Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-05-09
TIE WHIGs ANDSLAYERY.

Since the signal defeat of the Wings in the late
Presidential election, and the apparent triumph of
the $ayeocracy on the Texas question, there have
Lten occasional limitations from some of the pro-
minent Wing journals that but one resource re-
NAMED for their party-9pd that to take high and
Incorporating anislavery ground until the free
States should be relieved of their burdens; but
alas, as we expected, these words of promise were
but the ebuitions of revenge towards their enc
mics, instead of deliberate convictions of right
these mutineers have been whipped into The ira
ces, and made to confess that they never in
tended to make serious effort for the overthrow
of slavery; and we now hear one unbroken shout
in favor of the universal, proSavery Wing party
AS 1T is.
Several Wing conventions have recently been
holden in Ohio, on the Reserve, to consider the
annexation question, ut which the nearest approx
imation has been made to genuine antisavery
ground of any that we have seen. We copy the
following from the proceedings of Wing conyen-
ton holden at Ravene, Portage county, Ohio, for
the double purpose of showing that the remark we
made few weeks since, that the tariff controver
sy was virtually settled, and could no longer be
regarded as ground of strife between the parties,
is admitted to be true by competent judges; and
also to show the utter heartIessness of Wing anti
slavery professions. This Mr.. TiIden is Wing
member Of Congress.
After two or three speeches Fl ON other gentle
men. the Hon. D. r. TrLDEN, NJ. c., took the
floor. He gave brief survey OF the constitution
al argument, and the history of the Texas vllany,
and then turned to the question, What shall be
done?
Every eye was turned to him with intense in
terest, when he observed-thaG for himself, he had
come 10 the determination, that while he abandon
ed none of his Wing principles, he should hence
forward make up no issue eTcept upon the great
question Of Slavery, until The SLAVE pOtger aGas put
down. President Polk has receded very far from
his former position on the tarhF-he regarded the
question substantially settled, and might now be
safely left and no longer be as party question:
He intended himself, and should use all his nfu-
ence to have the Wing party, take such high
ground that Liberty men could have no excuse for
not uniting with them. He believed the thing to
be practicable, and the Reserve the place to COM
mence the effort The Wings here could be bro't
up to the point, and they could control the whole
party; for, as 90 The Wigs of the Reserve, SO
must go the Wings OF the State, and as 60 the
| w VI OHlOi hu HluSl 90 lHe w HIhS Vi lue u
MON, or render defeat certain, and he was conf
dent they would choose the former His mind
had become so excited on the subject during the
winter, by seeing the determination of slavehoId-
ers to fight for slavery against Providence itself,
that he was determined to pursue the course he
had marked out, should no other Wing join him.
" Amidst deep interest and profound silence Mr.
Tilden sat down, when high pressure Wing jun
ped up and declared that he had rather be defeated
every four years and die fighting, than give up an
inch of ground. This called forth burst of APP
pIause, which, considering that no appreciation had
been given of Mr.. Tilden's excellent speech, was
quite damper upon the feelings of those whose
sympathies were with him; and give pretty con-
elusive evidence that he had rather taken them by
SUI prse-that for his position they were not pre-
pared"
Some resolutions were then reported by the COM
mitee, Of an indefinite and cautious tenor, erhort-
ing all men to oppose Texas and try to repeal the
Ohio black laws, but the only pledge 10 do any
thing was,
" Resolved, That as Wings we pledge ourselves
to each other and to our brethren throughout the
country, to maintain our organization and support
those principles of economy, integrity and justice
in the administration of the general and State gov
ernments, for which we have hitherto commended y