The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-07-28
From the Middlebury People, p....
THE CONVENTION OF THE srI r H
DEMOCRACY HLr-Sp

DEMOCRACY, 9IYl
Inc assemblage was not SO great as vo
led to expect from the prOdgious bustlo "au
been made about, and the exul,ing ,oOO . ~"''a
annexation leaders in this region have "HCh
'umed' We were credibly informed bv ' a'
who made an actual count in the (orenno, s'a''l
hundred and twenty rank and file vera =, "'
present to the conventon-there were D,oh' "T
in the aiternoon. Ofleaders among who,
served several who have recently boer we, We
taste the nectar of office there was csrn,., ''ca
But THAR sleek condition, their glossy b,o,I i,
and the complalsant manner in which r., v"
their golden appendages proclaimed Than P''
than the lovers Of the masses whom ,bo, "!@
to represent. The organization of the C,nn. r,0
suited in tho appointment of Levi B. villa. ~ ~
sea, President, several Vice Presidents of oIo,, V'
names we cannot be certain. In the oOo,o,.
nominating committee reported in favor or ~
years ticket. This nomination was orr,...1,
unanimous vote W
The next business was the dscussor All
lutons reported by the Committee raised 70, ,b,,
pose, which were, of course, highly coDc,,,nI,,'
for the triumph of locofoco principles in the .lonG.
Mr. Polk the Stakeholder, The ADVOCATE Of Sl,,,., j.
annexation, The deadly foe to Protection, and ~
means of ezemplyfying the great truth that h0vss
the Democracy had been misIead into ooDo.i,o.
these sacred principles of their chief for q vbns
"hetr second sober thought is never uro0o hl /
ways efficient" 1t was truly amusing TO witrs,.
delightful relish and perfect unanimity with wbiH
this very patriotic convention swallowed down To,
annexation, measure which, until the nomination
Polk, men Of all parties and creeds in Vernon, h,
regarded with utter adherence, as avowedly in,ord 4
ed to impair! strength to the institution of sayorv
the States, assault upon the compromises Of M
Constitution as means of overthrowing the b0Ianc
of power between the North and the South, and \
out the whole American Continent. But the seJ
styled Democracy ofVermont will find that this b1,J
subseryiency to the saveocratc power will doom them
to a certain and speedy overthrow.
| The first resolution which elicted discussion wa
one which charged the reduction in the price Of Woo
to the Wing Tariff: 1t was certainly lamenlable
see man of the capacity of WyIlis Lyman, so re-
Gently from the Wing ranks, placing at the door 0
the Wings the diminutive duty on coarse wool in thu
tariff of 1912 which the Wings would have gadI
raised, but against which, and indeed against PrOec
ton on wool of every description the LOcOswOgel al
I DISCRIMINATING war. Indeed, during the last sessiO
of Congress the Tariff nearly cell under the saVal
strokes of these ferocious enemies The Union, d
well accredited organ Of the present admnnE
tio9 has declared that, ga tarifJor protecIoH m
not be endured" and repeal, repeal, is y0caernt
from one end of slavedom TO the other. WhyIheaIh
hypocritical canting Of Democracy SgaipS TAR
whose defects at any time since lie FAssagelney Ia
had it in their power to remedy out have the rail
used every possible means 90 crush in toto SO far
the principle ofproteetion is involved Indeed one
the most powerful motives for the Infamous anne
ton project has been the overthrow of,he proel
tariff by tho ascendGncy of Southern influence
Southern votes which the continual multiplication
Slave States carved out of Texas and Mexico
yield them. .g.E -.a