Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-05-10
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
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DEMOCRACY what term to be applied to either
of the two leading parties they now exist. Hy-
pocrisy would be a far more significant term
Acts are much better than protessions-names are
but shadows. Too long have we been deceived
by appearances and cIung to bodies from which
the soul has long since departed. 1t is high time
to lay hold on living realities and grasp at some
thing more substantial than names and professions.
1t is time to be men, who can act and think for
ourselves. Let this be done, and the scales will
fall from our eyes, and we can but see that it
would be as impossible to be true democrats and
support either Of the two pro slavery parties, it
would be to possess Christianity and not believe
in God, Look at the so-caed democratic party
and see if there is anything but the name or the
shell left. What! be democrats and sustain sav-
cry, the deadliest enemy and most effectual de-
sroyer of every principle of democracy! The
first principle of the democratic creed is, the
"greatest liberty to the greatest NUMBER" and
how is this carried out by the party? By voting
for president pledged to do all in his power for
the support of slavery, for the purpose of gaining
southern fayor-by depriying freemen of the right
of petition, and in putting the brand of Cain upon
every one of the party who has soul enough to
stand up like man for right and liberty, rather
than for party-as was the case in New Hamp-
shire, which is called the g back bone of democ-
racy," 20 shame, where is thy blush,) where
meetings were held in different parts of the State
to curse and vify Hale for proving traitor and
daring to kick out of the traces Of the Slavocrac
party fths is democracy, heaven forbid that
we should have any more oft.
Again. Another principle in their creed is,
"opposition to all monopolies." What fuss
was made by the party on account Of the great U.
S. Bank monopoly, which never exceeded seventy
millions of dollars capital, but not word is said
twelve hundred million dollars worth of human
flesh in the hands of two hundred and fifty thou.
sand Shareholders. Not only do they say nothing
against it, but are doing all in their power to build
up this accused monopoly Was there ever by.
pocrisy so bare-faced unless it is for wings tc
profess to be abolitonsts and vote for Henry
Clayi
| Again. Their next protested principle is ''op
position to all aristocracy;" by the side of thi.
they hold up their party banner, upon which, as
Buchanan has it,. is, opposition to abolition
Where is the democrat from this State, OF
any other, that has dared to open his moutl
against slavery, which generates one Of the mos
vile and accursed aristocracies that the sun eyel
shone upon, on the floor Of Congress, or elsewhere
Morris of Ohio dared to come out and take true
democratic ground, where it costs man some
thing to refuse to bow down to the dark spirit o.
slavery and &c speak but as our masters please,
but for this act was he appauded by the partly
No! he was thrust from them as though he ha(
been viper. Since that time not one of the par
ty has had moral courage enough to utter ont
word or enter single protest against the anneXa
ton of Texas, or any question directly or lndi
rectly connected with the subject of slavery. Mr.
Morris having become heartily disguised with the
hypocrisy and hollow hearted professions of hi
party, has sometime since left them to their owl
destruction, and taken the true democratic grounC
by ralIyng around the Liberty Standard
Hundreds and thousands are taking the sam
stand and it needs only for man to pause a mo
ment to see when the principles of democrac
would lead them to forsake party whose exis
tence depends entirely upon its support of slavery
Democrats of Vermont, have you not been follow
ing after phantons long enough, and will you NO
come and act with the Liberty Party, which EN-
bodies the life and soul Of pure democracy?
c. c. B.