Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-04-01
Snuff of a Looofoco Wick.

Mr.. Wick of Indiana, whole hog locofoco
land ofc dough-face,) made very remar-
kabe speech in Congress on the Goth of Junua-
ry. 1t was a lecture to the locofocracy, eShort-
ing them to supersede all the WING Generals in
the army-to tax tea aud coffeeto kill the Will
mot provso-and, in short, to do every thing just
exactly as Mr. Polk recommends. We make u
few clippings from this Wick Athus:
"Mr. w. would tell gentlemen before the coun-
try, before the word--yes, and before God, (for
he heard it all that the Wings we're not re-
sponsbe for the success of the war, and could
not be made So either for the general course and
conduct of the war or for any single battle; and
therefore he said that Whig should not command
The army Let gentlemen make evil out of it il
they could"
dThen there came that peace-destroyer from
the North, whose effect must be TO ruin the par
ty in power. This had created two or three d.
visions of Democrats, who we're situated remot e-
ly from each other, and who cherished jealousies
and suspicious of each other--neigh borhoodls ms
- little, petty contemplate, local ultrasns CO w
ard federallsms which Mr. w. did not char &c
on those who inhabited the cottages around, but.
on politicians who had put these notions In then
heads, and had nursed and cherished them asi ell =
ements Of local distinction, on which they hoped
to rise into consequence. Yes: it was not the
people it was politicians who we're the father
of these miserable ultraisms, which, 1t not stop
ped, would break up the great Democratic party.
These men could not watt forsooth, till we got
the territory they were talking about. No; the Y
must take time by the forelock, and distract on r
councils in advance. 1t reminded him OF one Of
the recipes in Mrs. GLASS; famous cookery-bool {.
1t for the stewing of sort offish and it be-
gan: First catch your fish; then scale it," & C.
Now, we were so far from taking the shrew'd d.
vice of Mother Glass, that we were actually Tor
dishing our fish and bringing them up to tab lie,
before even the hook was baited by which he W as
10 be caught. We were in war with Mexico.
How did we know what was in the coun sells OF
Heaven, in the unfathomable DEGREES ofthD Great
[ AM as to the results ofthis war? The bat tie was
not always to the strong. How did we now we
were to acquire territory? We had no right to
count upon it. The opinion was begotte by ma
tional vanity or individual presumption. When
we had caught our fish, when we had CO nqrered
and got the territory, it would be time en- on Oh for
us to talk of the laws we would make for it,
Then, and not till then, ought we 10 begin to con-
tend about what we should do with it. On this
subject, Mr.. w. said he represented here he SEN
tlments Of his constituents. MIR. w. said he was
against all gentlemans " riders !" against all
their peace-destroyers He hoped they would
keep them in their pockets or put them under the
| table,
Before he resumed his seat he. would like TO
make last appeal to the Democratic gentlemen
in that house, and would remind them that they
were charged by the God of Providence, by the
country, by their own patriotic constituents, and
by their own sense of duty, with the government
OF this country. You must govern it, cried Mr..
w. 1t IS you must govern it. The other side
VIII not help you; they are faction who will
defeat every thing and do any thing TO break
| Ilpmnc nj IL p..-t pbprr nll cd IN
account by their constituents for any injurious
act, this forms sufficient Justification And here
are democrats who have not the courage to walk
up and do their duty. They will sacrifice you
ana all your hopes to some miserable neighbour
hood utraism that they have taught the people
living round the head-waters of some creek, fol
the sake OF their own glori6caion ultraisms be
gotten by abolltionlsts and conceived by the dew
il" Roars of laughter.
MI. w. said again that he would vote for the
most extravagant BIZ that gentleman could pre-
pare, because he believed, as 10 this war will
Mexico, that we were just done with it. We
could not borrow money TO carry on the war Of
to secure what we already held. He supposed
the House meant to leave the Administration that
privilege, and not to direct it ANONYMOUSLY tc
withdraw our army from the Mexican SOIL ant
the ports on her coast to be closed and Guarded
When the Administration should ask this, he
would vote for it. He was not for blocking TIT
wheels of the Government in order to force it in
n to such measure and throw the responsibility,
upon Them Gentlemen might divide off int
their separate ciques and oppose the wishes O
the President, but he would tell gentlemen, an,
5 sound the warning in their ears, the day that tia
|, boat leaves James K Polk it leaves YOU"
= "He told gentlemen, and cried it in their ears
"The Phlistlnes are upon you" If you vot
for all the measures recommended, you will say
f your bacon if not, NOT"
n Is this fit language for democrat"-a REF
t resentative of freenen,-or rather is it not til
e language of a slave? Servility cannot find
1t lower deep.