Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-12-06
VER PRRSS
".UNlON OF TIE WINGS, FOR THE
SAKE OF TIE UNION"

vi iiL oNloN.
Never wasthcre n time when hi. gallant
ana patriotic sentiment might with more
force be adopted by the Whig party, and
never, we believe, was there a time when it
was more warmly cherished. Tho Wings
are not the men to DO dismaycd nj "A defeat
and although they are temporarily over
thrown, 10y gigantic system Of fraud and
ialsehood, and are mourning at the calamity
which has hcillrn the country; still, when
the time shall come for their further action
upon the measures pursued by government,
they will be found wihthrir armor on, ready
and ohedient to the call of da,y. They are
for season rprcsscd-grlcvrd al the de-
feat OF great statesman, who was, aud is,
and will be the eloquent champion of their
policy-but still more grlcvrd a, the blow
which has been stricken upon our national
prosperity. But. when the new adminsira-
ton shall have made itself felt upon the pub
lie intrrcs,s-whcn the people shall find that
its policy is at war with their highest honor
and success, they will be ready to come back
ngan to wholesome connsrls, and to sustain
the system which experience will teach them
i'tondncive to the glory and strength of the
nation.
We will not initiate the example Of our
opponents, who, after their defeat in 1910,
rcprcached the sovereign people with the
Interest abuse, accusing them Of rioiing and
drunkenness, and hcstownr upnn thrm the
yes, cpilhe,s. That is kind of warfare
which til" LocofDcos alone know how to fol-
low. What we do say, is that the people
have been swiNdlcd-chea,ed out Of tho
election by the most s,nprndons system Of
f,Isrhnn1 which was ever pracisrJ upon
trremcn. Librls have been manufactured
upon the Wing candidate. hv the myriad !;
fraud has been pcrpctratrd nnsparingly and
unhuS'line'y upon the ignorant portions of
the people, the real principles of Locoioco-
ism have been concealed, and its candIdatc
been held m before the people as a tolcra6lc
good protective man. They who practised
that fraud upon the popular credulitv, have
mach to answer for, to tho Indignation of
that PEG lie, when they shall he aroused from
the delnson into which they have fallen, on
that subject, The real trnih Of the matter
will soon be hrough, to light. The deprcs-
son which is sure to come upon the business
interests Of the country will lead the people
to inquire after ITS Causes. They will be
found in the want Of conf lrncc in the ma
tional administration, the apprehension of a
destruction Of the Protective policy, quar-
rels with other powers. the aversion against
paving the drh, Of a fnreien State, and the
strong scnlmen, in the public mind against
the maintenance Of the institution Of slavery.
that wnrs, of human cnrscs-il,at curse
which is pcrpniuated in this nation, to the
latest times, if Texas, in its present condi-
ton. be annexed to our territory. Thcst
things will shake the confidence of the peo-
pie in their government. And they will re-.
turn to that system Of measures under which
alone, this nation can flourish, aud 20 on ,t
LISTING greatness and rcnown.
Meantime, let tire Wigs maintain ,Iici
excellent and efficient organization. LIE
them stand fast in their well-detined primer
pics. Tho name of Wing is good name
and honoreh on the brightest pages of on
conn'rv's history. Thrir principles are GOO
principles, and they will yet he firmly cs,ab
ls,,ed on foundation which faction AM
d.mago-uism cannot overthrow or shake
Let them 20 on, N n clear and firm conf
drnce in the reciluie Of their principles
Form no cntangllng al liances with project
which stand upon narrow basis. With OIL
banners still floating, and orr courage sti
high, let us be in readiness to meet the enc
my on another field, and thus meeting hin
to gain n glorious victory. Union of III
Wigs far the sake ofthe Union' Con,
COuraRt.