Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-09-22

" VIII OF Their constituents, tney were called
a d" dough. For my part, feIow-ci,zens, !
+. am afraid that the generation of dougI-faces
4 will be as perpetual as the generation of men.
In 1914, as we all know, Mr.. Van Buren, was
: n candidate for the Presidency. But he lost his
: nomination at Baltimore, and, as we now learn
. from letter from General Jackson to Mr.. But
{ Ter, Mr.. Van Burcns claims were superseded
solely because after all, the South thought that
, the great question of annexation might be more
: safely trusted to Southern than to Northern
t hands. Now we all know that the Northern
. portion of the Democratic party was favorable
to the election of Mr.. Van Buren,. Our Demo-
. cratic friends in Maine and New Hampshire
d were for him. Every man of that party at the
S North so felt. But the moment when it was
n found that Mr.. Polk was the favortc of the
t South, and upon this very ground, at that very
: moment these friends Of Mr. Van Buren, all
!. caved in. Not a man of them stood his ground.
j And Mr.. Van Buren, himself wrote letter very
d complimentary to Polk and Dallas, and finding
t no fault whatever with their nomination. Now
= If those Northern men who voted for the Mis-
e souri, compromise are to be called dough-faccs,
{ by what cpithct shall we describe these men,
, here in New England, who are now so ready to
: forsake and abandon the men they once so
y warmly supported-for apparently, the sole,
G simple sake of the annexation of Texas and
b other new tcrritory-who went for them through
thick and thin till the work was accomplished,
h and now desert them for others. For my part,
t | think that "dough-faces is not sufficiently
j. reproachful epithet. They are all dough.
Dough-faces - dough-heads - dough-hearts-
c dough-sous. ] hey are earth that the conrsest
o potter may mould to vessels and shapes of hon.
s or or dishonor-most readily to those of dis
n honor.
# But what do we see !? Repentance has gone
IS far. There amongst these very gentlemen,
o many who espouse the interest and cause of the
e /" free soil' party. And hope their repentance
t. is as sincere as it pretends and appears to be
e that it is not mere pretence for the purpose of
Il obtaining power and official influence under a
j. new name and as new party-Dut through all
y, their pretensons | think still see the dough
r. sticking upon some of their cheeks.
It And, therefore, feel no confidence in them
y not the slightest particle. ! do not mean to say
= that the great mass of those now favorable to
h Mr.. Van Burcn's elcction-especially those gen.
s. tlemen who went to the Convention at Buffalo
from this State-had not and have not, the high
le est and purest motives Some of them have
e. been my strong political friends have no re-
III proach to make to them. think they have &C.
le ted unwisely, but acqut them of all dishonest
III intentions. But as to some others that now
lc warmly support him, who have been art and part
re with him heretofore, who have concurrcd in the
III distrust. If, gentlemen, these men have repent
I'd ed, let them, before trust them, do works wor
thy of repentance.
~ said, gentlemen, that in my opinion, lift wer'
desirable to place Mr.. Van Buren, at the head o
IL the government, still there is no chance for him
# Others as good judges as am. But an
not able to say that | know of, or can see any
n. State in the Union in which there is a reasona
" BILE probability that he will get single VOTE
shor in tbnPs a snl ms nrl
statistics than am, and will judge for them
r. selves. But see nothing of the kind, and there
in fore think that the issue is exactly between
RI Gen Cass and Gen. Taylor.
he In 1874, when Mr.. Brney. in New York an
ITS other States, was drawing Off Wing votes from
at the Wing candidate said as some of you ma
ut perhaps remember that every vote for Mr.. Biz
mt ney was half vote for Mr.. Polk. Didn't it tur
es ont so? Was it true in New York! In tina
- great State the votes carried off from the VIII
ur party to Mr. Birney's party defeated the eectio
be of Wing President, and therefore Mr.. Pc
ay was chosen That is as clear as any histories
We fact. And just so, in my judgment, it will
now. Every Wing vote given to Mr.. Van Bt
las rem will directly aid the election of Gen. Cas-
he | say Wing vote, let it be observed For ma
'ry be that there States in which the Van 81
ne rem movement may draw supporters from Gel
is Cass and therefore injure him rather than GeI
era" a! w. LUZ v. WIS =" ~" .:, ~
" :" "S '.'e Ing ,Ia, r. a'.u p''e .I "'",
as III '''', ,1'ac ,n' say ''". e'c'y '"se nv" ~,
~ ny why, y, I'. WIN nas oea''I oee. III
.u -e.e'! r"'e may 10y 10y ~.
~ YAM. ue"' i"!'0'' '"'"'e' ~ WV ~
-. "eN w e-;o,Js - Co., r.ss ,o ,o,
n - 10y ;ho n',,innra Conr,,,;an ~, o. :,
wo Baltimore pl,tlorm To instruct ourselves as
on. ,vhat his noIitcs are or how if elected he w
ow conduct the Government of,he country. lie vi
civ come into power if at ALL as the cxponent of II
ha, prnciples Of the present dominant political pa
nip ~. the same mart, that elected Mr. Polk. and
Oh. elected. he will :. follow in the footsteps of h
vas illustrious PREDECESSOR" And hold him. mn
rm. c,nCess 10 he the most d,ncorous of any of n
Candidates nov before the people. Ue won
- describe himself as no Whig-as not conserv
- tive-as not of the protective party-but as
trl- longing to the socalled progressive Democrat
is party. lie believes in the doctrine OF Amerc;
my destiny, AS it is termed-which appears to be
the 90 through wars of ambition, invasion, conque
full and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. for the sake OF establish
ave one great powerful, dominant, and domneer
ave power over the whole Of this Western Con
'rth neLt: 80
Tor we all know that II "eneral lass coma ma
eeh prevented 1t, the treaty oi ISiI' WIN Enga'
ses' would never have been concluded we KIM
that, 1t he could have prevented H. the soy
ment OF the oregon qneston would not q,
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