Unbound
Royalton, Vermont
Royalton, Vermont. Unbound. Very good. A four-page set of minutes taken at the Whig convention held for the “2nd District [that] met at Royalton, Vermont on the 13th day of August inst. . ..”
They were forwarded to the convention president, Norman Williams, by its secretary, D. F. Weymouth “Per Hon. Julius Converse” as shown on an included one-page cover letter. In nice shape.
The minutes, which were intended for publication in The Vermont Mercury, include a list of all convention officers and read in part:
“Resolved, That the cardinal measures of the Democratic Whigs commend themselves to all classes of the people, especially the thinking and industrious: because they are not only adapted to give us present relief from the disastrous effects of the reckless policies of the justly cast off race of experimenting politicians; but also to extend permanence and reliability to all our institutions and advance the interests of all portions of the country. . ..
“Resolved, That we are opposed to the subtreasury, and all of its kindred measures, which propose a cruel reduction in the price of labor, and a crippling curtailment of the enterprise of the nation: and we are in favor of some well guarded Regulation of the Currency which shall divorce – not the People from the government, but the purse from the sword. . ..
“Resolved, That we need no greater proof that a Protective tariff is a measure called for by the soundest policy, than the undisputable fact of the prosperity of our Country under the operations of every protective tariff, which has existed. . .."
“Resolved, That the brazen-faced attempt of a portion of our political opponents to pass of James K. Polk and his “peculiar” friends as equally, & even more favourable to a protective tariff than Henry Clay [is] vilely concerted fraud, a net to fish for votes [that shows] contempt for the intelligence of the people. . ..
“Resolved, That the plain issue is tendered to all . . . whether they will contribute to the success of a party to be that maintain[s] Slavery to be “essential to true liberty” [or] prevent the extension and final triumph of slavery [through opposition of] the immediate annexation of a large number of foreign slave states. . ..
“Resolved, That we have beheld the malignant attacks of the impotent, and abandoned . . . their arguments and the riches of their scurvability and [express] our confidence in Henry Clay. . ..
“Resolved, That [we oppose] the dictation of a haughty and domineering minority – that branch of the present party which now boldly proclaims, “Texas or Disunion” . . . a spirit as barren of liberty as it is pregnant of slavery – a voluntary submission to tyrants, and a base exhibition to the chains that bind them. . ..” . An exceptional document. One of the most concisely forceful annunciations of the Whigs opposition to the positions of the Democrats that we have handled. . (Inventory #: 010421)
They were forwarded to the convention president, Norman Williams, by its secretary, D. F. Weymouth “Per Hon. Julius Converse” as shown on an included one-page cover letter. In nice shape.
The minutes, which were intended for publication in The Vermont Mercury, include a list of all convention officers and read in part:
“Resolved, That the cardinal measures of the Democratic Whigs commend themselves to all classes of the people, especially the thinking and industrious: because they are not only adapted to give us present relief from the disastrous effects of the reckless policies of the justly cast off race of experimenting politicians; but also to extend permanence and reliability to all our institutions and advance the interests of all portions of the country. . ..
“Resolved, That we are opposed to the subtreasury, and all of its kindred measures, which propose a cruel reduction in the price of labor, and a crippling curtailment of the enterprise of the nation: and we are in favor of some well guarded Regulation of the Currency which shall divorce – not the People from the government, but the purse from the sword. . ..
“Resolved, That we need no greater proof that a Protective tariff is a measure called for by the soundest policy, than the undisputable fact of the prosperity of our Country under the operations of every protective tariff, which has existed. . .."
“Resolved, That the brazen-faced attempt of a portion of our political opponents to pass of James K. Polk and his “peculiar” friends as equally, & even more favourable to a protective tariff than Henry Clay [is] vilely concerted fraud, a net to fish for votes [that shows] contempt for the intelligence of the people. . ..
“Resolved, That the plain issue is tendered to all . . . whether they will contribute to the success of a party to be that maintain[s] Slavery to be “essential to true liberty” [or] prevent the extension and final triumph of slavery [through opposition of] the immediate annexation of a large number of foreign slave states. . ..
“Resolved, That we have beheld the malignant attacks of the impotent, and abandoned . . . their arguments and the riches of their scurvability and [express] our confidence in Henry Clay. . ..
“Resolved, That [we oppose] the dictation of a haughty and domineering minority – that branch of the present party which now boldly proclaims, “Texas or Disunion” . . . a spirit as barren of liberty as it is pregnant of slavery – a voluntary submission to tyrants, and a base exhibition to the chains that bind them. . ..” . An exceptional document. One of the most concisely forceful annunciations of the Whigs opposition to the positions of the Democrats that we have handled. . (Inventory #: 010421)
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