Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-14
THE WING PARTY,

The wings Of The legislature have held
caucus and organized forfeiture action. They
passed some good resolutions on Texas, and
on the South Carolina and Louisiana cases,
but they are evidently not yet prepared to
take the high ground Of making the aboli-
ton Of slavery the first, prominent and all
engrosslng object. For aught we can see,
they have learned little from the events of
the last election: and We should not be sur
priSed tO'sec them soon at their old tricks Of
urging the election ofinveterate slaVe-hold~
erS as an abolition measure. We should be
heartily glad to find ourselves disappointed
in this respect but, we confess there are ma
ny indications that the party has not as yet
derived much benefit from the "sWeet uses
Of adversely" Their whole policy remains
doubtful and uncertain. As party they are
still in the predicament of their great leader
Webster, in Faneuil Hall, when, in dubious
oscillation, like Chinese mandarin on a
mantle-plece between Tyler and office and
Clay and the hope of succession he inquired
"Where shall go p They want the aboIi-
ton votes of the North, and the problem
which puzzles their wise heads just now is,
how TO obtain them without giving mortal
offence to their Slave-hoIding allies OF the
South. question of no slight difficulty.
upon which there will beyond doubt be a
great amount of specializing and experiment
ting In the mean time we have these
anti-Texas resolutions cast, as I" bread upon
the waters in the hope of finding return
IN the shape of abolition votes for slave
holder or a Northern man, with sufficient
pliability toaccomodatc himself to the South
ern wing of the Wing party.
We do not deny the fact-nay, we rejoice
in the conviction-that the wings of the
north are opposed to Texas, and in theory.
at least opposed to slavery, in its most Of
fenSive manifestations For their votes a.
gainst annexation and in favor of the right
Of petition, we thank them. That they
have been able to exert no moral power on
the subject, is the result of their fatal mis-
take in rallying round an inveteratc slave
holder as their great leader. They lost by
so doing, the credit of sincerity. Theil
movements seemed regulated by policy rath.
er than principle Their appeals, however
earnest and eloquent, against the gag-rulC
and the extension of slavery, could have lit
~ wight Will 1CiIlOCIulS. WIN SdW lllG0
lat the time making desperate excrtions tc
elevate to the presidential chair sworn adj
vocate of slavery. And never, until the
Northern Wings take an entirely new posi-.
tion-that of hostility to slavery in all it,
forms-never until they give some decided
unequvocal guaranty that they will not aid
III electing any man to office who is not il
theory and practice an enemy of slavery
can they expect to have the confidence O
other parties, in their honesty. Let then
repudlate their WORKOUT watchwords, thei
paItry issues, their undignifcd emblems, ant
take their stand on the eternal principles O
Truth and Justice; and side by side will
them will stand not the sixty thousand Lib
erty men alone but a still mighticr host o
honest and true-hearted Democrats, who ar,
now only kept in their party by distrus
OF wing principles and professions, growing
out OF the presidential contest. Would tina
they had the wisdom to adopt this policy
and the moral courage to stand manluly b,
it!
But, however doubtful wavering and If
resolute the wings may be, one party (smal
1t is true but nevertheless growing ha
made up its mind. 1t has decided upon it
course; it knows its own purpose and it ha
the nerve to carry that purpose into action
Against slavery, always, slavery in the con
stltution, or out of it, slavery with law, G
without it-hatred, unutterabIe, hostility t
the DEATH Uncompromising, stern, inaeS
ible, the liberty party has planted its feet o
the rock Of that one idea and there it wi
stand--a fixed fact in the politics of til
country-oferng raIlying point to the tru
democracy of all parties; uttering at ever
election its indignant protest against pr
slavery legislation and demanding the etc
nal separation of Republicansm and SIav
ry, which God has not joined together
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