Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-28

N5-The editor of the Waterman, in his last pa
per, speaking of annexation, says:
"Let the opponents of annexation consolidate their
strength; let hrdpatyiSm cease to parayse the arms
ofhe friends Of freedom. Then can Ioco(ocoism be
brought TO its senses upon this question:"
We heartily concur in the sentiment, that the
opponents of annexation should consolidate their
but with what grace does this contempt
uous fling at the Liberty Party come from paper
that has expended its energies in endeaYoring to
elect Shareholder 10 the presidency, and done its
utmost to beltle the cause of human freedom in
the public mind and attach a controlling impor-
lance to the infinitely inferior considerations Of
dollars and cents! The 'friends of freedom " for
sooth--who are they? Do they belong to that
party which placed Calhoun in the cabinet to COM
pete the plan of annexation that furnished n suf-
fcient number Of Senators to carry the scheme
through that body-and who hold up to the world,
as the embodiment Of their principles, man who
declares that slavery can never he abolished in this
country, and that it is the duty of the General Go
vernment to protect and defend the instituton?-
Are they to be found in that party that has just
elped to bring Florida into the Union, with the
vest kind Of Il saveholding constitution, thus es-
tabIishng slavery directly, and then placing it be-
You'd their power, in the hands ola sovereign state
party that helps sustain slavery in the District Of
Columbia, and furnishes protection and facilities
for the slave trade between the States? Are they
not to be found, rather, in the Liberty party, that
l,,t Of tho nj
but by peaceful and constitutional means, to ban
ish the accursed system of slavery from our land
Which believes that the inaIienabe rights of man
are Of more consequence than banks, tariffs, or
distribution bs-and that the powers of govern
ment should be welded for the protection, rather
than the destruction of those rights? Why, then
will not such wings rs are honestly opposed to an
nexaton, join with the Liberty party, and thus be
the consistent "riends Of frecdomi" 1t is too late
to put in the old plea, that tariffs and banks will be
jeopardized by so doing; for the opposition have
been in power for some time, and have not attemp-
ted to interfere with the tariff, and it is understood
than President Polk is in favor of protective tar.
if, and will act accordingly; while bank is an OBJ
SOCle luGuj anu NEVER ought u
ried, upon the old principle of giving premium
to shareholders. On the other hand, it is utterly
impossible for Liberty men to join with the whig
party-tor, in the first place, the wings, as they
are now organized, are utterly Incompetent to eff
feet anything against the wishes Of shareholders
and could not keep out Texas if they were in pow
er and, in the second place, of what avail would
it he to keep out Texas,so long as We must submi
to IN eternity Of slavery in our own land? Is il
worse to he ruled by a greater number of slave
holders, than by an arstocratc & tyrannical few!
We rejoice in the evidence we have, that hnn.
est men throughout the free states are awakening
to the fact, that if anything is to be accomplished
for the liberties of the nation, it must be done spec
Oily, and by making as common cause in favor o
freedom at the North, as do the Shareholder
against it at the South.