Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-08-13

0T We would inform the Editor of the Burling-
ton Free Press that he is entirely in error in reference
to the political character Of our father, as he
warm and Jealous Democrat from the trs formation
OF parties in this country, to the day Of his death in
1916. His Imprisonment for months under the Sedi-
ton Law OF the elder Adams, would not tend to con-
Of the war of 1919, as his j. c. is Of that Of Mex.
leo OF 1876 HdsDelPs Bennington Gazette.
We very cheerfully give our contemporary
the benefit, if he esteems it one, of the foregoing
paragraph in our columns. But f"J. c." per-
suades himself that, by being "a warm sup
porter of the War with Mexico" he is follow
ing in the footsteps of his illustrious predeces-
sor," he will pardon us for expressing the opn-
ion that he is laboring under the strongest kind
OF deusion. This disposition to draw parallel
between the War of 1912 with Great Britain,
declared by the constituted and constitutional
authority of the land, and waged for the main
tenance of a great principle Of national right
and national honor, and this poor war against
neighboring weak and distracted Republic.
precipitated, at least, by the unauthorized
act of the President alone, without adequate
cause and for partisan purposes, - is quite
common with the country Locofoco press The
only point in which their utmost ingenuity can
detect a resemblance between the two wars,
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of the American People! There is not another
feature Of similarity between "the war of 1872
and the Mexican War: while the features of
dsSrn''farny are as deep and as marked as are
the valleys on the face of the earth But, for
the purposes of partisan controversy, this one
lmmateral and inconsequen,ial circumstance of
resemblance is quite enough; and so we have
the silly and empty cry, "the Federalists of
1912 are the Wings of 1885," in the very teeth
OF the well-known fact, that prominent among
the supporters of Mr.. Folks administration. and
holding high places in his Cabinet, are many Of
the bitterest and most vindictve of the old Fed.
eral Party! Verify, the weapons of Locofoco.
ism are as sharp and keen as the pewter sword
of the school-boy
we crave permission. in this connection, to
say a word to the staunch and true Wings of
Old Bennington the battle ground of such
Wings as Stark and Warner. Il has been
whispered abroad that the 4" family quarrel" that
has arisen between the two sections of the I'm.
cotoco party in that County is likely to involve
a portion Of the Wings and even to endanger
the Wing supremacy there! Will the Wings
OF Bennington permit the result to justify this
rumor! Will they permit local causes to blind
their eyes to the dishonorable differences that
would be drawn from even the nominal triumph
of Locofocoism2 Will they consent to be set
down as unfolding the weakest and most cor.
rupt Administration that has ever been inflicted
upon the Country, and the War for the support
and extension of Slarery which that Admins.
tration has fastened upon the Country? We
hope better things of them. This is not day,
1t appears to us, for yielding or compromising
PRINCIPLES the Wings were ever called on
to adhere with unflinching fidelity to the great
aim OF good government, which has banded
them together, it is nov-now when other con.
siderations than those of fitness and political
principle are in danger of controlling mems
minds in their selection of candidates for office.
II, as we believe, Wing Principles are worth
contending for, if they lie at the foundation of
our national prosperity, he is the best Wing and
the truest patriot who is most uncompromising
in their support when compromise approaches
him in its most plausible shape! The timid and
the wavering are firm and stout.hearted in the
lay of triumph, but it is the brave and the
thoughtful who gather strength and courage
from adverse influences.
We shall doubtless be told that the political
affairs of Bennington County are no concern Of
ours. We are, however, as little in the habit
Of regulating our notions of duty, as we are our
political views, by the standard of Locofocoism