The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-08-28
ELECTION
Spirit of the Republican Press.
From the Woodstock Mercury.
WIGS AND FREEMEN,

10 tlefcnt our candidates and thereby elevate
10 power those of their own stamp, at the
head of whom stands the honorable Paul Dil-
linghan Jr., the celebrated "dodger," who
during the short space which he nliS-repre-
scented the fourth district in the Congress OF
the United States, distinguished himself SO
fully by votes cast at different times upon the
same question, ut one moment voting for, nj
another against and on n third dodging the
responsibility, ms he did on more than one
occasion, as has been shown from the journ-
al Of proceedings? We repeat, are you n
ware that you are within less than two weeks
ofthe election, and that such man is at the
head of the opposing ticket? We trust you
are, and it is hoped that every wing will on
the first Tuesday Of September next, be ut
the polls, aud it is further hoped that the
town committees will see the necessity of
taking steps 10 insure full vote, TO insure the
presence of every wing on that OCCASION,
should any he disposed 10 need urging 10 do
n duty which is incumbent upon him 10 per-
form annually 1t needs but 10 be united,
and full vote secured, TO insure success
Shall we have il?
Last year, several wing towns were rep
resented by locofocos in consequence ola di-
vision in our ranks, and several other towns
were unrepresentcd from like cause. We
nrc sincerely in hopes that we shall not be
compelled, this year, to witness such results.
! We say, then, to our Wing friends, one aud
all, commence at this time 10 look around you
and see the position in which you staud;-
aud after Witnessing your position, we have
10 fears of the result.
From the Bellows Falls Gazette.
PREPARE ron FREEMAN's MEEvrNG!!-Lct
every Wing in Vermont REMEMBER that
our State Election is at hand Don't suffer
any man to trust 10 our former great success
n 4 A
SLEEP is no better than no majority at all,
when voting is to be done. The LOCOFO-
cos are eudcavorng TO make the people
believe that they will not turn out, in consid-
Grafton of the hopclessncss of their case.
Don't you believe it! To n man they will be
there, when the ballot box is opened. If they
cannot start so large team, they will all be
on the ground, and they will "pull all togeth-
CRY when they get there too. Vermont
shonld speak out loud not only in condcn-
nation ofthe present imbeciIe national adj
mnisralion, but against the DODGING
DOU GliFACE which our opponents have |
nominated for Governor. For the sake of
the principles we cherish, we hope tina, eve
ry Vermont Wing will be careful 10 depositc
his vote at an early hour and thus give our
opponents Of all descriptions to understand
that they can never conquer or ensave the
treemcn OF the Green Mountain State. Pre- !
pare then, every man, every Wing. TO devote !
election day to YOUR COUNTRY.
From the Vermont Journal.
SHALL POLK AND SLAVERY TRI-
UMPH IN VERMONT?
In little more than one week the people |
of Vermont will he again called on 10 vote
for State officers, and for members TO repre- |
sent them in the General Assembly, But |
whether the coming election he of more than
ordinary Importance, let the sequel determine !
Tics. Freemen of Vermont, you have seen |
forced upon tho country scheme the an |
nexntion Of Texas that, prior 10 the spring
of lS4l, was denounced by the Wings and .
tho more enlightened and patriotic Demo |
Gratis, throughout the free States,aud by none
more vehcmcntly Than by Democrats. And, |
freemen Of Vermont. what has enabled such |
a scheme 10 triumph9 What has enabled the |
cause of progressive Sldrery TO arise from so
feeble a beginning, and stnolhering the war
ming voices ofNun Buren,, ofBenton and of |
a host of other members of the Democratic |
party, to tramplo down all constitutional |
barriers, and over ride the moral public SEN |
timent of the nation? II is Northern Dough- (
fdcedaeSs that has done IT, 1t just such NOR |
al cowardce and party subserviency MS have |
marked the career Of PAUL DHLrNGHAM JR.,
the candidate of the free trade and proslaver-
v ti,-~4ocrucy of Nermont for Governor aided
hy Locoloco cunning, that has enabled few
bold, reckless and desperate men of the
South to triumph over the better sense and
the better morality ofali parties, in every
section ofthe Union. We wish you, friends
offreedom. TO remember these things in the
history of political, parties. We wish you TO
remember that the Wings lave acted con-
sistcnty throughout all these struggles IA
ganst the oVeIbearing encroachments of
slavery OIL the one hand, and the attempts
of foreign free trade on the other, aided by
tie ultra shareholders of the South and the
doughfaces ofthe North, TO break down your
free labor enterprise.
We also wish you, frcemen of Vermont, to
remember that the same restless demagogues
are at this moment as active as ever in try
ing to divide your strength, in order that they
may conquer YOU. What! while the false
democracy ofthe day is recling and falling
TO pieces in nearly every State in the Union,
under the accused policy ofthe present adj
mnistration, shall Vermont, the home of the
free, suffer that beautiful star that has never
vet set, to go down amidst the black ahom-
nations of modern locofocoism? In nearly
every State the elections that have taken
place since the war and free trade policy
ofMr Polk commenced, show an increased
aversion of the people 10 that policy. Shall
| il be rcSerrcd for VERMONT alone 10 hide her
shame? Forbid it freemen! Already the
Polk papers are making their boast that his
year n locoioco Governor will be elected, not
by any increase oftheir party vote-but they
boast that if the old Locofoco vote shall be
kept good, THEY WILL TRIUMPH THROUGH THE
DIVISIONS OF THE WINGS!
1t now remains 10 be seen whether their game
can he played successfully in Vermont.
! Wings and independent and liberty loving