Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-07-17

undermine the citadel which daring md fla
grant usurpntion. alone, might in vain aseail.
Such has been the high ground OF princi-
ple on which the people of Vermont have
maintained the contest, and resisted the en-
cfoachmenis OF Federal Executive power
They have thus given a pledge oil What
mieh hi be expected Of them, whcn the time
Tor Goal action should arrive. That time
now draws nigh. And shall not The pledge
be redeemed ! put il to you, gentlemen
| put il to the thousands who will assemble
with you on Sirat,on Mountain ~ put il TO
the other thousands OF the kindred spirits IN
Vermont, " no have assembled. and who will
vet assemble on like occasions and TO the
YET other thousands. whose retiring habits
will keep Them at home until the lime for
decisive action shall arrive Ito all these, II
nv voice could reach them, would l. put the
solemn qu~es,ion-Shsll not the pledge be re.
deemed-niihally. fully redeemed !
need not waii their answer. know what
il will be. The first Tuesday Of Srptembrr,
and the Presidential Ballot Boxes in Novrm-
Der. will give II. | trust, in a language that
Poner will understand, and with ~ decision,
which viii put It's imPudcnl and ariiul ennis
saries 10 silence aud 10 fight.
While | thus speak the language OF hope
and confidence. | do not forget how iormida-
bIe is the power with which We have 10 con
tend. And ifI could utter but one sentence
in the ears OF my wing friends. TO urge them
to effort, ii would be Iha, OF admonitIon TO
keep steadily 10 their eye the character and
dimensions OF thai power.
The Wings feel a neutral confidence in
the goodness oil their cause. But that conf
dence alone. will not give them triumph. Ii
mas even bring defeat. 4, has often brought
it, The friends OF the administration makp
no such reliance. They trust nlonr to or.
gnnizniion aud effort. And what 90 organ
ization-what means ofsysiemaiic efon DO
they possess The whole executive depart.
mrui olihe government, wlth all is relations
and dependencies is converted into a party
machine. What u power. in the hands OF a
President who wants n reelection and who
is capable Of appeAling to the baSest passions
10 move his Official dependents 10 pay their
money. ind pu, forth their efforts. TO perpciu.
ate The power that gives them bread.
To this degraded level has !, been the
steady purpose oi this administration to bring
down the standard OF of:cial fidelity, and
VI w. tlt tidUNiIu % QlliliE stfOU iOf OUl-
cisl favor and thus 10 multiply the number
Of those who will work The hardest Tor the
party that will pay the best Never lei the
Wings forget that this is one OF the elements
ofthc power with which they have TO contend
that there are thousands on thousands OF
executive dependents scattered from one cx-
~,rrn,ily OF the Union 10 the other. who. under
a drill. which has acquired, the perfection OF
q ten years practice. nay be moved. and
are moved, with = CELEBRITY and precision
which the Bonapariean System of tactics
could scarcely rival. IL Is difficult, yea. i'm
possible, locomotive tie aggregate amount Of
force. thus constantly IN the service Of the
Executive. And as The contest draws tow.
ards iis termination. are new means devised
tn nuamsnt IA, aud give it efficacy. Thus
have we lately seen a member OF the Cab.
inc, resign his station. and nvailing himself
OF the inii0ene. al his recent official relation
to more than thirteen thousand Post Mas.
tiers, call upon them TO aid him in circulating
the Eslra,G lotr. OF which he has become
the Editor Significantly assuring them that,
they shall not have reason 10 repent their eli.
forts 10 aid him in The ad vancsncni OF the
cause. And TO these efioIts OF the Executive
tUfOuEE tue uNFiti urptnStikS VI TUE oSt
Master Geaeral. TOR, TO all practical. polii.
cal pur poscs. Amos Kendall Is now al the
head oflhe Post Office Department. are ad.
ded the active agency Of Numerous travelling
Post Office examiners, and thousands oil MS.
sislan, Marshals-io say nothing ofnumerous
other oficers--rvery one Of whom has been
carefully selected with a view to This object
There is mol a country in the United States
and scarcely a town OF any considerable
magnitude. in which an executive agent. OF
some grade, in The pay ofsortrnmeRL is no,
at this momenl engaged. either ia Obtaining
subsc RIDERS for The Globe. or exeuing his
personal influence in aiding the election OF
the present executive, from whose service
he would be instantly dismissed, il he should
dare to assert his independence. and enlist
heartily in the Wing cause. Wha, a ire.
mendous power is thus put forth by The Pres
id.nt TO secure his reelection. Ills impossi-
Bile TO measure il. II il could be laid bare,
at once. in its full extent, and brought home
to the people, it would b,ing TO his isrt, MS
wilhthe reverbrraiions OF seyenihunders. eve.
~ man in The nation not drugged with i,s OPP
Iates, and instantly nerve his nrm 10 defend
the Ballot Box from an Executive. who
sends into il. his Influence aud his will. by
such means as these.
| nm aware that while | thus dwell upon
the abuses OF power. the people are think
ing of their suferings-to which il may be
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