Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-12-16
A MEETING OF DoUGn.FAcEs.

week, ior the purpose OF reaihrmlnB the ue- |
votion of Boston and Massachusetts 20 the
Constitution and the Union" Ex-Gov. Levi
Lincoln presided, assisted by over one humid
red Vice Presidents and eight Secretaries
Mr.. George Lunt presented a series of reso-
lutions to the effect that sin consideration of
recent events which have so disturbed the
public mind and which have given just oc-
casion for the expression of patriotic senti-
ments becoming our principles and obliga-
tions :" be il resolved that "we seize this OPP
portunity 10 renew and repeat the feelings
and duties which bind us to our sister States
and 20 the Federal Union !" that "we regret
that the people of Massachusetts, have been
often falsely exhibited in the eyes Of the ma
ton by these whose councils and conduct do
not command the general APPRECIATION that
tive deeply sympothize with the people Of
Virginia in the trying scenes through which
they have been called to pass and prefer
them and their civil authorities our uniailing
countonanco and support in the maintenance
Of the laws of the land and the public peace =
"that generous love Of country is the noblest
passion which can animate the soul Of citi-
zen in a free State and that the opposite
sentiment, so 1ealously propogatcd Of late by
the fanatcal ministers IF a false philauthro-
py, is fatal to the public peace, honor and
welfare, and deserves the scvcrest Reproduction
of every true American that the privileges
enjoyed by the people of this country arc un-
parallclcd in the history Of nations, and that
intestine dissensions can alone expose us to
the danger Of loosing possessions oo incsu-
mable reanirmiss thelr devotion TO the Con-
sutution and the Union discountcnancng
whatever may tend to produce alienation of
feeling, or division of sentiment or interest
between the several States, and desiring by
every possible means to maintain tho most
amicable relations among the whole people Of
the United States and winding up as fol-
lows:
Resoted. That we hcrcb, dcnouncc. as worthy NJ the
mn unqualified condemnation, every demonstration and
ever, expression of sentiment, whether public or private
tending TO cNtcnuatc OF apologize for the cunduc or
characters NJ the criminal actors in the late outrage m
Virginia or 20 make them seem other than the guilty
agents and victims of fnateal and fatal d-u-iou and
wc hold those, In whatever station aud Of whatever pro-
h--ion whose opinions and cNhnrilons, hcr tolrc
tered have 80 mauifety tcudcd to this great wrong and
crime, as fully responsible for IL and all It's evil couse
qucuces. before God and the country.
Re'oircd, That with the dccpc. emotions NJ vcncr,
ZION for hc sagacity aud patriotic spirit which prompted
tc sentiments we rcitcrtc the lneuago Of ne Father
OF his country n hi. farewell aidros. n the people NJ
the United States, that "I Re- of infinite moment thar r
should prop r'y estimate Che Immense value OF onr ma
t'ual union 90 ouI collective aud individual happiness;
thai re should cherish cordial halitual aud immoyable
attachment to 10, accustomuJ 0useir,S to think uud
speak Of IL as of the palladium u political safety and
prosperity watching ior rs preservation with Jealous
anxiety discomteuaucnE Whatever may suggest oven
suspicion that IL ia amy event hc abandoned and FOO.
dignany ffuvning upon the FIRST dawnine of every ate
tempt 10 hicnaie any portion of our country from the
rest TO cufcehc the sacred Tics which nov, link to-
together the various paris
Hon. Edward Everett and Gen. Caleb
Gushing then addressed the meeting, after
which characteristic iv,,r, was rsaa nam
Ex-Prosident Franklin Pierce, and the meet
ing adjourned.
Doubtless those who participated in this
; meeting went away feeling a consciousness
that their exertons in appoasing the wrath OF
, southern disunionists would be greatly APP
preciated by them, and that hereafter the
Union would be safe, and Northern fanatics
woald be considered of no account by those
Southern nullifcrs whose intense anger they
/ had thus attempted to allay.
To show the estimation in which such mer
I are held by the South, and the importanc,
= they attached to all such demonstrations az
r the one just held at Faneuil Hall, We quot
h the following article from the Baltimore Md
# Patriot:
10 DOUGH-FACE SENTIMENT
+ We perceive that the Locotoco Dough-Fac
u cs in Boston, New York and Philadelph
D. propose holding meetings for the purpose o
r. appeasing the wrath Of Locofoco disunionist
IS in the south, at the recent exhibitions of fool
q i,h scntimontalism for John Brown by hand
iul, here aud there, of Abolition disanionst
n in those cities
If there be any character in the world tina
we have any contempt for, it is the dirt-eatin
Dough Face of the Free States. lie has NJ
real regard whatever for the South and its in
stitutons, and yet, under prctenso of sympa
d thy for them, he will proclaim himself on
friend, keeping his eyes steadily all tho Will
!, upon the pecupidry benefit to be derived there
u from. lie will do anything that Sonther
i tre-eaters will require Of him, even To liclin
II the very dust off their shoes and thoug
thcse parusans are perfectly aware OF his nv
u pocrisy, yet, strange to say, they affect to b
" gratifcd at the exhibition. Why is this
!, Because they hope thus to get his vote. Thi
Il is the sum and substance of the whole opera
= ton, and, what is more, its real object. Tn
d Locolocos of the South demand the sacrifice
q and the Locofocos of the North are ready t.
y make it,
We all know that not aingle resolution
= will be adopted at these forthcoming meet
- ings, not one word spoken by any of thei
&c Dough- Face orators, that will express thei
% real sentiments, and so far as the America
'r party of Maryland are concerned, they wan
I none of this make believe sympathy. Indeed
" they want no sympathy at all from anybody
'' They are power in the State, not "Bal
III anee of Power party, and though they wer
20 cheated at the late election out of the major
>, ity in the counties, they mean to get it bac
., next fall without much as saying to tn
Locofocos, by your leave" They are nc
'o to be deceived about the real sentiments c
G. the people of the Free States about SLAYER,
II and they don't want any Northern or West
'e ern man to eat dirt to please them. The
s. don ask any such degradation What the
IN want is the vote of the Northern and Wost
'a ern Opposition, by whatever name they ma
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