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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
"|SIayemOngering Diplomacy"

The Kentucky Commonwealth, a whig paper,
has a spicy article headed "Slavemongering Di-
plomacy," in which Mr.. Calhoun's letter to Mr..
King, instructing him to seek the aid, or at any
rate, the countenance of Louis Philippe in our
movement upon Texas for the extension of slave
ry, is shown up in fine contrast with the wrath of
South Carolina at the interference of Massachu-
sets with the same question of slavery, We
quote a paragraph which shows very distinctly an
element of the question which has generally been
left out Of sight, viz, the free white ia6Oring pop
%ulGtiOn Of the South.
GAS to the blessings of slavery, Mr.. Calhoun is
very silly to argue that question even at home;
still more abroad. The universal sentiment of
the North, and, we believe a majority ofthe peo-
pie even in the slaveholding States, regard slave
ry here as a plague-spot and a curse. In Ken
lucky, while we believe all her citizens are 10y
al to the constitution, and would resist any inter-
ference in the question, nearly all regard the in
~stitution as every way injurious to US, and would
%joyfully adopt any just and practicable scheme Of
relieving themselves of the evil. The n@m5cr Of
shareholders IN Kentucky is about onc-foarh the
number of uotcrs. This is an important fact
which the considerate should constantly keep in
mind. Mr., Calhoun's principles carried out.
would make the laboring lreemen Of the country
slaves to slavery. His estimate of national hap
piness and prosperity, as is clearly shown in his
letter to Mr.. King, on which we are now remark
inc, is an estimate of the comforts and enjoyments
not of the great body of free American laborers
but of that small class of bloated nabobs who live
on the sweat Of negro labor. God forbid VIZ
should excite the smallest prejudice against either
negro labor or those who enjoy it. We woulc
make no discrimination between them and 9th
ers; for we hold ourselves conscientiously bound
under the compromise of the constitution, to re
| gard all and protect all alike. But we call o.
those who employ slave labor, for Gods sake, no
to provoke the masses against themselves. Sc
not yourselves, as too many do, in offensive ARC
gance, above them. A large m ajority Of the free
# men of this nation are poor laborers; men, ne1
e e~rtheless, of proud spirits, oftrue hearts, and b
it remembered, of stout arms. They are to
o conciliated, not ~despised; they are to be regart
h ed and protected, not trampled on and made sui
: %servient to interests antagonistic to their prospe
ity and dignity. Mr.. Calhoun had better n,
make statistical tables. Others will turn the t
# bles on him. For the security of slavery, "
have the guarantees of the constitution. SeeI
J. ing other supports, we shall loose those we alre
Il dy have"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
From the Taunton (Mass.) Beacon Of Liberty.
Shameless Seryility.

Our readers may have heard something about
a certain Capt. Ricketson of the schooner Corde-
liza, of New-Bedford, who has been charged with
carrying back to the South, person claimed as
a slave. contrary to law, and for which the Capt.
is liable for kidnapping; and also for delivering
up his steward-an honest colored man-to the
tender mercies of the human blood-hounds of Viz
ginia.
We have to do only with the case of the stew
ard at the present time. 1t seems from the Nor
folk papers Of the l4th ultimo, that Capt. Rick.
etson sailed from Portsmouth, Va, on the l2tf
ult., but returned again the same night, having
discovered a negro man concealed in the forecas
tie Of the schooner. With great promptness, hi
gave up the slave, and then to cap the whole
turned over poor Boyer to the merciIess authori
ties.
The only plea for this r~ascality is, that til,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
FneitiFe Slaves.

Della Webster, late teacher of a female school
in Lexington, KY, has been sentenced to the
State prison two years, for aiding slaves to escape.
The jury recommend her to executive clemency,
As there are now some five or ten persons in
southern prisons for this offence against the slave
laws, it is proper to state the principles of Christs
kingdom as they bear on this matter.
1. AS to the slave himself, the question wheth-
er he shall attempt to escape from slavery, is one
of prudence, simply. The bare idea of putting,
or keeping unaccused colored persons in the con
dition of life prisoners, and then making it crime
to get out of it, is simply horrid. 1t is impossi
bic to Justify it. For before you can begin tC
reason in defence of a thing SO entirely wrong
you must assume the falsehood of every funda
mental principle in morals and religion; anC
when you have done that, you can justify nothing
-condemn nothing.
2. Therefore slaves are to be regarded as per
sons, for the most part, morally and intellectual
ly degraded persons, who are suffering affection
And as you would wish in like circumstances
where it can be done without violating other du
ties, it is a christian duty to aid them in escapin
from bondage.
All slaves, fleeing, should be assisted wit
food, raiment, etc. When christians, those fug
tive are the despised representatives Of Christ
the least of his brethren on earth,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
Convention at Faneuil Hall.

There will be a convention of the citizens of
Massachusetts, without distinction of party, who
are opposed to the annexation of Texas. There
is no longer any doubt on that point. 1t is
equally certain that the convention will be nu-
merously attended. During the past week, in
telligence of the most favorable g. cheering char
acter has been pouring in from all quarters. The
people seem to be rapidly waking to a sense Of
the momentous Importance of the question at is
sue. A conviction of duty is ~arousing them to
action.-Every succeeding day brings to us new
and significant evidences of their deep and unal-
terable determination, under no circumstances to
yield their consent to the extension of slavery I'M
der the protection Of our national flag.
The convention will be holden at Faneuil Hall
That appears to be regarded by all as the most
appropriate place. 1t will be a glorious gather.
ing. The occasion is one of the most interest
ing and important upon which a people can be
called together. The present is the most crit
cal period which has occurred in the history o
the country since the adoption OF the %constitu
ton. The consequences of the action which thu
people OF MASSACHUSETTS now Jake, wiz dlieC
millions and millions of human beings, and for
length of time which it is impossible ocalculate
And the convention, we have every reason to be
lieve, will be such as, from all our past history
might be expected to assemble in Massachusetts
and in Faneuil Hall, at such atime. Men Of al
ages, of all occupations, and of all political par
ties, will meet together. A host of our mighties
and noblest spirits will be there; and we doub
not the sentiments which they will proclaim t
the world, will be worthy ofthe place, worthy c
the men, and worthy of the occasion.-Massc
chMsettS SpN.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17

steward probably aided and abetted in the escape
ofthe slave, and for a supposed act of humanity,
should suffer the tortures of Southern law. In
deed, the Christian firm of A. H. Seahury g. Co,
in vindicating the course pursued by Capt. r.,
say that the slave testified to the fact and on this
testimony, Bowyer was delivered up. A poor
way to shield their Captain or themselves! We
think he must have been given up freely or vol
UNFAIRLY.
1t seems that the shareholders, not satisfied
with the return of the poor slave, were deter
mined that some Northern man should be sacri-
feed on the alter oftheir %villany. Shall it be an
officer or an owner of a vessel? Who shall be
delivered upl This was indeed a trying time,
but then something must be done to appease the
wrath of the South-to CRAFTY the arrogant de-
mands of a slaveholding, slave-breeding pIantoc-
racy. Somebody besides the slave must pay the
penalty for the crime Of exercising the right 'to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! Who
shall be offered-who shall be sacrificed, appears
to us to have been the question. Surely some
one must have aided and abetted in the escape of
this poor, broken-down slave! He who Can't
take care of HIMSELF would never unaSsisted,
make such an effort to escape from the clutches
of his master! Therefore, in obedience to the
dictation of slaveholding rulers, the unofFending
steward was handed over; and now, after being
tried and sentenced, lies in a loathsome prison,
where he is to remain four long gears.
The giving up of this nan is enough to rouse
every person whose heart is not yet as hard as a
milestone. Suppose the mate of the schooner,
or one of the firm of A. II. Seabury g. Co., had
been surrendered! The whole town Of New
Bedford would have been in an uproar-Bristol
county, the whole Commonwealth, would have
uttered a voice of Indignation. But why com
plainl He was only a colored man!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17

an Abolitionist, unequivocally, and therefore can
not hope for mercy.
We are truly sorry that she has been SO unfor-
tunate in falling into the hands Of the ch'oalry,
and trust that some ofthem will lat least if she IS
fully acquitted ofthe charge of Abolition be gal
liant or honest enough to pay the $3.50 of law
yers' fees, and other expenses and losses incident
to her imprisonment and trial. Were she an
abolitionist, it would be proper enough to pun
lsh her, even ifnot guilty of aiding the fugitive,
by compelling her to defray the expenses of her
trial. Being a coEonizationist, however, and
having pro-slavery father, it would be very UNI
chivalrous to punish her in this way, for the er-
ror ofholding converse with poor Fairbankl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
South Carolina and Massachusetts.
BALTIMORE, Dec. %, 1874.


A battle is preparing. Bunker Hill and Fort
Moultrie antagonize, The latter no longer bat
Ties in the cause of Liberty and equal rights.
The old Palmetto Fort is gone, There is now a
Of brick, and the surges of the ocean are
threatening its destruction. But Bunker Hill
a Granite monument, a symbol of the in
destructibleness Of the principles for which the
blood of patriots flowed freely on the green sward
below.
Oh! Carolina, the land of our birth, and of
our youthful aspirations how art thou fallen since
the day when Marion and Moultrie defended the
cause Of human rights in thine old Palmetto
Fort! We could weep as we contemplate South
Carolina now ready to battle with her sister Mas
sachusetts, in defence of slavery.
She expels from her borders the ambassador
of equal justice, and the advocate of the rights Of
the poor and the oppressed. She insults the no
BILE State that Graded Liberty. But Massachu-
sets is Massachusetts still, and Faneuil Hall still
gathers her sons, and echoes their acclamations
for right and freedom. Her voice will yet be
heard, and needed too, in Cardinals Capitol
The 10000 Shareholders Of Carolina will yet
learn their own weakness. They need not think
that her mountain boys will always allow theii
beloved State to be disgraced by the oligarchy
that now rule them, as well as the imbruted slave
that crouch at their masters feet.-Chrjstia,
Politician, Edited by Dr.. Brisbane.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
q g

How 10 get new Varieties Of Potatoes.
When the vines are done growing and are
turned brown, the seed is ripe; then take the balls
and string with a large needle and strong thread;
hang them in adry place, where they will gradu-
ally dry and mature, without danger or injury from
the frost. In the month of April, soak the balls
for several hours from the pulp, when washed and
dried, they are fit for sowing in rows, in a bed
well prepared in the garden they will sprout in
fortnight they must be attended to like other
vegetables. When about two inches high, they
may be thinned and transplanted into rows. As
they increase in size, they should be hilled. in
the autumn many Of them will be of the size of a
walnut, and fiom that to a pea. In the follow
ing spring, they should be planted in hills, pla-
cling the large ones together-they will in the
second season attain their full size, and will ex-
hibit several varieties Of form, and may then be
selected to suit the judgment ofthe cultivator.-
| would prefer gathering the balls from potatoes
of a good kind. The first crops from seeds thus
obtained, will be productive, and will continue
so for many years, gradually deteriorating, until
they will need a renewal Of the process.-Amer
Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
r G a1t % e p "a % C G
From the American Temperance Union.
Sci down that Glass.

We copied the following interesting story from an ex-
change paper, we know not what. 1t shows The good eff
feet Of moral courage and prompt action.
Even 10 this hour, although the occurrence took place
several years ago, l cannot help smiling at the rcm.m-
brance of a scene which witnessed while travelling thro'
Connecticut. We had stopped for change of horses and
as the day was rather damp and chilly, the passengers,
five In number, including myself, went into the bar room
of the inn. 1t was no Temperance House, as we well
saw by the array of bottles in the bar, bearing the lnvit-
ing titles of brandy, gin, wine, eordials, and others
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17

MISS WEBsrER's LETTER.-With full appre-
citation of the unpleasant position ofthis lady, in
the felons' Jail of Lexington, Kentucky,-where
she declares that she has not even become enti-
tied to a place by the crime of approving Adolf
ton, but while actually a friend of the Colonial
ton scheme-we most decidedly condemn the
spirit which she manifests in speaking of the
''chivalrous'' Kentuckians, through whose tender
g%allantry she is now a prisoner! Surely she cam
not be a tru Yankee woman. who, from the
walls of a prison, in which she has been placed
for no crime against any righteous law, can talk
as she does of the contemplate upholders of the
very code ofslave statutes by which she is judy
ed! Colonizationist or no colonizationist, friend
or foe of abolition, the stones of her prison walls
should cry out before she could give p%tterance tc
praise of the Vandal, Slave-holding, women-whip-
pers, whose vengeance she provoked by daring
to be friend of poor Fairbank who it appears il
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17

3. But to deceive slaveholders-to enter their
houses as friends, and betray their hospitable
confidence; to pass under false names, which is
itself a prisonabIe offence-to feign false charac-
ters-toe enter the service of Shareholders for the
purpose of dividing with them the earnings Of
their slaves, (and all these things have been done)
is both dishonorable and wicked WatcAman Of
the Valley.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-17
Slaves in the District Of Columbia.

A slave brought by her master into the Dis
trict from Virginia, refusing to r return, has been de-
clared free by the Circuit court. Bringing her in
the District freed her from the slave law of Vir-
ginia, by which only she could be held. Taking
her forcibly back, would have been re-enslaving a
woman who was free. Do our readers remem-
Der that Rev Mr.. Smith, of Sumpter county,
who took his slave with him up the Ohio river,
on his way to the old school General Assembly
last May a year? And who declared that in tax
ing the woman back to slavery, he was acting
for her good! The Assembly, though informed
of this clerical kidnapper, yet allowed him to set
and made a motion (Which passed) to lay the an
t|i-slavery memorial of the Chillicothe PresbyterJ
on the table! A civil court, even in a slave
State. would have freed the woman! Where
then was the honor of religion in that Assembly
How does Christ regard it! How is the gol(
become dim, and the most fine gold changedF-
Oatchman Of the VaHey.
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-05-28


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True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-05-28

An Old lawyer ID lic city 81 NpU York,
tells good joke obollt one Of hls t''ea's;
"a fellow bad been arraignco b INe
police for stealing set Of s'ltsf f'Ren4
The stolen articles were ionHa upoa ~
cnlpfit and there was 10 useln slieirfi'HN
10 denQ lhe charge Lawyer - Vas ~
plicd Is 81 me prisoner as c14ns hp'i
SEEING no escape for bis client fxcc On
The pioa 81 insanity 81 idoicy ~ Instruct
4 ed the fellow Is put "a as silly look as
nossible. aud when any QUESTION was ppi
10 him. 70 niteriiid drawing manner, win
IDIOT expression, The word spoons n
successful the re was % be twenty dollars
The court proceeded b business: ne
charge was read, and he question put 70
the prisoner Gully Of not guilty -
Spoons 2 calculated the culprit. The
court put several question to hun, but
.spoonsn spoons was Al the ans WEI q
could elicit. THE fellow IS fool, eaid
the Judge; Get him 60 about bls 5uslness.
The prisoner TED ule nom. and lhelavyer
followed close in bis wake. and whso hey
hadeot into tho bah. tic connselloE inpi
his client on the shuulde1 saying Vow,
my good hll0W, fiaI twenty The rogue
looking thu lawycf "a he |hce, ard wink,
ing with one ere. exc aimed tIpol, (
and then made trrck
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-05-28


tho I'D Is ine means Of saving New ktfs
leans, IS had the effect Of reslIainine lie
Bfilish iTeaps, mill tie American con-
maud completed bis celebrated breast
woIk which piierwaFd opposed Tie q,
VANCE pom the city.
On lie morning Ofthe 9th Learning
aesnpefiof strength Of The enelliv. lac &
sen saw thenecessity ofacting On The De-
lensiye,. and Immediately commenced
throwing up3a breastwofk across lie unf.
row neck Of land which offered the only
approach 70 The city. This lie enemy AZ
lowed him sufficient time 70 complele.
They attacked il on the ~ but were ri
pulsed with severe loss. They again Is
sailed il onth LIST Of Jannafy with similar
fortune Bit their final attack WAS piun-
ned foFthe Stlf On the morn 8 81 this
day, the British column. 10000 strong,
with their commands n.cIiieI. s. y. Pace
kenham. 1t their bead moved Oh b ine at
tack. The FIRE Of he Aiae lean lins open
ed upon them, and they tell beneath the
deadly hail Or three thousand rifles They
wavered and relFealed and were again raj
lied BY brave officers Il was d vain =
their commandef Chief Ind fallen and
nearly three thousand pl ,AsIg comrades
lay dead before their face, and after several
unsuccessful aitenp to reach he nvnI-
nerablc bTeasiuofk d. ley gave way and re-
tired beyond he reach Of our artillery.
On the 18th of IanuaI the relnnals Of
this Cue army was glad o embark II their
ships, leaving thousands DC their conpan-
ions buried ii the stranger land JaeIson
remained ID New Orleans until The news
ofthe treaty Of peace arrived when he
tired to his home At Nashville he was
soon recalled to serve lis country ifi The
Geld. Ia 1878, he received orders from
governmcnft % march an army into Flofi-
da and punishile Seminole Is, tho had been
perpelfatino bnTbanous outGpges Oh the
settlers This he accordingly did
In 1912 he was appointed governor Of
tho Florida territory. which lihd been ced-
cd BY Spain to this country ia the mid
die of the year he proceeded 70 lie scene
Of action, pensacola. and after some viz.
orons action on his pafl. he placed The adj
ministration Of the storrifoflaI government
on a firm basis His health obliged him
to return to Nashville, al the close Of The
year Here he remeinad occupied Wilh
rural affairs until 1924 Ha was then pro-
posed IS one Of the candidates Tor The pres.
identy, bui ID The election be WIS
bH Adams He agaip. 1
4 De feld Ibis Office until 1886, having bee
reelScicd ii 1892
on leaving tie high Office ofthe pres
dencv, he returned 70 bis beanlila l41l
(the Hermitage where Dc conunptd
reside until bis death
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-05-28

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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-08-28
The Game of Twenty Questions.

The Hon. Richard Rush, in his entertaining
"reminiscences of "a Residence al the Court
of London" while he was the American Minis
ter there, gives the following sketch Of an in
tellectual game which was played after dinner
at Gloucester Lodge, then the residence of Mr..
Canning: -
at would not have been easy to assemble a
company better fitted to make dinner party
agreeable, or TO have brought them together at
a better moment, Parliament having just risen,
Mr.. Canning, and his two colleagues of the
cabinet, Mr.. Huskisson and Mr.. Robinson,
seemed like birds let out of a cage. There
was much small talk, some of it very spIghlly
Ten O'Clock arriving, with lillle disposition TO
rise from table, Mr.. Canning proposed ,ha, we
should play Twenty Questions This was
new TO me and the other members of the diplO-
malic corps present, though we had all been a
good while in England. The game consisted
in endeavors TO find ou; your thoughts by ask
ing twenty questions. The questions were TO
be put plainly, though in the alternative, If de-
sired The answers 10 be also plain and direct.
The objec, of your thoughts not TO be an alb
sracl idea, or any thing so occult, or scientific,
or technical, as moi TO be supposed TO enter in
TO The knowledge OF he company; but some