Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-05-17
.VERMONT ENIx.
Friday Morning, May II, 1880.

twenty -one members of Congress, eight mem
bers OF the State Senate, and one hundred and
thirty-four members Of the House of Delegates,
will take place in few days. Politicians
and all, who feel interested in the administra-
ton Of the public affairs of the country, look
for the resutwith no ordinary degree of solicit
tude. We copy from the Richmond Wing
the subjoined remarks, showing what is thought
Of the prospect, and the consequences Of the
struggle, by those who are on the spot -
The election is of unusual and ncalcula
Bile Importance 1t will disclose the politi
cal sentiment Of the People OF Virginia al
this time, declare whether she is or is moi
to- be ranked rs approving this Administra.
ton, its policy in respect 10 the currency and
the finances with its load of delalcations, ex
travagance, and usurpatons, and as one or
the other appears TO be her determination,
exert no small influence throug bout the I'm
ion The distinct Reputation now by Vir-
gnia, of Mr.. Van Buren,, her condemnation
OF his policy, and ofthe new and odious doc
trines OF his "sink or swim" partizans, and
her separation from the Agrarian and the
Atheist faction which has associated its for
tunes with his, while they borrow his popu-
larity to advance their Infamous principles,
would Of necessity, exert wide and saluta-
ry, if moi a decisive moral effect. Already
riclsety, and nodding TO its fall, such q de-
monstration from Virginia at this time, full,
distinct, and unequivocal, would inevitably
PROSTATE the slckly Administration Of the
feeble follower in the footsteps" He could
not survive it, but would probably retire from
the field TO the Classic Shades of Kinder
hook Notwithstanding his Legion Of Mer
cenaries, his more than regal patronage. his
hundred thousand officers and his more than
hundred thousand expectanis class still
more Jealous still more servile, and that the
new doctrines of Wallis Report, sanctioned
By trucking Senate, invite and urge all
those TO serve the master at the polls, whose
bread they misunderstanding his stand
ing army Of place men, their perfect dsci-
pliEe, their pay, aud their loyal exertons in
his service, sixteen or eighteen of the States
have already declared against Mr.. Van Blu
ren. Michigan is about to add herself TO
the glorious band, and we have firm conf.
dence tina, Virginia WILL on the 23d of May,
divorce herself from the Administration.
A defeat 10 the Administration in Virgin
ia at this time, would unavoidably prove ia.
tai TO it, The " sink or swim" par,izans OF
power kaotc it. They confess it in the des-
perate and frantic exer,ions they are max
ing frantic, indeed, for never were exer-
tons more ill.judged aud suicidal than their
Humbug Convention, their Judges" Con.
venlion, as Mr.. Rves sarcastcally called it,
their per order Convention, and the train of
exhibitions 10 which il gave birth, mon.
strous progeny, worthy Of the unnatural con.
ncxion in which they we're engendered.-
Yes, the sink or swim" followers Of Mr..
Van Buren know it well, that the fate OF his
administration is staked upon this election,
and that a verdict against him BY the Vir.
ginia nor. would be a" fixed degree" which
not all his patronage, and power and money
and ollice-hoders can move. What won.
der, then, that they should betray so much
solicude-that the gambler, who hears the
dice rafting to decide his last stake, should
not beiray greater trepida,;on, more fright
full despair. than they exhibit-lhat Judges
and Bank Presidents should be dragged
from their official posts, to prop by their
names falling cause2 There is no mistake
is these signs"
But, while Wing victory would be death
TO the Administration, Wing defeat would
produce no such effect upon the Wing cause.
The Wings have enough, without Virgin
Ia, to change our rulers and reform the abus-
es of government. Vermont, Massachu-
sets. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York.
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North
Carolina. Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan, can effect it, The Wings, then,
If they carry Virginia now, put aa end 10 The
scar. Ii they are defeated, they will yet
show by the vote at the polls, that their cause
is steadily gaining ground, and will, in all
reasonable. probability, triumph in 1870,
They gam ecery thing by victory nova
Wing Governor and Senator, a Wing Ad-
ministrallon at Washington, the overthrow
OF the oifice-holders and agrarians. II they
are defeated now, they can but rally, and
determine 10 conquer in 1910.
They go into the connc, with every thing
10 animate lhem-the best OF causes which
they see advancing all over the Union
against the Administration beaten in sixteen
or eighteen States. relying absolutely upon
lis ofice-holders to sustain it against known
majority OF the People, odious for its tyran-
ny. It's extravaganza, and the plundering
which has Gisgraced its annals. The
Wings contend alone for the Country, its
Constitution, its Honor and Glory. Ii de.
feaed now, they will buckle on their armor
and prevail at last. II victorious now, their
work is complete. Victorious or defeated,
they will have that consolation, enough for
every good citizen, that he has performed
his duty by his country.
That duty we ask Of every Wing, in the
name of every other Wing, to perform zeal
ously and unialteringy. Hall Wings piii
do this, there is hardly doubt Of splendid