The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-26
From The Montpelier Hatctman.
TO THE WIGS OF VERMONT,

Let our position as member of the state
committee be the warrant for few words of
warning and advice.
Since the announcement ofthe nomination
of MIR VAN buren, ut Buffalo, we hive re-
ceived intelligence from different parts of the
State, sufficient TO warrant ms IN warning the
Wings of Vermont ofthe course their oppo-
nents are to pursue. The ieaders ofhc late
Liberty pariy have already ratified the nonIi-
nation of MARTIN VAN buren, and with the
exception Of here and there locotoco Hunk
er, to be found mainly in the strong locoioco
counties, where nothing is to he gained by
coalition against the Wligs,he leGdos Qthe
late locoi0co party are joining heartily in the
support of their old master. We hear of
some honorable exceptions in the Liberty
purty,of men who will moi he sold for a"mess
Iofpoungc;" but we are fully authorized in at-
/ firming that A COALITION has BEEN 70 RMED,
| 10y union of!he lenders ofthe ultra abolition
lists with those who have hitherto been the
supple tools ofthc slave power.
Their purpose is 10 coaiesce on he State, Con-
. ~
view to break down the Wing party-t0
Gecure coalition ntGioriy in The Legislature, and
10 diuide The State Offices and Z. s. SenniorShjp
among few restless and ambitious demn-
gogues, who have never yet joined any part y
but 10 rule it for their own advantage, and to
Jeirqy It when they could no, rule.
As to the Presidency theirviews nre as dis
cordant ~ the materials by which the coHli-
ton is formed While the Liberty men are
nattered with the hope Of defeating Taylor,
The more cunning locoloco potters in this
coalition scheme see in it ouly the means of
absorbing the Liberty pariy--of breaking
down the Wing party in the North, which
has for years nanfuly hattlediu defence of
the North against the Slave power and Of
SECURING THE ELECTION or LEW
is CASS, he northern DoughGtce, BY
THROWING THE PRESIDENTIAL T.
LECTION INTO THE HOUSE. Not onc
, ofthem anticipates the election Of Van Buren,
not one ofthem dreams Tor n moment that &
, Van Buren, Congress can be elected, so rs &c
carry out their new born free soil principles
No. they see, they expect, no triumph of thai
sort. But they do see that in the present Con
? gress, which is to elect the President, if the
people fail of elcctiug, the Cass men have
plurality Of States and by dividing the Mort
Ivy carrying possibly Il state or two for Vai
Buren--they calculate That Congress ,cW e!ec
u LEWIS CASS and thus give to themselves
Il four years lease of federal patronage. II
II word, the ruin of the Liberty party by ab
so,ption-of the Wing party by coalition
> and the election of CAss in Congress, by dc
4 teating an election by the people-are th
real objects ofthe locofoco coalitonists The
e mean to make the abolitionists their dupeS .
the Wings their victims.
II Whigs-beware "Free Soil Free Men
S. Free Lnbor!" are the catchwords for decoy
lie ing you into the clutches Of the coaitiou.-
is Aud who are these clamorous advocates o
p "Frec Soil, Free Men, and Free Labor 81
'e You know them as old supporters of MAI
TIN VAN buren, when he was bound bod
te and soul us willing slave to the slaveocrut
S' as supporters ofPolk, Dallas and the Anne!
g. alton; as defenders of the British Fro
Vi Trade Tariff of '46, the Sub-Treasury, ar
the Mexican War. And ,chat is the VIII
:, party of Vermont that you should be sedu
ed from its support? Was not the VIII
On party ofVermont the first to strike against Il
in slavocracy? Have not you Representative
n in Congress been pioneers in the cause {
u. Freedom of Speech and ofthe Press-Fre
llt dom in the District of Columbia and the TIE
es, ritories---and ample Protection to Free L
i'll Dor, always and every where aye, and tn
too, when the coalitonists were themselve
with Martin Van Buren, at their head Il
90 supple tools ofthe slavocrats. What no,o
- the position of the Wing party in Vernon
20, Is there single candidate for The Septer
rIo Der election who is not now, and has not ev
;s. been. for "Free Labor, Free Men, and FIR
Soil; ?" Do you say that Gen. TAYLOR is n