Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-05-28

never can, and we never will submit. JHc H,ru
,rho HuS iHicndH 10 Bomjit,dc Grnc,,I .NcoH. II
Hcy cnn Succcci in 50 d,ing, must cied him NJ
icrwrds VHpy c,m. If the WEEns. the KIN.
LoGG', the IlAwLEis, the IIAsriNGsEs, and 9th
crs have votes enough to do the iob, they will
do 1t; but IN nomination thus franlucnily
aud iorclbly made, no National WING can be
expected to take part"
The E,prcSs scents "dcgradation" in having
anything TO do with ''rcm0rci occ-hodcrs. .
It's Instincts tolerate only those not removed.
In tlIIS respect, as IN many others, it differs in
sentiment from the great mass of the " hIrs of
the State They have, for some reason or 9TH
er, taken a special liking to Just that class of
men whom the ErprcSs regards with such holy
abhorrcnco. Perhaps it IS not wholly unrca-
sonabIc to expect that they shall yield Their
preferences, and rive way to the dictation of
those whose delicate sensbllties have been
shocked by their vulgarity.
Now, IN ali tins matter, the ErprcsS, and its
paltry clique of malcontcnls, are making thcln-
SELVES excessively ridiculous. The " hirs of
the Union care no more for its tlntruuis than
did Mr.. ManTum for It's abuse. and the Ma
tloml Convention -thc ,>OMhuu " hirs-un
whom 1t leans for consolation ana support will
give particularly cold shoulder t. us smvcl-
ng contorions. 1t will make nolhnr by its
whining, aud still less by its bullying. The
sooner 1t abandunS both, the better for its own
temper and standing with the party. fit
chooses To act with the " hlrS of the stale and
the Union, very wclI If it Shall see fit TO full
I'LL lis threats, and bolt first in State Convcn-
ton, and then against the nomination of Gen
cral Scott, there are a good many WhIrs who
Will not clothc themselves with sackcioih and
ashes on that account.
The canor raised by the Express and lis adj
lunctS about the ''cjGctrd olcc-hodcrs" who
have been chosen delegates, is mere nonsense.
Several such delegates have been appointed in
different sections Of the State and we have
no doubt that they were appointed mlinv be-
crHSc they had been turned out of Office, con-
trary 10 the wishes of the whirs among whom
they lived. If due regard had been paid to
MIR. Flllmores feelings, perhaps they would
not have been selected; and, on the other
hand, if due regard had been paid by Mr. Fill
more to the sentiments and wishes ut'thc whrs.
they would not have been ejccicd. But the fact
ls-as we have already satcd-,lat Mr.. FIJI
more suffered himself to be grossly mislcd. and
his confidence to be sadly abused, by small
Knot OF disappointed maliynlnis IN this State.
who claimed to be his exclusive friends. They
persuaded HIM that the world was not arwc
enough Tor two such men as Mr. Seward and
himself, that one or the other must be annh-
latcd,-that 1t behUUvCd hun to be stirring, -
and that he owed it to himself, aud especially
to Htm, To put INTO Mcu' hands all the patron
are and all the places at hls disposal Th,y
probably made INN believe that he could not
%ht'm BY has, tricHdS in any other way, tllan by
putting them IN office: and that to do 50 he
must turn oW Of Office ali suspected adhcrcn,s
of the Senatorial ogrc who stood in his way
1t was under such mairn influence, THAT he re-
moved the Marshal of Northern New York.
and Sundry Post Masters in the western part of
the State, and that he rccutui the nomination
of MIR. Benedict as Postmaster at ALBANY.
which had been made by General Taylor =
and that his undcrlings in tins city elected
from the Custom House everybody suspected
of similar faint.
Now ha had Il rjgM to remove all those men;
--aId so have the wings rlght TO send them
all as Delegates to the National Cunvrntion.-
The fact that they have done SO shows simply
TINT they dlSIpprJvc of Mr.. Flllmorc's course.
ana resent the conduct INTO winch he was ms
led The ErpWcSS may abuse and denuuncc
them to rs hearts content; 1t cannot alter facts
or change results. And all It's talk about the
preference OF the people, the popularity of the
President, the determination OF It's friends and
the bascnrSs OfthoS, vino dissent from its opin-
ions, will be set down as simply so much bla-
tant NONSENSE by sensible wings, North and
South
The fact is, little time will work miracu
IouS changes IN the temper of the Erpress. 1t
Will be driven, lit cannot be reasoned or Sharu-
cd, ont OF It's contumacy, md will be among the
loudcSt and most camorous supporters Of the
wing Residential nominee. The particular
time at which tins change of heart shall take
place. Is of much less consequence to the pub
lc and the party than to itself