Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-30

fire satisfaction with the letter OF Mr.. Clay; I'M "
derstanding him as only opposing it under the cir
cumstances and believing that these crcumstan-
ces auM be changed. The leading wing paper OF
MARYLAND tells us it considers the chances Tor an
nexation would be greater under Mr.. Clay than {
thew would be under Mr.. Polk. And in perfect
consistency with all this, the wings of louisiana
Alabama, &C., support annexation candidates for
Congress, and for other influential political places
But even if Mr. CLAY were, personally political
Iy, morally, and utterly, and never SO strongly OPP
posed to this project, should still be unable 10
see how, as a thing Of course, his election Woulu
prevent its contamination For WINE many
wings as we have seen, favor the project, ana
wonld vote for If. il is likewise true, that not
small number of Democrats are opposed to 1t, and
wonM vote against it, And would Mr.. Clay, at-
fer all his fierce denunciation of Capt Tyler, and
the old Roman fer their exercise OF the Veto
power, and after urging an amendment OF the con
stitution so as to abolish that power aitogethef;
would he, after all this himself veto pub passea
bv both houses of Congress, for the admission OF
Texas? If so, then he Is less consistent Poi't-
clan than have taken him TO be-
believe the Importance, at least the relative I'M
portance, of this question of admitting Texas,
has been greatly mugnifed by many aboItIonlsts'
In nv Judgment, its admission, bad as 1t might De,
were by no means the worst calamity that coulu
befaI the anti-slayery cause. l conceive Tar
worse one would be inflicted upon that cause,
were its advocates to give, or even seem to give,
their SURFACES in behalf of either OF the great pro-
slavery parties of the day. With my whole soul,
therefore, say Let Texas, that nest OF plunder-
: ing pirates,' as once heard OConneii designatG
those lone STAR republicans let eXaS oe fece'veu
into the bosom of this guiltier alton, rather than
that aboltonsts should prostitute their influence
to the support of any party, that finds in slave
holder fit representatives of its highest idea.
The noise which certain wing editors and wing
leaders, here at the North, are making about this
= natter their appeals to the sympathes of aboll-
onists s. their protestatons oil regard for the abol-
ton enterprise, can deceive none but the unthink-
e ing and the unintelligent. What care they tor
G much for it, as our Lieut.. Governor, who came
% ont while since with dwelling letter on the
. subject to delude mlk-and-water aboltlonlss into
Il voting for the pro-slavery party, at whose hands
for some third of century, he has himself recelv
ed so liberal share of the spos and honors of pc
o litica Office This worthy advocate of that party
n in any political haranguc heard him deliver IN
If Nantucket, having said something against the At
eron gag took pains to add the supertluous decla
e ration that he was mot an aholitlonlsts.' Ihos
% leading wings, and wing editors, would sink on
in two and half millions of slaves to the bottom
If less pit were it necessary TO give their party I'M
i" ascendancy If they are honest men, and reall
beliye the opinions of Mr. Clay on all great ma
s, tional questions worthy of acceptance, why d.
re thoy not ring in the peoples ears what he says o.
e. the slavery side of this Texas question. Wha
of does he say? He says that to annex Texas to tn
of Union would enfeeble rather than strengthen, tn
&c slave power And shall Thoroughbred leadln
s. wings, here at the North, dare assert that 'Harr
nd ofthe West is no competent judge OF this question
d. On this point will they utterly repudiate his ay
Is thority? Why, one knowing their devotion, Woul
r. tl,c 1NFrO fhn nIIf I'm
en- ty of the odd Harry himself. Perhaps they
or accept his opinion on this point, and therefore OF
in pose annexation.
N O. They who have represented me to have
SITS bondoped the American Anti-SIavery Society hay
OF committed slight mistake. have not abaudoe
to that Society, but it has abandoned me, and al
IS formerly belonging to it, who hold, as hold,
D. voting as we'll as talking, for the slave, to so VI
sly TING under the rational government as 1t is, UNI
10 It's constitution can be made better, if, indeed
S. needs to be amended, for anti-savery purposes
er- The Society. in taking the position it has take
= and in so taking it, trampIed on its own conStlt
I'VE ton and therefore virtually abolished itself.
zen With the arguments, so called, by which
up friends seek 10 defend its new-fanged scheme
TX non-voting, and its prescription OF alb as recrea
Nd to "duty,'' who endeavor to abolish slavery
are voting a measure always sanctioned by the Soc
rn- ~ itself until, few months ago, it made Il
en- most fantastic sommerset; with those argument
OF as with that proscr ption, have little patience
zen ARGUMENTS in defence of this new moveme
are founded on grounds of entire non-reslstance
ave could listen to- with respect if addressed to Inc
n mani and not as an abOlltonlSt; for can S
the some reasons for non-reSlsanCe; butt urged on
TO other grounds, must needs regard them as oil
OF 1he verieat nonsense. | do not believe the NOV
onS ment would have been set on foot, had there be
this no obnoxious Liberty Party standing, or seem
ON to stand in the way of some of our Old trends
ler- But have now neither time nor space, had
the DISPOSITION, to argue against it. In the late n
rec England convention, would have stated my
ing iections to it; but that body, in the pentitude OF
am anu love of free speech, gagged me. 10 those
th's have read the unansWearable exposures, made
But Thomas Earle, of the superlatlve abSurditieS
rose voyed in this novoting theory, there needs no
al ing further to be said OH the subject. Mr..
OF prediction that it would be just what all the C
IT, ming, selfish, pro-sIavery politicians would nj
'eus desire, | have already seen verified. Wher
ago Maine recently, a leading wing said to me: 4"
ncl- Iieve Philips and Garrison right, and that
rep your duty to urge the abotonsts here not to
Ivy Mt oll.n This cunning" wing saw, that if tn
eve aboltonists would do hut their ''duty." as Il
ave- defined by the American Society, his siave-m
civ gering'' party Would probably gain the ascend
Is OF CIV, down there in the approaching contest.
very, Henry Clay, in his famous or rather, lntam
d OF speech, delivered in the u S. Senate, against
quail aholtionsts, told the world, that he consde
ltry. them very innocent set Of porons until the.
ian vowed the determination to carry their prncl
fGat to she ballot box.
:; no' g. The report Of my having COINED the LII
4 fran IN no