Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-09-23
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, FRIDAY, September 2s 1853

trate that amy wing can feel eager to come IN
FOR IA share of it No ono, even of the demo-
cratic party will be likely to believe that.
RI Pcdc, H'rc"('m YOU may tell Hercules
by his foot, is the old provcrb A half year
has given his party ample time for getting
the size and noting the sincws Of his foot
and small and weak enough, to their grca
chagrin, have they found it to be. There are
fifty men Of that party, in this State, who
could ill the place which " Frank Pierce
occupies, with equal ability, and II dozen who
could do better than he has done or bids fair to
do. lfany credit is to come to the democratic
party under his administration, it will
not BIC OF his bringing about We say not
this for the purpose Of disparagcmcnt, nor
because we suppose that the mistake made
by the Baltimore convention will lead those,
who are sincerely attached to that party On
principle, to turn their backs upon it on that
account. Such men will of course. trv To
make the best Of it, and will hope for better
things when the matter shall be tried again
But we do say that the Wings of Vermont
have not given any votes for Democratic mem
hers of the next General Assemble Ln,,,,.o
they wish to share in any credit That attaches
itself to the democratic party on the score of
their new President. or to ohtn;n orv ,,roG+
from the same source.
Neither are the wings in minority this
year, because there has been nny rcmarkablc
transition from the Wing ranks into the
ranks Of the ticc-Soii,rs, so called.
As we have said before, nobody in Vermont
has any love for the institution of Slavery
Nobody wants it extended. All view it as a
system to be Stunned everywhere, AS a svs-
tenn fraught with multiplied wrongs to the
unfortunate beings who feel its wcirht.-as
sore calamity to every portion of the human
race among whom it prevails. None feel this
"ofc than the Wings of Vermont and we do
not charge it upon any of our fellow citizens
that they feel it any hSS
But has any thing been done, i,any thing
DOING, is amy thing about to he done, by the
re" S"il party of Vermont, which has any
favorable influence ON the practical mclior-
tlon OF the condition Of the slaves themselves,
III our own country or elsewhere, or on the
ovortuming of the system itsrlrl Is there
one slave less for all that has been accom-
pllshcd by that party Has the condition of
Il single colorcd man or woman bond or free
been made whit better bv the or,raoi2atinn
OF that party in this State on by any Of its
acts. Is any progress making by it in that
direction Is its ready union with the de-
mocratic party amy sign that it is likely to be
more effective for good than it has been
There is but one answer to be given to these
questions, and that is NJ. All this has been
plain to the members of the wing party in
this state and subject Of common remark
among them. II in any case, Wing votes
have helped to place a frec-soilcr in the lcgis-
laturc, 1t has been done for other ends than
those prolrSScdly aimed at by that particular
organization.
Neither is it true" as has been said Joy some,
that the Wing party in Vermont had become
c"rrupt,-that many Of its members believed
1t would be better for the State to have it's
power taken away, and placed in other hands
fora while; and that therefore they kept
away from TIE polls or voted with their OPP
l"hchts to hasten such result No rcrccp-
tl"Ie lhiInrnr" OF that sort was felt in the last
'lcctl"n' nor was there any reason for its cX-
lNt'nr''
l"crc Is not now, nor has there been, in
inc state, any other party, which, if it could
nave had the lrcdominnncc in the Legislative
nails winch the Wing party has had, would
nave cN'rt'd amy better influence there than
the W hlg party has cNcrtcd. No other PARTY.
II 1t had Possessed a like power. would or
could have administered the government with
greater regard to the public welfare No.
other State in the Union. by means of any
party, has filled its chief offices for q lon,,
period Of years, with better array Of men
If ability and personal worth than has ho.n
seen IN those POSITIONS in Vrrnont o,I ,ho,.