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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
For the Green Mountain Freeman.


MEssRs. EDIroRs:-We improve a leisure moment
to say that fraud, f%alsehood, deception, illegal voting,
~profusely treating with rum and brandy, furnishing
suppers gratis, with the addition of many loco votes,
are among some of the causes which gave the election
to +. N. Briggs, the wing candidate for town repre-
sentative in Brandon.
Leading wings asserted to many of the freemen not
acquainted with the facts, that the Liberty candidate,
n. 7. Spraguc, was not only opposed to our projected
Rail road, and would render no assistance in its favor,
but was opposed to all rail roads-which assertions
remained uncontradicted until after the election, thus
inducing some thirty of the 'locos,' and others, to vote
for Briggs. What renders this a%trocious falsehood
more inexcusable is, the fact that these same wings
who put it in circulation wel knepo that Judge Sprague
had SUBSCRIBED fifty shares of rail road stock, (the same
amount taken by Mr.. Briggs and that no man in town
could be found more decidedly in favor of its c%onstruc-
ton. Precisely the same kind of story was circulated
against our candidate, in relation to an application for
a bank in this place, by those knowing it to be as false
as the emanations from the bottomless pit.
1t is well known that Mr.. Briggs is in favor of the
monopoly of selling, using and drinking rum by a part
of the people-himseL included among that part. He
was in favor of the election of license commissioners
for the sale of rum last winter. 1t is well known, too.
here in Brandon, that four ~professed temperance dea-
cons of the Congregational church-one of the Baptist
church, and the Episcopal priest, gave all their votes,
at each ballot, for Briggs, when the other candidates,
one at least, if not both, were well known by these dea-
cons and priest, to be strictly consistent friends of tenn
perance-men of unimpeachable integrity, and sustain
ing a good moral character. Party politics were, to
them, 1t seems, stronger and dearer than Temperance,
religion or humanity. One of these deacons, in his
pious zeal for party and rum, not only peddIed votes,
but took his carriage, towards night, travelled some dis
lance and brought back to the polls a whig-a voter
promising to return him safely when the election was
over. Glasses of liquor in abundance were provided
and drank, and about forty suppers, we are informed.
were ordered by Briggs or his leading wing friends,
Briggs, and Conant informing some of the voters that
Refreshments were provided for them at Bartlett's tay-
Ierp.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
0fficial |.
THE UNCoNsTIrUT1oSALITY OF
SLAVERY


We have just received a beautifully printed work,
with the above title, from the publisher, Bella Marsh
Boston, No. IS Cornhil. 1t is written by one of the
most sound and logical r~easoners of the age, Lysandel
Spooner. Judging from a hasty glance at it, and from
the very favorable notices of the work from various
sources, we feel authorised to say, that it is one of the
most sound, conclusive arguments which has ever beer
published on the subject. We hope that all who are
in the dark in relation to slavery's being sustained by
the Constitution will purchase it. The work contains
more than $50 pages and is divided into ID gener
al heads: ]. What is law? 2. Written Constitu.
lions. 3. The Colonial Charters. 4. Colonial Stlt
utes. 5. The Declaration of independence. 6. The
State Constitutions of 1889. 7. The Articles Of Con
federation. &. The Consultation of the United States
8. The Intentions of the Convention. 10. The Prac
tice of the Government. IL. The Understanding o
the People. IL. The State Constitutions of 1915. 10
The Children fSlaves are Born Free.
The price ofthe work is 80 cents. BY sending 81 tC
the publisher, 2 copies can be sent through the mail the
postage is only ten cents. We hope that a large mum,
Der will be circulated through the State. If orders
with the money, are sent to this Office before the frs
of October, we will bring up a quantity on our return
from the Convention at Boston.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

A HonRrBLE SroRy.-The Talladega Watch
man says that a man by the name of Adam
Whistenant, living in Dekalb county Alabama,
and one by the name Of Bryant Smith, Of the same
county, got into a difficulty, in which, Smith
proved the better Of his antagonist. Whisten-
ant returned home to appease his wrath by taxi
ing vengeance upon his wife. He whipped her
most numerically; he then piled some sixteen
rails upon her, with the view of putting a period
to her existence by burning her alive.
The children being alarmed, went for some
one to rescue their mother, They could find no
one but the same Bryant Smith who flogged Whis-
tenant in the early part of the day, Smith went
to the mothers relief. When he arrived, the
fire was already applied to the rails. He rescu-
ed her from the devouring flames. He and the
lady were leaving the premises, and after having
gone some distance, Whistenant went into the
house and began to beat the children severely.
Smith returned to relieve the little sufferers, and
as he entered the door of the house WhistenaHt
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
LIBERTY ALMANAC FoR 1916.

We have received a copy Of W. II. Burleigh's Lib
erty Almanac for 1876, which we have noticed before
1t is well got up, and contains a large amount of an
~tl-slavery matter of the highest order, 1t ought to b,
circulated in every town in the State, and put into thu
hands of every family. Who will send for a hundred
copies? They can be had by the hundred for $685.
per hundred. Send your orders to this office, and as
soon as a number of hundred are ordered we will SEM
on for a large quantity. Let Liberty men take hold o
this in earnest and great good will be the result. We
hope something will be done Immediately in every
town where there are friends enough of the slave tt
buy an almanac.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

WATER CURE AT LEBANON SPRING.

I'VE are solicited to give to our readers the follow
ing letter from Doct. Brown, a resident of this State
originally prepared for the Anti Slavery Standard, N
Y. We are furnished with a manuscript copy.
MEssRs. EDIroRs:-It is reasonable to presume that
those who take a prominent stand for the civil rights
and political freedom of their fellow men, will also be
in favor of the best mode of delivering our race from
the bondage of disease. Therefore | Judge you viii
not hesitate to give this communication an insertion in
your paper. Taking a due interest in the cause Of
universal freedom, and in whatever tends to promote
the welfare of man, | have visited this place with a
view to acquaint myself more fully with the plan and
prospects Of tlis infant watar-eure establishments
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

"Omc Vote."-The one vote majority for
which Gov. Morton has become so renowned,
seems to stick to the family and party. JuA as
the polls were closing OF the second ballot, at
the office holders convention on Wednesday, a
delegate came in and asked permission to cast
his vote. 1t was granted-and he deposited the
ballot which gave Isaac Davis the majority
That delegate was Gov. NJ, sonl-Spriag, Rep"6.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

AMERICAN BoARD.-We commence in this weeks
paper the discussion of the Board upon the slavery
question, and shall conclude it in our next. After a
full discussion of the subject, the report of the commit
tee was adopted unanimously without amendment, the
corporate members only voting. This will sadden the
hearts of many firm friends of the Board, who have
looked with confidence for right action upon the slave
-ry question at this meeting.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

BRANDON ELECTION.-The article which we publish
this week in relation to Brandon election is rather Sec
tional and personal, but the article is froma responsible
source. 1t contains important facts and shows up fully
the corruption and meanness of the old parties.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
KNOT
Brandon, Sept. 8, 1916.

SERMON NO. l.
"Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that destroy tho tender
grapes."-SoLOMoN
BELOVED HEARERs:-I wish to put you on your
guard against our " adversary the devil, who goes a.
bout as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."
You are not to expect that he will always appear like
the "roaring lion or as an adversary" and seldom,
indeed, will he come looking like the cold boy HIM
self" You have little to fear ola great strapping dew
il, SO big that he can't skulk under cover, or find u
sheep skin of sufficient dimensions to cover both horns
and hoofs at the same time. We hear people telling
about "choosing the least of two moral evils" or, what
is the same thing, the least of two devils. We have
been told that it was our duty to use our s~uffrages on
this principle. Now, as abolitionists, we have little to
fear from that party that honestly avow themselves the
devils party and slavery's particular friends; but we
have everything to fear from the little devils" that
run around with anti slavery cloaks and hoods on, pre-
tending to "all tho Picty and all tIt ~decency" and te
be the true Liberty party, and yet all the while are
supporting Shareholders to Office, and declaring them
to be the very "embodiment' of their political princi-
pies; my friends, | see no difference in the size of the
devils, after all. But | think it is evident that one has
to employ a great many more litRc dcuiIs in Sleeps
clothing to hide his ugly carcass than the other.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

2. A systematic attempt was made, aided by the
whig paper here, the Voice, to deceive our citizens by
the %pretence that Mr.. Briggs was an abolltionist. lie
who voted for a hoary Shareholder, a notorious gambler
and an unrepentant duelist for president; and ready to
go for hin again if the party could be induced to nom
mate him, was claimed to be an abolitionist because
the wings, in their Legislative resolutions, protested alb
olitionism! What profession did his party make at
Baltimore when they nominated a Shareholder And
what profession could he make, who voted for one?-
Holcomb, in his wing Voice. took the ground that
Briggs was good enough abolitlonist in State politics,
and so voted for him and urged others to do the same.
But, notwithstanding all these, and numerous other
whig frauds and falsehoods, such as offering to trust
poor voters, destitute of credit, with goods at one OF
their stores if they would vote for Briggs-we say,
Notwithstanding this, the Liberty party in Brandon have
good cause for encouragement. They stood firm and
unmoved in the performance Of their duty and largely
increased their vote on the first ballot for representa-
tive from last year, while the whig vote was less, on the
same ballot, by 43 votes than that of 1874. The whole
amount of votes was Al less on the first ballot of this
than the first ballot of last year, for representative, as
will be seen from the following statement
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

PL~AGrARIsM.-The piece of poetry which was sent
to us as original, which we published a short time since,
entitled i" Who is my ~neighbor" appears to have been
taken uerbatim from an old poem. We hope we shall
receive no more stolen articles.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18

Ofthese As, the wings lost "a on the Gov. and q on
the Lieut.. Gov-the democrats Is, while the Liberty
party have lost only 5 on the Gov. and 3 on the Treas
urcr. "Put that and that together" and then calculate
at that rate, which party Will "die off" first.
Yours Truly, *'***
Brandon, Sept. 8, 1916.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18


SHADES loss 1890; Kelogg's loss 1929; Skaters gain
804. The majority against Shafter last year was 376Ol.
This year the majority against him is 293G8, a net gain
of SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED and
THIRTY THREE If our opponents are disposed to
glory over a triumph of this kind, they are at liberty to
do SO, but the Liberty party has but little ground for
complaint at a real gain of more than 1000 in one year,
Slade lacks 2290 of an election. This fully settles the
question in relation to Vermont; none but Liberty State
officers can ever again be elected by the people. Our
state is now upon the verge of a glorious revolution: a
few years more, and Vermont will be a Liberty State.
Hundreds, and even thousands, have voted this year
with the old parties for the last time.
Our friends are in good spirits and are making ar
engagements to commence upon another campaign i'm
mediately and in good earnest. Mr.. Garnet from Troy
New York, is expecting to visit the State about the
LIST of next month, and spend one or two months in la
boring for the slave; we trust the friends will be ready
to welcome him with warm hearts and ready hands
A days labor nor, will accomplish more in converting
men to our principles than a week when men are unde
the excitement of an election. Now is the time to in
crease the circulation of the Freeman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
REPRESENTATIVES,.

Total, 236 towns-l18 wings, SO dem, 10 Liberty.
l Independent, 80 no choice. Wing maj. 81; last
year Sc.
q Essex Co. has elected a democratic Senator, so
that the Senate will stand % W. Z dem.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
Vermont Election
GOVERNOR VOTE.
1916

slade Kellogg shafter slade kellogg Skater
RUTLAND co.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-18
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.

ADDISON co.
Is towns, I349 SOB 36l 1929 ESQ Alp
ORANGE COUNTY.
Complete. 1889 1895 84 2404 263l 6C8
CHITTENnEN COUNTY.
Complete, except the Lib. vote in a few towns.
i7s6 140l SAG 2120 1865 535
ORLEANS COUNTY.
0 towns, sos 49G 172 GG3 552 liz
CALEDONIA co.
Complete. 1922 1912 29l 1869 1913 234
LAMOILLE COUNTY
IL towns. All 787 G63 54I 800 497
WASHINGTON co.
IL towns. 1890 2146 5O7 1880 1860 44e
1874 towns. 1920 15n2o $500 24O3o 1925 1850
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-09
PALLADIUM OFFICE, NV. HAVEN,
,,o,J,, Framing Anril "a O'C


Wines OF NEw.YoRK We send you the hearty
greetings of Old Connecticut and impore you to
follow our example. In this city We have beaten
the Loco Focos four to one. We cannot yet give
full returns, but if other towns have done as well
as we have done here, Loco-Focolsm is swept from
the State The "Texas Iniquity, and other
causes have reduced the Loco Foco vote, since
last year, from Il43 to 1893 Wings Of the En-
pirc City will you respond 10 us to-lioiro"'
We have supported the clean WING Ticket. We
have triumphed on our old principles Now Tor
your reply. viii you support your WHG candi-
dates without running after isnIs OF any kind
Will you approve by initiating or condemn by re-
fiisng TO follow our example? We wait with soli
citude for your answer. We are pretty certain of
having elected the Governor and other State officers
by handsome majority. We feel confident that
we have carried the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives and.the entire delegation 10 Congress, IN
place of the four Texas men OF the last Congress
The Wings in this County have two Of the three
Senators certain, majority Of Representatives,
and the Sheriff. The Wing Congressman runs
ahead of the ticket. b.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-09
MORMON RoBpEnIEs-We find the following in
the Warsaw Ill } Signal of March %:

The house of M Smith, who resides on Sugar Greek,
Lee Cosnty, Iowa. near Westp0nt plundered under
the following circumstances He had just sold his farm,
and the robbers probably supposed he had large amount
OF money hand. Two persons in the evening called TO
inquire the way Westpoint and passed on Late IN the
nigh;, SIR. Smith hailed when he inquired who was
there The reply was, they lost and could not find
their way Wespoint and requested the privilege Of
stopping over night This agreed to, when Mr. Smith
commenced dressing take OF their horses In the
mean time one OF the had opened the fire, when Mr..
Smith saw these mems backened. and that one
of them had taken down Smiths rifle from the rack, which
was then pointed his breast ami he was ordered 10 lie
down or he would blow him through To this he oolig
ed submit and his house thoroughly searched and
pundered OF every description OF household stun The
amount money they found about S60 the remainder
not being in the house, Mrs Smith is confident that she
knows them, and that they were Mormons.
Also Saturday, The sth Of March, another robbery
was committed on i Norwegian family, iviGS SIX miles
from Montrose, towards keokuk in Mormon neighbor
hood and the same vicinity where Jse Smith sent his DAN
lite Band capture Richardson prevent his giving tes
mouy in Missouri against Avery the Mormon horse thief
This Norwegian family consisted OF young man and
woman brother and sisier-ter not recollected,
EXCEPT that the girl called Catharne Three men, late
night entered their house. with their faces backened and
opened their lantern In which was light. One of them
pointed his gun the Young and told him II he moved
ne was dead Catherine then attempted To ger up
when she was similarly threatened. She screamed and
spranc for The door One of them struck her arm, below
the elbow very blow. which compelled her to stop
The house then hroshy searched and robbed
thing they chose. Even such wcighty articles as maple
Sugar were taken CatharEe wearing apparel was taken
some eight or ten surrounded the house There no
scrupe but that these robbers were their Mormon neigh
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-09

The JAMEsTowy AND PORTSMOUTH We recent
y announced the Port Praya OF the L. s sloop
of War Jamestown or the 18th OF February. The L. s
ship Portsmouth, Commander Montgomery sailed in COM
many with the Jamestown The Norfolk Beacon says that
the Portsmouth parted company with the jamestown on
the 18th day out-cause unknown.
The weather quite boerous during The passage In
heavy blow with high sea the jamestown sprung the
fishes OF her manmast-she being heavily spared The
Sims were nearly equal in point of sailing. 1t was how
ever the general opinion OF the officers OF the Jamestown
that she beat Portsmouth, having generally passed her
at sea, up to the time Of parting company.
We long 10 hear what the officers of the Portsmouth
will say Of this matter Their letters will he along
from Rio Jane!ro Boston Journal.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-09
The FIRE IN WEST JERSEY wooDs.- he U.

The FIRE N WEST JERSEY WooDs.- he U. 5.
Gazette of yesterday gives this account of it:
On Saturday the 18th ut. man engaged IN at
tending coal pit about twelve miles from Camden
LETT his charge for the purpose OF getting rum, and
while absent the flames broke through the pit and
communicated TO pile of timber cut 10 maks ano-
they pit From thence the flames spread 10 The
surrounding forest and from that time MI now, the
destructive element has ragged with wide spread
fury, utterly driying the attempts made to stop It's
progress. Up to yesterday space OF IL miles long
aud 10 miles wide has been completely devastated,
and the ire Is progressing rapidly TO the south
west The belts of timber to the southwark and
eastward of Long a-Coming Were consumed, and
the fire has also burned around the village of
Cl-verington
II is computed that the loss in the woed corded
and cut. independent of the standing timber, will
reach Sl9O,Oe0, and the unbnrnt portion of the
trees will only be ut for coallns purposes. The
shanties, cutters stations, and IN fact every I'M
provement in the path Of ae fiery scourge, have Of
course been swept away.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-09
rRoN oUR EXTRA OF YESTERDAY NORMA
coNyEcrIcUT: ALL WING.

TRIBUNE OFFICE, 4. u. Tuesday. Apfri s.
Our Express from CONNECTICUT only reached
us al S A. NJ. having been detained on the road by
the storm and darkness of the night. He left N.
Haven at half past o'clock, having waited for
special Railroad Train from Hartford.
The news is glorious, glorious! Connecticut has
reelected her Wing State Officers by largely in
creased majority. Thus far, we have enough TO
ensure the election of THREE WING CONGRESS-
MEN in place of three Texas Loco FOcOS-viz:
Truman SMITH from Fairfield and Ll,chheld
Counties, in place of Dr.. S. Sinio"s. Smith goes
on, of Fairfield Co over 800 ahead OF John Cotton
Smith, Loco. Li,chtield will Increase 1t.
SAMUEL D. HUBBARD from New Haven and Md
dlesex, in place Of and over John &e,cort Loco
Our returns are nearly complete from both Coun-
ties No doubt of the result by large majority.
JAMES DIXON from Hartford and Toand. in place
of and over r. H. Seymour, Loco. The worse
half of Hartford County gives Dixon 500 majority.
(Js- We shall hear from the remaining New
London) District this morning.
The Legislature ls WmG ALL OVER. Fairfield
County Wing Senators, New-H Haven , out of 3,
Middlesex l to l doubtful, Hartford probably all
Wing, &c, The House will stand about as last
year.
No The following are the returns brought BY our
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-09
our Charter Election


Our Election yesterday resulted in the most COM
Mate political revolution ever known. The Native
American party, VINO last year carried IL OF the IL
Wards. have this year carried not one. The LEGO
Fecos have nearly every thing, as was almost In
evtable from the distraction OF their opponents
The Wings have elected their tickets 10 the THIRD
and Fifteenth Wards, though SO many OF them saw
fit to vote for Harper to beat Hayemeyer, or Tor
Havemeyer TO beat Harper, that we are behind on
the Mayor in each. CALEB S. Woodruff is de-
feafed in the Second Ward by James c. Stonead-
sepen majority. Emanuel B. Hurt Is SAID to be
elected Alderman Of the Fifth over WILLIAM AD-
ANS. We hope these Wards will not sue us tor
lbel-we have barely stated the facts, and cannot
be held responsible for other folks comments.
Mr.. Havcmeyer is elected Mayor by some to
1000 majority; Mr.. Selden polling, we estimate,
some 5000 votes. On the Ward tickets, the regu-
lar Wing vote will exceed 10000. Neither of these
votes exhibits the fair strength Of the Wings who
cannot abide Nativisrn Hundreds votedfor Have
never to make sure of the defeat of Harper, while
thousands voted for Harper as the only ant-Tam-
many candidate who could be elected, or because
they had voted for him once, approved Of his con-
duct as Mayor, and hated TO him run out at the
close Of his first year The Temperance question
also worked in his favor, and still more strongly
against Mr. SeIden. Voting for Mr.. S. was every
where branded as throwing away yourvote; 80 that
those who wished 10 defeat Loco-FocoIsm voted
for Harper, while those who were deadly agains,
Nativsm went for Havemeyer. II Is impossible to
counteract such tendenciesin triangular election;
where every body begins by assuming that one can
didate is the weakest Of three, he will get no votes
but those OF the sternest champions OF the prnci-
pie for which he stands forth. Blu, for most de-
termincd effort on the part of those who deemed
it vitality important to the Country and her Cause
that there should be Wing candidate and a Wing
party, il would have been impossible TO withhold
half SO many votes from Harper and Havemeyer
Time will show who was right in this struggle and
we cheerfully abide its judgment.
The following are the best returns we can make
a, the hour e a. ny when VIC are compelled to 60