Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-10-07


sue that path. | throw all embarrassment
and hesitation to the winds "a public man
has no occasion to be embarrassed. Person
ally he is nothlng--his ountry is everything;
he must shake off all personal considerations,
look only to his duty and the good OF ms
country abandoning at once all those SELL
ish motives. which, according as they are
consulted or disregarded, mark him as a
great or little man. (Great cheering)
i Fellow-citizens there are many individuals
who have found great fault with my remain
inp i'm the Presidents cabinet since lS1l,
and il is known to all that twenty years OF
honest, perhaps inefficient, yet may perhaps
say not altogether undistinguished service
i'm the Wing cause, did not suffice TO exempt
me from an outpouring such as has seldom
been directed against any one. | am lit
tie hard to be coaxed, and good deal hard
err to be driven (Laughter.) | shall choose
my own ground. (Cheerlng) And thank
ing you for the cordial support you have ai-
forded me during the past year that have
served my country in public station, shall
leave it TO you, and to the nation, to say
whether the country would have been better
off if had then gone out Of Office. (Cries
of "no-no," and loud cheers) Gentle
men, have no attachment to office. have
tasted its sweets but have also tasted its
bitterness. am content with what | have
achieved; and | would rather hold on to
what have already secured than run any
risk for new acquisitions in political dstinc-
ton, or new stations in public life. APP
plause.
| suppose, gentlemen, that ought to stop
re-(cries of "no go on go on ")-but
there is topic to which | will allude, yet
no further than as ii in some degree con-
Germ myself There was very respectable
most spectablc-assemby of Wing gen.
tlemen held some days since in this place.
and they passed several important resolutions.
There is no set of gentlemen in this Com
monwealth for whom-so far as ! know
them have more respect They are
Whigs-but they are no better Wings than
| they have served in the Wing ranks so
have |, as long, perhaps, though it may be
with less ability and success. They were
sent here, as supposed, by the great body
of Wings in Massachusetts, to make nomi-
nations for Governor and Lieutenant Govern
or of the Commonwealth If they had any
commission beyond that, it was not published
If they had any authority of any other pur-
port, | was not acquainted with it. But al-
ter making these nominations, IT seemed to
me that these gentlemen appeared incensed
little, aud it is certain that they declared,
in one o: their resolutions, full, complete
aud final separation from the President, OIL
behalf of the Wings Now if these gentle
men saw fit to express their own sentiments,
no one can blame them for that. They had
a perfect right so TO do-a true Wing al
ways speaks his sentiments every where
But it is quite another question whether they
shall assume to be representatives, of all the
Wings, aud to speak in their names in mat
tiers which had not been entrusted to them
by the Wings. am Whig-I always have
been Whig-I always will be Wing and
if any one undertakes to turn me out of the
pale of the Wing party-let us see who will
get out first. | am Massachusetts Wing,
and a whole Wing. | have battled with
them for twenty-five years, and so long as
God lets me live, will stand with them.
And as a Massachusetts Wing have been
accustomed to submit my wishes in some
measure to the decision of the whole Wing
party through its accredited representatives,
and to strive after the public good with them.
But it is quite another question how they
shall undertake to bind me in matters which
! have not agreed TO submit to their arbitra-
ton.
"A full and final separation" That was
the declaration. Such is the text aud it
requires a commentary. Now what is that
commentary We have President who
is to hold his Office for nearly three years to
III Al.
the measures of the Presidents administra-
ton to be opposed by the Wings of
Massachusetts, right or wrong! There are
great interests which require the attention
of Government, and if the President, by d- |
plomacy or through the action of Congress, I
shall make an earnest effort to promote them !
to benefit our navigation, for instance, or
secure the Colonial trade-are we all to
separate from him in this 2 (Cries of"No.")
| say no, too. If he directs review of the /
whole commercial diplomacy of the United
States, with respect to direct and reciprocal |
trade, which so deeply concerns our pros
periy, and which is now so much sacrificed
to other powers-are we to separate from
INN IN this, and to lead the opposing forces
against him say no, again. Gentlemen,
look at this great question.
Are you aware-and see some who are
how great proportion, more than one
hall, OF the carrying trade between Brazil
and the United States, is performed by ton
mage belonging to the north of Europe, in
consequence of the il-considered, dsadvan-
tageous arrangements which have been en-
tered into and are now in force? Why,
gentlemen, as well might foreign powers de-
mand our own coasting trade and as well
might we yield it. There is not the shadow
Of treason in the present law-not the shadow.