Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-07-27

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feat, and that their exer,ions are in proper.
ton TO the desperation Of the contest.
Thus at the last election M Allen had
clear majority of more than twelve hundred
and GHy over the sronges, man of the
party; they again assume bold front, and
not only so, but select as their candidate q
man who, in six short years. has attached
h'mse'fto every party in the State, and for
whose present political opinions no, one Of
the party will pledge himself II is matter
beyond dispute that he is claimed by some
OF both parties, and il may be more than
conjec'ured that within thirty days he has
given assurances to gentlemen of both par.
ties that he is with each. A leading Wing
is known to have declared tina, he was Wh;r
enough for him. and yet he consents to be-
nominated by the Van Buren, Convention.
What assurances he gave to the committee
that waited on him, not with the assem-.
b'y's catechIsm, but with the catechism Of
the party, we know not. 1t is sufficiently
singular however, hat any man who has
the assurance TO put himself forward as a
candidate, should find it necessary to make
a declaration Of his faith, rather than point
TO the better evidence Of his life. If he
does not blush at this, then truly others
ought to blush for him.
There must be some good reason for this
strange solution, and we need not coniec-
ture long to find TIT is the expectation
that he will be able to Craw off q portion
of the Wing vo'es. The party can give
no higher evidence Of their weakness than
this nomination. It. is virtually acknowl.
edging that they have no man of their
own that they can run. and they do we'll
thus to take a man from The fence. But
no party ever succeeded by maneuvre,
and this trick. like all others Of its kidney,
will fail. Wings will never fall into such
a trap as this-and put pin here and mark
the prophccy-ins'ead of gaining Wing
votes, they will lose their own. To sup.
pose otherwise is to take it for granted that
men love to be deceived. 1t is apparent
that the expected aid is principally in
Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, but I
will not do the freemen Of those counties
the injustice even to discuss the possibility
Of such a course. There ia neither posi-
bil'y nor probability. The Wings of those
counties are freemen of great intelligence,
Of honorable views ard Of upright nnten-
tions, and there is neither doubt nor IN.
certainty as to their course. Grand Isle
county gave Mr. Allen majority a, the last
elec',onEthat majority will be doubled.
Franklln county gave him a majority OF
over six hundred and we fee, assured that
it will not be lessened.
Another vain hone Is that there will be q
spin among the Wings but there is moth.
ing on winch to found such an expect ion.
This hope had mnmcn'ary foundation in
the nomination of Mr. Briggs, by Richmond
and two other towns. Blu, there is moth.
ing new nor surprising in this. Mr. Allen
is not the only man Of the party able to
represent the District. There are other
strong meD,and among them is Mr. Briggs,
and it is the most natural thing in the
world tina, Mr. Briggs warm ami particular
| c.,onl sh,nIl d. to h, in
ton, but every one who witnessed The do
ngs Of the convention at Cambridge, and
saw the harmony and good feeling that
characterised that meeting. will smile at
The delusion Of the Van Buren, party, Mr.
Briggs particular friend, the delegate from
Richmond in behalf of Mr. Briggs, acceded
to the nomination made by the convention,
and Mr. Briggs is the last man to oppose
any personal claims to the decision of his
political friends.
There is one point Of danger and but one
growing out of he lnaitenton of Wing vo-
ters. 1t is point, though perfectly mex
pcable, that supineness is always charac.
terlsl,c of the Wings. At The last election
there were 6277 votes polled, all told,
whereas there are probably ten thousand.
, OF this number he Wings cast only c76s
- and in all probability their actual number
is twice that.
What argument shall be addressed to
freemen TO induce them to exercise right,
the dearest that freemen can enjoy. the
least encroachment Of which would be de-