Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-08-16
From the Burlington Free Press.
THE FREE SOIL, WINGS

fnlauelpnla Convention, particularly lie
ment Of Allen and others, are unchanged.
not suppose that Gen. Taylor himself cal
prove Of them. His silence" did not ap1
but am sure il was necessary to his sue
and his opinions were really of small impor
If he intended to carry out in good faltl
pledge not 10 interfere ,oith The triH Of The p
If he intended as other Presidents have
to make his own opinions the idio of the
whatever might be the sentiments of the p
then he was bound TO inform them what he V
do. Indeed, he might have saved them the
le of electng and supporting n legislature,
might have concentrated 10 himself all the
tons Of the law-making power. hope the
is near, if it has not already arrived, when
People will not look to their Presidents, or
identa candidates, for .heIr political doctr
when they will spurn with contempt all ma
of diciation, especially that most odious 70
it, which may be found in threats Of Preside
petoes. | rejoice now in Taylor's silence.
need some silent men. If he had not bee
lent, Gen. Cass would have been Preside
lie knew, all knew, that the Democrats of
North would sustain their candidate, VIVA
opinions he might avow. Their support of
Notwithstanding his position on the Texas
ton, about which, previous to his nomination
we're oil agreed at the North, was not forge
Gen. Cass avowed opinions with which very
sympalbised, and yet his party did not ioT
him. New York, it is true, .faiiered. out
Barnburners constantly affirmed that they
not make slavery test question. Their
slllon, to very great extent, was merely pei
al. rejoice now at Taylor's silence, for
horrible would our situation now have been
he spoken. lie did say, the people should
their own way, unless they were dispose
lint
could we ask? Who cares what his pers
opin ions may De, if he will not interpose hi
to power, TO arrest the operation of the PEG
will ? IF he fails to fulfil his oft repeated Pie
then may regret his silence, and shall be fl
side by side with his firmest foes
Gen. Taylor is now the President of the
ted States. Although the candidate of p; I
be Is not the President of Party. He is &
President of the United States, Of the DEMO-
as well as the Wings. | consider his reia l.
to Inc noio very different from what they ice
AS candidate opposed him, for reasons a
dy given As President, | have no righI
oppose him until he does something worth
condemnation. AS yet be has had no oppt
nifty, either 10 keep or violate his Pledge.
power ordained of God, am bound to su
him, until he does something 10 forfeit my
port. Democrats and Wings are under c
obligation to approve of his course, If in
apprehension right; to condemn It, IT wrong
| should have felt bound to support Polk, 4
my view, lie had done right. fiatter my
that | should have done so. As canddatcJ
the exponent of wrong principles, | opposed
But as President should have susta lned |
If he had pursued course which approved
God forbid that should ever cherish any d
principle. God forbid that | should blndly|
pose an administration merely because eev|
10 power by my opponents. The Wings
fered Gen. Taylor to Gen. Cass. They u
elected him. They cherish the same poliq
principles which they held before his electi
the same which hold. Now when they al
don their principles, and cling TO an admlnls
ton that shall prove itself TO be corrupt, the
will iorsake them. My teeth refuse the bird
| cannot bear the saddle; | wliI carry out
own convictions Of duty, wherever, whenc
and with whomsoever duty shall direct me
labor At least, this is my intention. T
tail in Judgment, may be deficient in firm
and courage, but acknowledge no obllgatl
to Party which inlerferes with Conscience.
In answer 10 the Curriers' question: 81
do you think a victory for Tayorism would
received at the South ?" | would say-it VIC
be received as an assurance that the Wing
heard aud untried; that they would sustain
until lie should abandon the principles II
which they elected hun that they would
eject man TO so responsible position and /
leave HIM before he had forfeited any claim
their confidence. Does the Courier honestly
ieve that the South can be deceived as 10
pos lion of Vermont Wings? Are they
known? Has not their report gone through
length and breadth of the land? When
members of Congress have always spoken
voted as they have, can the South doubt: Ii
they forgotten The speeches of Prcnliss, OF n
tocks, OF SIade, of Marsh, of Colamer, Of
ham? Above all, have they forgotten I
VOTES? | know Dillingham; has been there,
practiced the art of dOdgmg, but the South
not suspect him of being Whig Besides
Platform is known and read of all men. W
would The South infer from a Deinocraic VI
ry? A victory achieved by such men as Z
man, who is willing TO travel through the So
ern States with his brother Paul, (Barnabas
Paul and contend with him for Southern |
ors; who Is willing 10 try his strength in a
for prize based upon the decision of the OF
ton; ,cho has been The greatest Doughtace?
Connecticut elected three Democrats to c
gress, with Free Soil and Democratic votes
How was that victory received by the WASH
ton Union? AS a Democratic triumph.
would victory of the Free Democrats in y
mont. They would compare the two plattoI
and they would find that the spirit of one is Of
Sition to The Whigs, while the spirit of the OF
Is devotion 10 the great Wing doctrnes,am
which Is especially prominent, uncompromit
hostility 10 SLAVERY. They would find that s.
II o. 1900 Democrats who last year voted
Cass, and lavisled the most opproblous epit
upon those whom they called the "Loose
party, not by arguments, not by reason, not
humanity, but by party maneuvre, were IT
over in company with Free SolIers, and all {
glOmerated into one mass, to which they
the name of Free Democrats, the living, NOV
unllying principle of the whole movement b.
opposition 10 The Wigs.
In ChiItcnden County, they would see
Free Democrats making anti slavery lest,
Democrats regulating that test, and yet {
binlDg to elect the same men to the Senate
The South knows, any body may know, that
Democrats pursue the course they have cho
not because of their sympathy for the slave,
because they fear the Wings will do anylt
to advance The interests Of slavery, but so
that the Wings may be defeated. The DE
Gratis know that the question OF slavery ex
sion will be settled before the next PresldeI
election, and they hope that many, once bro
IRON the Wing ranks, will never return, but
remain with their new allies. 1t will be eas
drop Free" from their cognomen, and then
will be simply "Democrats."
Eastman says he Is is understood" at
South. No doubt of il and fancy can
celve that sly wink which used to see in
ege days Eastman is no fool, whatever
he may be.