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

ton? Are they expected to resign, or IS i
the intention of these gentlemen to give
provocation for them to he turned out? Oul
distinguished fellow-citlzen who so ably
represents this country in England-is ht
to come home on account Of this separation
of the Wings from the President, and leave
his Office to his predecessor or some othei
person of that stamp And even the hum
bic individual who now addresses you
where do these our brother Wings mean to
place him In cases of divorce it is usual
to divide the children, and | should be very
glad to know where ! am to go! (Great APP
plause.)
would not treat this matter lightly, nor
vet with undue severity. | know that in
public meetings of this kind, resolutions are
never considered with any great degree OF
are reported and passed
as they are presented. | know not who
drew the resolutions TO which J allude, and
/ doubt If they had much meaning. The
gentlemen who drew them up, probably were
angry and resentlul, and brought i'll string
of charges against the Presldent-a KIND OF
bill'of indictmcnt-and announced full and
final separation between him and the Wings
of Massachusetts, This step has a bearing
intentional or unintentional-upo my
own position. and it is therefore proper that
| should take notice of it. There are some
of my Wing friends from whom | differ
They are honest, doubtless, and have per-
feet right TO express their sentiments. |
have also tie right to express my opinions,
if they be honest. and must openly dissent
from the disposition which seems to be en-
tertained, to postpone all attempts TO do
good for the country till future and uncer-
tain period.
We have now a strong majority in both
Houses of Congress, and my opinion decld-
odI, is that now is the time for us to accom-
plish what remains to be accomplished. -
There are persons of more sangulne tenn
permanent than |. coincidence" it was
said by Burke, ais plant of slow growth in
old bosoms." The remark was intended to
refer to confidence in men, but it is equally
true with regard to measures and events
There are men who see more power for the
Wings. Their vision extends far along into
the future, and they behold nothing but mild
skies amid the hacyon seas beyond the fogs
and darkness and clouds which now obscure
the sun. But, gentlemen, it was not an ca
sy work to accomplish the attainment of
Wing power. For many years the Wings
were struggling, and in 1910 they succeeded
but not without a severe effort. am
afraid it is easier to lose their present power
than to acquire more. Nothing but union,
cordial, sympathetic, union, can preserve the
Wings from prostraton. Twill not say that
nothing can preserve them, but | will say
hat premature, partial, and especially pro-
'criptve aud denunciatory proceedings, must
occasion their fall.
The Wing party must keep together
They came into power not all agreed upon
what course it was expedient to pursue In
1910, men from the extremes of all parties
the ultra State-rights man and the ultra
ederalist, the warm tariff and the equally
warm anti-tarif man-all came together in
4 spirit Of Cancellation, of harmony, funion;
hey sought 10 agree, to heal differences in
stead of widening them; to act in concert
% save the country from the runous conse-
luences of the measures which had been
pursued by the previous administration
The whole history of that political revolution
breaches a spirit of kindness, of Cancellation,
IF friendship, ofharmony, and of union
Gentlemen, if | understood the nature of
he four or five great objects for which that
evolution was undertaken, they were-First,
10 establish permanent peace between the
United States aud England; for although we
lad no war, the disputed questions between
he two powers had long been in a state Of
perpetual agitation which disturbed the
country fully half as much as a war could
rave done. They broke in upon all busi-
rendered the people incapable of
Judging OF the future, or of calculating with
probability the event of any enterprise. A
emedy for this was sought for, and it could
'nly be found in the stable peace. That
vas one object, and shall be glad if YOU
hlnk II has been accomplished
The second great object was to provide
evenue-a thing in which the country was
5reatly deficient. 1t was notorious that the
ate administration had much exceeded in
expenditures the receipts of the Government
that the Republic was i'll debt-that the
Compromise act was daily diminishing the
evenue-and that it was necessary TO pro-
lde TOR its increase. That end l hope, and
'elieve, has TO a reasonable extent been
ttained.
And then third came protection, as Incl
Iental to revenue, as consequent upon it, or
y means ofthe duties laid for revenue. As
that, much has been done, 81 hope it will |
&c found enough. All Wings who concur
ed III that measure are entitled to receive
learty applause-but let us be Just. Let
IS be just. The French rhetoricians have a
maxim that nothing can be beautiful but
What is true and | am afraid that some off
ur Iubllant oratory, if tried by this test,
ould-hardly stand IL is not truo that tba