Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-07-11

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ings Of tha; day We can spare room for .
this week
Whereas, al lie Whig National Con I.
vcnilon, holden at Baltimore on the Isl OF
May last tlrNRy CLAY Of Kentucky was
nominated Tor Pnsi1cn, Of the United
States and Theodore Flelinghuyscn Ct New
Jersey for Vice President
And Whereas the leading principles,
which the Democratic Wings Of Vernon,
have so long profsscd and so unhinchingly
maintained, were unanimously adopted, IN
the name Of the Wings OF the nation, in the
following resolutions to Wit,
Rcsoiccd, Tina, in presenting TO the coun-
try the name OF HENRY CLAY. for
President. aud THEODORE FRELlNG-
1 HUYSEN, for Vice President, this Con
venion has been actuatcd b; the conviction
/ that all the great principles Of the Wing
par,y-principcs insepcrabIe from the pub
/ lie honor and espousiblllly- will be main
tanned and advanced by the election Of these
candidates
Resoircl That these principles may
be sunni ed up as comprising a well reguIa'
ted national currency, a tariff for revenue
TO deirav The nee, ssarv eXponcCs OF the
/ Government, and discriminating with spc.
cial reference TO the protection Of the do
mcsiic labor Of the coun try, tn distribution
of the proceeds from the sales Of the public
lands,a single term for the Presidency, re-
form of Executive usurpaton and gen.
orally. such an adminst ration Of the afiaiIs
Of the country ms shall impart to every
branch of the public service the greatest
practicable efficiency, controlled by Il well
regulated and wise economy
Rcsolred, That the name of HENRY
CLAY needs no eulogy. The history of
the country since his first appearance in
public life is his history its brightest pages
Of success aud prosperity are identified with
the principles which he has always upheld,
AMI its darker and most disastrous pages
arc with every material departure in our
public policy for those principles.
Res6lred. That in THEODORE FIRE.
LINGHUYS + N, we present man
pledged alike by his Revolutionary ances-
try and his own public course, to every
measure calculated to sustain the honor and
interest Of the country.
lnheritng the principles as well as the
name of q father who, with Washington on
the fields ofTrenton aud Monmouth peril
ed life in the contest of Liberty land after
wards as Senator Of the United States &C
ted with Washington in establishing and
pcrpctua,lng that Liberty -THEoDoRE FIRE.
L1YGuuysEN, BY his course as Attorney
General of the State OF. New Jersey for
= twelve years, and afterwards as a Senator
of the United States for several years, was
: always strenuous on the side of law, order
and the Constitutional while as private man
J his head. his hand, and his heart, have been
given without stint to the cause of Morals
| Education, Philanthropy and Religion.
1t is therefore Resolred that we do now
IN the name olthe Wings of Vermont mos
, heartily approve the nomination and resolu
= tons of that Convention, and pledge ,hei
t best services to the cause, and its wel.trimet
= champ ons-Henry Clay and Theodore Ere
linghuysen.
n Resolced, That the power to annex Texas
+ to this Union is no where delegated to tn,
l Federal Government by the Constitution
r ,ha, to annex it without the consent of Mex
leo, would be on our part prehdious viola
ton Of treaty stipulations with her, ant
would involve us in war, IN which victor,
itself would be deep dshonor; and thel
i even aciM her consent, we regard annexa
as utterly inexpedenl, because it would great
" weaken the Union against foreign ag
D erosion, by charging the Territory 10 b
a defended, without corresponding increas
il Of the means of defence-because it woul
e compel us to assume the immense foreig,
e debts OF Texas and to pay it by imposin,
D additional burdens upon our people--bC
r. cause il would place US in the humiliaiin
position of nation clamorous for Libert,
, and yet violating its Constitution and pligf
:" ted honor for the avowed purpose Of exler
Is ding and perpetuhtog the blighting ours
81 of Slayery-and finally, because it will er
danger the peace and perpc,uiiy of III
m Union, by introducing a struggle betwee
er different sections for preponderance
y. political power
to Resolrcd That as the official corrcspo,
rs dence of the Secretary of State q. c. Ca
oc houn,) proves that the annexation of Texa
~ is designed, excessively, Cor the preservation
perpetuaton and extension Of SIayey
IL that in a mode clearly never contemplate
TO by our fathers, when they made 'the cor
promise of he Constitution on that suhje
lie we do now, in accordance with our Oft r
be peated pledge 10 oppose slavery BY all co
lis sli,uionaI and proper means, declare u
an compr promising hostility TO this new altem
II. to fix upon us the disgrace and gull Of OF
he raging humanity.
no Resolred, That we do mos; cordially T
=, spond TO the following sentiment OF Hem
=, Clay, contained IN his letter against anne
W ation-a sentiment in which we discern Il
le- same expansive patriotism which has ev
IL characterized hin as the friend of who