Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-10-06
Portrait Of Martin Van Ruren.

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vua' VI Mafuh van huren.
From 1e Speech ef Hon. R.fn Cca,s, at he lfa.sa.
eeu'eiis Whig State Conrntion, h,dd in Worosisr.
Sff- Ia, lsie - $780, 80
Who j. Martin Van Buren,, Il may be 30
bold Z do not ask rs if Twere about person.
ally to answer, which. would carry with Il NO
weight, but according 10 the iudrmcnt of Masn.i
achusetts and America passed upon him eiobt
ycars ago-wbo is Martin Van Buren, /? W6r.f
the last ever heard of that gentlemen was Il,
1910, when he was taken up and tried BIZ thea
whole body Of the people Of this country, UPON
q charge Of high crimes and misdemeanors
against the people Of the United States. / don't
know but he has been once or twice sent down
to Baltimore, 10 get nomination but that il no
business of ours. G.i3v e-,afr IT, airai,f ~.
The last time, ] say sir, that we knew anv
thing about him, or had anything 10 do with him.
was in 1910, when he ftood before the bar Of
America on a charge Of high crimes and misde-
meanors as public man. Here he wns claiming
TO be President They took him IN and broupkt
him to the bar, and indicted and jmncar6c,i
him OF high crimes and misdcmeanors aeainSt
this Constitution and Land. Sir. such 4 lrisI
as that the world never saw before. Sueh a
eulprit as that the world never saw before.
Such a sentence was never pronounced before
in the hearing of re.nons;bls mo-, (h.ri.s n .
,landins before the aroused Commons Of Eng
land was play upon the stage in comparison
WIN II remember, Dir President, seeing you
N mat una; rccoliect he made an admirable
u.ience ms couhsei ssid he was most fsir
SPOKEN per.oh. a gsnuemcn bred and born,
unoouo'ediy ne rs lie squeezed more mems
hands, organized more eaucuses, talked more of
ecmocraey, ana served longer IN the Democrat-b
!, n rahss .nah any man within the memory OF
,ne o,oss' 'nnao'taht- Inc people, as remem'
oe,, -" no' oeny WORD o. az ihis- ..aA ]
,r pul Nns' said 'ne people what sad you
mhM said your fathers and brothers They
looked through the whole OF his lonqiife and
NOTHING In him. firm, becnn;r. ~ "a ~, one
long course of selfisbness. trne onlv ana aver 4,
himself They sa;d that .l,bo,,gh ~. - ,c,sd
and spoken a great deal In public I;fe. 6rst and
last they had never been able 10 trace 10 bis
| lips one great thought. one grand sentiment! one
winged word. or one masterly f.s,pro AZ ,,ol;cv
which marked him as a great man. . ..'iE
| The people were aroused. from tho coa,nt;nu.
room Of the merchant to the log cabin Of Aiic6i-
gan Illinois, or the frontier settlements. But
so "e" my ~nn' ,; 20 i.ha nm all they could
see was the motion OF tho grass, aud although
,ney iounu mn, on inc Top Of Pyramid they
s INV -" hnS,ner ne new up with pInions
s1os' VI "ne'ner ne inaue sunny, tortuous as
0e"- Fti ean
On that view Of his life, on Il ali, on that long
subserviency to the South, on that refusal IN
1919 TO take part IN petitioning CONGRESS
against the Missouri Compromise on his cast
ing vote in the Senate, which authorized the
Southern master of the slave to put his hand on
the letter ola mercantile correspondent at the
Morrill, and open il !; on his pledge in his Inau.
gural message, that he would veto bill for the
abolition Of slavery in the District Of Columbia,
on bis slavish subseryiency 10 General ,Jackson
and his enormous herrsies IN raaari ~ A,,er;'
can Labor, they wrote upon his forehead and
between his shoulders, aNorfksrn MN ,rll
''OuANe'" f'r"etp'es' r.-s % stia y. a esA
They condemned him. and ad;udged hin, Co..
ever incapable of bearing Office Of trust or nro;t
in these United States. To that verdict AIassa.
chusetts consented by twenty thousand majority.
He now calls upon ms to allure thai name undev
which we have served our country from ou,,
mothers arms--a creed which Distinguishes and
House. Why, sir, it7 Is 7aa fuo ,r.o7r : ~.
, fn aCan these things be. saii. l'i
And overcome us like a sumrner,s cIoudr' u
Have Wa ,..,,.n of ,,,a .,,a
takes s,vav o,,r yessoa VA I iJ1'' "nieh
up Van Buren9 We have not Changed Has
he changed? He says he has nor. That sreat
body Of pernicious doctrine. that unmasled ana
detected character Of 1870, has he imnroved n
a single hair of his head He savs III he 49,
Has he become sounder in regard Ia Execu,;ve
power? Not particle. Has he with rerarS
to ''free soil" labor? Why. he said lat weet.
that in his poor iudemcnt.and moor enough 4
was-dircct taxation was the best metboS Of
raising money for the support Of Coyern,ncnt
IL by any contingency or combinat;on az
chances, he should DO elevated 10 he Chief
%ag,s.ra;y, may pe permitted 70 predict and
sLlI,i :" a' \, WI tna, whatsoever else hs
sisx;.r snd so,,,n n ~ lug mos. suoserlient
',, anu anu os apininistraiion That the
''r'f9 wv saw asf.asao lsif 40 Y1Eias
But Mr. Van Buren, says that he will not veto
n law Of Congress refusing TO extend slavery in
to the newly acquired territory Very much
obliged to him, indeed. BY the way, how 40
we know that "Confidencc,' said the elouuens
Chatham, s'is a plant Of slow erowth.s Ho,
does Massachusetts know that Has she cot
rid Of the sharpness and strength Of those arau-
have no doubt. But suppose, gentlemen, that
instead Of bau0 clacfAd Nv H. = -.