Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-01-07
RETROSPECTIVE.
From the Vt. Patriot of Dec. 81.
OLE COURSEl

The Waterman week before last published an
article from the South Carolina Courier, and de-
clared that paper to be democratic paper.
This miserable trick has been fully exposed
and the Courier proved to be federal Mexican
paper, and yet the Waterman is silent!
If this were the first time that the Patriot has
msrepresen.ed lis on this subject, we should at
tribute it to haste but this is the second time,
after deliberation, and charity is therefore for
hidden. Now be it known that we have not de-
cared the Courier to be democratic paper;
though we might as truly say it as the Patriot
can say that it is Wing paper. We do notre-
gard the Courier as Wing paper; indeed, with
in fortnight we have seen it stated that there
was but one Wing editor in South Carolina, (ho
was at Columbia not Chorleston,) and that even
he had volunteered to fight Mexico. But to re-
turn: here is what we dill say
But it is our purpose to appeal to the democ-
racy on this question, and we therefore do not
ask them to take our declaration or opinions
They shall have foco authority and here it
is:
From tho Charleston C. ,Couror.-Communcatcd
"Every battle fought in Mexico and every dol
lar spent there, but insures the acquisition Of ter
ritory which must widen the field of Southern
enterprise and power in the future. And the fl
nal result will be to re.adjust the whole balance
of power in the confederacy, so as 10 gre as con-
troll orer The operation Of The Government IN all
time 10 come. If the South be but true TO them
selves, the day of our oppression and suffering
is gone, md gone jorerG."
The same writer says in another places
"The danger now is from such a combination
at the North as may overawe the Administration
and Congress. Combinations may be made up
on the principle Of opposition to the Mexican
war on .4nt Siduery feelings, and IN favor Of reSo
ring The high tariff under protect TO meet The IN
creased expenditures Of The Government. 1t is this
that has swept Pennsylvania and Ohio in the re-
cent elections, and it may do the same in New
York and Maine. If the Democratic party be
overthrown in those States, it will bring into
power strong combination deeply hostile to the
South. The first development will be a move
ment to prohibit the introduction Of slavery into
any territory to be acquired in Mexico, and then
to restore to great extent, the high duties that
have been recently abolished"
The reader will observe that we have moi as
serted that the Courier locofoco paper
We quoted, as "locofoco authority" the commit
nicaiion not the paper which published it; we
quoted the savocratc writer, who expresses fears
that The Democratic party ,ciU be oVerihrown al The
North, and consequently that the introduction Of
slavery into territory acquired from Mexico will
be prohibited, and that Protective Tariff will
be restored. The Patriot could not mistake our
intention; we were careful to insert the extract
as q communication, and not as the language of
the Charleston Courier; and the language ofthe
communication makes it perfectly evident that
its author is slavocratic locofoco, alias mod
em democrat, and nothing else. We suppose
the Patriot saw the force of the quotation, and
that its attempt, to charge it over to what it in
correctly calls a Uhg paper, was only an cleo
tionecring trck-and very small trick to boot
For the instruction of the Vermont Patriot
we now quote this unequivocal declaration from
its locofoco brother in politics, the Charleston
(South Carolina) Patriot:
g We trust that our SOUTHERN REPRE-
with Mexico is A SOUTHERN WAR"
And that our neghbor may not have the slight
est ground for doubling the veracity or democ
racy of its South Carolina ally, we beg leave tC
show him how "THE SOUTHERN REPRE-
SENTATIVES" in Congress have responded tC
the call. We quote from the Boston Wing:
In the first debate in the House Of Represen
tatves upon the Mexican War, the Administra
ton was defended by
Messrs. lIarralson of Georgia,
Rhett of S. c.,
Holmes of 90
Stanton of Tennessee,
Seldom Of Virginia,
Woodward of S. c.,
Pillsbury of Texas,
Z from the Slaveholding States,
and by Mr.. Douglas Of Illinois, Qoco)
l from the Free States.
in the second debate on the same subject The
same side was taken by
Messrs. Payne of Alabama,
A. Johnson Of Tennessee,
Jones Of Georgia,
Stanton of Tennessee,
Martin of Tennessee,
Morse of Louisiana,
Bayley of Virginia,
Z from the Saveholding States, and by
Messrs Kennedy of Indiana, and
Gordon of N. Y, (locos,)
2 from the Free States.