Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-01-12
wATCHMAN g. STATE JOURNAL.
FRIDAY, JAN. IL, 1914.
22D FEBRUARY.
TO THE WIGS OF VERMONT

To The WIGS OF VERMONT.
The undersigned your State Central Commit.
tee, having met nj Montpelier, for purposes
tempated by their appointment, embrace the oc-
casion to make to you brief address. They IRE
inpelled TO do so both by their attachment tn tho
principles of the party whom it is their pride to
represent, aud by tho near approach Of another
period when these principles mainlancd with ex-
traordi1ary unanmily by the great Wing party
of The Union, are to he submitted for the APPROX
nj or rejection of tho People OF the United States.
Fellow ciiizeus another Presidential election il
nj hind. Brief as has been the Interval, siucc The
stirring excements and the glorious rlumphs,
OF le40, II has been long enough 10 render Itself
Infamous hy the most Unparalleled treuchery
which ever disgracod The p0liiical annnls OF my
country, and, to very great eX'en to defeat The
good results which those triumphs were designed
nul adapted to secure. 1t cannot hG dOubled'tha,,
al the close OF the political campaign Lf iel0, the
people Of The United States expected long 70
pose from ertrdordinGry political eXclicmeut.--
Their efforts them were calculated To produce This
desirable end; and no one cun doubt, il those ef-
fors, emucnlly successful ms they were, hnI net
their expected reward, that the condition If he
CJUaiy would have rendered the maintenance
Of the Wig ascendaucy in its councils easy. But
it is hardly necessary Tor us to say that we have
lrumphed in vain. Comparatively we have done
nothing, willie so much remains to be dpnc. We
have but exchanged the corrupt and corrupting,
the selfish and unpalriolic administration OF Van
Buren, for the equally corrupt and conupling,
and the more selfish, but weaker, administration
Of Tllcr-the lion, for the ass in the lions skin.
With the exception Of the Tariff which the in
diguant voice OF Il suffering country rescued from
a ready veto, and which was carried amid "dem.
ocralic" threatenings Of Repeal" nothing re-
mains Of our tr!umphs. or nearly all else, the
periidy OF one man has deprived u.s. We have
been most deeply wounded in the house OF our
fTiunUs W hon lool;gd for sNtppntIlV and off.
cent aid in carrying oul tho PROMINENT distinct
tive, aud conservative principles OF the great aud
glorious party to which we belong, we have en-
couriered hostility the more bitter and proscrip.
tive because it was uudeseryed and unprovoGed.
We have seen the offices, at the disposal of that
Executive which owes lis power to confer them
to us, bestowed with skiIi(ul discrimination, not
upon those best qualified to occupy them, ire
speclve Of political opinion, but upon those most
distinguished for menIacous opposition to the
principles aud policy Of the Wing party. We
have men renewed from Office for no cHuse
but for their fidelity to their principles, aud their
places supplied by traitors and ny pocres aud, in
Short we have seen for the past thirty months, the
extraordinary aud unworthy spectacle OF Pres
iden Of the United States, aided by The immense
patronage Of his Office, endeayoring to haucr, and
by Offices and honors calole the very men who
most loudly land we light almost add propheticdl-
ly) proclaimed his incapaciiy, and opposed his
misunderstood Tie Wing party are hostile 10
prescription for opinions sake. This hostility was
inscribed on the banner under which they tr-
IMPLIED in le40, and under that banner will they
hereafter march to triumph or defeat The max
i'm that TO The yicors belong The spoils" and is
author, they equally despse The Wings Of
Vermont at least supported aud re supported, the
administration of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AN
administration which has already EN- erg9d from
the clouds with which dshonorable misrepresen.
taons had obscuted it, and has taken rank, by the
ability and pure patrollsn OF It's head, by The side
OF that Of WASHINGTON. such an admins
traon MS that of John Quincy Adams, distinguish
ed by ability in all its Departments, by its unpro-
scriplive character and by its living patriotism,
the Wing party desire 10 restore.
We have, then, fellow Wings, the battle to fight
again, and we invl!e you 10 tie contest We he
lieve another, and more decided, triumph
awaits us bat, by persevcri0g labor it must be
tcon IL is for us 10 take caro- of ourselves
The Republican Wings of Vermont have a.
cneved for the past three years 10 uiunph wor-
thy their renonn. They have not been defeated,
bo, have they conquered? II need not be dis
guised that our victories have been but partial
Our opponents are vjglant, active. persevering;
encouraged by tic delecuons from our ranks,
which they have mainly promoted, and, by
refinement of malice, striving 10 profit by
the trcachery and weakness OF him whose OF
fees they ENJOY. We rely, and we may rely,
upon the invncbla sOuudueSs Of our principles;
but not upon this alone. Our principles must be
promui gated and explained. We must promote
discussion and debate. We ask no bind adher-
ence to party. We GEEK converts among those
whose judgments and patriotism may be couvnc-
ed. The same purposes and ends which moved
our efforts in lS40, animate cur present endeay-
ors The Wings OF Vermont are not disturbed
hy fncors among themselves Their potent
bond Of union is 10 be found in the PRINCE
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present an unbroken array. They not, like
the " harmonious democracy" ola sister state, sub
divided into BHrn-burners," and "Od llunkers,"
nppellailOns which, however, descriptive they
may be OF the propensIIles, or grateful 10 the
tastes OF those who bear them, We hope meter TO
hear applied to any portion of the party 10 which
we belong. We are WuIGs in the true sense Of the
worI-oppOnents Of Executive Entertainments,
and friends of constitutional repubicanism Now,
as in lo4O we contend for
A stable tariff for revenue and protection
A national, sound and uniform currency, by
Whatever meaus ii may be best attained, hy
bank or otherwise, which shall possess more
,Ihu % an od0W Of naouality:"
A just administration OF the Public Lands, and
fair aud equitable distribution OF the pro-
ceeds OF their sales among the States:
a cnriailment of Executive power and patron-
age, having special reference 10 the ahus, OF
the veto:
An amendment of the Constitution by which
the eligibility ofthe Presdent.sall be rcsric-
10 a single term:
An economical administration OF the General
Government, and for those who hold Office
under il, entire exemption from prescription
for opinions sake, with due restraints upon
their interference with the freedom of cleo
tons:
Aud, finally, the abolition of The odious inslitu-
ton Of domestic slavery, by any and every
constitutional means.
For these Objects Wings of Vermont, you con-
tended in l640 and in their support We invoke
YOU TO renewed effort. Let us attain them, and,
In the words of the noblesl statesman Of tho age,
Henry Clay, we shall cease 10 be afflicted with
bad administrations of the Governments"
We recommend TO you early and efficient
organization throughout the State and as a first
step in ibis organization, we respectfully suggest!
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