie note, as is obvious from numerous demonstration
in various quarters not limited bv, or a~scribable
per sonal partially, there ARE anxious inquiries for u
reasons Of The proposed step. Is there any dehlcatic
10 The public funds 1-any want Of talent industry,
s~fhciney IN the management Of the public business