The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-09-07
"A few Words to the WIFI,
Vermont ss

| all who chose TO Gomez when assembIoa 'Pen
taken 10 allow every member freely -
voice in the selection of candidates: n. sw
appointed their own committees, as oru,D.
wildly these committees the regular wh; @N
was nominated, and the nomination ,vo. @sa
by the Convention. We exhort you ia ""
that ticket, effectually-and to do il .as,,. va
must be done by the united energies Of al
candidates are men of integrity and ,,Ion, ID
as to guarantee that they will be faithful ~ %s
fcient servants of the State; they arc m.s
this is not mere question as to mon NJ
and principles are involved; measures md Na
pies dear TO the people of Vermont, as Tho, ""@
sentiai to the prosperity Of the State and ocn
ton; and antagonist measures and principlo.
social and political revolutions and ruin !,
train. To these let us call your attention ,.s
these let us induce you to efficient action
In compliance with the will Of tho noo,,
expressed in the election Of Cen. HarrisonP
gress has already provided for the payment ol
National Debt, repealed the thrice cord,.
Subtreasury, passed general bankrup, lam
entered upon the work of retrencbman, -.
form. A bill devising mode of colIeoin
disbursing the revenue and regulating The any,
cy of the country, and bill for dividiup III,
ceeds of the pubic lands among the state. ~, f'
abshing an equitable prescription system nv,
pending, with the prospect of happy terminate,
at the present session. The great question 4
one ofparamount interest 10 Vermont and I'D
Union-viz. the Revision ofthe Tariff, !.
met in Congress ere another election occu,,
Vermont. To all those measures of ReGor.
Reform already passed-to those vet pen1n, =,
| TO the whole Tariff system, the Iocoioco r,,.
Vermont and in the Union, have waged, and al
waging sweeping, inscriptions, and unyiplG
opposition. They refuse acqniescence 70 Tho ns|
of the people; they persist in their policy of ,G,
ton and Of unsettng long established priueiOe, =.
government policy which for the last 70 wears h,
resulted in pros,rating tho business of the couDr
&bankrupting not only thousands Of its ciu,,J
but the government ITSELF they threaten to reDp
the measures which the Wings ofthe country sh,
adopt, and TO repeal them. in some instances A
defiance of every principle Of honor and good ;,b
and for these Wing measures they propose 70 sub
stitue tho very schem which have Just been cod
demned by the most decisive expression Of lid
popular will which has ever been made AmOoI
iheso substitutes are, the Subtreasury for hn
and Direct Taxation for the Tariff! This is theH
chosen ground: on this ground they support tItt
candidates, and oppose yoars.
The last election was one of commanding h,
| terest, and we are prone TO rest easy under he
deiusiOn that then wero settled all great question,
| for at least four years. We speak what we men
by that word delusion. The Presidency was w
tied; but, as to that, the will OF The people M
been overruled by the Providence of God. Vail
Gus questions of policy were settled by the wI
dict of the people then; but that vedct be IA
membered, viii now be treated as rerersed, iSV
not re-affirmed in the successive elections. I'd
ought to regard the contest ,oon but Vencu
of the ever memorable one of 1910. The pea
crisis is,verily, one Of peculiar importance. III
rendered SO by the fact that in it is involved
question which never before has been directly n
to the pcople--,he question Of Protection, or
Protection, to Domestic Industry. The late VII
State Convention fully adopted the docrne
Protection; the locofoco state convention as foil
! adopted the an tagonist doctrine of No PrO'rha
Such is the position of those two parties in VI
mont. and 1t was voluntarily assumed by each.
us bear in mind that this is to be tho absOrbN
question in the next session Of Congress, on
throughout the country; possiby-nay, probab!
the very question which will decide the next PN
sidency. Its final decision, whether it come sOn
er or later, decides the destiny of the nation for
is question of life or death with Domestic lndt
try-emphatioally so, with Free Labor. In AN
Vermont has every thing stake: more, cxclusI"
ly an agricultural state than any other Wet
treat the Wings, then, TO regard the present con
test in its true light,as most directly and ntma'
connectedwith the future welfare Of iho people R
the Wbig ticket now fail, whom such is the pap
BILE issue, and you give joy and add strength to Z"
worst enemies of Vermont and OF the free aO0re'
OF the country. Joy in Great Britain-great joy
Carolina-strength to the enemies Of protection
both branches OF Congress. The Wings o. w
mont .fail in electing their ticket the wing y"
VT. suffer Calhoun to say to the Senate and
to the House, that Vermont, with the question NV
lection vs.. No protection-Tariff VS.. Direct 'a'
Automatically before her, gave a verdict 0' " "
defendant! The supposItion seems mons'rOu'F
haps; but il may nevertheless be a serious Ja'''
the hppenIng Of either Of two contingencies ~
first contingency is, if the Wings wi" .'',
themselves TO be divided and the second Is, ""
will neglect coming to the polls and eA"''''
their fell strength. 81
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