Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-08-09
Gbc Utrmont 4)beuit.
nRATTLERoRo. VT.
SATURDAY, AUGUST .. 1850.

non-appeamnce. just SO, We apprehend, many OF
our ola politicians will find the signs which they
now observe so pregnant Of success for Buchanan.
fail for lack Of Democratic votes. The harbingcrs
Of their success are, to the masses, ominous Of a
direrll defeat
The truti Of the matter j., that the result Of the
pending election cannot be definitely predicted
from comparison Of ths same data that have
heretofore carly forcshado wed the victories Of one
party aud the defeat Of the other. Tho very olc-
mens that enter into the calculation are radically
changed in their relative Importance. when the
contest WIS waged between Whigs and Democrats
on the grounds occupied by those parties from
1886 to 1862, well-niormed politicians, unbiased
by their party preferences, could calculate the
chances of success with tolcrablc degree o. GER
tnlniy. The feeling in one neightorhool or in one
town was very good index to that Of other
neghborhoods and other towns. As the leading
men Of either party took sides the rank and file
fell naturally into their places The detection Of
our influential man carried in its train the dofec-
ton Of his friends; and the Positions assumed by
leading men was sustained not SO much from con-
yiction Of their correctness as from names aud
Democrats more from the accidents Of birth, ciu-
cation, prospects, Or hopes Of success. than from
clearly defined notions Of political principles.
/ During the past two years a wonderful change
has taken place in the public mind especially at
the North. Ia South Carolina men will still con-
tnue to vote for brooks because Of their party at
taehmouls and because he represents their instincts
aud personal traits But at the North, men have,
TO great extent ceased to be the dupcs u mere
names. They have discovered that certain impor.
tant principles Of right and ~ justice undctlie Rli
political questions, and that that j. the best lcgs-
htion which most clearly recognizes the binding
force Of moral convictions. Laws enacted with all
the forms Of parliamentary jurspruleuce have.
viii them, but little weight when they palpably
conflict with the inilienablc rights Of man, aud
the constitutional guarantees he ia this country,
IS entitled to claim.
[ We observe this change in the basis Of political
aciion'in the nomination Of JOINS C. FRrNoNf, and
in the enthusiastic reception it meets with from the
masses Of the people. The Philadelphia Conycn-
ton an assembly Of delegates convened for the
express purpose Of giving form to the wishes Of the
people They were chosen to do this work By the
people themselves, and not by any Of the Old par
ties into which We had been divided. In strict ac-
corianee with the duties Of their mission. they
nominated the man whom the masses had uumis-
takably indicated as their fret choice. At no Pc
Rod since the election Of Gen. Washington to the
Presidency have the people, without reference to
party and partizan influences, taken the matter Of
selecting their own coniidaic into their own hands.
so fully as now. Col. Fnrnoxr is the Peoples
candidate; as such he was dominated, and as such
he i recognized throughout the North.
When we examine the prospest Of Col FRAosr's
election by the light Of other days, and with the
AID Of such helps as have been furnished by prece-
don't, we are free to confess that the chances ap-
pear to be in favor Of his opponent. The party
supporting Buchanan il now in the ascenlcncy in
large majority Of the States, although it has been
greatly weakened within the year past. Il eoutrols
by more than two to one the Senate Of the United
States. IL commands all the Offices Of dduciary
character under the general government, and great
y prcponleratcs IN our courts o. judica,urc. 1t is
constantly receiving acccssans in the form Of old
fogy, aris;ocra,e Nhigs, who find in its bosom
natural resting place. 1t is bound together by
the cohesive power Of public plumber, bond Of
union quite as strong as all their platforms COM
binel
Opposed to Ills solid powerful phalanr We have
the palsa,ing. hopeful hearts Of the masses. dis
pointed and divided somewhat 1t is true, bui ever
more zealous Of individual freedom and eonsti,u-
tional liberty than Of securing places Of emolu-
meut or power They 60 for FREMoST because in
him they find type of"Young America, - and be-
cause they know him to be not mere paitiran, but
representative Of political principles based uron
the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitu
ton as interpreted by the Fathers Of the Republic.
This class Is composed not OF men who are frosted
with the ehllls Of political age, nor benumbed by
the conservatism Of wealth and luxurious ease; but
It embraces those who arc actively engaged in car
wing out their own future which they wish to en-
joy under the influences Of free institutions.
From this latter class, from the earnest, labo-
rious, practical. thinking men Of the times come
the chief supporters Of Fremont. In il VIC find
every day fresh recruits from the Democratic partv
The rank and Gle Of those who assisted in placing
the present incumbent of the Presidential chair in
power, have become Disguised with what now passes
current as Democracy, and while adhering to the
political maxims by which they have heretofore
been guided will cast their vote for the Peoples
candidate This change in their position, not in
their principles, comes not to us heraded in the
press their names, comparatively unknown to
fame, are not paradcd in the list Of new converts
they have made ostentatious disply Of their dis
satisfaction with bogus Democracy nor DO any
other than their mest intimate friends and neigh
bors dream of their present attitude with reference
to the Presidential election, This result has not
been effected by the usual clap-trap of campaign
ing, nor by the illusions of professions, banners
and stump speeches 1t is the legitimate conse-
sequence of their own convictions, based upon ma
ture consideration Of the causes that have given
shape to the political parties of the present cam
paign, And therein we have hope. When we see
the masses unniueneed by fear or hope Of reward,