New-York daily tribune., 1844-01-20
9D FEBRUARY.


/ nc uHuelsSHeu. your State central Committee,
having met at Montpelier. for purposes contemplated
be their appointment. embrace the occasion TO make
to Won bret address. They are mpelled TO DO so
both by their attachment 10 the principles OF the
party whom II Is their pride 10 represent. and by the
near approach of another period when these princi-
| piles, maintained with extraordinary unannlity by
the great " ing party OF the Union. 10 be sub
mtted tor the approval projection of the People OF
the United States.
Fellow-cltzcns. another Presidential election iS
at hand. brlei as has been the interval. since the
stirring eNcltementS and the glorious triumphS. OF
l8i0 II has been long enough to render itself inia
nous by the most unparalleled treacherv which ever
diSgraced the political annals OF any country, and
to very great extent, TO defeat the good results
which those trlimphS were designed and adapted TO
secure. 1t cannot be doubted that at the close OF
the political campaign OF 1910, the people of the
| United States expected long repose from eLtraOr
| diHHry political excitement. Their efforts then
calculated To produce this desirable end: and no one
can doubt if those efforts, cinlnentlv successful
they were had met their expected reward. that the
condition Of the C0Unt,y would have rendered the
maintenance of the Wing asCendancv III lis councils
easy But ii hardly necessary 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 corrupt and corupting,
the selfish and unpatriotic administration OF Van
| Buren,. for the equally corrupt and COnupung. and
| the more selfish, butweaker administration OF ver
the lion for the ass in the lions skin. With the
exception of the Tariff which the indignant voice of
| a suffering country rescued from ready veto, and
which was carried amid democratic threatenings
| OF ''Repeal. nothing remains OF riumphs. OF
nearly all else the pertldv o man has deprived
| us We have been most deeply wounded IN the
house OF our friends When we looked for sympathy
and eicienaid in earring ont the prominent, dis
tnctive. and conservative principles OF the great and
| glorious party TO which we belong we have encoun-
tered hostility, the more bitter and proscriptve be-
cause il was lndeserved and unprOvoked. We have
seen the Offices, al the disposal OF that Executive
which owes ts power To confer them 10 us, bestowed,
with sktu discrimination, not upon those best qua
lifted to occupy them, irrespective OF political opln-
| ion, but upon those most distinguished Tor menda-
cious opposition the principles and policy of the
Whig party.
We have seen men removed from Office, for no
cause but for their fidelity to their principles, and
their places supplied by traitors and by hypocrltes
and, in short, we have seen for the past thirty
months, the extraordinary and unworthy spectacle
OF President OF the United States, aided by the nm
ense patronage of his office, endcavong to latter
and by offices aud honors caole, the very men who
most loudly land we might almost add pr0Phetical-
h proclaimed his ncapacity, and opposed his prln-
cip!es and election. We desire not to be mlsunder-
stood The Wing party arc hostile TO prescription
fer opinions sake. This hostility was inscribed on
the banner under which they uiumphed III lo4O, and
under that banner will they hereafter march to l-
umph or defeat. The maxim that :" TO the slctors
belong the spos." and its author, they equally de-
spise The Wings of Vermont at least, supported
and re-supported the administration of JOHN
! QUINCY ADAMS: an administration which has
ALREADY emerged from the clouds with which dis
honorable misrepresentation had obscured it, and
has taken rank by the ability and pure patriotism OF
lis head bv the side of that OF WASHINGTON.
Such an administration that OF John Quincy
Adams, distinguished by ability in all IFS Depart
ments bv its unproscriptlye character and lis living
patriotism, the Wing party desire TO restore.
We have then, fellow Wings the battle to fight
again and we invite vou to the contest. We believe
another and more decided, triumph awaits US; but,
bv persevering labor it must be lt Is for us 10
take care of ourselves. The Republican Wings of
Vermont have achieved for the past three years no
triumph worthy their renown. They have not been
deicated. but have they conquered? Ii need not be
disguised that our victories have been but partial
Our opponents yigilant active, perscvcnng en-
cOuraged bv the dcteclionS from ranks, which
they have mainly promoted. and by refinement of
malice, striving profit b.! the treachcry and weak
ness of him whose offices they ENJOY. We rel v and
we NAV rcv upon the invDcibe soundness of our
principles; butrot upon this alone Our principles
must be promulgated and explained. We must pro-
mote discussion and debate. We ask no blind ad-
herence to party. We seek converts among those
whose judgements and patriotism may be convinced.
The same purposes and ends which moved ourefiort>
of Vermont hot disturbed by lactons among
themselves. Their potent bond OF union l. 10 be
found in the PRINCIPLES they advocate and re-
tering 10 them, they present an unbroken array
They are not like the harmonious democracy OF
a sister STATE subdi;idcd into Barn-buncrs, and
.Old Hnkers.' appellations which, however de-
scriptive they may be OF the propenSites, grateful
TO the tastes OF those who bear them, we hope never
TO hear applied TO any portion OF the party 10 winch
we belong w care WHIGs IN the true sense OF The
word-opponents OF Executive encroachments, and
friends OF constitutional republicanism. Now, az IN
lS40, we contend tor
4 stable TARIFF for Revenue and Protection;
4 National sound and Uniform Cnrrency, bv what
ever means it NAV be best attained, by bank or
otherwise which shall possess more than an ott0r
of nationality:
A Just administration of the Public Lands, and
fair and equitable DGsTRIBUTIoS OF the proceeds
CT their sales among the States:
4 curtament of Executive power and patronage
having special reference TO the abuse OF The veto;
An amendment of the Constitution BY which the
eligibility OF the President shall be restricted to
single term:
An economical administration OF the General Iov-
ern1nent, and for those who hold ofnce under II
entire exemption from prescription for opinion
sake, with due restraints upon their interference
with the freedom of elections:
And, finally the abolition OF the odious institution OF
domestic slavery, by am and every constitutional
For these objects, Wings OF Vermont, YOU con-
tended in 1910, and in their support we invoke you
10 renewed effort. Letus retain them and, in the
words OF the noblest statesman of the age, Henry
Clay, we shall cease to be afflicted with bad ad-
ministrations of the Government
We recommend 10 Won early and efficient orSn-
n;-dtioM throughout the State; and as first step
IN i this organization we respectfully suggest that
Whig meeting be held in every town. or by union
Of towns. on Thursday, THE 22D DAY OF FEB
RUARY NEXT: it Is an auspicious day-the
BIRTHDAY otWASHiNGTON. OF 1t Is ms virtuou5 e&-
ample his sel-denyng patriotism, his love OF con-
sttutional liberty, thar We would remember, and
his principles, exemplifed in the administration OF