State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-11-29
From tie peonle's prcss.
THE RESULT IN VERMONT

! 1t appears by the statement of the votes
| for electors in this state, us counted at
Montpelier Oh the 18th, that Harrison and
Changers minority is 6947 making n gain
since the September election, of 2G15.
1t is worthy of remark, that but three
counties in the State give ma critics for
J Van Buren,, and that the aggregate of those
nalorities is but 63 while the aggregate of
nalorites in the other ten counties is more
than seven thousand
1t was confidently predicted before the
late election, that there would be great
falling off from the September vote for
Jenison. "Your representatives, (said the
Committee OF the Democratic members of
the Legislature in their address Just be-
fore the election,) coming from various
sections of the state, have carefully collect
ed intelligence and compared opinions, and
the result of our investigation is Il firm and
decided conviction that majority of the
freemen of Vermont are favorable to the
election of Martin Van Buren," How little
the committee of the seli-styed "Democrat-
&c members of the Legislature" understood
the estimation in which the yeomanry of
this State held the New York arStocratc
candidate for the Presidency, is seen in the
seven thousand majority which followed so
! closely oil the heels of their calculation.
The truth is, there is nothing in Mr. Van
Buren,, and still less in his system of pol
/ icy, (which can make him acceptable to the
! people of this State TO both him and his
| policy they feel an nvincible repugnance.
70 know how strong this repugnance is,
we mnst measure the extent of tile means
which have been resortcd to, to press them
into his support.
In the first place, they have been, for
near two years, urged 10 support him on
the ground that the question lay only he
tween him and STAKEHOLDER. Much as
they dislike slavery, land there is no people
on earth more opposed to it.) they have
firmly stood their ground and said We do
not like Mr. Van Buren, or bis policy, and
cannot give him our votes.
In the next place, he has been pressed
upon them as "the Democratic candidate"
until all the types in the Democratic"
printing offices in the State, which spell
democracy" have been worn out; and
/ yet the People have stood to it that they
could not Sc I particle OF Democracy in
him or his policy, and would not vote for
him.
FinalIy,--tney have been told that he
would "certainly be elected" and it was
! folly for Vermont to stand out, and pla ce
herself in position of opposition to "Me
| government" All the comfortabeness of
being in "certain majority" has been held
forth 10 lure the mercenarv and enlist the
wavering. But all would not do. The
! People insisted that it was a question of
principle, which could be settled by no
certainty of al election; and resolutely
and nobly said,--We will not 90 with the
multitude against the convictions of our
own Judgments. We understand the means
which have been used to secure the con-
templated certain majority" and detest
them. They do but make us cling closer
to our princi Piles, and strengthen our de-
termination TO maintain them. Whatever
charms there may be TO office holders or
office seekers, in "cerran majority" and
however charming or comfortable, what is
that TO us? And as to being in Opposition
to the Government" we do not understand
that the President is "the Government"
but if he is, it shall be our glory to oppose
"the government" while it is administered
upon anti-republican and corrupt rrinci.
pies.
Subordinate to the general motives thus
urged upon The freemen of this State, there
Z
dgement TO carry the untimaSonS TO his sup.
port. To accomplish this, measures were
early taken to secure the presses of the
party. Ilallett of Boston, though he had
acclaimed ms loud as any body against the
! "nisrule of Jacksonism," and had publicly
declared Mr. Van Buren, to be the "lIIGH
PRIEST OF Political INTRIGUE" gradu-
ally warped round and came into his sup
port, and to the astonishment of every
body, three antmasonic presses in this
State, after "backing and filling" for few
months, at length set all sail, and put
themselves before the wind, for the comtor-
table port ola "certain majority
Last of ALL several Of the men who had
been leading antimasons, walked into the
Van Buren, Legislative caucus at Montpe-
lier, mt the last session, gave in their adhe-
sion 10 "the party" and went 10 laboring
with all the zeal Of eleventh hour men, in
the Van Buren, vineyard. TO decoy the
GntimdSonS, two ofthem, Governor Palmer
and Mr.. John Smith, We're placed upon
the committee appointed to address the
Frcemen of Vermont while another WINS
employed to draw up "Democratic creed,"
for fher instruction Governor Palmer's
name was placed at the head of the Com
miIee, and stood first among the signers
of the address; and thus the Anlimasons
were addressed by their old GovERNoR,
and their old SPEAKER, and urged by the
strong motives of old party associations to
go with them into the support Of Mr. Van
Buren,.
To crown the whole--the Address and
Creed were put into Extras, and literally
sown, broad cast, over the whole State.
And now, behold the result .Sepen
thousand majority for Harrison and Gran
ger--an advance of sixty per cent. on the
minority for Jcnison two months npo