Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-05-16
THEODORE rRELINGHUYsEN.

We are pleased 20 see that the nomination OF Mr..
FnELINenvysrs as the Wing candidate Tor vice
President, meets with the decided approval OF the
Wing party ,hrougho the country. Unmistakaole
evidence Of This fac. is every day maniesiing itself
in every section of the land. From no staie-from
no city or town, have we heard Of a cold reception
81 the news Of this nomination-and every Wing
press throughout the country halls !, with unmin-
eled and unfeigned pleasure. Surely then were
the men composing the nominating convention, gov
erned and guided by superior wisdom, aad in the
sacrifices there made to personal and sectional feel
ing, we behold the same pure patriotism that warm
ed the hear and nerved the arm of the patriotic
Wings 10.
In no ,inn past, has the nomination Of the can
dida,e for the second Office in our Government been
regarded a. matter OF so great importance, and
never before has the same intense interest been
manifested in regard to it. With the recollection
OF the apos,acy of John Tyler ever before them and
the consequences of his in!amy still resting upon
them, the wing party could not but feel anxiety
in this nomination hitherto unknown. A man was
called for possessed of no ordinary qualifications.
They looked for man Of unques,ioned and unques-
ionable political character not only, but for one
upon whose moral character no stain doubt rest
ed, and whose purity and uprighiness Of life would
afford sufficient guarantee that in no event would
he, to CRAFTY any personal ambition, sacrifice his
own good name, trampe upon the rights of others,
or desert the long cherished and long fought-for
principles Of his party. Such man is THEODORE
FRELINcHuYsEN who has for long years Teen
identified with the Wing party-whose voice has
at all iimes-in the hour Of victory and of defeat
in storm and sunshine-been heard To cheer us on
and who has ever been seen fighting maniully in de-
fence OF the principles for which we conlending.
As statesman, he has long been ds,ing uisled-
as citizen, he has maintained character pure and
spokesman whether looked upon politician,
philanthropst, or practical christian we behold
him an honest, upright and consistent man. In
this nomination, the Baltimore Convention have
highly honored themselves and the people--and the
enthusiasm with which it is responded 10 by the
party, throughout the country, is, to our mind,
s,.Ling contradiction to Of the miseI able and
contemplate charges made by our opponents against
the Wing party.
In connection with this, we cannot refrain from
directing especial attention to the remarks lin an
other column) of Mr. Frelinghuysen, made to an i'm
mense multitude who went TO call upon him, on the
adjournment of the meeting 10 ra,ify the nominations
made at Baldmore,-whch meeting was held in the
Park, New York City, on Tuesday of last week.
1t will be that he well understands the princ-
pies for which we are struggling and that he ane-
quirocaly pledges himself to sustain them And
we should suppose that the testimony there given by
such man as Theodore Frelinghuysen! TO the pure
and lofty patriotism of HENRY CLAY would cover
with shame the groveling demagogues of Vermont,
who assidiuously though vany, attempt to heap as
person on his name