Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1849-09-27
''--'' From The IT. Patriot
,rpPE DEMOCRACY CONDEMNED"

tlod.r ,his head the Burlington Seniine pnoshes ca
tract. from sundy papers out oil inc S'a'e' so"" hs
the aforesaid papers do mol approve Of inc ae'o" " "
democracy OF Vermont ,rLo,;o ponpsvlvc,sn
,vhh sn,e was lost to u.s. last year. by reinsa On 'he
ar If The democracy TO take and insist upon We ue
ground in relation 10 slavery. A., vi bh
siy Of these papers printed in New ho'K' WINCH
State we lost for The same TeHson'
Three Of these papers are published mNew Hampshire
and a,e rs far ms night Is rom day, from expressing u"
oninons Of the democracy OF that state
The rest are publiGhed IN old federal NlNssuchuss"S
nho,e Il nso an extract from the Washington Ininn'
which is what IS TO be expected nom tha' quarter lnI
democracy of Vermont can take care OF themselves anu
49, ,n,hcr think that some people out OF The State can DC
better employed IN heu'"s "'e" Wv" e''''
seeking TO (tmcul onrs. >
But US we stated before The election The democracy 9"
Vermont stand in q position entirely different ION 'he
democracy of New York, Massachusets,or PennSy Nana'
The democracy Of Vermont earl as the ld'l OF loi''
IN full State Convention adopted the Wmot pOvso, as
mart of their creed and party are bound to mann
tain il, The movement of The Ssl OF May was only mo
natural and inevitable consequence OF such auopuoh'-
The democracy of Vermont, also in '4S, in full Stale
convention rcpudated the Nicholson Letter. a por-
lion ii true, supported Gen Cass, bu was because
he WINS a northern man. The moment the m"n was oul
Of The way the party determined go for principle, aud
there was nothing left for them 10 do but 10 act with
party who prOfessed the same principles
mt setting all this aside and allowing for the sake Of
the argument that the free soil party defeated us in the
lns, Presidential election. What Is TO be done' Are
these striles and chickering's ceasc Are we TO
improve the time between the Presidential election IN AS
and 49, in seeking union Rld harmony, by concIlalon
self denial concession aud approach the election IN o.
uniled; or are 10 lrtter away the precious time III
vanishing old luuds cherishing old animoses, and en-
Ter The election divided and distracted with the certainty
ofngoriuus dcieati Something mast be done. and we
ruther choose aid in reconciliation than in continued
division. The democracy of Vermont advanced 10 the
tue standard il 47-they re-alirmed it IN AS; and IN
40, released from the tranmes of Il National nominal
ton found themselves fee TO act as they protested
fee 10 mite with protesting The same principles;
and free 10 carry out their cherished Doctrines They
became f. &c democrats and free democrats they will
main, and if any portion Of The old rank and file demo
Gratis choose to be Stare democrats lei them be SO.
lfNew York is to NEEDLE with HE internal concerns OF
the democracy Of Vermont, and Vermont with New
York and so on, we shall never have union and peace,
These internal matters peculiar 10 The SateS-col-
ored and swayed by State feelings aud State pecumri'
ties that other States know nothing about and had better
let alone. What can paper in Michigan do towards
healing our divisions here in Vermont? Nothing. It
knows nothing at all about them What may be policy
in New York. may be suicide in Vermont. What may
be policy in Vermont, may be inpolicy in MISsachu-
sets. We cntrea, the democracy of each State to at.
tend 10 their own affairs Zeal your own divisions III
your way, and let other do the same. 1t the
democracy ofVermont choose to call themselves, now,
free democrats they used TO Anmasonic democrats,
or Jackson democrats Bank Reform democrats, that
il business and business at all of any body else
If the democracy Of Vermont choose TO seek union
with old friends and 10 bring together freenen
protesting the principles they have right TO do it
and any foreign interference is only supercious and IN
soen. When we want any advice about uniting al
Jet'ersonan democrats upon common platform
uhd doing according To the peculiartes Of position
which are best known 10 ourselves, we will call for it
and until do call for it, we just ask 10 he let alone