Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

defeated II the currency and business OF
the country are to be permanently restored
-ie the Treasury is to be rescued from
plumber if Florida wars, costing 100000,
900, and Cherokee removals, which would
disgrace Algiers, are to cease-if the
expenditures of the Government arc TO be
reduccd--if the organized assaults OF 1907
900 Office holders on the freedom of cleo
tons are to be put down--if Congress and
the Judiciary are to be restored to their
first authority in our republican sys,em--
if the march of Executive power is to be
stayed--if the desoatiDg career of loco
focoism, threatening law, order, and the
institutions ofth country, is to be arrested
land the principles and existence Of free
government vindca,ed and main,aned lit
must be by PURIFYING CONGRESS
AND KEEPING IT PURE. Our high.
est obligations and our dearest interests
are trifed with, if we do not place there,
men, true, able, firm and irseparably at.
tached to those principles which Vermont
has so long maintained, through evil report
and good report, with galantry and
steadness which have won the respect and
admiration of her sister states. If such
men must be sustained in ordinary lines.
how much moro essential is it no,c ! The
decisive battle between the PEOPLE, and
an administration which insolently pro-
claims its independence of them, and claims
to be their masters, is yet TO be fought
and the next Congress will be the battle
ground. Vermont did her duty at Ben
nngton Let her sons do it noao, on an
occasion not less momcntous, and field
not less important And, fellow citizens,
is not HEMAN ALLEN
such man. Pronounce, for he has lived
in the midst ofyou forty years. You know
his private life and his public course in
Congress. 1t has always sustained youv
interests and represented your principles.
He is not political trimmer, has not mount
ed hobbies, has not joined and quilted all
pa;,ies-'every thing by turns and nothing
long"-to catch at every popular breeze
and to take .he wind out of better mems
sai!s-but steady, firm, conscientious, and
sincere, you always know where TO find
him, and can implicitly trust him. Besides,
Mr.. Allen is most valuable MEMBER
He belongs to the Overwhelmingly a
small one-of WORKING MEN in Congress,
of which Whtlesy is at the head; devot.
ing to his duty on committees and to all
public measures and questions the same
consciousness and a5orous attention
that he gives to all the private claims of
his constituents. 4 single instance-in
1888, an immense class Of claims from Vir.
GINA, which Mr.. Allen believed 10 be IN.
founded, was urged upon Congress, and in
spite of his opposition, carried to The amount
Of half q million. Multitndes of the same
character poured in, and by his able and
strenuous exertions on the floor of Con-
gress, large portion ofthem were defeat.
ed, and the rest suspended in 1884. The
contest was renewed at the last SESSION.
and final decision obtained by which more
than five millions were saved to the lreasu
ry, and The people. Day after day, he
conducted the discussion, single handed
against q host of able men. The resul,
was due exclusively to his perseverance
and ability: and yet this great public SER
vice was emblazored in no newspaper, ant
though appreciated in Congress, is amos
unknown to his constituents. And yet j
is sometimes objected to Mr.. Allen that he
does not display his talents often in speech
making. He is an able, argumentative
and impressive speaker whenever speaklp.
would be useful. 1t is objected that h
has been some six or seven years in Con
gress, as though his familiarity with pub
lie affairs, the character he has acquired
and the experience he has gained, did no
enable him to be doubly useful. But thos
who urge this, remind one OF the heir VIII
thinks it very wrong that his uncle won
die so that he can have the farm. 1t
made a matter of complaint against biz
that he voted for the Canada bill. No,
what are the facts' The neutrality act {
Gen. Washingon's administration pnsse
in 1894, forbid The fitting out Of expedition
from our ports against other nations, an