The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-09-27


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"Let Liberty men be Of good courage, for at
present rate Of increase, Vermont will he redeem
cd from the control Of The pro-slavery parties"
Green Mountain FL eem0n.
Such is the language of the organ of Sd partyism
IA Vermont. So far as it the Wing patty
calling it pro-slaveryit is wicked aud belous. The
Polk party, we admit, is pro-sIavory for slavery in
going for Texas for gags and for the gene
ally brought up 10y shareholders for their especial BEN
eft, as such. But no act Of tho Wings of the FREQ
States warrants the charge OF pro-savery upon them
For the last twelve years they have ballled slavery
in Congress so FAR every occasion, as the Consl-
tuition Of the Country would allow them to do So
and in no way have hoy sanctioned slavery. And
ia the free States where the Wings have had control
of the Legislature, have they protested against such
measures, as have from time TO time up, intend
ed to strengthen the slave system.
The Wing party Of the north, in every practical
sense is more thoroughly libery-oving and slave
hating party than the loud -mouthed 81 party has
proved itself to be by any Of its acts Looking at the
conduct Of the two parties any candid will ad
nit this to BIO true. Ifthey do not talk so loud about
'the poor slave they act, when they act
to effect his welfare for him, and against slavery
Always have the Wings gone for the right Of petition
and for the abrosaton ofgags; and when the great
est Of all questions up that has been asitated
for the last quarter Of century calculated and de-
signed to uphold Gnd give strength and perpeluity
the slave system nearly every Wing Of the country,
all in The free states, aud neteniIs of tho party in
tho slave states oo,opPosod its consunmaon to the
! utmost Of their power. They tllked and voted a.
| gairst tho Annexation Of Texas.
But it was not SO with the Sd party, They did not
hate avcry sufficiently, feel opposed to it to an
extent induce them So vote as p,erent the An
ne&ution Of Texns No, in the charitable Iight
| in which their conduct can be view ed they threw
away their votel INSTEAD Of voting with party which,
il il had received their votes, would have had the
| power to have prevented innovation and the con-
sequent increase to the slave power in the country
! Nay, the great leader Of their party in Vermont,
declared that Annexation Of consequence and
he, and the other leaders Of the party, acted and in
| fnenced many Of the honest members Of their party
to act, as if it indeed of consequence! and al
| Toured annerGtioR 10 take place! The pretence was
! MIR Clay was stakeholder But the leaders
honest in this We say no, and have home proof to
the contrary In the 4th Congress sonal District Of
Vermont the Wings supported at the last Congress-
ona election candidate pledged against Annexation,
and who had been for years member Of the Anti
Slavery Society. The Pokites supported man, for
all tina; appeared TO the contrary, friend of
ton and who has since voted for it. The Sd part
had no hope Of electng their Upon the las,
trial, the Sd party had the power aid the Wings in
the election OF their candidae-,rho lras not Stare
holder but did not afford this aid One half of them
either voted for the annexation candidate stad
home when, if they had felt disposition to vote
as to keep Annexation man out of congress and
put in in his place opponent real Anti-Slavery
man, they could hare done it, Is not the Sd party,
rather than the Wing party a PRO-SLAVERY
PARTY? BY their works judge them And
who will say do not judge them righteousy p
The Wing party of the north and especially of Yer
mont, manifest ten fold of the spirit of dis
interested nnti-savery than do the Boosting Sd party
lenders. They have done and disposed to do land
without being obnoxious the charge of ambition
and of money making, which lies so heavily against
the Sd party leaders, all the laws and constitution Of
he land will permit them to do, towards discounten
'ancing slavery.
1t is the opinion of many that if there were no am
bilious motives INDUCED by the leaders of the Sd par
ty, and il Sd party lecturers not successful
as they generally in filling their pockets with
cash, all the opponents Of slavery and Texas would
have united in the last election in voting for the on
~ who would have had the power aided by his
party preventing annexation The great cry of tho
leaders was, ''ir vote for Clay party will be
ruined" and what then? why, the leaders perhaps
might have lost the hope Of office s. numerous lee
turers who now live by their trade would have beer
obliged, like other honest men, to work for liyinz