Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-06-21
Wing Presses on the Coalition.


"Lifc $ all u variorum;
What cure which way IL roesI
Let them nbont decorim
i VINO HAVE cHARAcTERs Eosr."
4 AS climax to the whole of this laughable ar-
TAR, we add the profound reasoning OF Levi b.
Vllas-that the democracy" must 90 for free
soil, because Gen. Cass has not been elected
President! In other words, locofocoism has been
sonndly whipped for its servity to Polk, Cass,
and slavery, and now must have revenge on the
Wings by stealing their thunder, and must be
restored to lis vital elements, the loaves and
fishes, by coalescing with the abolitionists, and
, running away with their Liberty caps Profound
philosophy!
From the New York Tribune.
Some thirty years have passed since the PEG.
pie OF Vermont, upon the DETACHMENT of old mar.
" lines caused By the dying out of former sub
lects of political strife, had theil attention called
to the new questions of Public Policy which have
since mainly divided the country. Devoid of
prejudice, OF mercenary ambition, of personal at.
tachnent, of binding devotion to party, that PEG.
, pie discussed the new question with degree of
IntcIHgence and capacity not exceeded in any
other State, and their neatly unanimous dccis.
ION was in favor OF the Protection of Home In
dustry, the prosecution Of Internal Improvement.
f the management Of the Public Finances and
Revendes IN such n manner as to sustain and
cherish, not disturb and deprcss, the CONNER.
cIal Currency Of tie County. lit short, Vermant
deliberately took her stand on the side of the
principles and measures then beginning to be
grouped under tie fit design tion of rnE AMER
icAN SYSTEM. That position she maintained,
,hr"ugh years OF succeeding contentious more or
less vehement, with the steudIness of well ground.
ed conviction. Unshaken by disaster, by ad.
verse InaJorltles IN the National Councils, un-
awed by The irowns of Power and unseduced by
Inc appliances Of Patronage her People have
fought The fight Of Principle aud kept the faith
Commended 10 their understandings by hours of
calm, unbiased deliberations The fundamental
axiom That IL IS better 10 muitipiy productive aro-
cations and pursuits, and thus bring environment
anu mdrkeiS home 10 u c0n,munitu Hnn 10 drire
them orer hdy The tcoHd in search of one or the
oiher, has been the basis Of the policy and is the
Rcystohc OF the political action and attitude of
the State OF Vermont
Inc path of duty has not for her been strown
with flowers. For twenty wears her voice was
scarcely heard, still less decided, save fitfuy at
long Intervals, in the National Councils. While
"er cope were one OF the most truly and thor
ouGhly Democratic Communities on the face of
Tie carth they were for twenty years STIGMA.
uZed by the ruling party in the Nation as an
u,hePuolcan and panders to Arlsocracv.-
hroush Inc whole period, rs indced previously
uo CIt'Zeh of Vermont was called to seat among
',le constitutional advisers OF the President. On
'Hc contrary an uUsparing warfare on her con-
N'c'looS and her interests has been waged by
'H1se VINO directed the policy of the country.
MS Is not the entertainment To which she was
'hVtcd. We remember well the promises and
professions on the strength Of which small par-
" was created IN that State, mainly by the tai
eHt ana influence Ut Gov. Van Ness, to oppose
me reelection OF John Quincy Adams. The
flo,cciiVe fo!lcy was ihen adhered to and its
most emlnent and uncompromisinr champion,
mum " MalIary, was nominated and suppor-
cd as the jackson candidate for Congress, though
ne was khC"h 10 be an ardent supporter of Adj
ans aud Clay. The Federalists were speciauv
urged 10 vote Tor General Jackson, with the as
surance that he cherished 10 prejudice against
them and would disregard all Anticipated differ.
ences IN lie exercise OF the Presidential power
al classes ana divisions were entrealed and ca
ljolcd, but Vermont stood firm.
AT length the wheel has revolved A BRIGHT
err day Is before us. President chosen bv the
vote oil Vermont, cast in accordance vita her
iohg cherished CONVICTIONS occupies the White
! House cabinet composed Of men who have
iouSht through the twenty years subverson in
The same ranks with ner in behalf of the same
great principles, surrounds him For the first
time IN her history, citizen of Vermont has
been called to seat IN the Presidents Council
IA position IN which his integrity aud capacity
VIII reflect credit even on her. Another of the
sons she has delighted to honor is appointed to a
most responsible Foreign Mission. In short. for
The first time in twenty years, suve the quick fash
OF The llurrs0n rule, as soon succeeded by the
'hlck darkness OF IyIerisn) Vermont finds her
sell and Ter principles in the ascendant at Wash
ln2ton, with good reason 10 hope that the Policy
OF tie Government will soon undergo such mod
hcatlnn as her convictions aud her interests de.
mand, OF at the very worst that no farther dem
onstratlons against either can be successful while
the present Administration Is in power
/ IL Is at this Darliculur iuuctnrn iust uhan tho
TRIALS SO molly endured for twenty years are
passing away usl MS her star is piercing the
clouds which SO long obscured ii,-irst when
despair has been succeeded by the full blaze of
well-gronnded hope, that Vermont is solicited
TO use forcible Hlbernicism) TO turn back
on herself and enlist in the ranks of the new
coalition, whose sole point OF agreement is ha-
tired 10 he Wing Administration now in power.
vii she do it? Should she:
We do not mean to underrate the strength of
the coalition II is formidable, ald an cXtraor-
dIhnrv effort will be required to defeat it, Sweep
ing into lis drag-net men Of the most extreme
c0ntrareiy OF opinions the ultra Abonionsis
aud The ultra opponents of Abolition, the sup
porters OF Blrney and the Jealous odherenls of
Pok-lt is quite possible, should all the screws
hold as calculated and stipulated, that they may
even carry Vermont away from herself That
they will spare no efioft to do SO, is very obv.
Gus.
We do not wish 10 deny 10 the new conglom.
Grafton any merit to which it NAV farly lay claim.
The doctrines put forth in its late Slanese Con-
ventlon with regard to Slavery, the right to pro.
hlblt It in The Territories aud The wrong of Con-
gresslonal intermeddllng with it in the Slave
States, a'e sound and pertinent; but are they
any other than the doctrines which the Wings
OF The Free States long since propounded aud
have consistently maintained? Has the coali-
lion done anything more than renounce the Lo-
CO. Foco errors on The one side and the Abolition
on the other, and plant themselves substantially
on Wing ground? That, certainly, is very well;
but is II any reason tor giving them control OF
the State?
The Samese resolutions with regard 10 Land
Monopoly ard the Tree grant Of Public Lands to
actual settlers thereon, are very good. So are
many other things affirmed in those resolutions.
We welcome them all as signs OF popular pro.
gIess, and hope TO live TO see them moved for
ward from the domain of resolution into that Of
positive enactment. But we cannot deem 1t es-
Sentlal 10 this end tina: the Wing coalition
should triumph in Vermont.
HOr comes ii that the Loco ocos of Vermont,
Wisconsin and Connecticut have all at once re-
nounced the doctrines Of their late leader Cass
aud taken ground IN favor OF the positive statute.