Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-04-14

uuIauon OF the oHCldl TERM OIL very liUc
importance. We are on the eve Of a Pres
idential election. That machinery resorted
TO TO collect public opinion is to be put in
operation Two months hence We shall see
its result. II may be that the present in
cumbent Of the Presidential Office will be
again presented 10 his party friends and adj
mrers for their suiifages for the next Pres.
identia term. do not say how probable
or improbable that may be-pethaps Il is
not entirely probaOle-suppose that not to
be the result-what then Why, then, MIR
Polk becomes as Insignificant as any re.
spectacle man amongst the public men of
the United States-honorable ia his private
life-yaluable in his private character-re-
spectacle, never eminent in public life, he
will from the moment that new star arises,
have Just as little influence as you, sir, or
and so far as respects myself, God knows
that will be very little Sir. political par
tizans and aspirsnts and Office seekers are
not sun.howers,-they don't
- turn on their god when he sets
The same face they turned when he rose
Now, sir, if the respectable gentleman
who is now at the head Of the government
should be agreed upon. there will be those
who will commend his consistency, and be
bound to maintain it aud the integrity Of
the party: his friends will require that this
should be done. II otherwise, who is there
in the whole length aud breadth OF the land
who will care for the consistency Of the
present incumbent Of that office There
will then be new objects. Manifest destiny
will have fixed upon some other man, sir !;
the eulogies are now written the common
dations Of the press are already elaborated !;
| will not say everything fulsom, but |
will say everything panegyrical is al.
ready written out with blanks for names, 10
be filled when the convention shall adjourn.
When NANTES, destiny shall be reached,
then, sir, all these strains Of panegyric made
beforehand. laid up, in pigeon.holes, stud
led, framed, emblazoned, and embossed,
will all come out. aud then there will be.
there is bound to be, somebody in the Unit
ed States. possibly, whose merits have here
ioiofe been strangely overlooked marked
by Proyidence-a kind OF miracle-it is a
wonder that nobody thought Of him before
"a fit man and the only 6. man to be at
the head Of this great republic. shrink
not, therefore, from any apprehension Of
the power, and importance, and imposing
dignity and the power Of will, hich is as
cribed to the present incumbent of that Of
fee. | wish we had that power Of will.
wish we had that firmness-frmuess-
ness 81 sit nHmen nHildm absit If we
had adherence wish we could gather
something from the spirit Of our brave corps,
that have met the enemy under circum-
stances most adverse, and have stood the
shock wish we could initiate Zachary
| Taylor, in his biyouac upon the field oil
Buena Vista. He said he would remain
for the night he would feel the enemy in
the morning, and Try his position. | wish
before we surrender, that we could make
up our own minds to feel the enemy anc
try his position, and think we should finC
him, as Taylor did, under the early sun OF
his way to San Luis Potois That is M
judgment.
But, sir, come TO the all absorbing
question, more particularly Of the creation
OF new states. When came into the coun
ellis OF the country, Louisiana had been oh
tanned under the treaty with France, ant
shortly afterwards Florida was obtained un
der the treaty with Spain. These tw,
countries were known TO us. They lay up
on our frontiers. They commanded tn
outlets of the great river. As | have ha'
occasion 10 say, and shall now only repea
: without argument, in the first OF these in
} stances, the President OF the United States
Mr. jefferson, supposed the acquisition 4
be unconstitutional he acted on that SUP
! position. Mr. Madison was then Secretar
Of State. He proposed that propositio
, for an amendment Of the constitution shout
be submitted, in order TO bring Louisann
{ into the Union. He drew up the propc
t sition. and it vas submitted to Mr. Adam
Mr Madison did not GO upon the generi
idea that new states might be admitted
: lie did not proceed upon the notion Of
. general amendment to the constitutio
, in this respect, but the amendment of h
r constitution which he proposed an
G submitted TO MIR Adams, was article 1911
] emendatory Of the constitution.
: "The province OF Louisiana is heret
a declared to be part and parcel of u
: United States" Public opinion. OWN
: to the great importance OF this acquisition
: took turn favorable to the affirmation
}, the power, without any new constitution
a provision. The power was acquiesced i
i Louisiana became portion of the Unio
y and following the example Of Louisian
d Florida was admitted Now, sir, consi
d er these transactions as past, settled, legt
" lied. There they stand. They are pa
3 of our political history. They are fac
d against which il would be idle al this d.
! to contend My first agency in these mt
a iers was upon the proposition for admi;iiI
d Texas into the Union. That, thought
'r my duty 10 oppose upon the general grouI
Of opposing all annexation Of new State
= and may add. aud ought to add in juslC
n because there was proposition then befo
es the country, as TO Southern States hayi
= a slave population being represented in /
:. Congress Of the United States, upon I
III ground of inequality. 1t happened to NJ
~ sir, TO be called on 10 address polite
y meeting in New York, in lS37-3S, aft
ct the recognition OF Texan independence.
Of may state now, sir, what have often stat
before, that no man from the first has be
We better wisher-a more sincEta.RblI Wi,
= er-to the people and government o. Tex
ir than myself looked upon that ACHE,
A. ri =.