Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-08-11
The Barnburners' Came in this State

Circumstances have come 70 light proving
conclusvcly that the Barnburners are playing
a deep game 10 get contpOl OF this State, and the
National nominations by the Buffalo Convention
are designed to be made use OF for that purpose.
This is shown by the fact that the leading
Barnburncrs from the Democratic party 10 this
State, are Gerry anxious Nat Judge Mclean
should BE- nomh.ciod at By6dIo Instead Of NJ
Tan Buren,. The object is plain. They havi
no hope or expectation tina, the Buffalo nominee
will be elected, and they vast Judge Mclean
because he is Wig, and thought TO be popar
lar in this State They hope, with him rs TIN
candidate for President, to obtain large acces-
sion Of Wing votes, not only for him, but also
for STATE and County ebiioar', which they have,
or are to nominate in coalition with the Abod.
tionisis.
They hattcr themselves that they can, by these
means, secure enough votes from ibc Wings n
elect ticir candidates, ut least Hold the bsll
anec of power in the Legislature.
"1o be forewarned is to be foreauncd." IAr
no Wing be deceived by the spccious induss-
menis held out to him. The name Of free sail
party" is very pretty and patriotic, and . =
very proper resort for the repentant Democrsaa
doughfaces. But the Whiss, as party. are mt
only for " free sod" but for free principles, and
they are all embodied, and ever have been, In
the name Of Wing"
The triumph Of the Wing party is the tsiun ph
of the free soil" principle, and is practicable.
The success OF the Barnburpers' nomination s
impossible, and il possible, could accomplish
nothing more. And the Wig who should ar
scrt his own party for the Bsrnburners, in or,hr
70 secure the " free soil measure, would imitr0a
the silly dog, who laid down his substantial neas
of meat by the river side, aud plunged into ths
water after its shadow.
In furtherance Of this political finesse. c al
appears this week, for a convention in this counr
~, of all persons opposed TO the extension Of
slavery, 10 nominate candidates for Senators.
II is proper for Democrats opposed to slavery
to be there, for their party has Lecn the pliast
tool Of slavery.
II is not inconsistent for the Simon Pure Aha
ltionists to attend for after aiding the electsn
Of Polk, and thereby ensuriug the annexafiou Of
Texas with slavery, they can very easily swalap-'
Van Buren,, though pledged to veto any bill atslt
ishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
But for Wings TO GO there, who have always
opposed slavcry-by their established principles,
by the uniform votes of their members of Cso-
grcss, by the annual resolutions Of their Sizbs
Legislatures, of their Conventions and piinHsy
assemblies, and upon the heel Of the noble caa-
duct of their representatives in Congress- m
crushing, with unbroken ranks, the late slavry
compromise-wc say, for Wings to go to sucA a
convention, and abandon their own candidan1s
in the face of all these facts, would be stranss
indeed.
Is there Wing who will be guilty Of s,sfh a
libel upon the Wing party and himself, as to adj
init that the Wings are not now and have rzsr
been the steadfast irieads of " free soil p
not, why should he 60 upon the stool of rcpert
ance with the conscience-sricken dougfaces, ~Al
have the gricvous sin of Texas annexation b
atone for?
We sincerely trust the Wings of this county
will not suffer themselves to be duped by n
shallow device.