The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-31

with instead of $4,000 against US
1t is the worst thing ON earth for political
party to allow, at any time large major
ity to be polled against them, when they
can prevent it, 1t dishcartens a large
portion of the party, and feeds your can't
ers. A party should poll their whole
strength, on all occasions. Clay's ma
iority, in the state at the best, will be
worse than nothing, if the democrats do
their duty; and if, with the power to al
low HIM majority merely nominal, they
let him 90 on, Of the state with 10, III,
or even 5000, they deserve the eternal
contempt of every democrat in the Union,
and ought never to organize again as
party. 1t is all nonsense, utter nonsense,
this keeping up the appearance of a par
ty and doing nothing as party, 1t only
keeps those from US who would be glad
to join us, and drives those from us who
would stay with us, if there was anything
of us, Who likes to belong to a sort of
a soit-soap party-a o-nothing partly
In this state we have some of the finest
men in the country, acting with the dem
ocrats, They are nominated for Offices
and the democrats allow them to be
run down, year in and year out, and to
submit to the modification Of having it
said they belong to party who sus-
tain them or not, Just as caprice or lazl-
ness dictate. Who can be expected to
stand that Who will allow himself to
be a candidate of the party, if this lazy
idle, drone-like, do-nothing course be
persisted in; 1t is no disgrace to be in
a minority, but to be in disgracclul mi
nority is another thing. When man is
a candidate of party and polls their
whole strength, he is satisfied; but when
he secs, that, although uncXcoptionablc,
thousands arc ncglccting to sustain him
he has good cause for dissatisfaction
We were one of those who strongly urg'
ed the nomination of Daniel Kellogg iOl
Governor. We admire the man, as whC
does not; and we respect the pohiic'da,-
His clc ction would be an honor to thu
state But, if the party are going on tn
principle of voting or not, ust as the,
happen to feel, and allow him to be dis
graccd with 1000 votes when the part,
e have $4,000, we shall oppose his re-nom
ination the first chance we get, and III,
party may disgrace some other man. w
are writing pretty plainly we know, bu
: 1t is provoking and humiliating, the wa.
the democracy of this state manage thci
= affairs, and allow those whom they plac
G in the front rank to do all the fighting an
n all the voting besides,
c Now, let us, one and all, square oii'ou
G old scores of idlcncss, and remissncss
p and begin anew on the 10Th of Noyeu
II her, Begin where we left off in 80, t
Y do something worthy of the great prime
pies wc advocate. Now is the time
5 begin. We have everything to encoW
q age us. The tide is in our iavor-it
II all on our own side, and now, five wW,w
) can wheel Vermont into the Democrat
= line. We ran do it, we repeat; at tn
worst We can come SO near it as to max
our triumph in - matter Of certainty
. Away with this cant do anything! Laug
II at every democrat you hear use tn
- phrase. Laugh at Linn till he feels {
:. shamcd o. it. Let every democrat i
the state from this moment set himself
Il work to
Il GET OUT TIE WHOLE PARTY
/ on the l2th of November, and let
EVERY MAN
n determine that he will vote, if he ca
= the only democratic vote in his scho
/ district, or in his town
4 WORK!
is day and night, work all the timel WoI
IA till the election is over, and then you wi
# feel like men who have done their dut,
n Let the watchword be the words of
If Hickory,
II PUSH ON TIE COLUMN!