Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-07-04
The state Convention, and the Windham
County Ratification Mccting--The Cam
lnisn Opcned.

The state Convention, and the Windham
County Ratification Mccting-The Cam.
lnlSn Opcaeu.
We had the pleasure TO attend the Wing
E.a,e Convention, on Wednesday Of last week,
and the Windham County Ratification Meeting,
the dav succeeding, both Of hitch assembled at
the picturesque and delightful " settlement
known az Bellows Falls After a brief sup
Elementary visit to Boston, we resume our post,
with renew hope and confidence to-day =
a hope and confidence which the united and
harmonious action of both the large and reso-
lutte bode. Of Wings mentioned was so well cal
cuaed to inspire In neither was there the least
varablsness or shadow Of turning both stood
square up to the time.honored standard of Ma
uonal Wing Principles which comprehend the
most enlightened devotion and loyalty 10 the
Gus tuition and the Union, and the most en-
lghtened te,dom Of opinion and discussion.
We trust never TO see the day when Vermont,
the only iulexible Wing Stale in this great
Union, shall prove less true than she proved
herself on "Wednesday last, to the Union and
to Herself. Snc has been, for II quarter of a
century, the iathfulest defender Of the Wing
Cause, and forever may she en,l,le herself 10
the ju.t praise which fidelity TO Principle "a
ways merits, by adopting that Just midde course,
(oetMe.n n,agonisiic fana,icims of opinion,
North and South,) which Is equ-ijstant from
t'mid!ty, "n one hand, and rashncss on the other.
ton,ciuus rectitude and truth are always quiet
aud serene amid the mmull which error and I'll,
irasm excite, Vermont has been long revilcd,
by the Sout', as being, in the most offensive
rnse, al abolition State and By tie fanal.-
.cal abolIiionists Of the North, as being bound
u the Car OF Slavery" The gallant Wings
Of Vermont have TO answer 10 both cunden
hd,,ons for Vermont, for time whereof the
memory OF man runneth not 10 the contrary,
has been Wig State. But both accusation.
10 unjust She is neither. The Wings of
Vermont have always defeated the strange fac
i'nns, combinations. and coalitions remembered
as "LjhrlN men" Free Sellers AInliioi-
,''s, and "Free.demncrats," and, please God,
they a."ays viii. They ask no stronger incite-
iocUt lhdG to be cal ed on to defeat open or covert
rnem es q! tbs Union. They Away. res pond
10 the appeal Tacv gave the electoral vote Of
Eermonlot 10 iIAERIsoS, 10 Clay and To the ev.
er.to-be-amenicd Taylor, ('nomen clarum Ct
raTsrayile|) with the same zeal and earnest
ness, tho same cordially Of attachment 10 VIII!
Principles and the Union, and the same single
Less OF political purpose aud intent OF, WITH
Whlch they gave theic confidence and support
10 the elder and the younger ADAMS, men
whom New England raised and nuruied. They
''ave never recognized geographical lines, in
measuring their attachment to the Constitution
and the Union, or in dlscharging their political
duties. Mason & pixon's boundary las "a
ways been 10 them worse than an imaginayv
houndary,-it las been an absurdty. They
have stood by 1.-THE UsIoN," one and nLvei-
bic, and they stand by it NOW. 10 the eloquent
language Of DANIEL WEBSTER, uttered in for.
laer crisis OF the Republic, they Lave ever be-
lIeved that IN THE DAEK AND TROUBLED MIG At
"TIAT Is rr may b UPoN u, THERE Is No
"STAR ABOVE THE HORIZON TO GIVE Us A CLEAN
"oF LIGHT, EXCITING TIE INTELLIGENT AID
PATRIOTIC WIG PARTY OF THE UNITED
"STATEs." To that Party, in triumph or de-
feat the Wings Of Vermont uuh nchingy at>
here. They uphold its Principles, advocate its
Measures, and, when the occasion demands,
will again do their part towards el,cling liz
lleu Tuis we understand to he I'll e position"
Of the Wings of Vermont land this position
zoe predict That they will maintain, whatever
may be the chuges N the political .ky, OF tie
tue'uenons in The lol.loal breeze.