Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-09-28

very likely TO attract honest men from H. When
say this, do not let inc be understood TO saw
that the Baltimore is less TO be opposed than the
Buffalo organization. | should like a mic bt TO
think that over.
There are a good many things like in the
Democratic party. | like their nationality and
their spirit Of union after all; like the Amer.
can feeling that pervndes the masses but only
regret more and more that such an enormous
quantity of chaff should cover up so very few
grains Of wheat, (appuuse,) while the few things
that we can admire are by other considera tons
dashed aside and turned to poison. | agree " ith
you in the general spirit Of these Resolutions,
that The election Of Gen Cass tomorrow would
be fraught with evils iunumerable, and a wilder
ness Of woes TO Amerlcl aid man.
Sir, one would be enough, as in the case of
the absent witness who was dead, but there are
Just four fatal, dumnng reasons for ObjectIng to
the politics of Gen Cass. The first one is that
desperate, insane passion for territorial conquest
and foreign war Instead of recognizing that
our country is already large enough for glory
such as the world has never seen, instead of
staying at home to decorate and adorn il, to at
tempt to set It up MS great model OF brother
hood, peace, progress, and the true grandeur of
nations, | gather from his whole.pnblie life, and
from every one OF his speeches have had the
misfortune 10 read, aud which hope shall
never be obliged to read over again, that with a
circle Of Western men around him aud behind
him, and stronger than ne, gather that lie is
eaten up by an insane avarice for more area, to
be Obtained by more war
In his hands under his administration, | should
expect 10 see this beautiful Republic descend to
the foles of King. should expect, if had
the least particle Of apprehension that should
ever live to see him President at all, that he
would oppose the best interests of the human
species, the true glory and true progress of the
human race all would be pered, sir, to the end
that few thousand idlers may get to be uncle
Sans Dragons, and few small politicians may
grow to be great men. That is the first darining
objection TO the politics of Gen. Cass.
The next is, that that party, by a most extra
ordinary oversight, blunder, great deal more
than ii is crime, but a stupendous crime, and
an enormous blunder, has lent itself to the ex-
tension of slavery in the South western terrific.
ries.
Yes, sir, Gen. Cass stands pledged to-day, to
veto the law of Freedom. The Democratic Re-
view, their ablest journal, allows directly, that
phIlosophlcally and per Sc it is right and good
thing, irrespective OF all party considerations, to
extend slavery so far as our flag shall be borne.
Gen. Cass, to make the masters vote for him. will
agree to keep old slaves and sell new Ones in in
finite generations. That is the second difficulty
with the Cass platform.
The third is, that in all periods of its history,
and particularly in the latter periods, that party
has lent itself 10 a morbid enhancement of the
executive power. recognizing with a GOOD deal
Of difficulty that there is such a thing as Con.
gress at all or that there is any such thing as an
intermediate instrumentali,v of checks and hal
lances under our system
TmEIR GovERNMENT IS A FLUSHED MAJoRI-
TY AND PRESIDENTIAL VETo; and therefore
chiefly it is. that we shun and array ourselves
now and forever, against such an orranz,tion'
upon such doctrines as these. We know and
feel. gentlemen of the Convention that the last
homes of man lie in this that The, will of tho
people unchecked and unembarrassed by anv
veto at all, shall make the laws of the land oh
how false and hollow is such Democracy as
that which cries out to the people, Say We, rule
YET" but thwarts their will, and pcrverts their
constitution. That is the third difficulty.
The fourth is briefly this The direct HOSTILE
ty they manifest against the protection of the
free labor of America. They repealed the Tar
if of 1912 and made the Tariff of '16 land It Is
no thanks to them if the axe or hammer il eyer
welded hereafter BY an American arm, in an A.
merican workshop That is the fourtb difficuitv.
Well, gentlemen, shall we take these cars and
follow the musca to Buffalo, and come OFT I'M
der Martin Van Buren,? Whv sbould ve uen.
Massachusetts? WHY should we? Who is
Martin Van Buren,. if NAV be So hold. / do
not ask as if | were about persouallv To answer
which would carry with il no weirbi. bu, nccor,
ding to the Judgment of Massachusetts and A.
merIca passed upon him eight wears ago-wbo
is Marin Van Buren2 Whv Tho Ias, ayar
heard of that gentleman was in 1910. when he
was taken up and tried by the whole body of the
people of this country, upon charge Of high
crimes aud misdemeunors against the people of
the United States. dom know but that he has
been once or twice sent down 10 Baltimore. to
get nomination, but this is no business of
ours.
The last time say sir, that we knew ANYTHING
about hin, or had anything to do with him. was
IN 1910, when he stood before the bar of Amer
lea, on a charge of hirb crimes and misdenenn-
ors as public man. Here he was claiming to
be President They took him IN and bronpht
him TO the bar, and indicted and impeached hin
of high crimes and msdemeauors AGAINST this
Constitution and Land. Sir snch trial AS that
the world never saw before. Such sentence
was never pronounced before in the hearing of
responsible men. Charles l. standing before the
aroused Commons of England, was a play upon
the stage in comparison with it. | remember.
Mr.. President, seeing yon in that trial. recol.
lcct that he made an admirable defence. His
counsel said he was most fair spoken person.
gentleman bred and born undouhredjv Le il