Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-09-03
A FEW WORDS TO THE WINGS OF
VERMONT

The election Is at hand, and suffer from us q b, of
eShort3,Ion. \ state convention of the Wing, party
was called in the usual form ! was open to all who
chose to come when assembled, care was taken to
allow every member freely TO give his voice in the
selection Of candidates; the delegates appointed their
own committees, as organs of their sill by these
committees the regular wing ticket was nominated,
and the nomination was confirmed by the Conven-
ton. We eyort you to sustain that ticket, effectually
and to do it tfectltalH II must be done by the uni
ted cn6rritS ofall. The candidates are men Of intes-
rlty and talents, such rs TO guarantee that they will be
faithful and efficient servants of the State they are
men-but this is not a nero question as to men,
Measures and Principles are involved measures and
principles dear to the people ofNermont, ms they are
essential to the prosperity Of the state and Of the ma
ton and antagonist measures and principles, with
social and political revolutions, and rum in Their train.
TO ihosele us call your attention, and by these let Us
induce you 10 efficient action.
In compliance with the will of the people, as ex-
pressed in the election of Gen. Harrison, Congress
has already provided for the payment of the national
Debt, repealed the thrice condemned Subtreasury,
passed a general bankrupt law, and entered upon the
work Of retrenchmenta and reform. 4 bill devising o
mode of collectng and disbursng the revenue and reg
ulatlng the currency oftte country, and q bill fol- d..
yiling the proceeds OF public lands among the states
and establishing an equitable pre-emption system, are
yet pending, with the prospect offs happy termina-
tlon at the present session, The great questio,-the
one Of paramount interest TO Vermont and 10 the
Union-vlz. the Revision of the Tariff, is TO be met in
Congress ere another election occurs in VERMONT
To all these measures of relief and Reform already
lasseu-lp tnOsc YET leNulTg, ana 10 the whole Tar
III system, the ~locofoco party in Vermont and in the
Union, have waged, and are waging a sweeping, un.
scrnpulons, and unyleldIng opposition. They refuse
acqulescence 10 the will of the people they persist in
their policy of agitation and of unsetllingilong estab-
lshed principles of govornmont-policy which for
the last u years has resulted in prost-ating the bust
ness OF the country, d. bankrupting not only thou
sands Of It's citizens bur the government itself; they
threaten 10 repeal the measures which the Wings Of
the country shall adopt, and 10 repeal them, in sons
instances, in defiance of every principle of honor
and good faith and for these wing measures they
propose TO substitute the very schemes which h,ye
just been condemned by the most decisive expression
Of the popular will which has ever been made
Among these substitutes are, the SubtrcRsury for q
bank, and Direct Taxation for the Tariff! This 10
their chosen ground on this ground they support
their candidates, and oppose yenrs.
The last election was one OF commanding interest,
and we are prone to rest easy under the delusion
that then were settled all great questions for at least
four years. We speak what we mean by that word
deluSlon. The Presidency was settled but as TO that
the will of the people has been overruled by the Prov
idencG Of God. Various questions of policy were
settled by The verdict OF the people then but that
verdict, be II remembered, will now be treated as ~.
rcrSed, # is not re-aiiirmed in the successive cleo
lions. We ought 10 regard the contest nor as but a
renewal of the ever memorable one of 1910. The
present crisis is, verify, one of peculiar Importance.
II is rendered so by the fact that in il is involved q
question which never before has been directly put TO
the ~people-the question of Protection or No Proffe.
ton, TO domestic industry, The late Wing State
Convention fully adopted the doctrine of Protection /;
the %locoioco state convention as fully adopted the
antagonist doctrine of No Protection. Such is the
position of these two parties in Vermont, and il was
voluntarily assumed by each. Let us bear in mind
that this Is 10 he the Absorbing question in the next
session of Congress, and throughout the country !;
possibly-nay, probably, the very question which
will decide the next Presidency. Its final docision'
whether II come sooner or later, decides the destiny
Of the nation, for il is a question of life or death with
Domestic lndustry-emphatically so, with Free
Labor. In this, Vermont has every thing at stake !;
more, comparatively, Than any other state, for she is
more exclusively m agricultural state than any other.
We entreat the Wings, then TO regard the present
contest in its utre light, as most directly and intimate
ly connected with the future welfare of the people
Let the Wing ticket now fail, when such is the PAL
pable issue, and YOU give joy and add strength TO the
worst enemies ofNeTmonta and of the nee laboreIs OF
the c~ouutry-ioy in Great Bntaln-great Joy IN south
Caroina -strongth TO the enemies OF protoeuon IN
both branches of Congress, The Wings Of Vernon {
faiiin electing Their ticket! the Wings OF Vermont
suffer Calhoun to proclaim to the senate and Pickens
to the House, that Vermont, with me question: Pro-
tection VS. No rotection-Tari VS.. Direct Taxation
-dircctly before her, gave a verdict for the defen-
d,ot The sappasitien seems monsirous, perhaps I;
bI",", !, mny neysriheiess be a serious fat IN the hap
ren!rs q ciher oft~p c~onungsnees The frs caD