Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-06-14

women, children, black, white, with all the inter-
mediate shades that human Imagination can paint,
or human depravity beget, were all commingled,
gaping and staring in expectation OF his arrival
the hero of their stupid idolatry The young men
and boys-say 100 or 150-appeared with torch
lights, and by these Mr.. Clay was escorted thro
the streets to his home, without alghtng. This
ceremony closed, the oilers about the sreets-say
1000, less or more-caed for speeches. We are
great for stamping, you know. ex-governor Met
calf, accidentally present, was called out, and did
off stump speech in the usual style of unmeasur-
ed gtortfcGtson the side and OF UttuperGtion
on the other. Governor Letcher and John Speed
Smith were both loudly called for, but without
response. "Coombs-Gen. Coombs" the clam
or rang. The general mounted the rostrum to say
he could not make s&2.ech, having just come
from long tour in the country. After terrible
beating the air and strange vociteratjons by a
young doctor, who called out, the remnant of
the already dissolved multitude disappeared from
the streets Certain elect high church Wings
gathered around the bar, to clear their voices by
all sorts of exhiIerating fuids-now for the songs
1t is now just upon high tOelve, aud between
damning up Whggery and Harry Clay, aud ours
ing down locosm and Van Buren,, and drinking
brandy, and singing ribald songs, begin to think
there will not be much quiet sleep in this house
tonight. | have no comments to make-you
may do it,
Did you ever think of it? How strange tina,
people should come from the plains of Saratoga
from Concord, old Lexington and Bunker Hill
from the living achievements of free arms and free
spirits, to this land of souless slavery, amid its
withered, perishing embems, for presidential
candidate 1t can't-t won't be so always ar
sure of it! Think Of free, to-wOrn men, with
their eyes open, intrustng their dearest interest,
to the hands of so called statesman, all the effcc
tual labOrers Of whose State-l70, 900 of them are
owned-the property Of 81 ZOO ogarchs, and him
sefthe chiefest of them all! What blind infatua
ton!
Last Monday afternoon, Thomas F. Marshal
gave speech here, three hours long, in favor o
Texas. He was followed in the evening by C. M
Clay. 1t is generally thought by sensible people
that Marshall did not enjoy very brilliant tri
umph. Tom has just mounted this miserable hob
by-he is nObody'S man in particular but hate
: Henry Clay. He is little coquetsh towards tn
locos, and not improbably, may temporarily jo
them, if they work to suit him. His influence be
yond the sound of his voice is nothing, in an
quarter.
This is Cassus M. Cay's home, you know.
genuine man he is. Perhaps you may think hi
present position little awry. Be it so. He
with you heart and soul. The present emergcnc
passed, you will find him ii strong, true man. Yo
can scarcely conceive the embarrassments and pei
I lis that beset an avowed friend of freedom here
from friends and foes. There are some larry
Shareholders in this community who promise
follow c. M. Clay's example in freeing the
} slaves.
We have around us here, the Eden of Kentucky
not to say, ofthe continent rich charming LAM
and the most delicious scenery. But what avail
, it? There are large estates anassed, expensv
establishments, literary and social Institutions ft
the rich, the naughty oligharchy. But the mic
ding and the poor, what of them-nothing desigl
> ed. Society in its substantial, expansive, repro
ductive energies, is stationary, or rather recedn
n So throughout the State. Let Liberty men an
women at the North, edo with their might VIII
their hands find to do,''-else horrible night
darkness is about to close around US!
: Yours respectfully,
4 AN EYE WITNESS.