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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-26

which can not protect itself: and that as
the slave States continue to increase the
number of their slaves, and by oppression
10 drive them TO acts OF resistance, the
free States are under no obligation to
spend their money, or shed their blood,
in any conflict which may arise between
the master and his slave. Let the slave
holders take care OF themselves.
ReSotced, That as the compact in the
Federal Constitution. respecting deliver
ing up freemen who have fled from slave
~ is unjust, immoral, and contrary 10
the Ian Of God, no person, or State, can
be under any moral obligation 10 give it
any countenance or support.
The following resolution was presented
by J. p. Miller, but whether it was adopt
ed | can not now say:
RelOIced That in the language of J.
@, Adams, sour lib critics have been eop-
ardlzed from source from which we
ought not to have expected danger-from
within ourselves" and that the right of
petition is now TO very great extent
suppressed by the arbitrary rules of the
House OF Representatives, "That it was
restored for few days at the last Con-
gress, bat was by Wigs bartered away
again." for the purpose of keeping their
party together
Resolved, That we rejoice at the rec
ommendaIion of his ExceIency the Gov
ernor, TO the present Legislature, to make
provision which shall prevent our Judi
cial and Executive officers from aiding
shareholders in re.capluring those they
pursue as fugitive slaves, and we hope
this invaluable object will not be over
looked by the Legislature. We desire,
also, that provision may be made to pre-.
vent any inhabiant of this State from
giving aid 10 the STAKEHOLDER, or his gent,
IN any re-capture of such fugitive.
Voted, That the foregoing proceedings
be published in the Vermont Freeman
and Voice of Freedom, and that all other
papers in the State b. requested 10 copy
the same.
The foregoing, believe, is in substance
the proceedings of the Convention, accord
ing TO G. G. Briggs manuscript.
]. HoLcoMB
Montpelier, Oct. 10, 1913.
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VOIU1a QOLY [glaLAlAlOWzIto
Thursday October rs, 1s43.
w. G. BROWN, Editor, pro. TEN.
VERMONT AND THE FUGITIVE.

VERMONT AND THE FUGITIVE.
Our soil is yet hunting ground for the
sportsman of human game. The United
States Supreme Court in 1912, decided that
the "Federal Government has an exclusive
right to regulate the mode in which the
claim of a master over a fugitive slave shall
be made; that no State can pass law in
any way interfering with the power of sum-
mary removal from lis territory of an indi-
vidual claimed as fugitive slave,-provid-
ed that this power be exercised under the
sanction of the United States Courts; but
it is not obligatory upon any Stale TO suffer
its own magistrates to exercise the same
power" State magistrates, by law of
Congress-, passed in 1793 have the same
power as that given to the Judges Of the
United States Courts, and may, if they
choose, exercise it, unless prohibited by
State legislation Let the freemen of Yer
mont listen TO the voice of their Governor
in his late message, and pass law prohib-
ting all magistrates Of this State from TAX
ing cognzance Of, and acting under the law
OF 1898, relating to fugitive slaves; and
another law prohibiting any executive Off
Ger from arresting, or OBTAINING in Jail any
person claimed as fugitive slave. The
Emancipator says, "Vermont has not ye,
cleared her own SOIL Her State Officers
and magistrates may yet prostitute their
official services to the kidnapper. We met
with woman the other day, going from
town TO town TO raise small sum Of mon
ey, 10 liberate her husband from the clutches
of batch of these officials, who. she tho't,
were holding him for debt, with the design
TO inform his master, and take him before
the United Sta!es' Judge for surrender."-
We should hope there were not many mag
istrates, or private men, in Vermont who
would so basely tender their services TO the
slave catcher. But there may be some, and
upon such let the hand Of The law fall,
Let the wife of the fugitive know that
Vermont has no Jail to detain her husband
till the 'horseman and hounds catch up
with him; that here, men can never prove
their title TO the ownership of men We
have seen some, just from the land OF chains,
with the deep, wide scar, the marks of the
lash and steel, glancing timidly upon the
faces Of men, as if perchance they might
meet some betrayer. We call upon the
seven Liberty men now in the Legislature,
and upon all the other friends of the slave
here, to act upon the recommended OF
our Governor, and make Vermont, ere this
session closes, safe asylum for the OPP
1ress ed.
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THE ELECTIONS.
pressed.

Mdine.- We learn from the Liberty Stand
ard, that results, so far as they have been
asceltained, give for the Liberty candidate
for Governor, $3.50 votes. Although An
derson is said to be elected Governor yet
great portion Of the accessions 10 the Lib
ery Party have been from the Democratic
ranks. In Bangor, the Liberty votes were
246; Wing, $40; Democratic, 1875. The
Bangor Gazette says: "We feel confident
the Liberty votes will not vary much from
1000. Members of Congress were elected
from only 3 districts out of 7. Another
election is 10 be held on the last Monday of
the present month.
NaSsdchusettS.-Th election in this State
will take place on the 18Th day Of Novem-
Der. Samuel E. Sewall and VIM. jackson
are the Liberty candidates for Governor and
Lieut.. Governor. 1t is thought the Liberty
Party will more than double the votes given
last year at the election.
NeD, Yorh.-Last year the Liberty votes
in this State were about 1000. Gerrit Smith
in a letter to the Western Citizen, says
"New- Y ork will give 0,0O0 votes for Stew
art, and Madison County will give one tenth
of the number"
Illinois. eastern papers of this State
put the Liberty votes at 1900. BY officia
returns, however, it seems that the votes fol
Members of Congress in five districts are
1854. Last year, in the same districts they
were 95l. In the fourth district, last ycal
they were 1853; this year, 1,174I
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

Condensed from the Official CanrdsS.
First District
Solomon Foot, Wing, 6,699.
Caleb B. Harrington, Democrat, 926.
Reuben r. Thrall, Liberty, 109.
Scattering, 67.
MIR. Foot is elected by majority of l197.
Second District.
Jacob Collamer, Wing, 5,S25.
Truman B. Ransom, Democrat, 1888.
Titus Hutchinson, Liberty, 1908
Scattering, 260.
No election. Gov. Maltocks has appoint-
ed the second Tuesday of November for
another trial
Third District.
George P. Marsh, Wing, 6,254.
John Smith, Democrat, 1896.
William Fl. French, Liberty, us.
Scattering, 1873.
Mr.. Marsh is elected BY majority of sos.
Fourth District.
Paul Dillingham;, Jr, Democrat, 6,417.
George B. Chandler, Wing, 1857.
George Putnam, Liberty, 1877.
Scattering, 377.
Mr.. Dillingham; is elected by majority
Of 2S6.
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State Liberty Convention.

Brother Brown You will please in
sert the following, which [ copy in the
main, from the report of G. G. Briggs:
The Convention met according to no.
tice, and organized by appointing iona
athan p. Miller, President; Mr.. Aspin
aOaU and Mr.. Marsh, Vice Presidents;
C. C. Briggs, Secretary, and Edward
Eastman, Assistant Secretary.
J. w. Hale, Rutland County, William
Gardner, Addison, Titus Hutchinson,
Windsor, Charles Carpenter, Orange,
Daniel Dodge, LomoiUe, Alba Simpson,
Orleans, VIM. Fl. French, CbiUenden
Samuel Chapman, Washington, and
J. E. Hood, were appointed committee
on the paper.
J. W. Hale, Truman Grandy, Daniel
Woodward, Aaron Angler, L. Sherman.
Joseph Poland, E. Cook, Mr.. Fish, and
S. M. Bigalow, were appointed COM
mltee on Tract Operations.
A. 81. Clair, V. Washburn, T. Hutch
inson, Joseph Poland, and E. Eastman,
were chosen a general business commit
tee.
Adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. NJ.
Convention met according TO adjourn
ment, when Mr.. Hutchinson presented the
following resolutions, which were adopted:
Whereas, it appears from the document
presented 10 this Convention, that John
Van Zandt of Ohio, has been prescott
ed for feeding the hungry, and clothing
the naked, while fleeing from Cypress
ion 10 a land of freedom, and is sub
jeced 10 the expense Of appealing for
redress to the highest court Of our ma
tion,-to aid him in which,
Resolved, /. That the State Commit tee
be authorized 10 raise forthwith, by con-
tribution or subscription sum not ex-
cceding fifty dollars, aud forward the sa mo
to him or his counsel, as bearing some
portion o. the burden Of such unjust pros
eculion for obeyiug the laws OF humanity,
and the command of God.
ResOlred. 2, That any law which can
fairly be construed as rendering such
worthy and humane conduct, criminal,
is contrary to The law Of God and the
Constitution of the United States, and
therefore void, and ought SO to be adjudg.
ed by every court in the Uuion.
RESOLVED, 3. That it is expedient that
this subject be so far examined and dig
cussed, that correct public opinion be
formed and extended among all classes of
our citizens.
The Rev. Mr.. Constantine, who has
spent some time in Liberia, having made
remarks relative 10 the Colonization
scheme being missionary operation, the
Convention, on motion of G. l.. Knapp,
ResoIreI, That Mr.. Constantine be re.
ques,ed to prepare a collection of facts
which he Obtained in Liberia, and present
them to the Editors of the VT. Chronicle
for publication.
John Glad1, Edward Eastman and G..
G. Briggs, were appointed a committee to
apportion the monies due foz tracts, to
each county as they have received also
to distribute graIuiously, copies of the
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Montpelier, Oct. 10, 1913.
MONUMENT TO MYRoN HoL1EY.


With pleasure we record the following
resolutions, adopted by the Convention al
CanasIola, N. Y. Sept IS, l843. The
manner of raising funds to erect a mon
ument to the memory OF this good man is
beautiful and appropriate The Liberty
party ows its origin; mainly to The efforts
of this Individual, who, with fourteen 9th
ers, in the year 1889, pledged themselves
TO the support Of a new political party,
whose primary object should be the over.
throw of slavery.
" Whereas, OF all the public and pri.
yate honors which cluster so lhickIy and
brightly around the name Of Myron Hol,
ley, there is none so prominent and en-
during as his devoted friendship for the
slave; and, whereas, amongst the ey.
dences of that friendship, none is so wor-
thy of regard as his agency in founding
the Liberty party therefore,
ResOlced, That for this party TO incur
the expense and have the credit of erect
ing the monument on his grave, would be
strlkIngIy appropriate and that now,
when this party is travelling so rapidly to-
wards its bloodless and blessed victory
over American slavery, is peculiarly fit
time to erect it.
Res0Ired, That Gerrit Smith be au-
thorlsed to erect the monument, at an ex-
pense Of about two hundred dollars; and
that the on Y testimony TO Mr.. HoIley's
worth which shall be inscribed on it, be
as follows
THE LIBERTY PARTY
oFTHE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
HAVE ERECTED THIS
MONUMENT
TO THE MEMORY OF
M YRON HOLLEY,
THE FRIEND OF THE SLAVE, AND THE
MOST EFFECTIVE,
AS WELL AS ONE OF THE
VERY EARLIEST OF THE FOUNDERS
OF THAT PARTY"
Resolced That each member of the
Liberty party have the privilege Of con-
trbutng one cent--no more toward the
expense OF erecting the monument, and
that the said Cert Smith he authorised
to appoint person in each Of the fee
States and free Territories, whose duty it
shall be TO gather The contributions in his
respective State or Territory, and send
them to him, the said Gerrit Smith.
Res0lred, That the first day of October,
1914, shall be the period when these con-
trbutons shall cease TO be made; and
that, should the aggregate exceed the
cost of the monument, the excess snail be
given 10 MIR. tlolIey's family"
TExAs.-A NewOrleans paper has re-
Gently advised the occupation OF Texas by
United States troops. The N. Y. Aurora,
another Administration paper, is giving reas-
ons for its annexation TO the Union. A
writer in the Alexandria, %. c. Gazette
says:
Gin this critical state of our relations; of
public opinion and feelings in the North,
with two territorial governments in the non
slaveholding regions of the North west, rea-
day TO ask admission into the Union, as
States; with large majority in the lower
House, and decided majority in the Senate
against us; the policy of self preservation
will be, 10 restore the balance of power,
between the geographical division of North
l.
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Ohio EIection.-The Wings have sue
ceeded in nine out of lwenty-one Congress
ional Districts. In the lower branch of the
State Legislature the Wings have elected
majority of members. 1t has not yet been
ascertalned whether the Wings have ma
jority IN the Legislature on joint tallot.--
Delawdre 90. (Pa,) Republican.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-26

pamphlet containing the doings of the
National Convention recently held at Brf,
falo.
Adjourned to o'clock, A. M. Oct. 10.
Oct 18th. Met according TO adjourn
ment, and after occupying the forenoon
and part of the afternoon in discussing
the subject, the Convention decided TO re-
move the Vermont Freeman to this place,
about the first of December next contract.
ing with Joseph Poland as its Publisher,
and that said paper be considered the Or
gan of the Liberty Party Of this State.
The Committee on Tracts reported the
following resolutions, which were ado pied:
1. ResOlOed, That it is highly import
ant, so far as practicable, 10 organize
Liberty Party Associations in the several
towns in the State, for the purpose of cir
culating tracts, and other publications
designed to advance the nt.slavery cause.
2 ResOIced, That the County Commit,
tees be earnestly invited, and the agents
be instructed, to do all in their power i'm
mediately 10 secure the organization of
such associations.
g. ReSoIced, That J. P. Miller, H. Y.
Barnes, and G. L. Knapp, be committee
to engage some suitable person to enter
into the business of Tract Publisher,
and to exercise such supervision of the
subject as shall ensure monthly public
alton and distribution of efficient Anti
Slavery Tracts.
A. Resolved, That the following Con-
be the basis of the foregoing
association:
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Tv,eri.na at washington.

y
We hope no reader viii understand that We
care one button whether Tyler cheats his old sup
porters or his new ones cheat him. II Is all then
own business. We publish the following only %
let our readers see what one OF the two iac'ioii7
of office-seekers SAYS of the other.
E,sr, Of letter from friend Of President Tyler 10 Ms
correspondent IN this CITY, da;ed
Il informed YOU in my last Of the disposition
Of the Secretaries Nh Jrpshur excepted TO DIS
card tue original and tried friends OF ire iresl-
dent, and to adopt new class whc are considered
more purely Democrct:c than their predecessors
because they boast that they are So This latter
class are the most hungry hounds for Office that
ever hunted for place or power. They psrtcu-
lary beset the Secretary OF the Treasury and pro-
fess to consider him as Democrat of the first
water, whom it will be the delight Of any future
Democratic President to honor aDd with all his
sagacitv and kccn-sightedncss as politician the
Secretary acts os If he believed them, and takee
them TO his confidence, although he kno"s that
not one Of them is the real fr'end Of Nj Tyler,
wboul both he and thew are wiling to deceive and
TO sacrifice to promote their concurrent ambition.
a few days since delegation from one of the
Tyler Associations arrived IN this city for the
purpose as the President was absent Of confer
ing with Mir. Spencer, in order 10 urge the well
founded claims of some Of the Presidents original
and steadfast friends to Office. After waiting for
several days without being able to obtain an IN
terYiew, they ascertained that they were no long
er the favorites al court-that the Secretary WAS
surrounded by horde Of deceltful otfice-hntng
demagogues from your city, who had won his Pm
vate car by promises Of future favor, should Nh
Van Buren, be elected, and who were thus enabled
to close the door of kindness against Mr.. lyier's
friends, and to treat them with neglect bordering
on insult They affect to think that the Pres
denis original friends are now far too humble to
hold any important office; that men Of more pro
a,ancace, such only as are TO be found in the Van
Buren, ranks, are calculated to give eclat and
strength to Mr.. TyIer's Administration. And to
all this, the Secretary Is pleased 10 say, amen =
knowing at the same time that he IS decelvng
the President by bartering off for purposes of his
own future ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, whatever OF popular
ity Mr.. Tyler has hitherto possessed. But the
President will not much longer be hoodwinked
by Mr.. Spencer or ms Punic allies. lie has one
real friend in the Cabinet in the person of Mr..
Upshur, who is able to detect these foul manpu-
verings, and who will ere long open the eyes Of
Mr.. Tyler to the deep and damnlng designs that
have been formed Cor his undoing. May such
discovery speedily be made and the Satanic IN
hucnces with which the President is surrounded
be speedily dsslpatcd by the MEETING of the truth
upon his mind"
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u The Loco-Focos of Concord n. H have
invited Col. r. NJ. Johnson TO visit that City
during MS Northern tour.

o. To Edi:ors--We cAnno, aeo.d-how could we =
exchange Daily paper for every Weekly that would
like to swap with us-the bargain hard The
Editors ofWeekes who ask why Daily longer
20 them will understand that because afford
send sheets for oneeach Of the SIX Containing
matter prepared greater than that OF the We
ask So difference Of exchanges which is less than the
difference in of Paper aud Mailing oaly Editors who
miss the Daily Tribune, aud who have Just claim &c
eese II, will please the wherefore applying for
newN
very few reckless LocoFoco journals have been
Soty oh~hs Is essentially forgery upon BY represent
ing Us s hostile 10 the settlement the West because
think settlement should De more compac,ly
churches Sc may be utterly dstanced
the march OF emigration We wished tina, should
emigTs,e Weswardquite The eon,abu, thu, those who
go should se,e Townships and Copaes instead of scatter
ing squaIters i've miles square each and thus oyer
running kingdom day. As do no, choose the com.
parry Of forger those journals which have detected in
his rllainy are stricken from our Exchange List.
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DWusszzzssUspsvwA

4 Curious CIRcuMsrANcE-The st. Clan
County Banner says that g MIR. John NJ. Geel
of Port Huron in that county, commenced near
his house boring for water, and after having sunk
shaft to the depth of lis feet, he suddenly heard
Kissing noise, which he supposed to be water
rising where he had bored. He Immediately com
menced taking up his shaft, which as soon as ne
had done, was followed by noise as loud and
resembling that made by the largest steamboat
letting off steam, and rush Of gas, throwing
stones, sand, sc, to the hight of 100 feet and
with such force as to throw stones weighing from
to 10 pounds, when placed IN the orifice, to the
hight of several feet. A large tube has been IN
serted over the hole, and up the present time 1t
has conticued, although not as strong as at FIRST
to emit strong current Of gas, of al lnilamma-
bic nature supposed to be hydrogen We yes
terday visited the spot, and saw the gas lighted,
1t burnt freely, producing bright flame and
slightly lmpregnated with sulphurc smell, but
when burning or otherwise, not the least often
sve.'
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BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL.

ADoAlxABlE.-To sit up ill ! O'Clock Of
q morning, working and waiting for The South
ern Mail, 50 as to give the latest Election Re.
turns and at last be greeted, as we have Just been,
with i. No Maii Senth Of PhlLadeLpA!a -
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FIRST DELEGATE IN PENNsYLvANn-The Ha..
risburg lntelhgencer says: Gen. Inos. NJ Jol.
Ly, OF the XXlTld District, is the first Delegs,.
appointed in Pennsylvania to the Wing Na6onsl
Convention to be held IN Baltimore IN May ness
and is instructed to support HENRY CLAY for Pies
dentn
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} tine British AUTHORITIES :
DEPARTMENT Of STAIE,


W
To alto Chom these presents shall come
Whereas Henry 5. Fox., ESQ., the Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Penpoentary of her Britannia Majesty hath
made requson conformity with the provisions OF the
10th article the Treaty concluded Washington on the
9h day of August 1872 for the delivering up Justice OF
Christina Cochran, alias Cmour charged with the crime
murder alleged have ben committed within the lu!ls.
dction Of Great Britain and whereas the said Christina
Cochran alias Cilmour hah been found in the State OF
New York. within the jurisdiction Of the United States nd
hath by proper affidavit and III due form ofaw been brought
before S Rpee, L. s. Commissioner, for the Southern
District of New ork upon the said charge of murder and
whereas the said s. Raree hath deemed the evidence sui'
cen authorize require her commitment aud hath ac.
cordiusly committed her TO the jail OF New-fork; all
which appears by certified copy of the proceedings trans
mtted to this department.
Now these presents require the Marshal of the UNI
ted States for the Southern District Of New-for the DIS
,ric Attorney Of the United States for said District aud any
other public officer the charge and custody OF the said
Christina Cochran alias GlmouI surrender and deliver
her up TO George Mckay, officer Of the Government OF
her Britannia Majesty any other officer OF sad Govern
rnent duly authorised by her Britannia Majesty SAID Envoy
Extraordinary aud Minister Penposnay to receive her
INTO custody.
Given under my hand and seal of the Office of the Secretary
7, of State of the United States, on the DAY and year
Is. herein aforesaid 4. P. UPSHUR.
The following letter accompanied the Warrant.
They were both enclosed to the Marshal of the
District.
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Is jon Smith Of st. Adams is the Loco Foco
candidate for Congress in the Hid District of
Vermont, against Hon George P. Marsh, of Bur
lington. This John is not the one who was late
ly sent to State Prison-hc is too slippery for
that-but he was once sent to Congress, and
when his first term was out the People said they
had had quite enough of him, They are of the
same mind yet
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Correspondence of The Tribune.
s,a,,-, m I 4

Providence, August 10, lsI3.
The Law and Order Convention of the East
crn District met this day at Providence HENRY
Y. CRANsroN, of Newport, was nominated to
represent the District in the next Congress Mr.
Cranston is brother of the late member He has
been for many years Representative to the Gen
eral Assembly from Newport, and Speaker Of the
House.
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o. After long drouth, q ram commenced
at Pittsburgh on the Morning OF the 9Th, Tues.
day. and was still pouring at late hour that