The Vermont freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1842-1843, 1842-12-10
THE SIGNS OF THE TINES.

1t liz interesting and proftable to occasionally
templte the plS and look forward to the uturs toFee
whether our cause is moving forward, or going back
ward No time be more aus pcious for this than
the present. since must be evident to every rejecting
mind that approaching some mighty crisis. A
gren revolution is about to be witnessed The Wings
at the last presidential election by intreague fair prom
Uses, hard CIDER log cabins and various other means,
Succeedrd in coming into power Since that time their
sfength has been fast diminishing and the last
from the several States have confirmed the ac that
the days of the VIII gs numbered and finished, and
their work is nearly done. The Wings feel this most
sensibly. and they that they ar sad di.
.emna II Henry c.sS \ sa.siaa.s- 10 tas4-s--s+~
.sry know full well thai there are many at the
North who will never be hoodwinked sufficiently to go
for him, AMI there ut her man the South will be
wiling t, support 50 that in either there is no
prospect Of the success of thu party.
On the other hand, what the prospects of the
Dem &c ltic p1rtv' T,ey hive pretended a
pl-ty to be ab,toniss, and they we'll trained
that they will be wiling supp 'rt STAKEHOLDER, q
northern with southern principles or almost
any one else except John c. Calhoun this would be
asking too much of some of them. The inevitable
suit will b. that they will into power at the next
presidential election, unless the Liberty party strong
e1rush defeat the election. We rejoice not in the
contemplated change for have tried the Democratic
party until satisfied that they will do nothing to
purity the fountain from whence our evils flow. We
hive nothing expect from either party, for both
alike pied red to support slavery; for neither
coed without the help of the SOUTH, and this mot be
obtained unless the nth bows the South, it al
ways hls done.
So that whether party the other comes into
power, our country cannot be in a much better c"nd
ton than it is, long slavery is nourished and
supported and surely its ppitieal and fnancia pros
poets could not be in a much condition.
OR only pc, then, is in tn. of the LIE
PARTY. One of the two leading parties, we have seen
elm have no hope of success. The other, though il
my exuit in its present prospects, yet is only Tor
seasonit is Ike the evenings of the dying moon.
tn 'se things So the Liberty party mus', a0W pre-
vail. The signs OF the times clearly indicate this the
lac returns from the fferent States prove to a dem
o Isration The Advancement of abolition principles in
ti' State, affords additional proof Look at the
lltons which passed the last session Of the LIE
g'lature without dissenting voice.
]. That the representatives. of the people of the
State of Vermont do protest against the admission
into the Union of any State whose constitution toler
ates domestic slavery, or the annexation of Texas o
any other Territory in which slavery exists.
2 That we believe that Congress have the power, b.
the Constitution of the United SIDES, to abolish SLAYER
Iand the save-trade IN the District of Columbia and il
the Territories of the United Sttes; and that if Con
gress refuse abolish slavery in the District of Co
lumba that the seat of the general government ouoh
TO be re moved from that District, to place wher
slavery and the slave-trade do not exist
3 That we believe Congress has constitutions
power to prohibit the save-rrade between the severa
Sa.es in this Union, and to make such laws as shall
eftectuay prevent this trade, and ought to exercise
this power.
d. That the Constitution Of the United States ough
to be amended, % as to prevent the existence an
maintenance e slavery in the United States in an
form MAJ en-
81 That our senators in Congress be instructed, an
our representatives. be requested present the oego
Ing resolutions to their respectve houses in Congress
and to use their influence to carry out the prlncpl
thereof
6. That the governor of this State be requested t
transmit copy Of the foregoing resolutions to each
our senators and representatives in Congress.
Is all this rhetorical flourish, for mere party pur
Poses' If not the Liberty party has already accom-
plished wonders has walked up such an interest f.
liberty and the rights of the saUe that the freemen
this State must be b1se hypocres they can supper
only Liberty party candidates, those deadly host
to slavery in all its forms. Let every true hearte
friend of liberty and the slave take courage for th
signs OF the times were more ominous of goo
than at :esent Every thing is cheering, and all III,
necessary to secure success for every Liberty pa
~ man to be az his post, and labor necessarily 20
out the pure principles of liberty justice and huma,
ity. Every movement which has been made bv 9th.
Of ths two leading parties for some time past. ba. h,