Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-10-26

RESTORE the demorHlized virtue OF the nation
We must restore the principle OF equality
among the members OF the states the prin-
ciple of the sacredness Of the absolute and
inherent rights Of man. We want. then, an
organization open to all classes Of men and
thai excludes none.
We want a bold. out-spoken, free-spoken
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that openly proclaims It's
/ principles, its purposes and its ohiecis--in |
I fear of God and not Of man like that army /
which Cromwell led. that established the /
Commonwealth of England. THIS is the or.
ganzation we want.
1t IS best to take an existing organization |
that answers 10 these conditions IT we can
! find one if we cannot find one such, we
must create one. Let us try existing par
ties by this test. Shall we take the Know
Nothing party, or the American party, as it /
now more ambitiously names itself? Ii Is a
purely sectional organization. In the privi- !
legged States it scouts the principle Of the !
equality of man. and iustihes the uuboundcd
claims of the privileged class. 10 the un-
privileged States It stiles its voice and sup
presses your own free speech, lest it may be
overheard beyond the Potomac. In the priv
LEGGED States it lustlfies all the wrongs com
United against you. In the unprivilegcd
States il affects to condemn them, but pro-
tests that they shall not be redressed.
speak not now of its false and prevaricating
rituals, its unlawful and unchristian oaths,
its clandestine councils and its dark conspi-
racies, its mobs and lis murders, prescribing
and staying men for their conscience sake
and for the safe of their nativity. | have
spoken Of them often enough and freely en-
ough heretofore. | cay nov only that all
these equally unfit this so-caled American
Il ~ =.
be. what il has thus far been, an auxiliary
Swiss corps, engaging the friends of Free
don In premature skirmshes at one time,
and decoying them into ambushes prepared
; by their enemies at another Let il pass by.
) Shall we unite ourselves to the Democrat
, &c partys Ii so, to which section or fac
, tom The Hards, who are SO stern in de-
} Tending the expressions of the privileged
8 clsss, and 10 rcbuking the administration
f through whose agency they are committed
!, ---or the Soils that protest against these ag-
{ gresslons, while they sustain and invigoraie
that administration Shall we suppose the
J Democratic party reunited and consolidated?
: What - 1t, then, but the same party which
r has led IN the commission of all these ag-
! gressions, save one, and which urged. coun-
seled and cooperuted IN that aud claims ex-
f elusvely the political benefits resulting from
. 1t Let the Democratic party pass.
Shall we report ourselves the Wing par
ty? Where is it? Gentle shepherd. tell
, me where? -Four years ago It was strong
, and vigorous party, honorable tor eaergy, no
bic achievements, aud still more tor noble
enterprises. In 1852 1t was united and con
solidated, and lnoved by panic and fears to
, emulate the Democratic party IN its pract-
r ced subservicncy To the privileged class, and
1t yielded IN spite Of your rcmonstrances and
mine. This privileged class who had de-
bauchcd II, abandoned il, because they knew
That II could not vie with It's rivll in
the humilIatng service it proftred them
and now there is neither Wing party nor
Wing south of the Potomac
How is it in the unprvIeged States =
, Out of New York, the lovers OF freedum,
! disguised With prostitution, forsook 1t. aud
marched into any and every other organza-
tion. W e have maintained il here, and IN
It's purity, unll the aiders and ab .ttors Of
the privileged classes, in retaliation, have
wounded II on all sides, and ii is now mani.
testify no longer aole to maiGtain and carry
forward alone aud uDaided the great revolu-
ton that II Inaugurated. lie is unfit for
statesman, although he may be patriot,
VINO VIII cling even to an honorcd and faith
ful association. when 1t - reduced so low IN
strength and numbers as to be entirely lnef-
fectual amid the contests of great parties by
which republics are saved. ANY party, when
reduced SO low, must ultimately dwindle and
dwarf into mere faction. Let then, the
Wing party pass. Ii committed a grevous
fault, and grcvously hath 1t answered il -
| Let II march out OF the field, therefore with
all the bonors
The principles of true Democrats and the |
principles of true Wings remain throughout
all changes of parties and of men and so |
far as they are SQUAD, they are necessarily
the same Such true Democrats and true
Wings are now ready to unite on those
sound principles common to both. Neither
OF these two classes can or ought to insist
on forcing defective organization. with a
stained banner, upon the other The Re-
publican organization has sagaciously seen
this, and magnnuimorsly LAID a new, sound .
and liberal platform, broad enough for both .
classes TO stand upon. Its principles are 1
equal and exact Justice its speech open
decided aud frank Its banner is uniform in |
former battles aud unsullied by past errors /
! That is the party for us. do moi know that /
1t Will always, or even long, preserve its
courage, its moderation and It's consistency.
If It shall do so, It will rescue and save the
country. IL it, too, shall become unfaithful,
as sl preceding parties have done, it will,
without sorrow or regret on my part, perish
/ as they are perlshng, and will give place to
arothe', truer and better one.
SO long as the Republican party shal be
frn aud faithful 10 the Constitution, the I'm
ion aud the Rights Of Man, | shall serve It,
with the reservation of that personal inde-
peDdence which is my brthright. bat at the
same time with the zeal and devotion that
PATRIOTISM all0ws and cnloins. | do not know,
and personally do not greatly care, that it
shall work out It's great ends this wear or the
next, or in my lifetime; because know that
those ends are ultimately sure, and that time
and trial are the elements which make all
great reformatIons sure and lasting. have
not thus far lived tor personal ends or tempo
rary fame, and shall not begin 50 late To live
or labor for them. have hoped that might
leave my county somewhat worhler Of
lofty destiny, and the rights of human nature
somewhat safer. A reasonable ambition
must always be satisfied with sincere aud
practical endeayors. If among those who
shall come after ia, there shall be any curl,
Gus inquirer who shall fiH upon a name so
obscure as nine, he shall be Obliged 10 con, /
Tess that however unsuccessful, abored 1
Tor generous ends, yet that | nevertheless /
was ever faithful, ever hopeful.
Heavy Loss.