Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-07-27
Address to The Wigs Of Vermont,

the glorious past, celebrate, OUT eniancipatioi
from tho dominion Of apafiy who's rule has been
scarcely e.s CALLING than colonial sofvitadc. and
rejoice in our hopes Of prosperous and honor.
able future, The thrones and dyhastieA. which
gave law to Chris,endon at the period Of our
separation from England, and which even out
lived the commissions that followed the French
Revolution, are crumbling. All Europe Is suf
fering dire distress, agtatod with fearful fore
bodings Famine and intestine war have spread
desolation and terror over wide regions OF the
old world and these portions Of Europe which
have yet escaped these scourges, arc trembling
with well grounded apprchensions Of ike vista.
tons, whilo our own Republic, strong In the
equality Of her institutions, and in the patriotism
and intelligence Of her people has resisted the
shocks Of factions and inhibition, and under
wise and just head IS now redoubling her ener-
gies and promising soon to rise TO acknowledge
ID suprenaoy o. Influence (ihongh she aspire,
not to authority among Christian nations
But we are met for no nero purpose Of idle
triumph and mutual congratuIation. On the
contrary, the day is TO be regarded as the com.
mencement Of a new and vigorous series Of Of
forts to aid the Wings Of the Union in retaining
their ancient and long lost position, which il has
coat them campaign Of twenty years 10 recov-
err. We are now 10 organize, with reference to
certain hostile movements Of a character utterly
Unprecedented in American political history
The discordant elements OF faction, 50 trium-
phantly scattered In the election Of lelS, have
rallied their discounted squadrons, made a
common surrender Of every principle to the
maintenance Of which the honor OF esch WAS
pledged, and united all malconicnts in a coali-
lion as incongruous and as corrupt as that MEM
orable league Of old, when the Triumyirs con-
spired to quench the last sparks Of Roman liber-
~, and each agreed 10 sacrifice his peculiar prin-
ciplcs and his private friends, to the interests or
the hatred Of either Of the others. With like
prohigacy, the pro slavery, pro Texas, anti-iariG
Democrats on the ono hand, tho ultrs-aboliion-
lists on the other, and the mercenarics who fight
for pay indiffsrcntly on all sides have Joined in
an unholy combination, agreed 10 bury their
mutual just animosites, and to sacrifice every OBJ
ject they have hitherto sought 10 accomplish,
for the one end Of securing the spoils Of Office,
by tho defeat Of the ancient Wing party, and
that honorable remnant Of tho Democracy,
which, in the conviction that politics are some
thing more than struggle for plunder, still re-
tains its integrity. That the originators Of this
movement have none but narrow and sel6sh
aims, is too palpable to require proof; and who
are they, who, in the desperate chance OF sue
cess, are 10 profit by the victory Free Demo
Gratis, look at your leaders, and ask yourselves
whether these are the men ye love to honor
whether your conscientious estimate Of their po-
litichl integrity their claims 10 prefsmeni, is
elevated by the part they take in the new Jug.
gle, with which they are now seeking 10 deluds
you Have you forgiven their participation,
yet unrepentsd Of, in the election OF James X.
Polk, and tho extension Of slavery by the annex
alton Of TexasY Have you forgotten that they
were the siurdiest champions OF the notorious
gag-rulo Do you not know that they are, at
this hour, as siifiiy opposed 10 protective and
discriminating duties as ever Z,
What has friend Of freedom TO gain by as
so.iating his political fortunes with those Of that
Northern Democracy, which the ultra pro slave
ry South claims the "naiural allies" Of the en-
emies Of emancipation What can the Ameri-
can producer hope from victory. under such
leaders, who repudiaie discrimination in the
Tariff, and the protection Of domestic industry
who have Withdrawn from circulation, by
means of the spccie-elause in the sub-trea.ury
scheme, the whole solid basis Of our currency,
and who have enabled the foreign manufacture
cr 10 choose his own moment for flooding our
markets and depressing our industry, through
the operation OF the ware-hopsing system p
What confidence can any sane man entertain in
the professions OF those new converts 10 the
cause Of freedom, who, scarce SIX months since,
strained every nerve 10 secure tho election Of
profssssd eontriiioh fSp ssir rsii Poaisis.i
fencesI t ~ s,f r Is.
What arc now the great questions which sgi.
tate and divide the American people The
protection Of domestic indusiry--fhe extension
Of African slavery. And what Is the past and
present position of the two great parties on this
subject? Let them be judged by their acts
Has not the Wing party Gl,rnys supported the
doctrine Of protection The Tariff Of le42 was
passed with the concurrence Of the entire Wing
party, and against tho votes of every n England
Democrat in Congress, save one. Tie Tariff Of
IS46 was enacted by Democratic House and
Senate, in spite Of the opposition Of every Wing
in Congress, SAFE ono, in each branch Of the
National Legislature Every Wing State, eve
ny Wing convention ia the Union, IS VIGOROUSLY
pledged to tho overthrow of the Tariff Of 1876,
based on the principle Of mere revenue, dis
eliminating, IL At all, AGAINST American indus
try, and the resscr.s;c. 81 DO great principle
which characterized tho Tariff Of i8f2-Pao-
TrcTIos, namely, by DISCRIMINATION. But
where are our opponents? The coalition con-
yention of the present year substantially repeats
the financial resolution Of the Buffalo convention
Of is4s-a resolution 20 decidedly hostile 10
protection a: to meet the approval Of that sworn
foe to American industry ard human liberty,
Martin Van Buren---whieh declares substantial
| ly, that duties ought to be imposed for reycnus
Dlons, and ASKS FOR NO PRoTEcTioN. yg
Again, what reason is there to, believe that
the cause of human freedom would DO advanced
by the triumph Of Martin Van Buren,, and ia
cob Brinkerhof, and Preston King, not 10 mem
ton their brother pro,slsvery Democrats Of Var.
mont and other Northern States !? Remsmber
| that King, and Brinkerhoff, and other leading
Barnburners, sustained the gag-rule a. late a.
February ls44; that thoy and Van Buren,, with
one voice, advocated the election Of James K.
Polk, KNOWING that his success would secure
the extension Of slavery by the annexation Of
Texas; that the electoral vote Of every Demo
cratic State in the Union was cast for Polk and
Texas in the canvass Of ls44; that on the ina
vote for the annexation Of Texas, EVERY DEN
oeRATic VOTE in both Houses OF Congress
SAVE TWO, was cast in favor Of that pro-slayer,
measure, Dix, Hsmlin, Norris, Brinkerhoff and
| King, sustaining IT that Martin Van Buren,, IN
August ls4s, in his letter accepting the nomina-
ton Of the Buffalo, convention, expressed biz
adherence TO his former opinion, THAT Con-
DRESS OUGHT NOT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN
THE DIsrRIcT OF COLUMBIA. Remember too
that in the election Of 1874, every Wing State
in the Union, South as well as North (with the
exception of Georgia and Louisiana whose votei
were .faLsiffd by Democratic fraud cast lis suf
frage egainst Polk and annexation, and thai
upon the final vote on that great question, ksE
/ ny WulO REPRESENTATIVE GAVE ONE. AMI