Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-10-14
THE WILMOT PROVIsO.

We accuse the Wings who abandon the Will
mot Provso for the " no more territory" issue, Of
setting the nominal success Of their party above
national progress and the national benefit and
they have given us license TO do so in that they
not Only abandon the most lauded and cherls he'd
objects of their recent and present political pro-
fessions party, but they do so for less thar
consideration, and to the certain defeat of b.
jects to which their cousciences even more tho n
their interests protessedly attached them.
Windham Co. Democrat.
We are surprized to see an editor usually CT an
did and careful, tar above most OF his assoca les
in the locofoco camp thus giving currency to the
SANDER that the Wings are abandoning the Will
mot proviso, and attrbuting to them unpatrlo tic
motives withal. The Wings of Maine, Mas sa-
chusetts, Vermont, New York, Ohio and Mic hi
gan, have all recently expressed their news
through State Conventions or in other forms re-
cosnized by the Wing party: and all have on
Cured in condemning any extension of 81 ave
tcrrltorv,-in every instance, we believe, the ap-
phcation of the Wmot proviso to any new Ter
ritory acquired has been specifically indica ted.
| If there is single Wing state, North of Ma son
and Dixon's line, which has abandoned the Will
mot proviso, we shall be much obliged to the ed
itor of the Democrat if he will name it. J The
truth is that the Democrat entirely msapT re-
hends the position Of the Wings upon this ub-
ect. Most of them indeed do stick for the " nc
more territory ISSUE as an issue to precede :he
Wilmot proylso in point of time, but not nee es
sarl'y 10 suPerseue ~ ""i this stand is tax er
not merely on grounds Of political expodionov =
as for instance to unite the Wings of the Sol III
with those Of the North against an extension o
territory, and by consequence against the ext an
sion of Slayery-but on higher and truly pa tri
otto grounds. The Democrat greatly errs i i
thinks for moment that the Wings are abou tic
abandon the cause to which their "conscenc es'
attach them-the cause of liberty and peacei ant
perpetual Union The treachery is 10 come Fl .on
another quarter. 1t was tocojoco State Com zen
ton which in Massachusetts Kissed down a re $50
luton upon this subject 1t was locofoco 81 att
ConventionSwhich in the Empire State of tn
North has just. refused TO pass resolution in ia
vor of the Wilmot proviso. 1t was your loco ioc'
Secretary Of State, hailing from another G rea
northern State, Pennsylvania, who lately de
nounced the Wmot provso; and your loco foe
Vice President, from the same state who la
still later out-bid Buchanan in venaity, by de
canng not only against the provso, but eve q
gainst the Missouri Compromise! It was il an
licipation of such treachery to the Wilmot pro
viso, that Wing statesmen Of the North dec lare
for the " no territory ISSUE" They foresaw tina
If the locoiocos Of the North proved treach erou:
the Wilmot proviso will inevitably be defe ated
and they choose not to hazard the vast ques llion
Of slavery and the safety of the Union up on 8
slender reed. They say-wisely and pa trioti
cally say-let US first try the no territory Issue
if that succeeds, there will be an end to tn pro
iected extension of Slavery there will be n
necessity for the Wilmot proviso With the al,
of Southern Wings, this may succeed; at an,
: rate the experiment is worth trying. 1t as bu
, throwing out another anchor to hold the gooC
ship in this great slavocratic gale and if tina
S fail, we have still the Wilmot provlso left: ant
d to that, if the trial shall ever come, the Demo
crat will find the Wings of the North giving
unanimous, firm and untirnE support
e DANIEL WEBSTER prefers the no territory is
Il sue yet every reader will see by his speech il
|, to-day's paper, that he by no means abandon
It. the Wilmot Provso in truth, he claims for him
or self the honor of first suggesting the adoption o
~ the principle contained in the Proviso. THoM
10 AS CoRwIN is another no territory man yet h
IS does not abandon the Proviso, We give the fol
Or lowing extract from letter of his to the point
~ 81 am represented by some, as having oppoa
4 ed the application of the Wimot Proyiso to an
territory which n.ny be coded to the U. State
70 by Mexico. This IS not true. stated NOR
~ than once, that was opposed to any further eS
N tension of our territorial limits at this time BIT
n il territory should be acquired, either by col
No quest or treaty, then slavery should be toreyt
to prohibited in such territory, or in other word
tb the Wilmot Proviso should be extended to it.
I'm gave my reasons for this at length, which thin
Dr. cannot fail 10 be remembered by every one WI
he chose to give the slightest attention to what
'er then sad.h