The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-06-06
Wing Young Mems National
Convention of Ratification.
TO THE YOUNG WINGS OF THE
UNITED STATES.

nrnpr. t. solicit your attendance at the Wing
Y.nnnn Mems National Convention of Ratifi-
cItian, to be held in Independence Square in
this city, on Thursday, the Sth of june next.
Whatever preference or prejudices may be
entertained, in relation to the candidates Tor
the Presidency, it is our duty, rs members OF
Il party acting together for patriotic purposes,
10 sustain the nomination Of the Wing Nation
al Convention. The preservation OF the Wing
organization, at all times Important and the
maintenance of is harmony and unity Of &C
tion,are now demanded by every cOnsidera-
ton which can influence all, alive 10 the mo-
mentous issues of the approaching Prcsiden-
tial contest and the consequences to flow from
their arbitramcnt. The destiny of the nation
and the character of its institutions, will be
permanently affected by the result of this
struggle Distracted. divided and discordant,
We shah fall before the onset of 4 powerful OPP
position, animated by the hopes of retaining
power and instieated ts cxcrtion by the re-
wards of active partsanship. United firm and
rcso.ute and ms ircd by the purest and most
elevated ambition-that of rescuing our be-
loved country from the perls which envelope
her-no combination, however strongly &C.
mcntcd BY selfish purposes, can prevail against
lis.
Asa band of brethren, then, prepared to
surrender every private feeling, We invoke
you to assemble with US on the consecrated
ground where tha Declaration was first pro-
claimed which gave us place among the IN
dependent nations of the earth. There, after
tho example of our ancestors, and in the same
spirit of devotion TO Republican Liberty and
Constitutional Government, which actuated
them, let us devote ourselves TO contest, in
rolving the principles TO the support of which
thcv pledged their lives, their fortunes, and
their sacred honor. There let us show our re-
gard for their illnstrious memories, by enga5
ing in an effort to yindicate and restore to its
pristine purity. the Constitution, which crown
ed the suiicrings and patriotism Of the war of
Independence.
You need no appeal from US, as an incen-
tive to action. Tho history Of the present
Federal Administration. from its origin TO the
present lime, with its disastrous influence up
on the trade, commerce and character Of the
nation, is sufficient of itself to arouse the most
apathetc TO 4 sense of duty. That guarantee
of prosperity and industry-The Protective
Tariff Act Of lSi2-which. during its existence
replenishcd an exhausted treasury with reve
nue. and brought back comfort and employ |
mcnt 20 the home of the laborer, was prostrat-
ed by Congress at the dictation OF an Execu-
tive, whose followers had pledged him TO its
the people were disrcgurded, and the most SOL
erna promises violated, with recklessness
hitherto unknown 10 the laws of honorable |
warfare.
Obcdient to the pledges Of a partisan eau
Gus, rather than TO the duties of his station and |
the national interests, the Executive next |
sought to plunge us into a war with England |
for the sake of few acres Of wild waste and |
mountain land, beyond the line Of forty-nine |
degrees, in the sterile and unculGvated region |
of the Oregon. Fooled in this attempt, by the |
finnacss of the Senate, and apparently instiga- |
ted bv 4 destructive passion, upon a question |
OF diplomatic etiquette, BY his own act, and |
without consultation with the war-making pow
er, he commences hostilitics with the Repub- |
n: Of Mexico. From time 10 time, through |
his o.licial organ, he has avOwed his intention |
to prosecute the contest, until the nationality |
Of Mexico Is eXtingushctl, and its indepen- |
dencc is absorbed in the American Cnion.-
Whatever may be our opinions as to the cause |
of this war, as Wigs we are unanimous IL
gain;t TIE right of the Executive, to engage |
the nation in hoStiliiieI, without the preri0uS
assent of Congress, which body the Constitu- |
ton has exclusively invested with the power to |
make and declare war. Against schemes of
conquest and spohation on the part Of this |
government, we protest in tho same terms, |
t!is: we would apply TO the unholy invasion of
Poland, bV the despotic sovercigns, who have
partcled her bleeding remains amongst them
selves and upon whose crimes fearful relrib- |
ution is now being inflicted by people, driv
ea to resistance by Icing continued outrage.
Apparently determined TO obsruct every eff
fort upon the part Of the representatives Of the
people TO promote the interests of their con-
stituents the Executive has vetoed bills appro
nriating money for the repair and construc-
ton of harbors on the sto1n-swept coasts Of
the northern lakes and the Atlantic border.
and for the protection Of human life on the
western waters, by the removal Of ob9tructions
from TIE channels of the great rivers. In con-
sequence of this uniustifiable interference Of
the Executive with the action OF Congress, up-
on domestic questions, hundreds Of valuable
lives have been lost, and millions OF property
destroyed, and the shores of the Lakes are
now nearly bereft Of artificial Ravens.
1t is in vain to deny it; the forms of Re-
public alone survive. We are governed by
the will Of one man. I he voice of the peo-
pie, as expressed through their representa-
lives, is set at nought. The constitutional
privileges of Congress are no longer respected.
and the passions and prcudices of Il single indi
vida.L nj time distinguished by any high at
tributes of mind or character. sway the for |
tunes of this country. Shall we suffer the consti
tuition 10 he thus violated with IMMUNITY Shall
We when the Old World is arouSing itself against
the ONE MAN POWER. calmly permit that O.
dious instrument Of popular oppression 10 be es-
isblishcd on the ruins of republican institu-
lions AT least, let it he said of u.s. Wings,
that We sum5crcd when the tocsin of national
peril was sounding in our can. Let us raise the
banner of Popular Privilege, and wage an eXter-
mnatin" against this rInnus Executive
Prcrogayc that threatens to overthrow, and crush
beneath it, the coordinate branches OF tho gov
crnUient.
We cherish the glory that has been reflected
upon the nation hy the brilliant achievements OF
army. in the victories, which. in despite ofthC
faults of the Administration. have lighted un its |
progress from the Guf the Sicrris ihat encorn-
pass the memorable field Of Buena Vista, and the |
cable land OH which the City of Mexico stands
In common with all, but the instrument of pow |
Qr,wc indigaan; at the wrongs Of the General,