Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-03-23


Yes reader, the Wing. news papers have done
this-about as distinctly The multitude
did Herod when he made an Grafton, and the peo-
pie shouted &c it is the voice of god' But he is
more frequently presented in the picture and char
acter of "coon.' If it were not for polluting
the Freeman, we would give the reader a spec-
men, but an abundance Of them may be found in
almost any of the Wing papers. But the'last and
most ludicrous thing we have seen, is an attempt
to palm him off for an abolitonist A GOD!!!
an ABo1trIoNIsT!! and coon! Will it not be
strange if all sorts of people do not support him
in some of his wondrous characters? He is just
as much entitled to them all as he is to either of
them. We have no desire to detract from Mr..
Clay's real merits. He doubtless possesses both.
natural and acquired abilities of very high order;
but d" with the talents of an angel a man may be
a fCo>" We are speaking of his moral character,
and though his murderous dueIs and his robbery
of more than fifty of his fellow creatures, by which
he derives his daily support, are the most promi-
nent objections to his promotion; we think his
gambling habits, his indulgence in the use of pro-
fame language and his proclamation of the holy
Sabbath, ought not to be lost sight Of The editor
of the liberty standard says, gentleman in the
state, Wing, aud once representative in Con-
gress, remarked, not very long since, that he
&C should like Mr.. Clay better if he did not swear
so profusely, for he would mix it all in with every
thing, and swear when there was no need of it
whatever" This statement was made to
the most undoubtcd authority, and by the gentle
man to whom the above remark was made What
Mr.. Cay's general regard for the Sabbath, is, we
know not, but it appears from the newspapers that
he left his home and started on his late southern
eleconeering tour on the sabbath; and the New
Orleans papers say that he was received in that
city con the Sabbath day by the military, with
Floating banners, sounding trumpets and beating of
drums" and was escorted through the streets du-
ring the time of religious service. What a spec
tacle for the holy Sabbath! The last we have
heard from him is by the following note from the
New York Tribune:
Mr. Clay arrived at Mobile on the 25th ult and
although it was on the Sabbath, and of course no
civic ceremonies denoted the welcome which was
swelling in every bosom, yet the wharves were
lined with dense and innumerabe throng, eager
to catch glimpse of him as he disembarked
What better can be expected of man who robs
blood of his fellow to "repel an insult" We do
not say these things to crafty any malicious feel
| ings towards the man, for we have none. We
pity him and pray for him as we do for other fla
grant violators of Gods laws, and would gladly lie
excused from saying anything about him; but
as he is aspiring to become the most impor-
tant ruler Of this nation, duty compelS us to make
these things public And now, reader, can you
pray that God would give good rulers ust
men, ruling in his fear" and then vote for this
man? Can you do it in view of your obligations
to your country, in view of the soIemnities of
freenan's oath, and in view of the day when God
will bring every work into Judgment
Do not say L" if IA not vote for Mr.. Clay,
another bad man and bad measure may prevail,
and | must choose the least Of two evils" AS
long as you will consent to vote for such men,
long you will have only evils to choose between.
If you will not set your face against wickedness in
| high places when such a case is presented, when
will you2
i Let not the reader suppose, because we strong
y oppose the promotion of Henry Clay, we would
! do anything to favor the election of Martin Van
Buren,, or to advance the influence of his party
! Though we do not think that that party has been
guilty ofso much hypocrisy on the subject of slave
ry as the Wings have, we believe that in their OBJ
sequiou5ness and unresistng submission to the
& slave power, they have generally taken the lead
f and we may add that they have generally been
quite as regardless of the moral character of their
candidates for office. SO far as our knowledge ex-
tends the largest part of the increase of the liber-
ty party in this State, during the past year, has
T been from the democratic ranks We do not be-
leve that party can ever obtain the ascendency in
this State, though have no doubt that the State
will be revoutionized in the course of very few
years Probably Mr.. Van Buren's character is
not so fagranty immoral as Mr. Cay's but his
entire submission to all The demands of the slave
power, and especially his attempt to hurry on
board the schooner Grampus the fifty-three native
born Africans of the Amistad, that they might be
carried to Cuba and hung, should forever prevent
every friend of the African race, and of humanity,
from giving him his vote.
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