Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-12-13
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
| This document presents favorable account of
the foreign relations and of the administration of
the government at home Texas is the great gun
of the message. Annexation, says the President,
was presented directly to the American people in
the late contest majority, both of States and
people, have declared for it by the election of Mr..
Folks and thus he claims that Congress is instruct
ed by The people 10 adopt The measure. This the Pres
dent urges Congress to do at once, by joint res
oluton OF both Houses. This, we warned our an.
ii slavery friends last SUMNER would be the result
Of third parlyism, if it became strong enough to
possess the balance of power. That party had that
strength in New Yorkthey have elected james
X. Polk by the mcans--and now the saveocracy
claim Annexation a settled question, settled by
irrcvocable Instructions fresh fro the people. It.
was thus Gen. Jackson treated the bank question
on his reelection; and he succeeded Whether
annexation destined to success in the same mode,
remains to be seen. If it is, third partysm will
have paid dear for the whistle"
The paragraphs upon the finances oftho govern
ment glorious testimonials to the efficiency of
the Wing Tariff of 1912 as a revenue MEASURE
Indeed the greatest difficulty seems to be that the
government is getting loo much revenue 1t has
paid all the debts it could reach cllled in all the
treasury notes that the holders will part with, and
yet there is a large surplus. This proves another
thing-the wisdom of the Wing policy of distri-
button as balance wheel to the trcasury hid the
Distribution of the public lands been carried ont in
accordance with the act OF the Wing Congress, the
dangerous surplus would have been avoided We
say dangerous surplus, because 1t Is elnphatlcay
dangerous TO the Tariff to have too much revenue:
it is the signal for chdnge and reduction, which
can but be injurious to every interest which is at
all affected by the Tariff
There is little else which is very remarkable in
the message, except the cyi lontc which it gives
that John Tyler is IN his oIcn eStm1toa, one the
greatest bencfactors or the savior of his country.
TIE WILL or THE PEOPLE DEFEATED.
While President Tyler unbushingy claims th4t
The ,cW Of The people has been expressed for annex
alton, aud free traders claim that the ,oW Of The
people has been equally expressed against the Tar
if, it is still true that The ieW Of The .QmHlcdn
Ecop,e has been dictated in the late eject on: Polk
NOT the choice Of the nation.
In the n. Y. journal of Commerce las much To-
coloco authority as any thng,) VIC find the popular
vote in the Union stated follows:
Clay 1,l35,327
Blrney and scattering 59,030
Total 1,ly4,3G6
Polk I,l7307
South Carolina G0,CC0 l.l93,C7l
Maj. Over Polk and Notification 1875
This includes all the votes were the GuUiuitm
votes in New York, Pennsylvania and Louisiana
deducted there would unquesonably be MAORI
ty of at least $4,000 of the popular vote against
Polk.
But how has the will of the people been defeat
ed The answer is clear: by the third party, and
by fraudulent votes In New York the majority of
the popular vote against Polk is 1869, yet Polk
gets the electoral vote, ana his election, because
the third party threw away their votes upon Birney
In Michigan, the majority against Polk is l66, yet
By the same cause as in New York he obtains the
vote of the state.
As to Fraudulent uoteS the entire plurality Of
Polk (5O26) in New York was more than made up
by the extraordinary increase of locofoco votes in
New York city and in Erie and St. Lawrence coun-
ties thus:
In New York, notwithstanding an admitted
detection from the Locotoco ranks to the
Wing cause of at leas, 5000, the Locoloco
increase is G,36l
In ST. Lawrence, while the Wing vote is di-
minished l3l the Locoloco vote is Increas-
ed 1857, making net increase Of 1,l26
And in Erie, while the Wing vote is increas-
ed only l22, the Locofoco vote is increas-
ed 1859
Total S,S46
In still another view it is clear that the will of
the people has been defeated: mean the fact,
acknowledged even by ocoloco authority since the