Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-03-13

fraud OF was, that the Administration would mol
TOLERATE the Vermont Wings who do approve
them. We mean exactly as we say--the word
is TOLERATE, and nothing else. We do not
ask the Administration to approve; we simply
ask it to abide by the pledge on which it was e.
ected-to let The People, through their representa-
tires settle these questions in their oicn iody-to
execute the law, not TO dictate what the law shall
be. Let Wings Judge whether we misconstrue
the pledge on which "Taylor and Fillmore" were
elected, or the ancient Wing doctrine on Ex-
ecutiye Power. But to our agreeable infer
cnce: it is, that the Uindsor Journal heartily ap-
proucs Of those resoltiions and even thinks that
The administration approves them also. Good a.
gain--very good the Journal is still on the We
ry ground of the Waterman, which ii inconsd-
ontely abuses in fact is a trne ahead of u.s.
. The Administration approves Nermonts resolu-
tons against the extension OF Slavery, aud for The
repeal or modification Of the Fugitive Slave law !
dear journal, this is more than We bargained for
Is the announcement made "By Authoriiy"f
These two things, tie rejection Of The Test let
who viii 60 for it. and firm adherence to the good
old Vermont Uhig creed, in al its parts, let who
will refuse to tolerate it, are the very things that
we have been aiming at IT. instead of looking
for despicable personal motives to account for the
course Of the Waterman, the editor of the Jour
nal hsd endeavorcd 10 find nobler ones, we think
It would ere this have discovered that the Watch
man Is steadily aiming TO maintain the Wing
; party of Vermont in It's integrity and IN its
z strength-to the end that II may not be- like the
, Wing party Of New York, palsied by traitors in
its own camp nor like the Wing party of Mas
3 sachusatis weakened by internal division, and
2 an easy prey to the m-"holy alliance" of crazy
frcesoiiism and unrogcncrate locolocoism. First
Of all, the speech of IIENRY CLAY (gref! grief
that he should cast the first stoneD delivered last
November to the Kennedy legislature, and at last
the Test and the Tauytown letter, and coinci-
dent with these the appointments of Mr. Web
ster in New York and part Of New England we
are free to say, reused our suspicious. We first
rcsorted 10 proper means privately for removal
of all grounds Of suspicion; and in return those
suspicious we are sorry to say, were strength
cned In our Judgment it was then time tospeak
out, and so TO speak to draw the attention Of
the Wing press and the Wing party in Vermont.
We knew very well that in so doing, we were
especially liable to Misrepresentation because
one Of these concident and remarkable polti-
cal events affected us personally; and TO m.srop-
resenlation also because our course would neces-
ssrily be at the outset surprizc to nearly every
body in Vermont Our Judgment was. that The
symptoms developed required active Treatment:
and we really cared very little whcthor eossps
or greenhons blowcd the treatment or not If
50 be 1t saoei the patient Notwithstanding the
wrath Of the JoUnal and its abuse of the Watch
man, and that "income Of $3.50" from Uncle
Sam, we are pleased to place the most favorable
construction upon its language, and to count
as being still on the old Wing platform. Wore
ally hope It's editor won't be frightened at finding
Us reckoning the Hindsor Journal on orr side
after all Ii he chooses to abide in the position
we thus suppose him now to occupy, further dis
cussion between US is unnecessary.
The BeHolrs Falls Gazette makes singular
response TO rs. 1t begins in the following very
complimentary style;
"Our respected and talentod friend. the edit
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upon us in his last weekly, in gentlemauly yet |
sufficiently spicy column, touching an article off
our publication, on the 2lst ut, wherein we gave
our views relative to the future course of the |
Wing party, It's duties and the danger TO be ap-
pretended from a different course, If adopted and
pursued"
The article, to which the Gazette refers, was
that in which we underworld to show tie neces- !
sity of retaining the privilege to Vermont ofI
clearing its skirts from all responsibility Tor the I
erieasion of slavery, and advised temperate but
firm adherence to the old platform of Vermont
Wings on that subject. We ondeayored to be
gentiennnly,n candid and conciiiatory, in the
hope that the Gazette would respond in Ike
spirit, and that the discussion would tend rather
to llarmonze than to distract the Wing purity
We are much surprzed, then, to find, not only
that the Gazette does not even state our posi- /
ton, nor attempt to gainsay t--but in immediate
connection with the above sentence proceeds to
give nearly three columns of as impertinent I'm
every sense of the world and i'll assorted stuff as
we have ever had occasion to see. Asa fair speci-
men Of the article, we viii give the words next
succeeding the paragraph above quoted;
"From the strength as well as ieigh Of friend
Waltons attack upon us, we feel satisfied tho
Hatchman is 10 be the notification organ here IN
Vermont, upon which the Fred Douelasscs the
Abby Kellys and the George Thompsons are
to be permitted to have ground out to them dis.
union tunes and abolition psalms, IN which the
whole brotherhood offreesodom may yell IN che /
ruH."
Argument with such an opponent, is entirely
out of the question. We can only demonstrate.
aud we do most sincerely demonstrate, against
the conduct Of the Gazette If it is pursued and
eounienanced by any considerable portion Of the
Wing party Of Vermont, then in our Judgment
that party has won its las, triumph
The Gazette has much that is personal and
grossly abusive, from which we select this.
Mr.. Walton, if we remember right was on
posed TO the nomination Of General Taylor. SO
much SO, that he thought il iniudcious to enter
tam certain resolution concerning that GOOD
man which had been offered IN committee. by the
writer of this article"
Yes our first choice was John Mclean. as
every reader of the Watchman well knows. The |
resolution alluded To, was offered bv the editor of
the Gazette long before Gen Taylor was nomn