The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-07
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VERMONT MOVING.

The Convention of the "Iiarbcr branch" Of
the democracy of Vermont Is holden At Bur
-iiuglon. This day.
The other branch Of the locoioco party
the unicrrifed Hankcrs--held their convcn-
lion at Montpelier on the 22d.
The early mos cmcnt OF these parties, and
their manifest determination To make as Wig
orous n fight AZ thcy can in the coming cou-
test. AhoHii, ~ il xuuHu IA ga, ssiIHuU,sh the
wings of Vermont that they have a work be-
fore them, and lead them 10 early aud encr-
gctic action We know that We are a. strong
ns ever, and that our opponents are compare
lively as weak and herein lies our greatest
danger. They will make more strenuous
effort than thuy have ever made before. Let
the Wings but make a corresponding one and
'pumcd victory will again perch upNi their
standard. Such an effort every true Wing is
bound TO make. There never was a moro ia
yorable time for united and entirely harno-
NOUS movement on the part of the party than
the present. The various little local and eX-
tranous matters that have heretofore proved
80 annoying, are entirely removed, and the.
PARTY have only TO organize and go ahead,
conquering and to conquer
N Is true there has been some hhir-spitiing
among us ON Tire question as TO how far a man
may go in lie opposition 10 the fugitive slave
law without comprnmlzing hinlzelf As n friend
ter still kept before the people and as we
have before said, We cannot hut express our
disgust Of this continued sonsclcsS clanhor in
regard to the love Of the Union Love Of
the Union Who. in Heavens name, we
would ask, have we among us-Saye n few
frcebooSng. and as yet uncaught ielons, and
few mad cap fAnatics--who hardly know
what they do that arc devoid of all proper
regard aud love for the Union 2 That we
have comparatively small number OF the
men--who for the sake OF elevation and the
consequent reward for their patriotism--and
u few moro oflthe latter, led on by them
is MOTTO be denied but look TO the mass
Of the people--the honest upright and intel
ligent freemeR Of the country, and you look
in vain for the first evidence Of spirit Of dis
union or disorganization. No, as soon wopld
this great mass favor the disseveration of the
closest ties that bind them TO the hcarths of
their mansions their huts and their cottages !;
nor are the "ties that bind harmonious souls
together" more closely woven than are those
which firstea-this class in their affections and
love to the Union Of this great glorious
Republic. Not man will YOU find among
then, lt r. mot proud to belong 10 the mo-
blest and most prosperous eonte,leracy that
has ever existed upon earth who does not
almost revere the constitution under which
he lives who does not cxult over the hereto
fore unheard OF rapid advancement and pros
Perity of the country of his adoption or nativ-
ity--nor whose eye does not brighten and
his heart swell with an-honest pride as ne
looks to that glorious banner of the stars and
stripes which floats over all and protects all
and under whose fold, all OF every land
and station, can find freedom and protection.
Why, then all this hue and cry for a high
err regard and love for. the. Union :? "May
you survive the disunion of the Union" is the
parting blessing of a facetious letter writer
to the Spirit of the Times and so say VIC (;
we would hope to see the WAig party az Yer
mont survive the 'dsunion of the union Let
us see TO 1t that it does. But without the ~
nited action and the mutual labor of the
Whigs of Vermont this cannot be 4; and sure
ly n triumph now is as desirable as il ever
could have been since the party existed
Vermont IS at present The only bright spot len
10 de Whigs in Ner England. A dark cloud
has spread itself over Connecticut Rhode Is
land and Massachusetts s--and the light OF that
star which yet has never set, is alone left
to shed its rays into all this gloom around her
Let us see TO II that this light is bright and
burping--that it may stand as a beacon by
which our brother Wings of New England
may be guided out of their present darkness.
This purposeiit has once served them il can
again. ,l