Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-12-08
The Great West.

lhere Is one feature in the returns along tho
Af'an'ic seaboard that is not very agreeable 10
western mans feelings The vote there looks
IKE vote against The ,oeSt. Well. if such is the
tact, the west is fully able to feed herself cloths
herself. and do her own voting. The west can
set mp as good standard of right as any c:,Sr
part OF the Union, If it becomes necessary toYr
it.-Statesman.
we underwrte that with an emphasis The
Old northwestern territory and her neiphbors on
the other side Of the upper Mississippi have
maintained noble stand, politically and have
vindicated title to greatness in every sense of
the word. What contrast 10 the miserable
lernporslng and more miserable dssen-ions that
have lost Pennsylvania and New York, and
committed the Union again to the mayn rnle
ct viii gery. 1t Is time the west had SET M for
Itself, if selishness is the predominant and rnl.
ing idea in the east and south. - Cincinnati
Eng.
That is the task. That is good western doc.
trlne. Let every western paper, every western
man adopt these sentiments and we shall hear
no more about eastern selti-hness or southern
dictation. -Clereiand Plaindealer. 10
The above extracts are from the leading dem.
ocratic journals Of Ohio and the west. What
other construction can be placed upon the sen.
tlInents conveyed, than an attempt to arouse
sectional jealousies, an appeal to sectional in
terests because defeat has come TO a CAUSE
winch is sustained by a majority Of the Western
States-because the east and north have voted
differently from the west If the vote OF the AT.
lan'ic seaboard is against the west, are NOT
those OF the west against the Atlantic seaboard?
Where is the distinction 3? Add, although Gen,
CAss may have carried Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.
Michigan. Iowa and Wi-consin-the territory
which is alluded to in the above extracis-yet.
he Is greatly in the minority in all these States
"A heavy minority Of the people has declared
against him and his policy and in favor of 9th.
ers opposed TO him. &C rcumStances often
so unpropitious to M CAss have in this instance
favored him, and given him the electoral vote Of
States in which the people gave decided ex.
preston the other way. And because, in the
eastern and middle States, he has not been like
fortunate, his advocates must needs pour forth
lhelr anathemas upon their brethren, and at.
tempt to create sectional heartburnings, so pre-.
judicial to the harmony and permanency of un-
tNhnt't5 exist bietWeen afI the members of this
conederacv. Why not come out like men and
acknowledge that you are beaten, gent'eman-
beaten in hard and closely contested fight
beaten by the force of " circum stances :" and tho
fortunes of political warfare, and buckle on the
armour for renewal of the fight and not stand
AT bay, growing fercey at those with whom
you have differed. and who have d fired with
yon. You are vanished by all parts Of the I'm.
ion-'he east the west, the north and the south
have all had n hand in tall done their part to
elect :" OH lack, and will do their part to sus.
tain his administrator. Think not therefore.
OF a separaton--ot raising mp IA sectional west.
ern plrly-oi breaking away from your own
friends, even. of the east. on whom hitherto has
rested the foundation of your parry. Get over
your ti'-look upon the thing reas ,naby-,ak
,bout it sen>ibly-and not make Judys of your.
elves as do the hot-purs Of South Carulir- nc.
casionally, when the fit is on them.-Bu1a!s
Puirigt