Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-08-11


TO the high honors which have hitherto beer
accorded to us, by the unanimous sufIrag,
of the Wings ofthe Republic.
These dangers are numerous and pres
sing. There are dangers from Within
from internal divisions, which, in our hum
bic judgment, ought to yield TO the higher
dangers from the common enemy. Lei The
pressure from without consolidate us. The
same formidable leaders, Northern and
Southern, who for twelve years ruled the
nation with nm iron rod ARE now in the field
inspired with high hopes of again welding
the power which they have so much and So
long abused. They entertain the same hos.
tlllty 10 all the principles and measures,
which distinguished you from them in Is4C;
they resort 10 the same dupIicity which has
so often enabled them TO conquer: and il
successful, in the light of past history we
predict, that they will exhibit the same reck.
less disregard Of their pledges and profes-
sIons. AT this moment, the immense pat
ronage of the Federal Government is in
their hands, aud is unblushingly welded TO
punish the tried integrity Of HEARTH JTAigs.
and TO buy whatsoever is heartless, whose
ever is trcacherous, whatsoever is venal, who
soever is ht instrument to become the
pump of faithless rulers and to receive the
unmltlgated contempt of all honest men
The doctrine of Protection is in most
imminent danger 1t is in danger from the
open and powerful advocates of Free Trade.
II IS IN danger from pretended friends
hitherto enemies, and leaders of the party
which Frustrated the Tariff of '2SLwho
now, under the disguise of clamors against
the imperlectons Of the present Tariff. are
endeavoring to divide the friends of Protec-
ton, and thus most surely aiding in TIE ut
ter ruin of the system 1t is in danger
from some-perhaps real friends--who idly
fancy that mixed commission Of British
and American negoitators, or hybrid Re-
gency of the Ministers Of Tyler and Vic
toria, will better provide for the people of
this Union, than can their own constitution
al representatives. Rally, then, Tor Pro-
lection. In all but the sound, It's the same
rousing cry which rang through our valleys.
thrilling the hearts and nerying the hands of
the patriots of'76 Rally! rally for the
American independence
The currency is in danger Your oppo-
nenis hold out no promise, save ofthe thrice
condemned Sub-Trcasnry a measure dan
gerous from the power which il would con-
fer upon the Executive, and fatal in its in
tiuences upon the productive industry oftbe
country. Politically, it tends TO CONSOLE
date all power in the hands of the Presiden, /:
to the people, il holds out no relief
The Public lands are in danger. The
States in severalty, as seperate and indepen-
dent bodies, possess the title TO the public
domain. Ii is perfect title, conferred be-
fore the constitution was adopted-con-
TERED, indeed, for the very purpose of in
dnclng several states to join the Union-and
IN terms too explicit TO be mistaken. In A.
mount the lands now unsold exceed IO76
millions of acres and Will produce more
than l3OO millions of dollars at the rate AT
which l07 millions of acres have already
been disposed of Shall the States be rob-
brd Of this almost llimitable sum !-Shal
the Federal Government plumber il! Shall
IT be diverted from the noble purposes for
which IT was designed by our fathers, and
become, in the hands of unprinciped men.
vast fund for bribery and corruption Has
Vermont no use for her just aud legal pro-
portIon-no children to be educated-no
resources TO he developed no enterprises
of vast public usefulness? Distribution is
the only mode to secure the rights of the
States; but TO Distribution, the leaders OF
the opposing party are irreconcilably op-
posed. We repeat it then the rights of
the states-the rights of Vermont-are in
imminent danger. The public domain is
a standing bribe to the new states and on
this point we have every thing to fear from
their unexampled growth and the cores
ponding increase ofther political power
Rally, then, for the Distribution ofthe Pub
lie Lands. The blood which our fathers
shed, the express condition ofthe bond. and
the countless blessings which will flow from
TINS righteous measure, all invoke you to
sustain it with your best energies
The rights of Lhc state, and some of the
most cherished rights of our own people,
are in danger. In the struggle between
Freedom and Bondage, our own RIGHTS have
been denied, and our interests Invaded
The right to protect our own citizens from
seizure by nnhallowed traders i'm human
flesh, to protect them through the writ of
hobcdS corpus and trial by inry; the RIGHT
to absolve ourselves from the awful respon-
slbllity Of slavery, by refusing as indlvidu-
ais to aid in sustaining it, aud by respect
fully pelltioning and demonstrating against
II; the right to ahsove ourselves, as state,
by precluding our magistrates, sherlls and
constables from becoming slave catchers,
and our prisons from becoming the recep-
tacles of slaves and our common right to
claim fair participation in the benefits of
the government, Ivy an equal representation;
AL, all these have been, and are now de-
med, For your own rights, then, in the
name of Freedom and humanity, we invoke
you TO rally.
Wings Of Vermont! let all these motives