The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-08-16
Betrayed but not dis
maVed.

Every body knows how ba,ely the whig
party has been betrayed by John Tyler, and
the disasters which have overaken Us in
consequence Of the deeds Of villainy which
have signalized his apostacy. But is there
any reason why we should be DlSMAYED.
Our condition now is certainly not more
disasterous than in 1889. We then rlaim.
ed but six whig states, and we now have as
many. In not a single state in which we
have met reverses has there been any in
crease of the locofoco vote. A full vote
would still be a whig victory, and as in 1910
would again overwhelm our opponents with
q majority of 100000. The great rene.
dial and restorative measures OF the wing
party which have been defeated by John
Tyler, are as anxiously d, sired as ever by
every patriotic whig. They must ts ac-
comphshcd or ,coe beiide the country. The
nation must return to the good old pai!s of
experience which under John Q. Adams
carried her 10 the highest pinnacle of ma
tional prosperity. The wrongs, usurpations
and abuses,--the extravagant expen1it-
ures, the ruinous abandonment of protection
and The frightful progeny of dis lsterous ex.
perimenis, the offspring of locofocoism still
adhered TO by that party must not again be
clenched upon us. A protective tariff must be
sustained. A national currency,an equitable
distribution of the proceeds OF the public
lands, just restraints upon the executive
power, especially the veto, an honest and
economical administration of the govern.
ment, limitation Of the presidential incum-
bent TO one Term, all these objects are as in
sPiripg as ever 10 the patriotism and eff
cient action Of the great wing party.
There are some signs, now vastly more
PropitiOus for the wings TO put forth the
brawney arms oftheir strength than in 1e4O.
Locofocoism has six candidates in the field
each pit.ed against the other in scrambling
for the presidential chair, aided BY followers
as cold and heartless as themselves while
tho great and enthusiastic whig army, uni.
led almost 10 man under their noble lead.
er, is fast approaching 10 whelm their dis.
jointed battalions at once under the surface.
Henry Clay is the great wing commander.
However cheerfuly we shall submit to the
behest of the national convention yet the
man, for whom the hearts of so many mil
lions of admirers are throbbing. must nec-
essarily be selected. Yes fellow citizens
the deep, abiding sense of outrageous
wrongs long inflicted upon this nation by
hagitious locofocoism, the infamous treach.
cry of John Tyler. the plundering Of the
treasury, and the base surrender of northern
rights and interests 10 the insolent usurpa-
lions of Slaveocracy by the doughfaced ad.
herents Of the northern man with sourthern
principles, will burst through each indignant
whig heart in 1914, as il did in 1910, and
nerve eacn wing with Inc energy and zeal
which must result in the same Waterloo de-
feat 10 their enemies. However slumber.
ing the popular energies may be for the
present, within few short months the ihun.
ders of the contest will be heard. and peal
after peal for the tohig cause, and Harry of
the ives, will arouse every responding ad.
hereni, ill him with joyous hope, and nerve
him with redoubled energy for the glorious
struggle
Vermont is the vanguard of the great
whig army at the north. 10 the succession
Of elections which take place in 1914 she is
the first in this region which will wheel in
to line. And we trust she will give the i'm.