Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-08-27
,rHE GREAT REMEpY.

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TIE GREAT REMEDY.
No cure u, psy, rs the patent medicines say.
The North anl the West are, lust nj this time, boil.
ing with Indignation AZ the unlerhanded ifekery
OF the South. We have been caioled, bamboozed and
put upon say they, and true enough they have. But
what is the use Of cryinge 1t is Dst like tall, gaw-
king green-horn, b,uhhenng fF being whipt by boy
Of hall his inches. We DO not belong 10 he biut6er
ing party. So long we oui-vole the South tD0
10 nne in Congress, anil fire 10 one President, if
with these advantages, connntbe half Of the time
let Us brave defeats like men, md ocknowe ledge in
no whining phrase, the superior geneTalship OF our
foes.
Snulherncrs ore not so much 10 blame for going in
Tor the South. Every man tor his country. A Rep
Tesentaive most look TO the interests of his constu-
ents, whatever those Interests may be- Let the North
aud West do this faiIbfolly do the South, aud
This preominenee nf the Slave policy would be at an
end. II the South, feeling their weakness, have to
combine in order carry their slave measures let The
North and West combine against them, not for the
purpose of oppressOn but prevent unjust lepisla-
ton. Against such combination the South dare not
complain as by their example they compel US TO this
alternative.
A letter written from Washington on the day flhe
veto nf the iIsrbor Bill. snys:-
The Presidents VETO message to-day, fairly reused
up the Indignation OF the Western members. They
have been most elegantly crcumvenied in this bust
ness. The bill was kept ba.k until the tariff was safe
Now,hnd Western friends insisted upon the return
OF the River and ilaibor Bill with the Presidents sig
OnlV COnuifEfl OF their vOtlng lDr tic
tariff, the probability is that the bill Of internal inn
provemenis woui at least have been suffered TO slip
quietly into law BY the expiration of the ten DAYS
limitation, The Western Democrats were in n sad
humoT-lhe Southern ones never more delighted Il
was an adrolt turning Of the high cards.
The Southern Democrats are in the ascenhant-,he
Northern fraternity are in the vocaiive. The man
agement OF Secretary Walker is equal to any emer-
gency As political taciican he is unsurpassed lie
makes every edge cut, in every direction"
T.ne, had our Northern and Western members COM
bined during the present session Of Congress- have
our Southern friends, something like fair and Just leg
,saiion Tor the whole people might have been had.
The folly is our own
Bat greater advantage than combination hive our
southern friends just now. They have entire control
oil the Executive power an influence second 10 none
in the Government This they obtained BY dexirnus
manolvTe at the Baltimore Convention. They had
got southern President with Southern principles
and through him the North and the WRIST have been
made subscrvent 10 Southern pOcv Now, IL the
peoPe Of The free States, with their eyes open 10 oil
this allow the he repeated in 1913 the fault
Will be their own The next Presidential election will
seitle the Question forever, or az long the Union
stands, whether the slave policy shall have the pre-
dominanee in this country not Another four years
VIII add slave territory enough the South TO for
ever overbllanee the free representation from the
North, and he must BE- blinded partizan indeed, who
cannot see il.
Freemen Of the Norih, be~nre. The time for con-
citation and action has come CoABIEArIoN is the
word. Let The boundaries OF Slavery. as comlempla-
not I'LL them can we hope To become nation Of free.
men.
THE HARBoR VETO AGAIN.
Our readers can now this document and draw
their own conclusions. We think the constitutional
objections Of The President we'll taken as we have eyer
been OF The opinion that Congress has no power 10
grant appropriations Tor internal Improvements, and
the bill contained items for such improvements so far
we sustain The President in biz veto But the qups-
lion is thisHas the President been parry to an
understanding that the bill as framed should become
law. provided The same should pass both Houses Of
Congress II would have been an easy matter 10 have
framed bill 50 as TO have avoided The constitution.
al objections, and that without prejudice TO most of
our Western harburs. Either the committee who
framed the bill The President are at fault in this mat
ter. Which IS III The fact that the President held
on this bill nine days, during which time the Tariff
bill was discussed, passed. both Houses and received his
signature, is significant 10 of design. Had he re-
turned The bill Immediately, with his objections which
appear TO be OF so ing standing, the Tariff bill never
could have become law II was with the understand
ing that the Harbor bill safe in his hands, that
Senators voted FOR the Tarn Southern Senators no
doubt voted for the Hnrbor BILL knolcng IL could be
rstoed; and this they did in friendship, 10 secure
the voles OF haFbnr men for the Tariff
We Of the West do moi feel ourselves fairly dealt BY
IN this matter. We complain, and think with
reason. We are alaboring people, and BY the fruits
ofonr industry we bread the world pilance is all
we ask in aid ofour Western cUnimer6ea pitance for
the construction Of safe harbos. This is denied US,
while single improvement on the Atlantic coast he
Breakwalef al Delaware) has cost the Government
more than all the improvements the Western lakes
put iogelher Such iavorillsm cannot long exist and
this Government remain free"
RrpELLioS No. .. The following denuncinioryar-
tice is from the Ohio Statesman the gres, gun of Lo-
GO Focoisn in Ohio, the State paper, and which may
be considered as speaking for the whole party in that
State II Is worth reading = l f.s fttts n
"The Message in which the President supports his
n lis lana Daue
ridiculous for its false logic, and paltry as the treat
ment al thesis BY some har-spltiing and wTe.draw-
ing schpoman OF The Middle Ages, who though him
sell great man, because, like all small characters he
had mistaken cunning for wisdom. II is however,
quite worthy the man whose imbeciliiy has been so
unhapply displayed IN his action on The Oregon ques-
toDrsi ultering boasls of The oudes kind and then
sneakng of TO cover when the eneny's bay was faint
" heard in the distance. There 10 remarkable SINH
afty in the Presidents conhnct these two subjects
As he mouthed and raved about clear aud un1ues.
tonahle' right 10 the whole of Oregon like unto one
OF Nat Lees Beame heroes--for we can only call il
mouthing and raving, when the bathos Of the irea-
~ is Known % Us, however much n pleased us nj
The lime of its uerance, because we beloved il 10 be
the warm language OF earnestness and sineerity--so
has he now vetoed bill substantially recommended by
himself, through the report of The Secretary Of War
high officer of his Cabinet II is true that the de-
lence has been set up for him, that the Secretary
though reporting through The President really reports
10 Congress- GTaned-but this does not in the slight
st degree alter the case. Xxx ~ .
has always been at least Il WINS in those
4ays when il was thought that some degree Of pro-
oIpd craftsmanship was necessary in governing great
nalion-ihat cabinet should support one uniform poll
icy-as speaking the sentiments Of the party whose
principles Il was appointed To aid in carrying out
Who ever beard OF high Cabinet officer recommend
INC 10 Congress, through The Preaident course of ac
ton directly contrary 10 that OF the President himself
and actually accompanied with The proper estimates as
to the cost of carving Ii out--vho eyer heard nj