The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-25

z, ii. VI. BATES,
C HENRY STOwELL,
q VERMoNT-The Democracy and Abo
q ltionists of Vermont do not appear to b
. on the best terms with each other. Tn
3 latter party has called State Conven
. ton at Montpelier 3 st inst. and tn,
!. Vermont Patriot, formerly Coalition
| Democratic journal, after expressing
: regret that there was to be more thar
one ticket in the state this year in oppo
, stion to the Wings. says Democrat,
| convention will be called in due season
to be composed of all who intend to sup
port the present administration, and that
with the present Free Soil party of that
state. mo Democrat can of course asso
ciatc- Boston Courier.
What course the leaders of the two
parties above-namcd may pursue, in this
State, would not seem to be so certain
after all, as the above intimation of the
P0tri0t implies. The editor of that pa.
pcr-rcccntly rewarded by President
Pierce with one of the most lucrative of
the minor Offices in this Statc-not long
since acted with the abolition" party.
and was apparently a cordial Free Soil
co-!aborcr. The many like appoint
ments to Office, here, show an inclination
on the part of the Administration to
buy in the support of Free Sellers. Per
haps The Patriot speaks by the card, in
prescribing all who will not enroll them
selves with the regular Democratic or
ganization-cspecially since such enroll
ment has been proffcrcd on so cncoura.
sing terms.
On the other hand, the RepuJlican
SanIard, an Old Line Democratic jour
nal lately deceased at Bellows Falls, with
its expiring breath earnestly advised
union of the two parties against the
Wings Which of these editors most
truly intcrprots the wishes of the ruling
powers At Washiugton,it might be hard to
determine, had not the former so recent
ly received II public token Of Executive
favor As it is, we must presume that
"a healthy organization" is preferred at
head-quarters-and the more especially,
perhaps, as the coalition, ofwhich the ed
itor of the Patriot was the head and
front, though formed under "a more prom
Using circumstances than exist at pres
cnt, most signally failed of its object.
That there is great body of honest
and determined Free Soilcrs-or Free
Democrats, as they choose to call them.
sclyes-in this State, is not to be qucs.
toned or disguised. That the mass of
these will ever accept the Baltimore
Democratic platform as their creed, is
not to be thought Of Such a transfer
nation is out of the question The
Democratic party will be compell,d to
60 to them, if coalition is to be formed
at all. As to this, there can be no man.
ner Of doubt.
We are by no means certain that the
WI big party in Vermont has not more to
fear from these two parties acting sepa-
ratcly, than if they were united. Dan.
ger, in fact, would be out of the question
in either event, could we b. sure that the
Wings will be properly aroused and ac.
tive during the campaign We are the
dominant party not merely by our as.
tendency in the General Assembly. A
"cyOrity of all the votes cast for Presi.
dent in this State were given to Gen.
Scott 1t only requires the use of pro.
per means, to secure handsome major.
ity for our State ticket next September.
Perhaps nothing would more thoroughly
awaken the party than coalition, like
that of 1919, the avowed object of which
was-abandoning principles-to defeat
the Wings.
Whether the chairman of the Free
Soil State Committee, in calling Con.
vention on the anniversary of the Sist
of May coalition, had any purpose ofat-
tempting to revive the compact thus
celebrated, is question we shall not
discuss. lfhe can justly be regarded as
man slow to learn from experience and
sanguine of future success where the
chances are not more than a thousand
to one against him, the imputation of
such purpose may not be groundless
We can await the result of that conyen-
ton, and the action of the other party |
also, without impatience,
EEWhig town committees, through. |
out the county, should see that their re-