The daily union., 1846-10-27
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OLITIC A l..
LETTER TO the HON q NJ, DALLAS, vtcE PRfsI.
% til DENT OF TnE UNITED STATES
WASnSeros eousrr Prss,

s,a. Observation, no less than history, teaches
the pregnant and iamenable truth that there are al
ways those who, not possessing the ability TO do
much good, have the disposition TO inhct great in
Jury; and that la some men there is a malignant
passion 20 sully and detraet from what they cannot
emulate. Well would il be il others, beside the
Vandal and the cync, did not find in it equal graft.
fcation. Ii is the virtues Of him that bows at the
shrine Of patriotism that afct; his errors, if any,
alone console them. But, has been well remark
ed, we owe Il 10 the bounty of Providence that the
conpletcst deprayiiy OF the heart is sometimes
strangely united with confusion Of the mind,
which oounteracIs the most favorile schemes.
IL is not without feelings of humiliation, however
well as surprise, that have witnessed some
manifestations OF this disposition in relation TO an
net emanating from the highest aod|rarest Of all po
hueal yIrtues-an act, the moral intrepldlty OF
which, should have elected one universal shout Of
admirstlonj thai act Of yours which rescued from
being smothered in the Senate, bill which had
been passed by decided majority OF the immediate
representatives Of the peoples bill greatly relieving
the burdens of the mass Of the nifty, encour-
aging the industry of millions, and inhleng injus-
tice none, tending to alay all well-founded dis
content and artfully fomented jealouses prolong
the Union m up the nation TO the spirit Of the age
and TO place our country on the onward current
leading TO the amelioration Of the condition of man.
For " tho system of democratic government is sup
ported by the most seadfast virtue, and the most
extended charity; If gives to each the right Of ALL
IL by it each Is estimated equal 10 every other
if pledges the protection Of the whole for the good
of each, can, consistently, bestow exclusive
immunity; and the pOie by which you saved the bill
from perisking, proof we're wanting, emphatcally
proclaimed you 10 be democrat true and devoted,
not in name and profession only, but in fact and in
deed. The general applause which has greeted you,
is, therefore, subject Of just national congratula
tiOn, being proof that the moral sensblity Of the
American people is so sound as TO thrill with de-
hghf he of hp
and patriotic discharge Of solemn dnty under great
responsibility and the most trying circumstances
Any and every attempt 10 obscure the halo which
enciTCles the statesTan and which should adorn the
brow Of h'm who, in such a position, stands erect,
obeys enlightened conscience, and earlessly sub
mits himself TO the judgment of his country and the
world, such people will repel with loathing
and disgust We were, therefore, not unprepared
TO hear you hailed Of those public benefactors
who il hns been we'll said, the guide-posts and
landmarks Ia the State; and whose credit in council,
in the Senate and in the nation, Is the most valuable
property OF the people, 1t is the great cause Of all
the beneficial public measures
Ia scrutInzIng the disgraeeful ebulhtions and in
awarding to envy and malice their full portion Of
distinction, we cannot fail to detect eupidiy the
great master spring ia the exhibition. Moneycd
con nations, sooner than they desire, may there
fore find the fiery ordeal extend to themselves, and
the torch they applied, were the cause Of being
applied, 10 eHisies, prove caustlc which shall ex-
tirpate the pethorelic disease, and ricatrize the
wnuld. Otherwise, IT being once established that
such outrages, unrebuked by the people, are to in
huenee legislation and give direction to official ac-
tion, the destiny of this republic may, without pro-
phete power, be foTeseen; and we may vsinly la
ment that we have fallen on evil times when the
sublime axiom of MIR. Jefferson shall have been
practically reversed, and made to stand, "error of
opinion eannot be tolerated, although reason is lef
free to combat it," IT. indeed, corruption and in
tmidation shall successfully approach the halls Of
legislation, and attempt 10 overawe the second Of
fCer OF the government, IN relation to the highest
function invested by the constitution, can it any
longer be matter of conjecture whether similar in
fuenccs not made, or will be made to bear upon
popular elections, for the purpose of tainting the
purity aud desecrating the sanctity of the ballot
box This, once ascertained and the people reused
to the truth, were thsre even doubt to the su-
periority Of this that system Of tariff they would
not an instant halt between policy bloating one
set Of men with pampered gains, rendering them
imperous, and subversive Of the exercise Of po
litical opinion by the poor operatives, as If they
were unworthy u,2 protection Of the constitution.
Let the question be ween such tariff, which,
ferrng, by means Of protection, on certain men au-
thorty or power to oppress and virtually dlsfran-
chise the poor, and to cut such antics before high
heaven make angels weep'-and tariff having
just and scrupulous regard to the rights of man.
the question being fairly and fully understood, it
could not stand the test Of an hours investigation.
Vandalism Of the etfgy burnersS That you, being
Pennsylpanian should alone be controlled by Penn
sylvania interests so called and moneyed combina-
tons and that the principles Of the discarded are
superior to those of the adopted law The slightest
familiarity with the constitution, should have made
them acquainted with that conservative and highly
sautiry provision, by which the Vice President, to
q certain extent, and for a certain purpose as the
representative Of the whole Union, by whose suf-
frages he has been elected, participates in the national
legislation. That, TO that extent, and to that pur
pose lie IL the legislator representative of all the
STATES; as truly as is senator representative or
legislator Of his particular S.ate for general pur-
poses; or member for a congressional district,
representative Of that district; and equally bound to
conform to the will, and promote the interests and
welfare of the iohote Union, irrespective of the
State of his residence or birth, as is the senator
bound TO obey the will and promote the good of his
particular State, without respect to the town, town
ship, city, or county of his residence, or in which
he drew his first breath; or as member of the
House bound to regard the will and advance the
prosperity of his whole district without favor or
Parality to the section Of the district of his nativity
or abode.
but does patriotism resort to orgies, to riots, and
confagratons, proclaim her inspirations, and en-
force her wilP No, no Her votaries pay their
trs their continued, their undying devotion to the
constitution, the laws the institutions of their coun-
try; to the rights the ndefeasibIe and equal rights
of all. Her conaagrations the bazes of reason;
her burhings are the scorching rays Of truth. The
ruthless spirit which has been abroad mocks at all
these; and if its power were equal to It's venom its
selfshness and its avarce-naught but disorder and
chaos, blood and carnage; the wreck Of all that is nd
mrable, and the uprearng Of whatever is loathsome,
would cover the land T-, ttl,..
We read that, in another country, much injury
flowed from error into which some of the lawmak-
ers fell; that Of thinking better of the wisdom and
power Of human legislation, than in truth deserves;
hat he nf he
country was greatly owing to laws and institutions,
and not quite much to liberty; they and too ma
ny with them being apt to believe regulation to be
commerce, and taxes TO be revenue. Similar max
inns seem to be adopted in our own country. We,
on the contrary, ascrbe to freedom and less to
law. The protection fit for a republican people, we
think, is not that Of the wofto the sheep; it is not
that Of ovcrstrained lawmaking; but il is that which
results from perfect freedom from all restriction, ex
cePt where restraint necessary for the good Of the
whole people in general. g.slg s.s w a.aa. (.
The operation of the tariff Of l942 being unduIy to
nm and