Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-09
For the Green Mountain Freeman
Don't throw away yOur Vote.


viii honest men think of the influence which
their vote may have upon the great question of
Liberty, before they yield to the entreaties of
partizans to go just this once for Shareholder
Suppose for instance that all the advantages which
the wings claim over the democrats should be real
lied, if Mr.. Clay's election can be secured what
will be the gain, and what, let me ask, will be the
loss to Liberty in securing this gain? Will can
did men psuse, and count the loss and gain before
they act' If all the Liberty men should go for
Clay, and thereby secure his election, what is
gained? Say ifyou please we have thereby got
protective tariff; we have kept out Texas for the
present, we have got the distribution of the public
money among the statcs-in fnc-Wc have secured
every advantage, and avoided every disadvantage,
in all the questions between the Clay and Polk
parties; but we have all turned in for a sIayehold-
or: have we saved, or thrown away our votes? ,
This question is to be solved by considering the
gain and loss in the matter. Well, let us gain all
that wings claim by CIay's election and put it in
one scale, and then see what we lose by giving
up our posts and deserving the cause of humanity,
and strike the balance. What then will be the
effect upon the great questions Of Liberty and
slavery, if not man is found in all the land who
will not vote for one ofthc slave holders now NOM
mated for PRESIDENT Why, slavery will say most
surely, when she meets in the next National Con-
vention, VIC must have another slave holder for
President. We have seen all your Northern abo-
litonists swallow their heads once, and walk into
the traces at the bidding of their leaders, and you
can make them do it again. We care nothing for
your squeamishness about slavery-wc will not 90
for a northern man, and that is enough. We are
embodened by your submission in 1914, we care
nothing for your northern cries; slave holder, or
ruin. Take your choice, gentlemen wings and
democrats. You have whipped your dough faces
in once on the cry of Tariff and Bank, and you
can do it again. What can we expect but slave
holders forever?
But if 100000 men will stand by their principles
this fall, and thus say to wings and democrats, to
all slave holders, and to the world, we will never
go for Shareholder, what will be the influence OF
that vote upon the cause Of freedom in all COM
ing time? Who does not see that every liberty
vote will be counted by wings and democra and
all slave holders and will go like barbed arrow
to the hearts of our opposers? What party then
four years hence will presume to nominate n slave
holder for President? The army of freemen will
have to be regarded in the next nomination., and
therefore neither party will ever think OF NOM
mating other than abolitionsts for President. Re-
member, that if we never begin in good cause
we shall never succeed. No man ever cut down
the Liberty forest tree with single stroke. But
the one blow makes place for the next, and so on.
till the heart is at last secured So with this Be-
hon Upas of Slavery. Let us begin. Every vote
will tell. What we might gain by tariff we will
lose on liberty, by going like the to her wal
lowing, back to slavery, ''yet this once" Let
freemen remember, then, that as liberty and JUS
tce, and free, prosperous country for all time
to come, is of more Importance than the price oil
wool next year, SO shall we be the gamers by
Istanding like men to our posts in the coming cleo