The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-08-16

I0eVer Is treacnefOus, "nosoefei 10 'S"''
yhosoever is a fit instrument to become the
,imp of fathless rulers and to receive the l
Inmitigated contempt of all honest men.
The doctrine ofProtection is in most i'm.
rinent danger. 1t is in danger from the I
open and powerful advocates Of Free Trade. I
1t is in danger from pretended friends
hitherto enemies, and leaders of the party
which Frustrated the Tariff of '2s-who
now. under the disguise of clamors against
the imperfections of the present Tariff, are
endeavoring TO divide the friends of Protec.
ton, and thus most surely aiding in the ut.
Ter ruin of the system. Ii is in danger from
real friends-who idly fam
cy that mixed commission of British and
American negotiators, or hybrid Regen-
cy of the Ministers of Tyler and Victoria,
will better provide for the people of this IT,
mon, than can their own constitutional rep
Rally, then, for Protection.
In all but the sound, tits the same rouslng |
crv which rang through our valleys, thrill
ling the hearts and nerving the hands Of the |
patriots of '76 Rally rally for Ameri-
can Independence
The currency is in danger. Your opPo-
nents hold out no promise, save OF the thrice
condemnated Sub Treasury: a measure
dangerous from the power which it would
confer upon the Executive, and fatal in its
influences upon the productive industry of
the country. Politically, it tends to con-
solidate all power in the hands of the Pres
ident to the people, it holds out no relief.
The Public Lapds are il danger. The
States in scveralty, as separate and indie
pendent bodies, possess the title TO the pub
lie domain. 1t is a perfect title. conferred
before the constitution was adopted--con>
ferred, indeed, for the very purpose OF in
ducing several states to Join the Union-and
in terms TO explicit TO be mistaken. In a.
mount the lands now unsold exceed 1915
millions of acres and will product more than
1900 millions ofdoars, at the rate at which
lO7 millions of acres have already, been
disposed of. Shall the States be robbed Of
this almost llimitable sum Shall the Fed
eral Government plumber II A! Shall it be
diverted from the noble purposes for which
it was designed by our fathers, and become,
in the hands of unprncipled men. vast
fund for bribery and corruption Has YER
mont no use for her just and legal proper
tion--no children 10 be educated--no re-
sources TO be developed no enterprises of
vast public usefulness? Distribution is the
only mode 10 secure the rights ofthe States;
but to Distribution, the leaders Of the oppo>
sing party are irreconciably opposed. We
repeat it then: the rights Of the States
the rights of Vermont--are in imminent
danger. The public domain is a standing
brbe TO the new states and on this point
we have every thing TO fear from their un-
exampled growth, and the corresponding
increase of their political power. Rally,
then, for the Distribution of the Public
/ Lands. The blood which our fathers shed,
the express condition of the bond, and the
countless blessings which will flow from
this righteous measure, all invoke you TO
sustain it with your best energies
The rights of the state, and some of the
most cherished rights of our own peop'e,are
in danger. In the struggle between Free
! dom and Bondage, our own rights have
been denied, and our interests invaded
! The right to protect our own citizens from
seizure by unhallowed traders in human
/ flesh,--to protect them through the writ of
hd5cas corpus and trial by jury; the right
/ to absolve ourselves from the awful respon-
sibiIity of slavery, by refusing as individuals
to aid in sustaining it, and by respectfully
petitioning and demonstrating against it /;
the right to atsolve ourselves, as state, by
precludng our magistrates, sherifis and
constablcs from becoming slave catchers,
and our prisons from becoming the recep-
tacles Of slaves and our common right to
claim a fair participation in the benefits of
the government, by an equal representation;
all, all these have been, and are now de-
+ MED. For your own rights, then, in the
name of Freedom and Human nifty, we in
, yoke you 10 rally.
. Wings Of Vermont LET all these motives
, persuade you to be ready for the contest,
and TO acquit yourselves like freemen, who
have never suffered a defeat.
5 We appeal, also, to the People of Ver-
mont without regard to party distinctions,
: and commend to the candid judgment the
principles and policy thus set forth. Are
| they right, in your judgment? If such be
1 your Judgment, we cheerfulIy submit it to
you to determine The Course which principle
, and patriotism require at your hands Are
e they wrong--we neither ask nor expect YOU
t to sustain them. In our estimation, he i:
e true freeman who seeks TO act up to the
: requirements Of an enlightened and honest
E judgment.
= CALVIN TOWNSLEY,
ERASTUS FAIRBANKS,
= JOHN A. CONANT,
s EP. WALTON. JR.
! GEO A. ALLEN, 8
: HARMON CANFIELD,
JOHN A. PRATT,
ARTEMAS CUSHMAN, %
: July 81, 1913.
. Speech of Daniel Webster, at Baltimore, last
/ spring