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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07

the particular favorites of the administration. Mr..
Polk appears resolved to establish for his body
guard, band of reckless janizaries, who will not
scrupe to work out every unhallowcd purpose that
political ingenuity can conceive. Take a few cases
by way of exempfcation.
lie has appointed Darlington Anthony, Marshal
of the District of Rhode Island This Anthony
was the Infamous blacksmith, whom Dorr made
sheriff, and whose house was his headquarters
He was once indicted and bound over to keep the
peace. He has also appointed Walter Burgess,
DORIS Secretary of State to be the District Attor
ney of Rhode Island, and Hezekah Willard a
Senator in DORIS mock Legislature, to be the Col
lector of the Port of Providence. He has appoint
ed David Parmater, rabid Dorrite, and villain
who was once convicted of forgery in Worcester
County Court in the State of Massachusetts, 10 be
surveyor OF the same Port. Through his agent he
has appointed Isaiah Rynders the notorious Cap
tain of the infamous Empire Club, TO an important
office in the New York Custom House. This is the
same scoundrel, who was once arrested in Wash
ington city for stealing Treasury notes in New Or.
leans aud the same, who, no longer ago than March
last, attempted murder in the city of Albany. 1t
is said TO be well-attcsted fact, that no less than
90 individuals who were once feons in the Peni-
Tertiary, now occupy subordinate stations in this
sSne Custom House. He has appointed Gideon
H Mailock, who killed Bryant in the streets Of
GNa~hgillc, in 1913, to government agency fhlAr'
kansas. He has appointed Mr.. Labranche, noted
dueist, to an important Office in The New Orleans
Custom House. lie has appointed Mr.. Jones, Gil
leys second in his duel with Graves, to be Survey
or General of Wisconsin And Mr. Meek of Ala
bamu, who was Yuncey's second in his fight with
Clngman last winter he has favored with valua-
BILE clerkship at Washington.
1t is needless to extend this catalogue further
Suffice it to say, that nothing in this administration
seems to 90 unrewarded, save merit. At the coun-
tiers of Government, vice is at premium and vir
tue at a discount. 1t is time that this system Of
corruption should be arrested. The elevation Of
bad men to important and honorable trusts, exerts
most demorazing influence upon the county,
The fear of public reprobaton does more TO keep
under control the evil passions of men than all 9th.
er restraining motives combined and settled po-
Icy of honoring and rewarding moral .turpitude
cannot long be pursued without mourning the mos
disastrous consequences. Public virtue is the safe
guard of the republic, the palladium of our lber
ties When that is lost, We are hopelessly, ire
trevably ruined.
Vrtuous freenen of Vermont, it becomes you tc
rebukc such base panderng to vice and crime
Proclaim at the polls in tones Of thunder, that yol
can have no fellowship with such iniquity!
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07
FOR TREASURER,
JOHN SPALDING.
TO YOUR POSTS!

Wines OF VERMONT we are just upon the eve
of another conflict But four short weeks will ex-
pire, and the political dcstnes of our State, for the
next year, are irreversbly decided. Wepre either
upon the verge of glory, Upon the brink of dis
grace. And shall regard our fate with indiffer-
ence? Shall we sit down with folded arms and
abandon ourselves to the tender mercies OF our en-
emies? The issues of our political life and death
are in our own hands. We are the arbiters of our
own destiny. There is not man in the State who
doubts that the Wing party, If faithful to them
selves, will gain overwhelming victory. Our
adversanes do not rely upon their strength, nor up
on our weakness, but upon their vigilance and our
inactivity. Despair will strike them the moment
they see us earnestly buckling on our armor. Up,
them and marshal your forces in battle array! Let
no other business divert you from the discharge of
your duty Let every man who has been appoint
ed to any post, however humble, faithfully fulfill
his trust! Wherever your organization is incom-
plete at once perfectit! Let nothing be overlook
ed, nothing unfinished! You ought to rally around
that glorious standard you have planted, in columns
as impenetrabe as Macedonian phalanx. Delay
not not a moment is to be lost Procrasnation,
in crisis like this is ruin! Again we say, Wings
Of Vermont, one and all, TO YOUR POSTS
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07
SPECIMENS OF LOCOFOCO CONSIS-
TENCV

In the Locofoco State Convention of lS41 it was
unanimously reSolred "that the true principle of
our federal government is to confine its action
to objects specifically enumerated in the constitu
ton, leaving Industry 10 regulate ITSELF"
In the Locofoco State Convention of 1915, it was
unanimously rcsolred, "that our tariff laws should
be so adjusted to cherish, as far possible all
the great interests of the country commerce, man.
ufactures, and the mechanic arts"
We would particularly thank the astute editor of
the Patriot TO reconcile the language of these res
olutions and tell by what laws of Interpretation
he does it. Our opinion is, that there is just such
a shifting of ground here, as one would naturally
expect of heartess, unprincipled, demagogues, who
are ready to occupy any position that will give
them the least chance of securing popular favor.
Are we right?
In the session of our Legislature for 1913, the
Locofoco party through their representatives, unit
ed with the Wings IN resolving, that we protest
against any attempt for the annexation of Texas to
this Union, as unconstitutional, and dangerous to
the stability of the Union itself. That we can in
no way assent to any purpose or measure, the OBJ
ect of which shall be to enlarge the slave-holdng
territory of the country, and thus to increase the
political power of the slave-holdng States"
In the recent Locofoco State Convention, it was
unanimously reSoired "that we feel to rejoice ex-
ceedingly, and to congratulate the democracy and
the country upon the action of the Texan Con-
gress upon the proposition to restore Texas to the
family Ct the Union, and on the certain prospect of
the speedy consummation of the project of re-an-
nexation."
If, Mr.. Editor of the Patriot, you or any OTHER
man can make any thing out of this but the black
est apostacy and the most despicable party servi-
ty, we hope you will attempt it. Again we will
volunteer our opinion; it is that at your July con-
vention you virtually resolved that you were the
vest renegades and the most miserable party hacks
that ever disgraced the State of Vermont. How
is it?
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07

infamy, by consummatng in defiance oil the Co"'
stitution and in CONTEMPT of the most sacred inter-
national obligations, a most stupendous scheme Of
iniquity, the sole and avowed object oil wh'ch was
to extend the black dolnnons OF that institution,
which is the "sum of albgillanies," and thus Sc
cure the permanent ascendcncy Of the South in the
councils of the nation?
The so-called Democratic party have over and
over again, in Congress and elsewhere, been term
ed by Southern men their natural allies. Every
where below the Potomac this subserviency to
Southern interests is known as their grand dstinc-
tive popularity. Allies is to honorable name for
them, and only bestowed, by the "chivalry," by
way of courtesy. They are miserable seris, who
have no will Of their owns and there is no limit to
their spaniel-lke submission. If they had the
power, they would not scruple to convert the free
states into slave states, if their Southern masters
demanded it. To get place when they have lost
it, and to retain it when they have got it, their
leaders will barter themselves away body and soul
to the grim Moloch of slavery. Aye, if needs be,
If we are entitled to draw conclusions from what
we have secn--if their loaves and fishes depended
upon the oct, they would swear eternal allegiance
to the Prince of Darkness himself!
Freemen of Vermont, are you prepared to make
these -Iasesboyn .vassals your rulers? Are you
content to be the subjects of slaves? Is free,
brave, proud, Vermont, whom all have honored as
as the foe of tyranny and the champion of the OPP
pressed, now going to tear from her brow all her
bright laurels, and basely get down into the dust,
and crouch obseQuiously at the feet of Southern
masters? Has the land of Allen, and Stark, and
Warnor lost her breed OF noble bloods" and
become peopled with a vile crew of shameless das
lrds, who have not the heart TO assert their rights,
far less to vindicate them? The first Tuesday of
September will testify TO the world whether this is
So Remember This, .freemen Of Vermont md
GOVERN YOUR COURSE ACCORDING
LY!
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07
EXECUTIVE PRESCRIPTION.

Mr.. Polk took the Presidential chair protesting
the most intense adherence of prescription for
mere opinions sake; Notwithstanding government
patronage was never so extensively and so viely
prosttuted to party purposes, it has been thus
far under his administration. lie has already re-
moved more than fifty incumbents from the depart
ments at Washington, whose salaries in the aggrc-
gate amount to more than $4,000 Among these
are some of the most mertorlous and valuable pub
lie officers that ever served the nation Such men
as Henry l.. Ellsworth, known TO the whole coun-
try for his inestmabe reports from the Patent Office
whose praise is in every mans mouth, and John S
Skinner, the editor Of the first agricultural paper
ever published in the Union, whose reputation is
every where identified with the advancement of the
farming interests Of the country, and Mathew ST.
Clair Clarke, man of unimpeachable integrity and
unsurpassed ability in his official capacity, and
scores of others of the most eminent worth, have
been removed to make way for Edmund Burke and
clan of other unprincped partizans, whose only
recommendation has been their unqualified servuy
to the supercilious almoners of the public bounty.
In the country at large, more than thousand re-
movals have already been made, and the work is
Uut Just begun. i ne HoTrlu CldiS OF tue gulOt-
inc Is heard over the whole land. Decaptaton is
the order of the day. In the teeth of the declara-
ton in his Inaugural, that che should not be I'M
mindful that his fellow citizens who have differed
from him in opinion, are entitled to the full and
free exercise Of their Judgments" President Polk
exhibits the most uureenliug ferocity, in extermi.
mating every officer who will not crouch at his feet
in the most abiect sycophancy The Executive
will is memorable. If public agent has the te-
merity to retain the least remnant of his native in
dependence, he is doomed man. No circumstan-
ces, no peculiarly Of condition, can avert the fatal
blow. He signs his own death warrant, when he
refuses to surrender HIMSELF body and soul, to the
control of Government
But what adds ten-fod aggravation to this nds-
eliminate prescription is the fact that morality is
continually shocked, and decency outraged by the
! bestownent of Offices upon men of the most noto-
rious infamy. Vice and depravity appear to be I'M
der the special patronage of Government. Trait.
ors and rioters, gamblers and swndlers, DULLES and
dueists and ruffians of every character and grade
whom no moral man can regard with any other sen.
sations than detestation and loathing, seem 10 be
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07
HONESTY Is THE BEST POLICY.

The maxim is as perfectly true in political affairs
as in any other. Though dishonesty may for a
time be successful, still its speedy ruin is inevita-
Bile. In an enlightened Republic, a party cannot
long sustain itself by deceit and corruption. If this
were not so, the idea of popular self-government
would be the idlest chmera in the world. The
American people are something else than the help.
less playlhings of cunning demagogues. They
may be mlsed for time, but they are incapable
of remaining in an abiding permanent state of de.
ception. Our opponents have acquired the SUI
premacy by means of the grossest imposition and
fraud; but they must not expect to retain that SUI
premacy by the same means. The tariff question
alone is enough to effect their downfall Congress
only has 10 meet, and their hollow pretences viii
be tested. The miserable game of bo-peep they
have SO long been playing with the country, will
then have to cease. The time for serious and de
cided action will have come; and how are they
prepared to meet it? The Scnth are thrstIng foi
the hearts blood of the Tariff, and will have nc
connection with party who will not lend its eff.
cient aid to destroy it; while the almost incalcua
Bile benefits Of its existence have been SO clearly
demonstrated to the great mass of the North tina,
the party who would deprive it of being cannot
stand before them moment This question must
be met and the Democracy" must take sides
one way or the other. Wire.pulling, og-rong
and every species of political legerdemain, may
and doubtless will, be practised. But all to no
purpose. Our opponents will have to express une-
qnvocally, by decisive acts, whether they are or
are not, the friends of Protection. And no one
who has watched recent Developments, can doubt
which way they will commit themselves. The
fiat 1.-THE TARIFF MUST BE REDUCED
TO A REVENUE STANDARD" has already
gone forth from Washington, and the party dare
not refuse to execute it. When this is done the
doom of Northern Locofocosm is sealed. Let
the Wing party then preserve and perfect its or.
ganlzallon' and in lS4S under the glorious banner
Oh Protection to American Industry, we shall as.
suredly gain splendid national victory.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07
NORTHERN WHITE SLAVES.

ave do not govern the people of the North by
our black SLAVES, but by their o,on tphite Slaves
We kno,o tchat zoe are doing. We Of the South
are always united, from.the Ohio to Florida, and
can always unite; but you of the North are be-
ginning TO divide. Re hare conquer ed you once,
and zoe can, and ICE ,cM conquer you again =
aye, SIR, WE WILL DRIVE YOU To THE
ALL; ana when we have got you there once
more we mean to keep you there, and nail you
aolcn IKE base money"
euch was the language employed by John Ran
dolph OH the floor of Congress, in the debate on the
admission of Missouri into the Union. And who
shall say that these taunts were undeseryed and
ponteSs That they were the mere empty ran,
Oh Southern insolence? These wordsWere uttered
more than twenty years ago In Euesistby
nave subsequent events demonstrated them to be
literally and perfectly true
VINO out 'od'le Northern slaves, in contempt Of
.he most solemn treaties, barbarousy drove the civ
hi@eu anu christianzed Cherokees from ,be;,
Peace'ui homes 10 bowling wilderness Thousand
miles distant, in order to crafty the ins.,.,o
city Of Southern avarce? Who but ,,b;,. Nj
ern s'aueS, supported for eigh, years. at the exnens,
OF more than fifty millions of dollars, an ex,ern,;
mating war against poor unofending tribe of Sem
inoles, because, forsootb it happened, that ,be
extinction would promote the interests of Soutber
planters? Who but tehitc Northern siares, yea
after year, upheld the Southern Shareholders i
insoenty tramplng upon the sacred right of pet
Won, and loading the people the North with eve
ry species of insult and contumelyP Who br
iohae Northern SLAVES have united with the Sout
IN waging incessant and deadly war against tn
Protective Tariff, and in their base servilty, bee
ready to sacrifice the dearest interests of III
country? And who but WHITE NORTHERr
SLAVES have branded themselves with indelibl
disgrace, have stepped themselves in everls,,in
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07
THE SLAVE DEMOCRACY.

II is left for the men of New Hampshire who
profess to be the very embodiment of liberty and
equality, to stand out from the several parties in
the State, the unbushlng advocates of the
Texas iniquy, and to shed teGIs of joy rather than
grief over the consummation of a measure which
will inevitably bind the chains of slavery on addi-
onal millions. Ifthe Texas plot, with all the I'M
told woes of which 1t will assuredly be the cause,
had been suddenly revealed to the voters of New
Hampshire, an overwhelming majority would have
been dumb with amazement, and have invoked the
sternest judgments upon the authors of it. But it
has crePt slowly upon their senses and like many
appalling crimes, completely dazzles by its very
enormlty. II is to be dcvouty hoped that the Sep
TENDER election will awaken every true freeman to
his duty, and TO the importance of recording his
vote against those who have the effrontery to call
upon treemen to come up and sanction a supen-
dous crme-a crime which fills the cup of national
nfamy, and makes the declaration of Indepen-
dence piece of solemn mockery.-.Ne,o Hump
shire Statesman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07
LETTER FROM CASSIUS NJ. CLAY TIC
THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION Al
CINCINNATI

Tho fol1ow;ro, Io,tor from r, nj r1,, ,,a ;.
.o.,..,, .,, .. -,
- ~ o." i''''a''on ~ NC P'eSo"' II. 'iie
great Abolition Convention held in Cincinnati last
June. His enlistment into the Third Party ranks
had been confidently calculated imam and tho M
:, =.
VIC 'ie iieie cAPesses u 'tuhu last ny
the Wing party, as being the great, buwark of
American freedom and forever to "abide its des-
,n;osn n,ns. have oo,,or,1 .,'o,o .o,c .,1o1 arm
-. ~, '''
cry men WIN no iit'e uon,uSo.' rVery nun VI
o"'' roi'00'i0h h"o"s' iiAe SasSius W. Oluy' u'a'
the ultimate success OF the true anti-slavery cause
depends upon the ascendency of Wing principles
LEXINGTON. Nav 18th. 1915
jNessrs P s. Chase ond others CoD,,nittee &c
GrNrLrMrN-I have somet,me since received
vorr letter IF The oIst nj, ;nvitnp mo IN o,,onJ
Tonyen,ion r. he bnld in Cincinnati on tLo II,L
dov of limo novt ~ coli who .bol;ov;no, a..
,b. toyor il worth nrosoru;,o IN % annhI;o99
can be maintoined pnly bv 7e,ornaI md nncn,'''
,nn,a;sna war mon 10 cr;,n;n.i ,surnat;",D or
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so"a''s III eou"o,' ""ot ooS nv ,ri W ue0'''c oe
ny PteSe"t o'i .lia' o.oa9i'n. nc lunguuse USED
ny you 10 NY own. II was "'it.en Oh 'ne event OF
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07

The Woodstock Age, in humble imitation of the
Patriot, is out in furious attack upon the charter
of the Central Railroad 1t heaps upon it every
opprobrous epithet in its copious vocabulary of
slang, and confidently asserts that not car will
ever be suffered to run upon road founded upon
such an abomnable basis The particular features
complained Of are the exemption of the stock from
taxation, and the grant TO the Company of the
right of way through the State upon the payment
OF all damages Our opponents are welcome to all
the capital they can make out of these miserable
materials. What sensible man does not know that
the benefits accruirg to the State by the consruc-
ton of this road will more than ten times recon-
pense it for the amount subtracted from its reve-
nues by exempting from taxation the million taken
by our own people, The addition to the Grand
List by the consequent rise of real estate alone
will far more than counterbaance any loss sustain
ed by granting this immunity. As Cor the other
objection, has it indeed come to this {? Is the
"Green Mountain Democracy" reduced to the
necessity OF STOPPING so low as 10 pick mp the very
refuse of New Hampshire Locofocoism, and en-
deavor to turn ii to account; That an ii-dsposed
man may thwart public enterprise like this by
unreasonably denying the right of way through his
lands, was the very doctrine that was cherished
and maintained in the Granite State, till the PEG
pie become so thoroughly disguised with it that
they list 1t away in utter contempt. Rely upon it
Mr. Eastman, that so monstrous a dogma, which
even Its very originators have scornfully repudia-
ted, will never gain favor in enlightened YER
mont. You are moon-struck, if you believe it,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07

~ AM ENGAGED IN REDUCING THE
DETAILS OF THE TARIFF TO THE REVE-
NUE. STANDARD."-Ro j. WaLker Secreiaru
Of The Treasury.
Will the Patriot inform us, what will be the duty
on wool when this reduction goes into effect.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-08-07

The Patriot is ejecting its venom upon Governor
Slade. "viper, thou bitest file"
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-06-12
AN oLD-sChooL METRO.

The editor Of the Barre Gazette, writing
from Richmond, Va, says:
The United States Circuit Court is now in
session here, held by CHIEF Justice fancy.
was present at the opening of the Court on
Monday and observed an aged negro dress.
ed in long black coat, shall clothes and
stockings, knee buckles. and the other char-
acteristcs of fashion "six,y years ago."-As
the Chief Justice entered the door, the old
fellow rose and was greeted by the head of
the Judiciary with as much civilily as If lie
had been the "chief executive magistrate. -
The Chief Justice ard the District Judge
shook him cordially by the hand, and made
many inquiries for his health On enquiry
found that he was the slave and lavoriie BODY
servant Of the late Chief Justice Marshall
whose memory the faithful negro cherisllss
III most aifectionaIe remembrance He is bu,
nominal slave now, preferring like MANY
others here, not to be free He dresses in
precisely the style Of his former distinguish
ed owner, and insists OH being at the door oil
The court room, as in days of yore, to tende,
his services 70 the esteemed successor of hi.
old master. He takes the hat of the Chic
Justice, fills his glass of water, and does sew
eral other offices as proudly as if he were tn,
! the titled chamberlain of king; and is treated
with as much consideration by the very ur.
oane and popular jurist as his old niastei
could have done