Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-06-08
THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT.


the North. We publish it ngreeably to u request
Of the chairman of the committee whose sigma
lures nre appended. With the signcrs we are not
personally acquainted, save our townsinan Capt
SomerLy, who has been long opposed TO the pres
cnt administration; while the chairman, We under
stand, has been supporter Of both Presidents
Jackson and Van Buren,. Ofthe results eoUtem-
plated, we know nothing except what appears
upon tic fi'ce of the call of the acteat result
whether contemplated or moi, we have our opin-
ion that result cannoi he tlie SUCCESS ia this or
any other state, of the third ticket; nO inan,
nboiionst, wing, OF iocOl0co, can hesitate 10
tic in this opinio- Let us look ut olr OWN state
The friends oil the administrators have held ont
their highest offer TO tie sh,o0nsis in lleir state
ckrt-iHr the ocofoco party, aud their aomin.
ccs, are bound TO 20 for VAS BUREE; nahe other
hand, the democratic wings arc nhom 10 is,eel in
convention and tlIey, it is handy A,eoeessry for
rs 10 say, win show rot only n strong and II long
team for GENERAL HARnlsor, bm u leaps which
VIII enter the determined 10 achieve tIle VIC
tory. DO this lst add the fact, ,hat,esery indi-
cation il, that majority of pie nbolitioiiists them
selves are opposed to this third Donlinnti9n. With
the two old parties existing sti!i in tl'el6ed array
ed for the fight, -what lie vsiarary lllan
to suppose that detachment, from tie divided
ant-s lavcry ranks i,os4dbly ,eflactisy victory
for themselves? No man does so SUPPOSE We
address ourselves, then, to our anti snuFy friends
to those who have been and tire opposed to The
present administration, and oileraiew Suggestions.
You cannot ne you will probably adnit, elect MIR.
BiRNEY; in .oshcr words, youcanno;,' oe abolition
ISIS, succeed. You Riay-nay, wet assured
that in union miE. the wings Of the coantry, You
CAN and wILL--succeed in the election of lIarri.
eonand in the defeui of Van Buren,. As WINGS,
then, yoa can carry DUTY rprncip lesaicces
ly. Why, then, abandon the real good you can
achieve, TO chase shadow? Memcan no dsres-
poet to Mr.. Birney by tiis figure; we dave seen
him and know him to he OF more substantial stuff
but es Presidential candidate at s'ctisis, he is
TO you like your own shadow4you nay chase
never so iar d aad not catch it. Wepyesent this
question simply on the ground tina, you cannot
succeed with third ticket There is another sug-
gestion 1t is thai you may not only iaii'of success
in your frstchoce, hut throw obstacles iii the way
of your second. 1t is ,unguestionabiy with the
hope that thirdticket may either dcieata Harrison
lessen his majority in Vermont, that sundry of
the locofoco ershave been quite anxious for
this move: thefact that they Tia en,Selres sup.
porting Mr.. Van Buren,, while they encoura-
gng auti-savery men to sustain a ird candidate,
d,recudes The supposilien of any other .rnetive.
And are you ready to be the dupes' OF ,he adna-
islrnlon that administration which you, as wings
aud aHt-slavery tnen, have ten thousand reasons
10 oppose? We certainly hope not; yea, we ver-
lily believe you not thus TO lac duped- The
connection Of MrNan Buren, with the exclusive i'll
terests of slavery is too close and too apparent:
hoW close aud hOtc apparent we will show by very
Interesting document, and avit{ that close re-
marks on this topic. 1herdoculnent in question
is an eectioneerng address of the locofocs tnem-
'bers of Congress from Alabama, to the people |
of that state, and was forwarded toAsfrns WASH
ington.a fewdays since.
aTo TIE DEMOCRATIC RERUBlICAN
PARTY OF ALABAMA"
ExTRAcrs1
Fan Buren, RepnbiicaaismMe sa(eguarGqf Slavery.
"The great body offhe people, who dave 10
favors to ask but an honest and equal atRnislra-
ton ofthe Government, are, and eyerihg9e been,
essentially republican. dfany portion of them
have adhered with slrcter fidelity than al the rest
to these cherished principles, il has been The
southern people. With Them, republicansin 10 not
merely sentiment, consecrated ny education and
their earliest political reGcollecons; lis TO them
"A citadel of defence against the encroaohments of
the stronger sections Of the Confederacy II for.
aress for oil their rights and ius Stations against ihe
Gssa,lls OF a taft, a bank their sill mo.s for
midable enemy, abolition. With what propriety,
then,.can the southern people, unless under n
most wotul misconception of the contest, be ex.
pected throw their strength against The re-elec
ing support Of republican p' 'acipies, has been de
sgnated by Lis opponents, 4noihens President ,oi
southern principles"
The loco joco party and M. Vas B,rea The great
defenders Of The SlaDc systenA
"The Democratic Convention wl,ici, nomina-
ted Mr. Van BUren Oh the 9Th OF the present
moath, May, iea0,l ainong other resolutions de
ining their principles, and 10 Which we proud
to call the ateation OF the southern people, -unan-
imousiys
"Resolred, Tint Congress has no power, under
the Constitution TO interfere with OF control the
domestic institutions of the several States, and
that such States are the sole and prayer judges of
every thing upperaining to their own affairs not
prohibited by the Constitution that all efforts of
the Abolitionisls, or others, made TO induce Con-
gress Ia interfere 10Th q,esons Of SlGreiy, 10
4ske incipient steps in citation the etc, cncula
ted 10 lead TO the most alarming and dangerous
consequences; and that all such efforts have an
inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness off
the people, and endanger the stability and perna-
nepcy.of ihe Union, and ought not to he counte-
nancedby any friend TO eur political institutions"
HPbepes,ocratic State Convention in Ohio, and
most of the Democratic Legislatures, have openly
denounced abolition and the Aboionists. We
challenge our opponents to show sghsn a " hig
ConDsniion, n Whig Legislative, or any other
WIug association in the non slapshoIding Sia'es,
kare uttered a sentiment Of disapproba'iOa Of he
BureE bas not faded to respond to every call which
has been made ontim in relation TO this question,