Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-12-08

,OaSG.
The Whig Editors Of Wsw York-Seat-
ed in the Ark Of the constitution and safely
moored on the Ararat OF Liberty-may
they enjoy in company with their patriarch
Noah the victory they have achieved and
the happiness they deserve.
The next toast was introduced by Joseph
Blunt, Esq.
Mr.. B. remarked, when after long and
hazardous crulze, vessel of war approach
es The shores o. the country whose honor
she has maintained in many perllous fight,
= how much more proud and patriotic is the
feeling which halls her return, than that
winch accompanied her, when, in all The
ponp and circumstance OF war, she depart.
! ed from port. Though her beauty has
been destroyed by the enemys fire, and her
jurymasts and disordered rigging bear wit
, ness TO the severity Of the battles in which
she has borne her part, the glowing con-
vlctlon, that the flag is still there, fills every
bosom, and swells every shout of triumph
which welcomes he: home.
Such, sir, was the electric feeling which
prompted those irrepressible shouts Of Joy
that broke forth from every village and
town, as the news Of the late election 10
this state spread among the citizens of this
great republic.
For ten years we had been engaged in a
contest upon whose issue hung the very
existence of the Government. Those ca
trusted with the administration Of the Gov
ernment proving unfaithful to their trust,
surrendered all the powers confded to them
to promote the general welfare, and only
sought to enlarge those which increased
their party asceDdancy.
The treaty making power, the powers OF
regulating the currency and promoting in.
ternal Improvement, the supremacy Of the
federal judiciary, were all given up as dan.
, gerOus to the pretensions OF state sOver.
eighty. Nothing was regarded as sacred
and not to be quest toned, but the power to
} collect the public revenues in bard money.
) Those in power seemed to think the gov,
eminent mere JOB, and that its great pre-.
roga,ive and extensive powers were Great.
ed, not to promote the prosperity OF the
community, but to advance the interests of
the party, and to secure the salaries Of the
Office holders. With the piralical motto
, Of to the vctors belong the spois." hoist.
ed at The mast head, the Vessel Of State
!, seemed 10 have fallen into the hands Of a
+ corsair crew, whose only object was plum
der, and whose sole rule Of government, o
far distribution of spos.
The public offices. Indian lands, the pub
> lie domain, the public deposites, were all
= spoils and encouraged by the example OF
their official leaders, portion OF the party
aimed at more enlarged application Of the
/, rule in the confiscatlon OF chartered rights
and an Appropriation Of private property
This was the issue before the world and
' when the Wings of New York responded
u to the patriotic call of New jersey and
' Maine, the American people felt that a
final triumph had been gained over the do
. nestle enemies Of the epubIic-that, like
= the Roman trai'ress, they had been crash,
ed by the weight Of their spols, in the very
S citadel which they had betrayed.
: In this contest, SO important TO the coun
try, there has been one state. to which
i am requested to alude, whose course ha.
been always unfalterng and true. In the
u public councils, as in the revolution of '76
t her Wing ranks have always been full. In
u The darkest period Of our adversely, when
J, patriot hearts began to despair of the re.
i public, the Old Bay State has remained
d mistaken and undismayed
g When there was doubt and uncertainty
II in other states. we felt that we could look
e to the great NORTHERN LIGHT tor hope
If and confidence. Her Wing fire was al
u ways burning pure and undmmed-a vesta
= lamp IN the temple Of freedom shall give
a TO you the native state Of Warren, Han.
j. cock, and Adams
It 7. Old .Nassachusetts- Liber-
n ty! she loves to linger beside the cradle
Is where her infancy was nursed. "Adams
! and Liberty"
y The Hon. WILLIAM STURGEs, of Bos
:, ton, then rose and said
) Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen-I wish
j. TO heaven had one half the power that
u have inclination. TO make q suitable re
81 Spouse to the toast which has been given
but though conscious of my own deficiency
| to execute the task, will trust to your
If indulgence in the few remarks which an
o about to offer. A gentleman from Con
ID neclicut, in the remarks he made, spoke o.
70 the debt due from Pennsylvania to New
ID York but there is debt due to her, mol
l. only from that state, but from every state
j. in the Union, which sets any value or
'e sound principles. There was debt due
Of to her from Massachusetts, but she has
y, paid it! Yes. and paid it in something
et better than the better currency. CHEERS.
in She has paid it in her own coin. LOUD
II cheers,) She has responded to you b. an
8, nouncing the result of her own election
e She has trebled the Wing majority in heI
!. House Of representatives, and reduced the
Re Tory minority to too insignificant q mum
N Der to be worth noticing. And she has
g closed the doors Of her Senate against the
entrance of q single Locofoco. Loud
ID cheers. 1.-The praises Of old Massachu,
Is sets were always music to my ears, anG
he never 40 much as INV for | feel that She