Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-02-03
UNION OF THE WINGS TROUBLE IN
THE FEDERAL RANKS DESIGNS OF
THE COALITION UPON ANTI-SLAVE-
Ply MEN
OF VIRGINIA.

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THE COALITION UPON ANTI-SLAVE-
| RY MEN
| it is exceedingly amusing to see the eject upon
the locoloco federal prints of the thousand cheer
ing Indications, from every quarter, of the una
nimity and enthusiasm of the democracy The
bold, confident and patriotic " Voice Of The Wing
Press" and The crowded and enthusiastic meet
ings Of the people all over the country, have filled
them with the utmost CONSERVATION: they feel
that there ia an explosion come AN outpUuring
nt the Just Indignation of n deceived insulted and
abused peope-whch is to sweep from high pla
ces the men who have forfeited their pledges and
abused their power, and with them the cadaverous
crew, 'whose name is Legion" who have sold
their influence and their services for the privilege
of gnawing upon the spoils ofihe TreG sury They
find that the strong current of popular feeling is
with HARRIsoN; and terror aud trembling seize
them, lest that current shall be overwhelming
Hence they have become desperate, and stick at
no means 10 stop the flood. Harrison is assaulted
with SANDER and lalsehoods, rlaldry and black
guar1ism; his friends arc abused with all sorts OF
lard names; and the meetings of The people, who
have come out spontaneously by thousands, are
account, done up to order from the iiarrisburgh
Convention Nor are efforts wanting to get up u
counter current. 1t is true the locos have not ma
terials within themselves-thcy are divided and
disleartened Il the Brussels carpet democracy
OF the President creates no enlhusiasm-and ne-
thcr of the three four factions, aiming at the
succession, affords them point around which can
he gathered any thing like II commanding force,
even from their own ranks. AS u last resort, they
are forced TO seize upon every trivial circumstance
which can be tortured into even the appearance
of division among the Democratic Wings
The columns Of the Vermont Patriot for he
last two weeks afford abundant truth Of this view
of the case The editor has thrown all his ener.
ges into this mater-thus atcsing that with him
it is serious business. On tie 2Oll Jan he
devoted more than n column, working mp few
pnltry incidents into proof positive oflhc complete
division of the. Wings and on the 9Th, more
than two columns usetlhIp in the most cor
tenplble slang and the weakest aud slest stutl
ever perpetrnted even in that quarter. We
best describe the article by stating the substance:
tie first half pnrporis 10 show that the Wings
iconsplerthe people fools" ignorant, imbecile and
driven like cattle :; and the last is intended 10
prove that The great gatherings Of the people are
merely in obedience TO the commands Of the IIur-
risburgh Convention. Suppose the Patriot right:
this passive submission of the people, which the
! Patriot assumes in its last POSITION, goes far TO
prore them TO he the very fools it describes in lis
first We leave the reader to digest this Patriotic
compliment TO the sovereign people, viii G we de-
ny the truth OF both of the positions of that paper
The first element ofrue Whgism is confidence in
The people the reverse constitutes the very basis
Of Toryism. Here is the dividing line at this
day, and the position of parties shows it the
Wings on the one hand are striving to limit the
power of the few and secure The just power of
the many; the locoiocos, whatever their PROBES
sons place their reliance on on 10 man mower The
Executive The suggestion that The mere fiat of
The Harrslurgh Convention has drawn out the
people en- masst, hclrays greater ignorance of the
springs of human action Than we should have
been wiling 10 attribute to our neighbor. The
mere command of that body, for such purpose,
would have been as peurle us n call for spirits
from the regions Of the dead The IIarrisburgh
Convention touched, ms it were, the very soul of
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Hero, the Statesman, the Honest man, it aroused
the ancient spirit of palriotisn-it touched the
chords OF affection which bind ms to our country
and to those who have defended it-.-it appealed TO
the confidence and the gratitude ofthe peopIe-an
the people have answered, spontaneously and
loudly they have answered, not us slaves, with
reluctant acqGiescence- but ireemen with
warm responses from the heart.
| But to our main oh the article of the Pat
riot of the 20h January, notice of which was
prepared last week, but deferred for want of room.
We tnke il up at large, in order that our readers
may see how very little raw material il requires to
make very grea, locoioco blIsler.
AT the outset 100000 or 10000 is said 10 be
the present locofoco ma oriy in the country; the
fact is, that the very last Congressional elections
show Wing majority in lie popular votes of
over 9OOO And now TO the Patriots proof ofdi-
visions in the Wing ranks: The first is an extract
from the Emancipator, which it says has been CO.
pied by lions Walchmau, The Friend of Man, &c.
The Emnncpa,or i not, aud never pretended TO
he, Wing paper Oh the other hand it is n lead
ing ami slnvery paper. Probably the Patriot I'M
derstands that there are those among the anti
I slavery men who are favorable to political anti
slavery organization aud had it made The quota.
lion for the purpose of showing that the Enamel
pator was aiming ut that, we should have no fault
10 find. And here word upon this subject: so
far ms we can Judge, there is very grea' majority
OF the aboliiionists who are strongly opposed 10
party organization, both from the tendency it
would have to ALLEVIATE the thousands who advocate
the cause of The Save on princi les strictly of a
moral rather than political character and from.
the certainty that the attempt oud al once and