Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-07-07

wing, staunch wing. He was responsible for
the statement. General Taylor would have a
wing cabinet. lie was the friend of Henry
Clay. lie was a man of strong common sense
not visionary, but practical man, a man keen
and shrewd in his Judgment of human nature
tie was man Of honor, sterling integrity and
courage. The political character of Mr.. Cas-
was one, in whic! Mr. l.. had no confidence
lie was visionary, and destitute of courage
When, during Jacksons administration, there
was danger of war with France, and Cass was
secretary of war, the poor man was so frigh,cn.
cd, that he could neither cat, drink, sleep or at
tend to any business, but was continually run
nlng about, asking, with anxiety depicted on
every feature, i: A. b. & G.. really Thought there
would be war. lie was frightened almost to
death, and Gen. Jackson knew it, and one morn
ing during the season of Mr.. Cass' fright. while
calmly smoking his pipe remarked to that eff
feet to Mr.. l. Gen. Taylor was citizen of
slave state. Whit though he was lie was
citizen Of the United States. And the fact
that he was citizen of slave state was no OBJ
lection to him so long as the Constitution re-
manned. lie who will not vote for General
Taylor, on this ground alone, does, no, by the
refusal of his vote, but by the reason on which
the refusal is grounded, virtually nulify the
constitution as far "a he can.
Mr.. l.. said that he was Union man. that
General Taylor was Union man, and that his
(Gen. T's) determination to administer the gov
eminent, according to the will of the people
was the guarantee of this Though a slave.
holder, like every sensible man in the country,
he was not in favor of the extension of slavery.
General Taylor would remove no one from
office, on account of political principles lie
would retain quiet, capable, honest men, But
he would not allow incompetent, brawing, noisy
demagogues to remain in office He wants men
that will mind their own business.
The nomination Philadelphia was honorahlv
made. All was above-board there. And the
wings of the Union were, from the fact that the
convention was authorized by them, bound in
honor to support the nominee. The delegates
were sent to nominate candidate. If each
state had persisted in standing out for sepa.
rate candidate there would have been no nomi-
nation. The delegates agreed upon a candi.
date. They did their duty. Now the wing party
is to do its duty, and elect its own nominee.
Olthc very excellent speech Of Mr. Foor we
have neither time nor space for an abstract We
shall refer to it again. His earnest appeal to
the friends Of HENRY Clay, for whom. from frs,
to last he east tie vote of Vermont in the Ma.
ton C'rrcni'n; Lis empha,icaly expressed
conviction, derived from personal investigation
OF the sound conservative Wing principles Of
Gen. TAYLOR; his noble tribute to the Wings
oil the South who have stood by us, shoulder
to shoulder in sustaining ALL the great meas
ures which divide the Wings from the mis.nam.
cd democracy" of the country and which lie
at the foundation of the National prosperity; his
keen and scathing exposure of the detestable
demagoguism of the doughfaces " of the North
who, to secure party supremacy, have never
hesitated to bend in seville subseryiency to
Southern Loccioco dictation. was pronounced
with more than the useal vloquence which dis.
tngnishes his elocution, and received with Il @
hearles' expressions of applause
Atthe conclusion OF Mr.. floor. address. TIE
resolutions which will be found in their aporo.
pirate place in another column, were unanitn.
ously adopted, and the meeting. after giving n
torrent OF cheers for TAYLOR g. FuLuoRr the
Old Bay State and her noble Representatives
ABBOTT LAWRENCE. and for Mr.. royr. adjourn.
cd at about 10 o'clock.
On the whole, this eNtemporaneous catherine
OF Wings, and the grati:ied attention with which
they listened, for more than two hours STANDING
IN The street, to the speeches, and the hearty re.
sponse they gave botl, to the reasoning and the
appeals of the speakers, and the sentiment, Of
the resolutions afford the most cheering indica.
ton that VERMONT will be the last State in the
Union to waver in her adherence to the porious
wing Cause, and that she will testify her at
tachment to it, and her sense of the value of
her political reputation, by triumphantlv sus-
tanning the nomination of TAYLOR and FIJI.
MORE in the comm. election. Those transcen.
dental politicians who have built hopes ON the
assumed characterization of TeruoV Wings.
will find material error in their footing Of
accounts next November