The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-08-25
TO THE WINGS OF VERMONT,

Alta period of unusual interest in The po-
lilica affairs Of the country. you are agalh
called upon 10 perform one Of your most re-
snonsibIe POLITICAL duties, in selecting whom
YOU would have TO rule ever you. The I'M
,Iersigned. YOUR Central Committee, deemthe
occasion an appropriate one TO make &c"
sugrcstions for your consideration.
The Wing State Convention has Placedbe-
fore you the names OF HoRAcE EATsS, LEON
ARD SARGEANr, and ELISHA p. JEwETr, as
c;,ndi,laes for the highest State office within
your gift To represent you in Congress,
your District Conventions have nominated
William Henry, Jacob Collamcr, George L.
Marsh. and George B. Chandler.
II is hardly necessary for us TO say that
,hese gentlemen are fully entitled TO your
confidence and support. You, who are 10
<oie for them, knoW hcm. They are sound,
patriotic. enlightened Wings.
But worthy as these gentlemen all nrs oil
our highest respect and communication, "
not OF them especially, that we now propose
10 speak. Our object is briefly TO call your
attention TO the Principlcs which I've al Inc
foundation Of the political contest tha' Is 10
be determined on tho fast day oil Septemoef
mex.
Ii is scracely eighteen months since me ac-
cessisn of James X. Polk TO tho Presidency,
But brief as this period has been, II has new
ertheless been sufficient TO devclope sys-
temafic aud consistent purpose, on The part
ofthc President and his subservient followers.
TO bring the North into complete political
subeciion 10 the SoutlI-tO substitute South
crn Policy in the management OF the Gen-
eral Government in lieu of that great and
seneicent 'AMERICAN SYSTEM, under
whose operation the whole Country has reach
cd its present con diiIon Of almost unexam-
pied prosperity.
In pursuance Of this purpose, he existence
Of which recent events leave MS no room TO
Doubt
TEx.. has been annexed TO this Union IN
a manner not authorized by, and in violation
of the Constitution;
The STATE Texas has been admitted IN
10 the Confederacy, with Constitution IN
express terms PROHIBITING FOREVER the
emancipation Of Slaves; an! by an unjust q
unwarranahle exercise OF pOwer.IOuk VOTES
have been given her in the Congress OF the
United States;
i WAR for the preservation Of the Terri
tory and influence thus unla~fvlly acquired
has been forced upon the country by the act
Gf the President alone. without the Coustitu
tional Authority Of Congress.
The TARIFF Of 1872 has been REPEALED.
and tariff. framed Oh the avowed principle
and policy of FREE TRADE, has been enacted
ia lis stead. thereby ensuring widespread
disaster and ruin upon the great industrial IN
forests of the FREE STATES;
3. The benefcient plan OF DISTRIBUTING a.
mons the several states. the proceeds OF The
s1les Of the Public Lands has been repudiat-
9 /, and a policy avowed by the administra-
ton which effectualy divests the old states OF
all their rights and interests in this vast prop
0hy;
The odious SuG-TREAsURr scheme, based
upon the impracticabl- theory OF literally
exclusive metallic currency. and comforting
upon the President. in effect, the control. al
ways dangerous to Liberty, Of the, Purse |
and the Sword has been recnacted; and
finally.
The doc,rins and policy of INTERNAL I'M
which has the authoritative
slnction of WAsnIvGrON, and ADAMS, and
JEFFERSON. aud MADISON. and MCSReE,
has received the emphatic condemnation Of
an executive Veto;
Wings OF Vermont. To all these schemes
and measures and TO the Principles and Pol |
ny III Npu nav N'Na |
been, consistently aud honestly OPPOSED
The danger OF their permanent adoption by |
oar National Government Was never so great |
as it Is now. The necessity Of a firm and |
resolu,e resistance ofIhcm. BY them, by the
potent agency OF the BALLOT Box, Is instant
and impcrilisc. The predicted results Of the
mi shry deception. and frauds which defeated |
the will of the People. and placed James X, |
PolE, in the Chair which he has already con- |
verted into Throne arc before You! For
the first time since those predicted results |
hive assumed the form Of substantial and |
practical realities you have an opportunity |
TO give utterance TO yonr long cherished hos,
tiliry TO them.
We appeal to you. then, in behalf Of the
PRiScIPLEs OF THE VINO PARTY under |
whose banner you have so often conquered
10 behalf ofthe Interests of the FREENoRTH |
AMI Of her FREE LAEoE-in behalf Of YER
MpSrin whose unshaken political fidelity you
feel Just p.idc, TO COME TO THE PILLS on
the first Tuesday in September, and stamp
tho seal of your Reproduction upon the des
tructivc FGEE TRvDE PoLicr Of an admin
istraton that, having 0biainrd Power b,
FR.up, seeks 10 perPcIuaie itby OrrRrs,-
ION
Harry BRapLKY,
ANDREW TRACr, PCrmont