Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-04-26

political meetings it has ever been our
good fortune to witness assembled at the Taberna-
Gle to celebrate the Birthday Anniversary of our
gallant leader, Harry of the West. The immense
body of the Tabernacle had been gay
hung with the banners of several of the Clay Clubs
of the City-was filled with an eager throng, all
pressing forward to favorable situations for
seeing and hearing; while the gallery filled,
like too-crowded vase with flowers, by the ladies',
whose bright eyes spread rosy lustre upon the
scene.-Iiibune, .4prd ID.
SPEECH OF Hon. J. NJ. Bolts, OF VA.
present myself before you, fellow citizens and
brother Wings of the city of New York, in redemp-
ton Of pledge that was made by my friends in
Washington during my absence from that city, that
| would be present and participate with you in the
proceedings of this evening; and come to speak,
negecting perhaps the most interesting question,
that of the success of the Wing party, to which
have ever been called upon to give my attention.
(Cheers) 1t not from any personal interest;
but for the vindcation of the rights of the people to
full, free and untrammeled choice Of their Repre-
senation in the Congress of the United States.-
And in coming before you, l do so personally un-
known,a stranger to the vastmulttude of upturned
faces before which stand come a stranger ra-
Their hoping to entitle myself by services hereafter
to be rendered to the great Wing cause, to your
favorable consideration, than presumng or daring
to hope that have secured it by any thing that |
| nave uOHc Ueiorej anu IL w HOt stIilu dUuSISu
and overwhelmed by the enthusiastic reception
which l have met here tonight, it is because l
know that am among friends, and feel that ] am
as much ut home rs II ! was IN my own native be-
loved Virginia. Cheers. Beloved she Is; for with
all her faults, errors and mislortunes, which have
fallen thick and heavy upon her within the last few
years, she is still the land of WAsHINGToN of JET
PERSON, of MADISON, HENRY, and MARSHALL; and
last though not least of these of him whose Birth
Day we have now assembled to celebrate. Three
cheers for Virgnia.) True, alas! too true is it,
that she has become by.word and reproach
among her sister States for the niidety and treach-
cry of one of her sons. But blame not the State
for that; the only honor claim--all | set up
claim for in the cause OF Wing principles, Is that
1t was one OF the sons OF Virginia that hfst de-
nounced him as traitor and endeavored to bring
the punishment upon him which the Constitution
grants
fellow-Citizens,-We have often been told that
crisis had arrived in the affairs of our Govern
ment and more than once had it been true that
f crisis had arrived. But never i'll my humble judg-
ment has such time arrived since the formation
OF this Government US that which now presents it.
n self 10 the people of this country. To Revo-
luonary Sires belonged the task, and most faith
fully did they discharge it, of establishing the indie
: pcndence OF America In forming the Government
under which we 1--we; ana 1t IS upon us their chill
dren that has devolved, II not the more important,
d at least the more responsible task OF maintaining
and perpetuating the liberty handed down to us by
= them as rich legacy to their ISSUE and OF perpet
: uang these institutions framed, not for theirs, but
e Tor our beneht and the question is, how shall we
d proceed in accomplishing this all-important task?
c For the last fifteen years the reign of destruction
Il II may use the term, has prevailed, party has
t. had the administration of the Government whose
= whole object seems to have been to battle down
and destroy all that was valuable in the Institutions
If of our Country. Experiment has been the order of
IS the day, until at last we have been brought to the
l. point when 1t becomes the retectlng the sober
Wings and the discreet men OF the Country to take
the subject IN hand for the protection OF their rights
ID and the preservation of their liberties.
> SHALL in the Address which propose to make
this evening, indulge in no personal reflections, eli
Is ther parties or on individuals. am willing to
rest the question which in few months to be de-
o. cded upon political measures and policy, such as
r has prevailed and will prevail if ever we are foru
I'd nate enough to gain the ascendency, no doub
I'd we shall be in the ensuing Election. (Cheers)
er What are the true issues now before the People
g on which the two great parties OF this country are
E. divided! The Wing party propose reform IN the
a. Currency OF the Country they propose Tariff
le and Distribution OF the Proceeds OF the Sales o.
lie the Public Lands. (Applause) And our oppo
it nents propose instead, that halfried and most tho
lg roughly condemned measure, the Sub-Treasury
s. Free Trade-if any one understand that term
g. for confess never could--and wasteful and ex
" travagant squanderng of the proceeds of the sales
s. of the Public Lands by the General Government
Constitutional objections are the only ones raised tc
o. the measures of the Wing party-aye raised, too
ed by party that has failed to trampe npon the
re Constitution, and to violate all laws and all order
IN (cheers They cannot find constitutional author
ty either for the incorporation of Bank, for Pro
tective Tariff, for distribution of the proceeds
as of the sales of the Public Lands but they can fine
in authority for al Instruction or rebellion-(ap
m, plouse) They can find authority to disfranchise
n State of its whole representation trample upor
d. law and create Representatives in violation of law
nv Should these constitutional questions be disputed
its any longer? Why is it that when the Wing part,
h are engaged spreading documents all over the land