The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-12-21

The Presidency.
The reader will be interested to notice the man
ner in which our anti-slavery brethren Of the press
announce the late nominations a! Harrisburgh.-
The Emancipator has the following
THE HARRISBURGH CONVENTION.
Well, the agony is over, and HENRYjCLAY is
lail upon the shelf. And no man of ordinary in
telligencc can doubt or deny that it is the Anti
Slavery feeling of the North which has done it :
in connection with his own oStentatious and infa,
nous pro-slavery demonstrations in Congress-
Praise to God for a great Anti-Slavery victory
A man ofhigh talents, ofgreat distinction, of long
political services, of boundleSs personal populari-
ly, has been openly rejected for the Presidency Of
this republic, on account Of his devotion to slave
ry. Set up a monument of progress there. Let
the winds tell the tale. Let the Shareholders hear
the news. Let foreign nations hear it. Let o.
Conncll hear it. Let the slaves hca- it. A slave
holder is incorporated for the Presidency of the
United States. The reign oc the slaveocracy is
Fastening toa close. The rejection Of Henry
Clay by the wing convention, taken in connec-
ZION with all the circumstances, is one ofthc hcav-
lest blows the monster slavery has received in this
country. y X Whether the cause
of Human Rights has gained any thing in Gen.
Harrison, beyond the fact that he is not a slave
holder, we cannot say. 1t has certainly gained
by the rejection of Mr.. Clay. Many abolitionists
have heretofore expressed the BELIEF that the old
General has rcpenled of his efforts to extend sla-
very to Indiana, and his opposition to lis exlinc-
ton in the Missouri Territory and tha. he is now
not only "convineed OF the great evil but will
ling to favor wise and lawful efforts for its gencr-
al removal. But we shall wait to hear his senti-
ments from an authentic source before we believe
all this. The unanimily Of the Convention in
nominating for the second Office a more bigottcd
Acvotce Of Colonization and slavery than even
Henry Clay, shows that the "partv" is as anxious
as ever to testify lis mistaken allegiance to the
SLAVE POWER; while the prompt determination
of the slaveholding delegates to transfer their sup
port from Clay to Harrison is presumptive evil
dence that they had satisfied themselves of him.
Mr. Garrison of lhc Libqrator has the following
paragraph:
NOMINATION OF GEN. H~ANEIsoE.-The Nation
al Wing Convention, assembled at Harrisburgh
on the 9th inst. nominated William Henry IIar-
rison for the office of President Of the United
States. On the first and second ballot, the vote
stood for Henry Clay 1903; for Harrison "a; for
Winfield Scott, 81. On the third ballot, the vote
was for Harrison, las; fer Clay, 90; for Scott,
Is. AL the daoe States acenttor Clay. We re-
gard this rs another important sign ofthe times
as q signal defeat Of The @ageholdjng power IN this
country. Had it not been for aboltionism, Henry
Clay would undoubtedly have been nominated
We have faith to believe, that no Shareholder will
ever again be permitted to Gil the Presidential of
flee in this republic. AS to the nomination of
Gen. Harrison, we shall take occasion 10 remark
upon ii hereafter.
Friend Whittier, orthe Pennsylvania Freeman,
is rather laconic
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
Has been nominated by the Harrisburgh (whig)
Convention, by a large majority. Henry Clay is
Pesident of the American Colonization Society,"
This must for the present satisfy his ambition.
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THE PATRooN AND HIS TENANTs.-Tho tenants
of the Van Rensselaer, manor, which comprise two
or three towns in Albany county, New York, hav-
ing refused to pay rent any longer, rested the ex-
.ccutions which were levied upon them, the Sheriff
of the county called out a thousand citizens to sus-
him in executing his legal process. A long
train of stages, barouches, Wagons, horsmen, pc
&c, started from Albany on Monday
for the scene of action. The Advertiser of Tues
lay says:-
We hear that the Sheriff, with a detachment of
he posse, reached Clark's tavern yesterday after
noon-that a large number (variously estimated
rom five to fifteen h%undred) Of the reSiStantS were
n the vicinity-and that a parley had been en-
cred into by the two parties. The complexion
f the different intelligence is still decidedly pa
ifc. So we trust it will continue.