The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-01-18

maintenance of the Wing ascendency in
its councils easy. But it is hardly neces-
sary for US to say that we have triumphed
in vain. Comparatively we have done
nothing, while so much remains to be
done. We have but exchanged the cor
rupt and corrupling, the selfish and IN
patriotic administration Of Van Buren,, for
the equally corrupt and corruptng, and
more selfish, but weaker administration Of
Tyer--the lion for the ass in the lions
skin. With the exception of the Tariff,
which the indignant voice of suffering
country rescued from a ready veto, and
which was carried amid democratic :"
lhreatenings of Repeal nothing re-
mains Of our triumphs. Of nearly all
else, the perfdity of one man has depriv-
ed Us. We have been most deeply wound
ed in the house of our friends. Where
we looked for sympathy and efficient aid
in carrying GU, the prominent, distinctive.
and conservative principles of the great
and glorious party to which we belong
we have encountered hostility the more
bitter and proscriptive because it was un-
deserved and unprovoked. We have
seen the Offices, at the disposal Of that Elk
ecutiye which owes lis power TO confer
them to as, bestowed, with skillful dis
elimination, not upon those best qualified
TO occupy them. irrespective of political
opinion. but upon those most distinguished
for mendacious opposition to the princi-
pies and policy of the Wing party. We
have seen men removed from office, for no
ca use but for their fidelity to their princi-
Piles, and their places supplied by traitors
and hypocrites; and, in short, we have
seen for the past thirty months, the extra
ordinary and unworthy spectacle of a
President of the Urited States, aided by
the immens patronage Of his office, endeav
oring, by offices and honors. to hater and
cajoIe The very men who most loudly, (and
we might almost add prOphetically) pre-
caimed his incapacity, aud opposed his
principles and bis election. We desire
not to be misunderstood. The Wing par
~ are hostile to prescription for opinions
sake. This hostility was inscribed on
the banner under which they triumphed
in 1910, and under tina! banner will they
hereafter m rich to triumph or defeat
The maxim that ITO the viclors belong
the spoiIs," and lis author. they equally
despise The Wings oe Vernon! at leasl,
supported and re-supporled the admins
lralIon of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS; an ad,
ministration which has already emerged
from the clouds with which dishonorabe
misrepresentation had obscured it, and
has taken rank, by the ability and pure
patriotism of its head, by the side of that
Of WASHINGTON. Such an administra-
ton as that OF John Quincy Admins, dis
tinguished by ability in all its Depar-
menls. ty its unproscriplive character, and
by its living patriotism, the Wing party
desire 10 restore.
We have, then, fellow Wings, the bat
tie 10 fight again, and we invite you to
the contest. We believe another, and
more decided, tri mph awaits Us; but,
by persevering labor it must be icon, 1t is
for US to take care OF ourselves. The
Republican Wings of Vermont have
achieved for the past three years no tri
umph worthy their renown. They have
no, been defeated, but have they conquer
ed? 1t need not be disguised that our
victories have been but partial Oar op-
ponents are vigiIant, active, persevering
encouraged by the deftctions from our
ranks, which they have mainly promoted,
and, by refinement of malice, tannting
US with the treachery and weakness Of
him whose Offices they enjoy. We rely,
and we may rely, upon the invincible
soundness of our principles; but not upon
this alone. Our principles must be pro-
mulgated and explained. We must pro-
mote discussion and debate We ask no
blind adherence TO party. We seek con.
verts among those whose judgments and
patriotism may be con 7inced. The same
purposes and ends which nerved our
efforts in 1910, animate our present en-
beavers. The Wings Of Vermont are
not disturbed by fac IONS among them
selves. Their potent bond of union is to
be found in the PRINCIPLES they advo.
cate, and referring 10 them, they present
IAN unbroken array. They are not, like
the harmonious democracy" of sister
state, subdivided into "Barn-burners,n and
" Old Hunkers," appellatious which,
however descriptive they may be of the
propensities, or grateful to the tastes, OF
those who bear them, we hope never to
hear applied 10 any portion of the party to
which we belong. We are WHO'S in
the true sense of the word-opnonents Of
Executive encroachments, and friends OF
constitutional repubIicanism. Now, as in
1910, we contend for,
A stable tariff for revenue and protec.
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