The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-07-17
Middlebury, July II, l849.
q UNPRINCIpLED COALITION"

y O-NI hlNNll l1CD SOHh-%A AAO@'.
wc.have -distits,pegf charged that the Coali-
ton lately formed at Montpelier, is an unPriT-
cipled union of mutually hostile elements, for
an unprincipled purpose. The parties ex-
pected to give their assen. to this contract, and
to act together for the accomplishment Of the
proposed object, are-Cass Democrats, Van
Buren, Democrats, Liberty men, and Van Bu-
rem Wings. The purpose avowed, and the
only possible immediate purpose, is, TO defeat
the Wings. An ultimate purpose, of which a
hint is from time to time given, Con the part
of the two factions first named above,) is, " to
secure a Democratic ascendency in the State,
for all time to come"-The numerical proper
to be fused together-was, last Fall, about as
follows: Cass Democrats, 1900; Van Buren,
Democrats, 5000; Liberty men, 1000; Van
Buren, Wings, 1900.
So much for the elements of this strange
compound And now we propose to call MEM
bers of each of these factious to the stand, to
testify as to the character and general reputa
ton of each other. This, of course, is giving
our opponents all they could ashland if, on
their own testimony, the charges We have
made are fully sustained, VIC shall not only
free ourselves from any imputation of calum-
ny and partizan abuse, but also place the ma
ture of this combination in its true light, and
exhibit it in The strongest manner. If the
! testimony of one faction against the others is
not true, then that faction is itself unprinci-
pied, and our original charge is so far sustain
ed. If each party to the coalition testifes
that each of The other parties is destitute of
principle, that testimony must be either true
or false if true, then the coalition is all that
we have charged it to be-if false, it certainly
can be no better.
The first witness We shall call to the stand
is Cass Democracy. What opinion had you,
Mr., Cass Democracy, about the 3lst of Au
gust last, of the purposes and principles OF
your younger friend, Van Buren, Democra-
cy ?-(See Montpelier Patriot principal Or
gan OF Cass Democracy--of the aforesaid
dqte)
"To BEAT THE WIGS IN THIS STATE.
"This is what portion of the Buffaloes say
they are about. Well, suppose this new move
does beat the Wings in this State and that by
going for them, we carry the State against
Taylor. Then, where are you? What are
your politics To what party do you belong :?
You hare cut yourself loose from the great dem
ocrdtic party Of the Union-,0here are you 60
ing? WHAT WILL BE YOUR PRINCIPLES :?
You will find yourselves strayed from the DEM
ocratic party, your organization broken up,
your party dissolved, YOUR NATIONAL PRIN-
CIPLEs ABANDONED, q herd Of stray Bufd-
loeS, and all 10 De Offset and repaid By hauing
BEATEN TIE WINGS IN THE STATE OF
VERMONT Didn't Esau sell his birthriehi
for mess of pottage Take care ~ Teimom
Patriot, August 81, ls4s.
Six or eight months later found this same
Cass Democracy-the Patriot being one of
the chief go-betweens-ac actually counting the
alliance of this same Van Buren, Democracy:
and in only nine montAs-all told-they were
united Van Ruren Democracy debating
the terms, and the very terms, too, denounced
above as unprincipled.
Next we call upon Van Buren, Democracy
to testify to the character of Cass Democracy.
The following is from she call of the Barn.
burners of this State, for a convention in op-
position to that which nominated the "artful
dodger," Paul Dillingham;. 1t bears date July
IL, ls4s, and is signed by thirty-ive persons,
among whom are f. D. Barber, L. p. Poland,
S. II. Price, c. d. Kasson, &c.
We the undersigned delegates from the
counties of Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille.
Chittenden, Orange, Windsor, Addison, Rut-
land, Bennington and Windhan, TO the said
State Convention" (held at Montpelier, July
IL, 1881 9. in view OF The utterly false and
UNPRINCIPLED position in which it is attempt
ed to place the democracy Of this State, in re-
lation to the great question Of Slavery-the |
only question of principle in the ensuing State
and National Il .ctions-ferl il due to ourselves,
to the obvious moral sense of the people OF
the State, and to the spirit of the country and
age in which we live and the PRINCIPLES ace
hare erer maintained, TO repudiate the action
of said Convention" &c.
And now what say the Liberty men Of both |
these their new allies PA regular correspon-
dent of the Green Mountain Freeman (whose
name appears with the editors as one emit
tied to speak authoritaiivcly) thus expresses
Aug. Il, 1913:
But where are our Democratic friends
We need not ask where the party IS That
has CONC on for wears in one beaten track, the
open, dcoced WGLuShinq ALLY OF SLAVERY.