Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-10-04

your party attachments and party prejudces, and
look with patriotic eye at the present posture oil
our public affairs, the approaching crisis IN our
national history, and act as becomes faithful cti-
zens and honest men, and we fear not the result
Can you, then, as lovers Of national liberty, as
haters of injustice and oppresslon desire the an
nexation to the United States Of large slavehol-
ding community, in whose constitution slavery is
made perpetual? No, fellow citizens, we know
you cannot We believe your intentions arc pat
riotic, we believe you desire the public good, we
believe you have only mistaken the means TO effect
that good. And now we put it to you, fellow citl-
zers, how you vote for Mr.. Dillingham;, who,
if he has not declared himself unqualfedly in ia
vor of the annexation of Texas, has not dared to
come out in opposition to it?
Remember, Mr.. Dillingham; is opposed to the
distribution of the proceeds of the public lands
among the several States measure demanded not
only as matter of general eSpedency but also of
strict right.
Remember, too, that the influence Of your votes
is not confined to this district this State but is
felt for good or evil throughout the whole country
and if you vote for Mr. Dillingham;, remember, that
you vote not merely for the man, but for the ascen
dancy of the party to which he is attached, party,
the determined foe to your prosperity, the avowed
enemy of Protection TO American Industry, of pro-
lection TO the wool grower of Vermont Can you,
then, as men loving your own prosperity, loving
the prosperity of your State, can you as citizens
chershing the principles of equal and exact JUS
tice to all men, vote directly indirectly for the
ascendancy Of party at war with your own in
tercsts at war with the principles of universal lib
erty?
You who have voted for George Putnam, you
whose avowed and only object is the utter extinct,
ton of slavery from our land, will you refuse 10
vote for George b. Chandler, and thereby perhaps
secure the election of Mr.. Dillingham;, the most
Objectionable of all the candidates? You, the
friends of Mr. Putnam, know that there is not the
remotest probability of his election. You know,
too, that all that he could constutionay do, if
ected, to abolish slavery prevent the further ex-
tension Of it Mr.. Chandler is both willing and de-
sirous of doing. What, then, does it become you
as aboitionsts to do? Is it not your duty to use
the most eifecual means 10 attain your end Should
you not act according TO the circumstances before
and around you, and if you cannot do all that you
wish, do all that you can? Will you do this, or
will you, by refusing to act effectively, retard and
leopard your own cause?
To you, ever-faithfu and gallant Wings, we
know we need not say anything to urge you to
your duty you have thus far nobly acquitted your
selves. But there is another struggle to be made,
and perhaps yet another, and we would remind you
that your opponents, with sleepless energy and
untiring activity, arc ever busy Let us, then,
make another struggle to rescue our District, TO
redeem its good name and do our part to keep for
ever unbalanced that
"Star that never yet
Hath paled It's ray, or daTky set.n