The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-11-20
For the Voice Of Freedom.

-'AN'S' ShN ~ 4 . ~ PIN - ="
y of the scIf-styIed Liberty Party, but more
generally understood IN Vermont by the
= name third party, aud as understand
them, to call upon the lreemen of oil par
ties in RutIaud County, to put to their
shoulder and Inf the National Car out Of
) the Texas mud. All this is well and as
it should be, and rejoice. as doubt not
other wings do, TO see the third party now
waking up, to view The condition in which
their political action, during the las; Pres
idential election, shus iavoved the Nation,
and paraized all the efforts Of the true
friends of universal liberty. consider
our case, as Northern men of all parties,
truly IA deporabIe, if not desperate one
But for one, gen'lemen will struggle
with the whole Norh as long as there is
the least particle of hope in the case; on "
deeply 1"2relling that you, gentlemen,
when politely invited Chat ls, the profess
ed whlg portion OF your piny) for once to
pat your Strength with ours, 10 bel p US
turn The great National lock which had
then 26 wards, aud required both strength
and skill TO turn it, to send the huge bolt
home, which would have prevented the
horse being stolen. But alas, it is too late
10 lock the stable after the horse is stolen
And greatly fear il will be so in the case
cow before US, Of shutting out Texas, after
she has been once partially admitted,
The wings of 1914 saw all the evils
connected with The admission OF Texas,
coming upon them like an overlooking
flood If Mr. Polk was elected. They saw
The injustice and disgrace of aiding 10 the
Union a slave territory larger than all the
New England Safes, whose constitution
torbjds The legislature to pass any laws
against slavery; The probability of war
with Mexico a nation with whom we
were on conditions of peace, who, though
100 feeble to resist us, we must make our
enemy, by annexng and invading large
territory claimed by them. They saw The
large amount of money it would take 10
gay the debts of Texas, and maintain a
Navy, and standing army, in, aud on the
borders Of Texas, TO protect them from
foes Of every character uad complexion.
They saw the danger of disunion among
ourselves and Of war with some formida-
Bile power, which might think it duly TO
protect the feeble agajns! the strong.
say, the wings of 1914 foresaw all this,
aud sounded the alarm from every hilltop
and every valley Of our land, urging eve
ry whig in your ranks to lend his strength |
20 Iarn this great National key which, if |
1t could be directed through all lis wards |
by the skiiIfuI hand of Henry Clay, would |
most ef4ctuaIly have gulrd4d our Union |
from letting in this foreign enemy. But
no, said the party we will fight by |
ourselves. Thus doing, they left the !
only possible barrier against the ene-
my, loo leebly susl aimed to resist the an
nrXation influence. The enemy have
now possession, partially 80 at !els.. The
course Of hose wings in your ranks who
resisted the election of Mr. Clay, reminds
me of an illustration used bv member of |
the British Parliament in the time of the
Revolution. TO show the danger OF war
with their American colonies. The mem.
Der, addressing the speaker, said, Me.
thinks, | hear lion in the lobby roar.-
Say, MIR Speaker, shall | let him in, to
see if we can get him out again ?" You,
gentlemen have let in The lion Of Texas
whose grow is frgh fu' !, aud whose teeth,
like jobs Leviathan, are terrible round
about, so hat none dare approach him
with double Bride" But frighlful and
destructive as this monster is, We will do
our best 10 help you put him oul again.
The wings warned you OF The strength Of
the Loco Lion, and the mischief he would
do if let in. Your plea | know very well,
was; Polk and Clay are the same on the
annexation question. As a Nhig, never
could give full credit 10 your sincerity in
such declaration, when the following
flc,s were read and known by all men.
The fact tina! Mr. Van Buren, was put
down by his friends who were instructed
to sustain him, and Polk put up, merely
because the former had expressed an opin.