The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-10
HE WHO'S AND THE SILVER
tk.lS.

"itioi Hrcp' va. un.Lie,' rcry
'un,b'c, and 90 was bis mother; she.
aa,ing carly been impressed viii
.rnsc Of her 'unble' condition. had ful.
Iy ii.ioclrinnicl 'Uriah' in the line o;
lu'y which he should pursue, and "
mo-, 'imblr pair they become.
Now it day be-, that hot portion Of
the wIis party vino have venlurcl in
aay !r-rec To dis>cm, from the rule of
lp..," recently promulgated hy the
rrc.en, leading cabinet officer d, lh'
government. are blessed with al the
humility 'ha' marked the characters OF
the above named Northit~. From th"
tore assumed by the hirei ta,h.ma,,cr-
ard Wou'l.bc '0hippcr> in Of The new
dynasty ore would tlink, n, least. that
Hey ',ou.it 80. The entire coniidcuc,
with which ,hcv ASSUME their position {;
The reliance which they affect TO plac
on ih.ir own judgment a, to the sent
m-ur AMI feeling Of .hc Wing party in
/, ,hion to the matter n, issue the ar
rupaucc ana :Upcrcilliousncss exhibited
~ AL i,.,ir Examinations. and their en-
tire c"",rmp, for the opinions of other,
-- hai u t. the belief that these ardent
dcvut"c- ~ TO save the Union two
or ,hrcc time week, and swear anew
lhc,r fcally TO the Constitution dali y
are reaiiy impressed with the idea that
AL the virtue nn wisdom of the whig
,a"ty i, conferred in The Silver Grey
urlc~ and that all out Of the new
school are 20 tumble as to be Of .itlc or
no account. In this belief they assume
dignity, almost digniiied; and exhibit
iny a self complacency most beautiful
to behold propose TO walk away from
the main body of the wing party, sim
ply exchanging the wing principles Of
non CIT nsion aud nor aggression o.
slavery for new cookoo song Of I'm
ion and the Constitution rc-arranget
and set TO music by few restless ant
uneasy politicians.
As with all political deserers, these
new Constitutional and only true I'm
ion men are the deserted party an,
according to their own showing the,
make out a clear case Of it.
But what are the facts The as
symptoms carly made by those whl
claim 10 be the fast and particular friend
of the President, as to his peculia
views on certain questions of deep in
lcre>t TO all true wings, were of ma
turc well calculated to distract the par
~ and cause q degree Of dissatisfaction
in the ranks. All decided oxpressio,
however of this dissatisfaction wa
Withheld until by the later movement
Of the principal cabinet officer an ap
parent endorsement was given TO IT,
tru.h Of these assumptions, when symp
toms Of Il more decided dsapproval be
gan to manifest Itself, and spread thro'
, oai th" entire party; and il any defcc
ton now exists there, or if a has.y 0
unLccoming disposition is shown to loo
ahead for another candidate for III
next presidency, Mr.. Fillmore can onl
attribute i. to the action OF his unwis
and ovcr-zcalou: friends and the nor
f eXccplionable course pursued by IL
Secretary of State. The party proscriI
ton, rs las been entered upon by Nj
D. Webster, anl which we are sorry t
see endorsed by the Silver Crews, ca
, work nothing but evil in the ranks {
tie pagly. 70 .ay nothing Of the MAJ,
lest wrong done TO individuals, the TO
y OF attempting the settlement OF sec
tiona! icud, hy the means proposed b
/. the able Secretary must be apparent
, any candid locker on. As the 'expoun,
: a. OF The constitution OF the Unite
T. States, Mr.. Webster stands fr,t an
- foremost among the great men Of III
! l.nl; but a. the ,Xpounler o, the COZ
p. s.iiuIion OF the Ptop'e.' Of the Unite
/ States, we think he shows himself ne
. tier great nor grateful. With all Il
: greatness and his legal acumen he couI
Il never by his act. make himself POI
!, ular maa with the people, out of Mas
= achusetiS; and even there we have /
. ilca that he could noic carry populi
election Under all these circumsial
ccs then, il docs not seem so very 81
l. gular that many Of Tie old wings are
";adiscrsc;' as 10 expires. preferen
\ thus early .or candidate to lead the
" in the mex, e.cclipn contest. The on
- singular thing TO Us in the matter,