The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-08-08

gresS when the principle OF public action will
be open and ayowed, the President trdnts MY
rote and l nj HIS patronage 1 rM vort
as he ,cishes. and he lcW GIVE me the office
'ciSh for. What will this be but the Govern.
ment of one man and what is the Govern.
ment of enc man but a monarchy Names
are nothing. The nature of I thing is in it:
substance, and the name soon accommo
dates itself to the substance. The first Ro-
man Emperor was styled Emperor of the Re.
public, and the last French Emperor took the
same title and their respective countries were
Just as essentially mOndrchical before as after
the assumption of these titles. 1t cannot be
denied, or dissembled, but that this Federal
Government gravitates to the same point"
&c. Those who make the President must
support him. Their political fate becomes j.
Identified, and they must stand or fall together.
Right or wrong, they must support him and
If he is made contrary to the will of the peo-
pie, he must be supported not only by votes
and speeches, but by arms"
L proceed now to answer some of the inter-
rogations proposed by the honorable Senator
from Mississippi and, first, in relation to the
tariff. He asks me whether Gen. Taylor is in
favor of the tariff. / answer that Gen. Taylor
has expressly declared in his letter to Capt.
Allison that he will, on that subject, submit to
the will of the People. If they, by their rep
resentatives in Congress, choose to pass = pro-
%tective tariff law, he will not veto it. If they
choose to retain the free-trade law of 1916 he
will not interfere with it. The Senator asks
what is my position in regard to this question!
| answer that l am a Wing, and, as a true
friend of the American tariff of 1912, and the
principles of that tariff, 1 am perfectly content
with the President of the United States who
will permit the will of the representatives of
the people and of the States to become the
law Of the land. The honorable gentleman
referred to a letter of mine, written in IS46,to
my political friends in Delaware, in which / A.
vowed myself to be, what l have always felt
proud to declare myself, a friend to the pro-
lection of American industry and the tariff OF
1912. 1t was a letter written, not as he says,
for Presidential election, but for a State cleo
ton, and on the eve of it. / shall never aban-
dor it, but l glory in the principle avows.
The honorable Senator inquired if there
was a man on this side of the chamber who
was in favor of that tariff of 1S42? IAM,and
| think all on my side of the chamber concur
with me. But l do not desire Gen. Taylor to
force any tariff upon the country by the exer-
else of Executive power. He is willing, on
that great question, to let the vote of the peo-
pie govern and no man, be he from the North
or from the South. who desires to curb the ex-
preston of the people on this subject, can just
ly call himself a true republican.
II is because Gen. Taylor, on this as on 9th
or great questions stands on republican ground
that we desire his election. lie occupies precise
ly the platform on which Mr.. jefferson placed
the origin of parties in this country.
is in favor of strengthening the popular
branch Of the Government, and opposed to the
augmentation of Executive power. This was
the great dividing landmark between parties
in 1898. But, alas , your modern Democracy
has been driven oy its ollice-holding leaders to
a very different position from that occupied
by Mr.. Jefferson. 1t now stands as the advo-
cate, the prop, and support of kingly power.
Here Mr.. c. addressed himself to the Demo
cratic side of the chamber. You defend all
its encroachments. You spurn the rights Of
the country and of Congress. You decide that
the President shall put down the will of the
and you have nominated a man who
stands solemnly pledged before the Conven-
ton, by his letter Of acceptance of your nomi-
to veto the will of the people, when ex-
pressed through their representatives, on all
great leading questions, in any other way than
as a mere faction may dictate. BY the action
Of a Convention, which the minority was suf-
fered to control. and which took only one
night to consider all the great questions ofpub-
lie policy, your candidate is pledged to veto
The vote Of the people, should even nine-tenths
Of them decide upon a repeal of the tariff OF
1916 and a re-cnactment of that of 1912!
Now, on this ground, is there any honora-
Die free-tradc man who will hesitate to give
his support to General Taylor? Every hon
,st Dcmocrat-every native and every natur-
llized citizen-can support Gen. Taylor; and
10 one can accuse them Of apostatizing from
my political party to which they may have
been attached. /, as a Wing, can unite with
ny fellow citizens of the Democratic party in
support of General Taylor, and all l ask of
hem is to be republican in heart, and allow
he will Of the people to govern for that is the
,reat principle laid down by HIM in the ALI
on letter, and it tower infinitely above all
,ther questions of party ever made IN this
Icherish no unkind personal feel
ng toward the distinguished gentleman whom
he Democratic Convention nominated.
rave ALWAYS entertained for him the highest
-egard on account of the excellence Of his pri-
rate character. But ] am now reviewing his
acts, not his private life. | have shown
hat, instead of occupying republican ground,
re stands precisely in the position maintained
" Col. Hamilton and Mr.. Wilson in the Fed
,ral Conventien-plcdgcd to sustain the ultra
exercise Of Executive power. and to veto and
,ut down the will Of the nation on every sub
ect upon which an irresponsible convention
nave had the effrontery to dictate their arbi-
.rary dogmns to the American people. These
men have thus set themselves up above the
constitution, and usurped the legislative pow
r. They seek to control the appointment of
thief Magistrate, and, like the Polish Dict
~rirtually to elect 4 monarch to ride and rule
abused and insulted people.
Which, then, is The Republican parry? II
S the great National Party, composed Of
Democrats. na:uralized citizens, native citi-
.ens, and Whigs-patriotic men Of all par
ies-who now constitute the great Taylor
,arty of the country. That is the true Re-
publican party; opposed TO the downward
endency OF the Government; in its admins
ration-anxious 10 avert its progress 10 mon
lrchy and. unless the principles of.hat par
y be sustained, the Liberties Of The country,
must, sooner or later, fall beneath the axe