The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-11-30

Resolved, That VIZ commend 10 'no ""'S'
Vermont the iuil exercise Of the spirit OF union
union for the sake of their principles and oil the
country: aud tho mnintainonce OF a thorough an
efficient political organization, as means OF ST
curing to Vermont, beyond all contingency, &c
the future, her we'll earned and honorable reput
lion among the Wing Sines Of tho Union
ADDRESS.
Wigs Of VcTm0nf ,-lnspired with the conVI'
tion that have one country 10 nphold one cor
s,ituton to support, aud one destiny 10 fnlhl; an
believing that these objects may be best at'a'ne
by the ascendency and development OF Democrat
ic Wing principles, convention Of your VIM
fellow citizens again urges upon you renewal O
the zeal, rekindiing of the same mutua
| fprbearance TINT animated, and encouraged, an
sustained us, in the conflict OF 1910
Entertaining no i'll tempered desire to hold ~
10 view the errors. the lollies, or the remissness
Of the late A administration of,he Genl Government
cannot forbear asking you-to contrast the imbe
cy add inerlness Of the past nistration will
the aciiv ity, The vg nee, and the sagacty of ih'
present. Your observation and experience
will be our warrant Tor saying. that in the shor
period that has elapsed since the accession Of the
lnmented Harrison to tho Presidency, more great
and pa ,riolic measures have been concerted and
n,atuIed, and more evil has been arrested in its
progress, than during the whole four years that
preceded IT.
In the law for the distribution Of The proceeds
arising from the sales Of the public lands, by the
execution of which an income will annually nc
crue TO Vermont fully equal to the ordinary expen.
ses Of the State; in the law, by which pro
vision is made for the payment Of the public debt
contracted by the late administration; in the en-
Iargement and reorganization of the navy, the es
tablishment of Notifications and other means Of
defence; and in the law for the repeal Of the Sub
Treasury system, we have promise of abundant
nsaton for ell the toll and sacrifices incurred
in procuring their enactment. Indeed, with sim
gle exception, already do we find spread upon tho
Statute Book all the great measures OF relief, ex
peced from the extra session of Congress; and in
regard to that, which difference OF opinion
arose, are bound to indulge, and do indulge.
the confident hope and belief that at the approach
ing session of Congress some general and accep'a-
bile plan will he devised, in which all the depart
menls Of the Government will cheerfuly concur.
There is, however, another subject, which has
been and must continue 10 be made question in
our political contests 1t is one vitality affecting
The prospect" of our STATE, and as such demands
our attention. BY the provisions Of the Comprom-
Use Act, the duties foreign merchandise, IN the
production and manufacture of which American
industry has attempted competition, will be re-
duced so low point in 1912, that unless other
measures are matured the spirit cf RIVALRY will he
extinquished, and the country again be made de
pendant the 'abors of The foreign agricuIurist
and artizan. in oDer words, the same question
though in somev hat varied form, will again be
Iethp iha nd Tnr Anne lnf,
g. the wages of tina; labor shall maintain the same
ecrs of it respectable, prosperous, and happy, or
whether, by diminishing the varieties of employ
nent, the wages OF labor and the demand for Iha,
abor shall be reduced TO so low ebb, that en-
he foreign artzan in his rags will mock the condi
ion "f our countrymen?
Upon us. in importan. degree, will depend
he issue of This question. lf our principles are
worthy the effort that made for their ascenden
~. they worthy of an equal effort TO maintain
md perpe,nare them. And il we would realize
he good which they promise us-ifwe would pre-
serve the prudent councils, the conservative and
ru gal pelicy, which characterize State
government, we must exercise degree of activity
and vigilance, and indulge spirit of harmony and
f"rhearance among ourselves, commensurate with
saries t" contend with who give 'no slnmber to
their eyeids' and no rest to their lahors. With
the cry Of sREPEAL' on their llpa, trusting TO di
visions among ourselves for success, and count
ing all As lost if they do not regain the spos of
,tre, they press forward with u hope that never
flags, aud zeal that never tires Let the Wings
of Vermont borrow patience and energy from their
example. Let them remember the evils they have
borne under adverse national administrations, and
learn TO be content while under wing atministra
TONS their political 'yoke easy and their burden
is light And even matter of pride let it never
he SAID that the Wings ofVermont, by their own
negligence or internal divisions, have contributed
in any degree, to dim the brightness, or obscure
tho glory, of THE STAR THAT NEVER
SETS WIN. UPHAM, President
UAMrDEN CUTS, Nv p;a,
LEONARD SARG EANT,
Dr' W n' C; caA"K"' Secretaries.
Screre mimi sbmenk Edward Boiling was recent.