i 1 1 mr- i. H6 tUHSTITHT OM.
Vol. XI.
VTv'SJ 3S-ivg,
TIE BEST THING WE CAN DO.
fee times are bed aad want carieg,
Tkey rlI bejaed at eadariagj '
fst at lam out Martin Tu Barea,
And pel U Old Tippecaaeet
The heal thing we can de,
la te p at la Old Tippecaeac.
- 1t" a VeaJaese we all caa take part ia,
fa lat ee give eetiee te Mama,
That he aiaat gal reedy for atarliag, '
far well fat ia Old Tippeeeaee.
A tUi( a f Ike AdaiaiatGtUe
TiU ke for the good af ike nation, . .
far k k hi U bed eitoetiae.
So vail fat ia Old Tippacaaaa.
TIM beet liuaf we caa ia,
lata fat ia 014 Tippecanoe,
Aad aval the whole faaaa a. packing,
ra Barea aad U alkie tackle g.
far we've trial tkaai a bead tbaia all lachiag,
Aad we'll f at ia OUI Tip pecaaoe,
wVve had ef I hair heasbege a plant,
far saw ail aar packata arc empty,
WVve aa dattar sew where wa bad twenty,
Va Sa vaU pat ia Old Tippecaeoe.
Tba beet tbiag ara CM da,
fa ta fat ia Old Tippacaaaa
far tkair rogaey esat ka defaaded,
lad tia liiaa that their reige abau2d be ended
yft never fball aea tkia a seceded,
' Till we fat ia Old Tippecaaoc.
raela 8aai ha'al cant ia bla purse now,
tad suttere ara atill grawiag worse newi
Jkere'e eaty aaa tbiag lad for aa aaw.
If U pal ia Old Tippeeeaee,
Tba beet tbiag wa eaa da,
Ia la p ul la Old Tippacaaaa
F ar art all al aa goiag ta rain,
As laag aa wa ktep aacb craw ia,
la lat aa ka ap sad e-deiag,
lad fat ia Old Tippecanoe,
JTkat of it? Tba Standare! cam
aaaieetrs to as the moat terrifying
JatcUigence that every county vest
af Salisbury la represented eilber in
lie Eenttt or Home of Commons by
lawyer. Writ, litis only shows
lb at tha lawyers are aal a proscribed
ft of men milla tba whig psrty. It
shows, toe, tbat tb whig party aem
bera In iu rank t goaxll eninbcr
ft tbat prolrniuo bich tb grtat
Edffliiid , Dark proooaacfd to con
tain Hit tblrtt and moit f nthmlaslic
4dtnitn af Chit injeriJTl"aStd-!
tn! Cannot aij, bowerr, tbat tbe
big cuMnii writ of StIUborj are;
rrprctrnird bj lawjrra onlj. Tbe
njarl'7 of rrprrienlatiret from tbeae
caaiitica art taken from among tbe!
farnrrc and (ram the otbrr prufes '
aioaa af life. Out, et ro il it vie a
fact deeming ol tba condennetioa of
tba Mojt!r, that the whigshad aelect
ed a grrat man la yrra to rtprrsrat
thrn ia tbe nrst Lrglelaiure. the
Standard can claim on bnirfit fur its
party on tbat groand; We find IW
ibe DritUb parlj U willing to avail
itsrlf of lawvcra wbrnrtrr it can get
bold of them. Tbe Negro Witness
Candidate biraseir was a lawjer.
The DritUb Trj candidate Tor He
-nlBce of G irrrnur in this State was a
lawyer. Th rouat -prominent load
er rtht British Tonea ia this State
Is a lawjer. The roust prominent
DritUb tnrmber fri'in theweMisa
lawyer. Dth or the late Dritish
Srnatura In Congress were bred to
tie law, the one having abandoned
I ' pror esl in in earljr lit and tbe
other having continued in practice
no il tbe present time. Two. ir not
funr. of tba British Beprceentatives
l i ....... fr.im ibis State, were
bred t.i the law. The British party
(leextfd into the Legislature oil the
tawyrre whirh it coold command.
Tba Federal Secretary of State is a
lawyer. Tbe Federal Secretary of
(ha 'lV,aiur. and wa believe Mr.
rl Secret arv of
iVar, was als i a lawyer at one perl
oil of his life.
S,. if It ia a rrlme to select la wv era
tha Standard is
riinni..,l In Ha a!teitil)t to torn the
rirrunistanre agist the whigs. We
mk. i.ri. huwever. that our
nrtihboiir was afraid that these eery
aama t,rra would, at our next ses
sion of the L-gtsUture. apply the
knre and cautery pretty freely to the
rzer.nraa wliich have been raised
iHn tba body politic by the Negro
Wttnees Chief. . otor.
A ItttruU wortfchav'Mg. The Louis
le City Gazette anoouncee that John
villa I il
8need Smith, eaq. he rsnoonesd Ven
Runaitiii. anil coma OUt for Ge0 lUm
aon. This is, indeed, an accession worthy
BtJNKER UILL CELEn RATION.
The ra mutiBt u Bler j, lB
tharleatown. Maaa. took pl.ee steeab!j
ao'iew. Tbe Bombers preaent were
vanoualy eaUcttcd at from 80 to 75.000.
Tbe proecaaioa waa oat boar and forty,
eifht miaoieawt quick march ta pasaiag
City Hall. There were men ia k
uom abaoat every part of tbe Union.
Tbie mighty saacnblars biPg beet
called to order, tba Hon. Daniel IVcbater
appearod, addressed the people, and read
be following:
Hunker III!! Declaration.
Beftcatkar JO, 1MO.
When men paaae fro their erdioary
occupations, and as.embls in great oeav
bera, a props respect for tbe judgment
of the country, aad of tbe age, requires
that they ahould learlr set forth tha
grave eausee which have brought tbca
ingedier. and tbe parposee which tbey
seek to promote.
reeling the force of ibis obligation.
mora than fifty thousand f tha IT.
electors of tbe New En,!iwl Re,..
honored also bv the nreataee of lika f
electors from nearly evary other 8tai la
a union. Having assembled en Banket
Hill, on tbie JOtbdsr of September. 1813.
proceed to eet forth a DECLARATION
of their principles, sad of tbe occasion and
objects of their meeting.
In tbe first plaee, we declare our unal
terable attachment to that Pobtie Liberty,
tbe purrbate of so much blood and trea
sure, in the acquisition of which the held
whereon wa stand, obtained earlv and
imperishable renown. Bunker Hill is
not a spot on which wa shall forget tbe
priteiplcs of our Fathers, or suffer any
thing to quench within our own bosoms
ids love of freedom which we have inherit
ed from them.
In tha neit place, we declare ocr warm
snd hearty devotion to the Constitution of
the country, and to vjhsl Union of tbe
states which has happily cemented, and
so lopg and so prosperously preserved.
tVecall ourselves by no local names, we
recognize no geographical divisions, while
we give attersnee to our sentiments on
high conetitational and political suhjeets,
Wa are Americans, citizens of the United
States, knowing no other country, and
desiring to be distinguished by no ether
appellation. We believe the Constiio
lion), while adtuiniaiercd wisely and in
its proper spirit, to be capable of protect
ing all parte of tbe eountry, eeeuring all
interests, perpetuating a National Brother,
hood among all tbe States. We believe
initio foment local jealousies, to attempt
to prove the existence of opposite interests
between one part of the eountry and
another, and thus to dissewinsta feelings
of distrust and alienation, while it ie in
contemptuous disregard of the counsels
of the great Father of hie eountry, ie but
one lorm in which irregular ambition,
oVatitute of all true patriotism, and a love
ol power, reckleaa o( the mesne ol its
gratification, exhibit their unsubdued snd
burning desire. i
We believe, loo, that party spirit, how
ever natural or unavoidable it may be, in
free llepublies, yet when it gsine such
an ascendency in men's miods, aa leads
them to substitute party for country, to
seek no ends but party enda, no appro
bation but party approbation, and to tear
no reproach or contumely, eo that there
be no party dissatisfaction, not only alloys
the Hue enjoyments of such institutions,
but weakens, every day, the foundations
on which they stand.
We are in favor of the liberty of speech
snd of the press; we are frienda to free
discusaion; we espouse the csuse of popu
lar educations we believe in man's capacity
fnra-lf avamment: we desire to see the
freest and widest dissemination of know
ledge, and of truth; end wa believe, espe
cially, in the benign influence of religious
feeling, and moral instiuction, on ibe
social as well aa on the individual hap
piness of man.
Iloluine mesa general aeumnrni
opinions, we have eume together to de
elate, that under the preeent sdminiatra-
tion of the General Uovernmem. a course
of meaeoree hss been adopted and pursu
ed, in our judgments disastrous to tne
best interests of the eountry, threatening
she accumulation of still greater evils,
utterly hostile to the true spirit of the
Cnaiitniion and to the principlea of civil
liberty, and ealhng upon all men ol honest
purpose, diatntetesiea pairiouara, inu un
biassed intelligence, to put forth their
utmost constitutional efforts in order to
effect a ehsnge.
Gen. Andrew Jsckson waa elected rre
.wl.m of the United Statee, and took the
oaths and his seat, on the 4tn oi warcn,
- ... - mat a
1829: and we readily admit, um unusr
his adminisiration, certain portions of ibe
nublio affairs w ere conducted with ability.
a... m Umant. that he waa not
proof against the insinuUooe an.d infla
encee of evil councillors, or perhsps
-
encee
...tnal hi.
n oassions. when moveu
.Za Hence, in one most import-
... i. k ..riiia nuKlio interest, in that
an i . , ,.
easemial part of commercial regulation
..Mtoeia tha monev. the currency,
the circulation, and the internal exchanges
AND THE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1810.
of the coon try. T accidental ecearreaeee,
scu'og en hie characterisua los of role,
sad naeaainesa andrr apposition, led bias
ie depart from all thai wee expected from
him, end to eater upon SMasorea, which
plaaged both him and be eountry in
greater and greater diffiealtiee at every
step, eo that, in tbie respect, hie whole
eoerao of administration was bat a aeries
of ill fated experiment, and protects,
framed ia disrrgar J of prsdeaca and pro-
rcucBi, a bo Derating in rapid s accession;
the fiaal txploaioa taking place a few
moaihe alter hie retirement fmn ofSee.
Gen. J ackaen was not elected with aay
desire or expectation, on tba part of bis
supporters, that be would interfere with
the currency of the country. We affirm
ibis, aa tha troth of history. It is ioespa
ble of refotatioa or denial; It ie aa certain
as that the American Revelation was not
undertaken to destroy tha righuj of pro-
perty, or overthrow the oblirstioa ef'ooblie interest. We think there ia no
morals. . j
But aohsppilv. he became iawalaaJ in
a eoniroveray with the then eiieting Bank
.a a . . .
' " "I
onne uaitea sutea. lie maairested a
desire, bow originating or br whom in
spired, ie immaterial, to exercise a poli
ties! ioluenee ever tbat insHtaiion. and
to eause that institution to exercise ia
I turn, a political induenee ever ibe com
munity. Published doe omenta prove ibis,
as plainly ee they prove eny other aet of
bis adminiatraUon. In this deaire he waa
resisted, thwarted, sod finally defeated.
But what he could not govern, be aup
posed ha could destroy; and the event
showed that be did not overrate bie popu
larly, and bie power. He pursued the
Bank to the desth, and achieved bie
triumph by the Veto of 1832. The ac
customed mesns of maintaining a sound
snd uniform currency, for the ose of the
whole eountry, having been tbue trampled
down and destroyed, recourse waa bad
to these new modee of experimental ad
ministration, to which we have already
adverted, and which terminated ao dis
astrously, both for the reputation of hie
administration, and for tbe welfare of tba
eountry.
But Gen. Jsckson did not deny bie
constitutional obligations, nor aeek to
etcspe from their foree. lie never pio
lessediy abandoned ell eare over the gen
eral currency. Hie whole conduct shows
U.t readmitted, throughout, the doty of
the General Government to maintain a
euperviaion over ibe currency of ihecouo-
tr k.k .,.nu r.
"Ji wrwswo invMiiiv vssvn aw svs a iwt wssm geir
er'al good and se of4e peoplm end be
congratulated both himself and the nation.
ih.i k. .1,. ....... ..-,t k. I.;
ibe enrrency and the exchange, of the
looUna -
"uuii w wciw ismvvsj) vii w g
nm .. nui tna opara-
lion of a Bank ol tha United otates.
This confidence in his owh experiments,
we know, nroved most illusory. But
the frequency
ith which he repeated
this and similsr ueciarstions. esisonsnea.
.... wwm - v, ptrW of Europe. IjCU oy tne same ne
or governmenu I ceasitr, or pushing tha earns principle
in su ins measures oi uenerai t season i tt,u further, snd with a kind ot revoiu
upnn the currency, the present Chief Ma-1 tionsry rapidity, we have seen the rights'
eiatrate ie known to heve concurred. I nronertv ant onlr ausiled. but denied
Like him, lie wse opposed to the Bank
of Ir.s United Slates; like him. ne wis ml
favor of State Deposite Banks; snd like I
him, he insisted, mat oy tne am oi sucn i
nanaa tne aumimaiTaiiuii uw. m.wuifiiii-
ed all thai rould be desired, on the great
subjects of the eurreocy aod the ex
change.
But the cataetrnphe of May, 1837. pro-
duced a new crisis, by overthrowing the I and whote offices would be nearly sine
last in a series of experimenu, and ereat- cures but for the Ubor performed in the
ing an absolute necessity, either of re- attempt to give cutreocy to mem prmci
turning to that policy of the Government pies and these opinions,
which Gen. Jackson had repudiated, or We believe that the general tone of the
of renouncing altogether the constitution- measures of the Adminisiration, the man.
al duty which it naa oeen me oojeci winer in wmcu u dune ,, -t-i -that
policy to perform. The latur branch rent preference for partizans of extreme
. a vrt m A .U -m.m.A.mm eawalK saw ltirll
r ,i.. .it. mtu aitonted. Raiufe
waa aoueht in escape. A duty, up to
that moment sdmitud by all, was sud-
i- .i.n;.,l ami tha faarful resolution
UCIIIT WSUIOU, m m "
announced, thst uovernment snoum nera-
sfter provide for its own revenues, and
,1.., r... it.. ,,t. tha Pconle must uks
care of themselves.
a....M..i h.ra. tn-rlav. and feelinr in
common with the whole eountry the evil
consciences of these principles, snd
' , It
these measures, we utter sgainsttncm an.
i i.i,.t nnt itonn nd aolemn die
.,i nmnnitrinci. We con-
i dernn tha early departure of Geo. Jack,
r ,K.i im. nf noliev which he
,u , r- - ..
iected to pursue. Wa deplore tne
' ... . l: .: ...i.:..!
temner wiucn leu him i imw .. v. ..,
ouarrel with the Bank. We deplore ihe ted bodieaof the people'e Representatives,
" '. . .. ..: ...I l,:.l,i,.i aair.rani. tncnriim. ana ilionitV.
headstrong spins wowu . '
lonursue that instiiution to us aeauus-
tion We deplore the timidity of eome,
the acouiescenee or othere, and the sub-
serviency of all his psrty, whfch enabled
him to carry its whole, unhroKen pna-
:: .Il -..n r me..na. and the
unx u .!"" . .
accomplishment ot purposes, wnicn vt
accoropiivii""" 1 1 :.i,.
tnftw to have oeen agams. im wi.uim'i"v . .
the remonstrsnces. and the consciences ed twenty ; amsllaans. previously accumu
of mi5r of the most respectable and i- laled, besidea al the accruing income,
ot many wi r Li. it into nower: and there
of m 'ures that had been pursued for
?:..e" ., hi. rash exoerimeote with
at inie rests; snd the p-rseverance with
great interests, anu rr
IktrS ha neraisted in them, when men
of different temperament must have been j
LAWS THE GUARDIANS OP
satisfied of their aselesaaess sad imf
teace.
Bat General Jackson's admtalstratiew,
asthori'y aad ialaeae. are bow b is tori -cL
They belong to tha past, while wa
bate to do, to-day, with the eerioue eQa,
aad the still more alarming potrnts of the
present. Wa rtmona irate, therefore, moat
earaeeUy and emphatically, against the
pok'ey apoa tbie subject, of the present
admifiistrstion. Wo pretest spins! the
troth of its principles. We deny the pro
priety sod justice of iu measures. tVa
are constrained to have too little respect
foe its objeeta, and we desire to roass lb
country, so far aa we can, la the avile
which ppreis snd tba dangers tbat ear-'
sound as. : V.
We insist, that the present aJainistra
tion has consulted its own psrty ends, 1
and tbe prcsertation of its own power, to
tha manifest neglect of great objeete of
liberality, no political com prehension, no
iost policy in its leading asessures. We
look apoa iu abandonment of the cur
' . . . m
rency as fatal, and we regard its system
of eub tresauries aa but a poor device to
avoid a high obligation, ot as the firet ia
a new aeries of ruthless experiments.
We believe iu professiooe in favor of n
hard money currency to be inaineere;
because wa do not believe that any per
eon of common information and ordiaary
enderstsnding , can suppose thai ibe nee
of paper, ae a circulating medium, will
be discontinued, evea it euch discootino
anee were desirable, unless me Govern
ment shsll break down the acknowledged
authority of the Sista Governmenu to es
tablish Bsnke. Wa believe tbe clamor
against State Banks, Sute Bonds, and
Suu Credos, to have been raised by tbe
friends of tha Adminisirstioa to divert
poblie sttention from iu own roiamansje
ment, and to throw on others ihs conse
quence of its own misconduct. We heard
nothing of sll this io ihs ssrly part of
General Jackson's sdministratton, nor un
til bis measures bad brought tha turren
cy rjf the eountry into the otmosi disor
der. ' We know, thst ia times past, the
present Chief Magistrate, of all men, had
most Una in their usefulness, sod no ve
ry severely chastened desire to profit by
their influence.. We believe that the
r00" m 7 -nauenc.
ewmnmty hsa never departed
f"f th Administration, Wbst it could
01 VT?U$ bT h'
Bank of the United Sutee to its purpoe-
.. a -
",ktll" " h f ""
"eU 19 ,ff W ,be,Sub
Treasury. Wa believe, thst in order to
lh Znlt't
lTS - '' wavnoeo. tne irienae ot
ftm A J. t it I
nnute opinions destructive of the internal
commerce of the country, paralyzing to its
whole industry, tending to sink its labor,
UrA r lh. intnfA. n.
y .offering labor of the worat
J boldest agisrisn notions put forth
the power of transmission from father to
t0H openly denounced the right of one
to participate in tne earnings oi snowier,
m me rejrciioii oi iuv naiuiu vi
his own children, asserted as a fundamen-
ta principle of the new democracy; and
all this, by thoee who are in the pay
of Government, receiving isrgs sauries,
lonininns. and tna reaoiness wim
1 it bestows Its connuence on me smwn
and most violent, are producing aerious
lininries ddoo the political morale, and
I . . ... . ,1? -
i general acajuujem, u,
believe that to this csuse is fairly to be
latuibuted the most lamentable change
which has taken place in the temper, the
laobnetv. and tne wisuotn wim wiucu mi
high public councils hare been hitherto
I conducted. We look with alarm to the
.a.a.at at. I. smm aH t akaemsWl
i existing auie hi .
land we would most earnestly, and with
(all our' heaiu. as well for ihs honor of
the country, as for iu interests, beseech
I all rood men to unite with us in ao at-
I . "... ... . ..u .u- .1.1:1. . r
iwoipi 10 ormg oac m, ucuucm, -8 v.
lit,. n,u.nn.ii. in reatiira In ilia collec-
.lt "r..7.,u
ww wu.m..........
can mske no regular progress, and ia al-
wsys in danger either of accomplishing
nothing, or of teaching ju end- by un-
nuaiauu ,,.... .u-.... .
We believe the conduct of the Admin-
1. m..nir ... ...... ,. ,n
in.r,m... ,c,,.m..s -
Ik. i.iM .anrnhanaible. It hae exoend-
seems at tbie moment to be no doubt, but
that it will leave to tu euccecsore a pub-
lie debt of from five to ten millione 01
j,.l.aia. It haa shrunk from u proper
tesponsibililiss. With the immediate
OUB LIBERTY.
prospect of aa empty tfessvry, it has yet
sol bad anaaiiaeee to recommend to Coa-
grese any adequate proviatoa. It -has
cooiUatijr spoken of tha exeeaa af re
ceipt over expenditures, until this ex
eeas baa finally saarwfeeted itself ia aa
absolute necessity for loans, and ia a
power conferred en the President, alto
gether new, and ia our judgment hostile
to the whole spirit of the Cofistitutien,
to meet the event of want of reaoorcee.
by withholding, oat of certain classes of
appropriates made by Congress, ssch
sa he chooaee to think, easy he nest spsr
ed. It lives by shifu sad contrivances,
by shallow artifices, snd dduis names,
by what is called "facilities, and the
"exchange of Treaeery no tea for specie;
while ia troth at aaa been laat eoamcu
iff a public debt, in the aiUt of all its
boaaiiar, without dsrior to lay tbe plain
aad asked trsta ol tba case before the
people.
We protest spies! the conduct or the
House of Represenuiives ia the ease of
the N. Jersey election. This ia not a lo
cal, but a general oueatioa. Ia tbe Un
ion of the stales, on whatever liak the
blow of injaance or uanrpation falla. it is
fell, sad ought to be frit, through the
whols chain. The canae of New Jersey
is ihs cauae of every state, snd eveiy
sute ia therefore txwnd 10 yiod este iu
That the regular cotumiasion, or eetli-
irate of return, aigned by ibe chief ma.
gistrete of the sute, according to the pro
visione of lsw, cntidee those who pro
duce it to be sworn ia aa members of
LCongress, to vote io the organization of
the llouee, sod to bold their seau until
their righu be disturbed by regular peii
lion end proof, is a proposition of consti
tutional law, of such universal extent and
sniveraal acknowledgment, that il cannot
be strengthened by argument, or by ana-
loir. There ia nothing clearer, and no-
Hung better eetued. W o legiaiau ve oooy
. . a at a a a a
could ever be organized without the a
dootioa of this principle. Yet, in the
esse of the New Jersey members, it was
entirely disregarded,
And it ie of swful portent that on euch
s question, n question in its nature strict
ly judicial, the dominanes of party abould
. . . an !
lead men urns aagrsnuy 10 violate prai
principlea. It is tbe firet atp that costs,
after this open disregard of the elements
ry rules of ls snd justice, it would ere
S'S no surprise, that pending the labors
of a committee especially, sppointed to
ascertain who were duly elected, s set ol
msa calling themselves Representatives
of the people of New Jersey, who had
no certificates from ihs Chief Magistral
of the SUU, or according to the laws of
the stale, were voted into their erate, un-
tion. andTaerwar
the paaaage of the sub treasury law. Ws
call most solemnly upon all who, with u.
believe tbat theae proceedings alike in
vade the riehta of tba states, and diaho
nor the eause of popular government and
free inaiiiuuons, to supply sn efficient
snd decisive remedy, by tbe unsparing
aonlication ol the elective franchise.
We nroteat against the plan of the Ad
ministration respecting the training and
rfiicinlininr of the militia. The Presi
dent now admita it to be unconstitutional;
and it ia plainly so, on the Face of it, fot
the trainirr ol the militia ia by the con-
atitution expressly reserved to the etatee.
II it were not unconstitutional, u wouiu
. ..... , 1 1
ret be unnecessary, burdensome, entail
ine enormous expense, snd placing dan-
eeroua nowers in executive nanua. 11
belongs 10 the prolific family of Execu
tivn projects, and it is a consolation to
find that at least one of its projects hss
been eo scorched by public rebuke and
reprobation, that no man raises bis hand,
or opens his mouth in its favor. j
Ii waa during the pmgreaa of the late
Administration, and under the well known
auspicea of the present Chief Magistrate,
that tha declaration was made in ihe Se
nate, that in regard 10 public office, the
spoils of victory belong to the conquer
or.: thus boldly proclaiming, aa the creed
of the party, that political contesta are
riohifullv siruezles for office snd emolu
mont. We protest sgainst doctrines.
which thus regard offices ss created fori
ihe eake of incumbenta, and stimulate the
basest passions to ths pursuit ol high
publio trusts.
We protest sgainat ihe repeated inatan
ces of dieregarding judicial decisions, by
officers of Government, and others en
joying its countenance; thus aetting up
executive interpretation over ihe solemn
adjudications rf courts and juries; and
a - . r. - .....l
ahowinr marked disrespect for the usual
aud constitutional inter pi etaitou and exe
cution of ihe laws.
This misgovernment and mal adminis
tration, would have been the more tolera
ble, if thev had not been committed in
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moat inalances, in
direct contradiction to)
the warmest professions, and the moat
solemn assurances, rromtsea 01 a oet
ter currency, for example, have ended in
the destruction of all national and uniform
currency; assurances of ths strictest eco
nomy have been but pjeludea to tbe mot
wasteful excess; even the Florida war
haa been conducted under loud pretencee
of eevere frugality; and the moat opeo,
inbloahine and notorioue interference
with stats electione, has bssn sysumati
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cally frsctised by the paid sgeats ef sa
administration, which, in the full firth
aess of iu oath of office, declared tbat
one of iu leadinjr object ehoeld be to ae
coeapuah that teak of reform, which par
UcuSariy required tbe eurrectioa of thoee
abwsee, which beoegbt the psuonage of
the federal government late coofltet with
tbe freedom of election. -.
. In tbe teeth of this solemn saaarsnee.
it has bem proved that tbe United States
officer have been sasesscd, in sums baar
iag proportion ta the whole ateuat il.er
receive from the Tieasury, for the pur
poae of supporting their parttxass een in
state snd municipal sltciions. What
ever, in abort, baa been moat profrsaed,
haa bee a least practise!; and it ixai to
have been taken for granted that the Ass
riean people would he eaiiafied with pre
tenee, and a full-toned aaaorance of patri
otic porpoae. ' The hia ory of the laat
twelve yeare baa been bot the hUlory of
broken promisee and diaappomted hopes.
At every eucreaeive period of tin histo
ry, an enchanting, rose-colored luturny .
haa bean a oread out before the eeonle.
especially in regaid to the great eoneerna -
of revenue, fiaance and currency. But
these colors bate faded as the object haa
been approached.' Proapeeto ol abun
dant revenue has reaulted io tha necesai
ty of borrowing, the brilliant hopes of a
better currency end in general derange
ment, stagnation and diatress; and while
the whole country is rouaed to sn unpre
cedented excitement by the pressure of
the times, every ststs paper Irons ths Ca
binet at Waahinctnn cornea forth fraosbt
ith conrratulaiione on thst happy statu
of things, which the wiae policy of tbe
admioiatration ia alleged to have brougnt
about! Judged by the tons of theae pa
pare, every prevent movement of the peo
ple is quite unreasonable; snd all sttempta
at change, only eo many UMgraUful re
turns for the wiae snd successful tdmi
n tat ration of public affairs!
Thers ia yet saother subject of com.
plaint to which we feel bound to advert,
by our veneration for the iUuetriout dead,
by our respect for truth, by our love for
the honor of our country, and by ourown
wounded pride ae American citizens.
We feel that the country has been diaho
nored. and we deaire to free ourselvee
from all imputation of acquieaeence in the
parricidal act. Tbe laU President, in a
communication to Congress, more than
intimate, that enme of the earliest and
most Important measures of Waehing
loo's admintatration. were the offspring
of personal motives snd privste intereste.
Ilia auccesaor hae reneateu and ex'andeu
this acrusaiion. and given to it, we Sra
compelled 10 say, s greater degree of vf-
iuroTeafoYtaaBXmerican hearl in hie boeom. can en-
n m
dure this without feeling the deepest hu
miliation aa well as the otmosi scorn.
The feme of Wsahington, and his imme
diate associatee, is one of the richest trea
sures of the country. Hie ie thst name
which en American may utter with pride
in every part of tha world, and which,
wherever uttered, ie ehouted to the skiee
by the voices of sll true lovers of humsn
liberty. Impulsions which ssssil bis
measures so rudely, while they sre abo
minable violations of the truth of history,
are so insult to ths eountry, sod sn of
fence sgainst the moral rentjmeule of ci
vilized mankind. Miserable, miserable,
indeed, must be that cause which cannot
auppnri 11a pan rcuuumiii.j, uiu-
ous schemes snd senseless experiments,
without thus attempting to poison Ihe
fountsine of truth, snd to prove ths go
vernment of our country dgracefully
corrupt, even in ite very cradle. Our
hearts would sink within us, if we be
lieved thst such sn effort could auceeed;
bot they muat be impotent. Neither the
recent, nor the present President, was
born to cast a ahade on the character of
Washington 01 his associates. The des
tiny of both has been, rather, to illustrate
by contrast, that wisdom and those vir
tues which tbey have not imitate J, sod to
hurl blows, which the affectionate vene
ration of American citizene and ihe gene
ral juaiice of the civilized world, will rea
der harmless to others, snd powerful on-
ly in their recoil upon themselves. If
this language be atrnnc, so also ia that
feeling of indignation which has suggest
ed it; and on an orcssion like this,' we
coold not leave this consecrated spot,
without the eonsciouaness of having omit
ted an indiapenaable duty, had we no(
thus given utterance to the fullness of on.
hearts, and marked with our severest re.
buke. and moat thoroogb acorn, a labor-
ed effort to fit a deep and enduring auin
on the early hialory of the government.
Finally, on thia spot, the fame of which
began with our liberty, and can only end
with it. In the presence of. these multi-
Imtoa. fif tha whnla eountrv.'s.nd of the
- - - -
world, wa declare our eonaeientious eon
victions, that the present Administration
has proved itself incapable of conducting
the publio affairs of the nation in euch a
manner as shall preserve the constitution,
maintain ihe public liberty, aod aeeuro
general prosperity. We declare with the
utmost sincerity, that we believe its main
purpose to have been, to continue its own
power, influence, end popularity; that
to thia end, it hat abandoned indispen.
ble but highly responsible constuuiionsj
of being chfonwUd.