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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
&. M. Clay.

By an extra of the True American, it appears
that Shareholders Of Kentucky, whom wings and
democrats so sincerely love, and so willingly sup
port, are determined to put a stop to Mr. Clay's
paper, and if need be, to imbrue their hands in
his blood. We tremble for his safety, but let
them kill him if they dare, he could not die a mar
tyr to a better cause. Every philanthropist, eve
ry freeman would be ready TO write in living
characters, with a pen Dipped in his blood, the e.
ternal doom ofSlavery.
The transaction as described by Mr. Clay is in
substance as follows 4:
A meeting was held at the Court House, on the
l4th, to suppress the True American. Mr. C. M.
Clay attended, though in feeble health, intending
to vindicate his course; but he was told that il
was a private meeting, and consequently with
drew. Only about twenty men were present, and
most Of them personal as well as political enemies
of Mr. c. M. Clay. Two speakers proposed to
dissolve the meeting, aud Capt. Henry Johnson,
a cotton planter, declared that although he was
ever ready to act boldly upon the subject, he
would not then, nor hereafter. take any action in
regard to the True American, unless the wing
party also came up and incurred the same respon-
sibility.
The meeting passed the following resolution
Resolved,-That a committee of three be appointed to wait up
on Cassius NJ. Clay, editor of the "True American" and request
him to discontinue the publication of the paper called the TRUE
American rs its further continuance, in our judgment, Is danger
GUS to the peace of our community, and to the safety Of our homes
and families.
The committee, in their letter, seek to impress
upon Mr. G. M. Clay the Importance of his 'ac
quiescence' in this mandate, by saying that his
paper is '%agitating and exciting the community
to an extent that he was not aware Of and al
though not intending "a threat they say;
We owe it to you to state, that in our Judge
ment, your own safety, as well as the repose and
peace of the community, are involved in your an
swer. We await your reply, in the hope that
} your own good sense aud regard for the reasona-
2 BILE wishes Of a community in which you have
q many connexions and friends, will induce you
promptly to comply with our request. We are
instructed to report your answer to II meeting, to-
morrow evening at 8 O'Clock, and will expect it by
Q o'clock, P. NJ. of Tomorrow.
Respectfully, &c.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
THE EIGHTH OF SEPTEMBER.

That is the day on which the people of Maine
are to speak their minds on the question, wheth-
er they are in favor of continuing the e%nslaVe-
ment of our oountrymen, including all its fear
full consequences, or whether they are in favor
of emancipation and universal liberty. The
subject is now so distinctly before the country
as a political question, that neutrality is impos-
sible. Every voter must speak by his ballot
he cannot avoid it if he would. He is compelled
to take sides. His vote wiU speak and the
STAKEHOLDER will hear it; the country will hear 1t;
the world will hear him say whether he is in
favor of liberty or slavery. The issue is made
up and cannot be evaded. Those who vote the
liberty ticket say they are in favor of abolishing
slavery; those who vote the others say at least
that they are for supporting it as it is. Your
vote will be counted for or against slavery, ac-
cording to the character of the party with which
you vote. Should you vote on the slavery side
under a protest that you don't mean so, that will
do no good, fol factions speak louder than words
and your protest will not 60 with the vote. You
may vote on that side, yet say you are opposed
to slavery; but in so doing you will either cote
yourself false, or faLsify your oOtc. The whole
country knows that the Liberty Party is not only
opposed to slavery, but is in favor Of abolishing
it; and all know equally well that, in the Ian
guage of Henry Clay, neither Of the other
parties has any aim, design, or tendency to abo-
l%ition; and the wiU Of every man on this great
question of the age will be seen in the returns
Of the elections. What is to be the language Of
the freemen of Maine at such a crisis! What
does honor, public welfare, humanity, and reli-
gion, demand? Can there be more than one
answer to these questions? And those who do
not vote at all, simply say that they do not care
enough about the matter to say what they think
and this is morally the same as to vote againsI
the slaves. 1t says, let them perish!
Take slavery in its parts: Shall the bible be
universally circulated? At the balIot-box you
are to say yea or nay. Shall education be uni
versaI? Yea, or nay? Shall cradles be protected
from robbery! Yea, or nay ? Are you in favor
of whipping the women Yea, or nay? Shal
the laborers be robbed of their hard earnings
Yea, or nayl Shall 500, 900 little children BE-
protected by law Yea, or nay? These anC
other questions are to be put to the enlightened
people of this state On the 9Th of September, ant
the answers are to stand forever. A libert,
vote is YEA, a democratic or wing vote is Nay
it can be made to mean nothing else. Make u
your mind deliberately what your vote shall sa,
lin the ear Of oppression, and of a %listenin,
,world.--Lib, Standard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

The Liberty rote Of I845.---A large Liberty
vote this year is of great Importance. Without
it we lose in a great degree the power gained by
several years Of hard labor. We cannot stand
still. The shareholders were thunder-struck last
year, that their long cherished plan of heating
the furnace CT political excitement hot enough
to consume us, was a total failure. What should
they do next? Their northern political friends
told them that the reaction of that contest would
do the work for them, and they have fancied that
they could discover such symptoms of languor
as afforded ground Of hope. This will be de-
cided by the returns Of elections alone. A
large vote will secure the influence of the past,
demonstrate the present, and go far to settle the
future. The vote of this year will indicate very
clearly what it is to be in 1913, aud e%-country
will make up its calculations accordingly. Friend,
what shall the voice of Maine say in the ear Of
oppression? Our elections come early, and will
influence other States. We hold a most respon-
sible position, ---let US do our duty.-Lb. Stan
dord.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

The QUESTION AND THE ANswER.-The Port
Tobacco (Md) Times, in giving an account Of
the arrest of the company Of slaves that lately
made desperate but unsuccessful effort to escape
from their letters, says:
There seems to be a strange and singular
spirit come over this portion of our population
(the slaves) of late. Why is itP
To this question the Baltimore Saturday Wis.,
tier presents an answer which is worthy of pro-
found attention:
The true answer TO this question may be
found in the following beautiful passage from a
speech made in the Assembly of Virginia, by
James Mcdowell, the present Governor of that
State; You may place the slave where you
please; you may dry up, to your utmost the fouu-
tains of his feelings, the springs of his thought;
you may close upon his mind every avenue to
knowledge, and cloud it over with artificial night;
you may yoke him to labor as an OK which liveth
only to work, and worketh only to live; you may
put him under any process which without des-
troying his value as a slave, will debase and
crush him as a rational being--you may do this,
and the idea that he waS born to be free toiH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

CANDID.-The Franklin Messenger says the
"Whig party of Vermont has been faithful to the
cause of anti slavery in its State affairs''-a virtu-
al admission that in national affairs it is pro-slase-
ry! This is the truth in a nutshell. The wings
ere allowed to be anti slavery in estate affairs"
provided they will be loyal to the '~'pecuIiar insti-
tuition" in national affairs, and support a national
executive, and send members to Congress, "who
have no aim or design a 1.-THE abolition of ~slavery.'
THIS kind ofanti slavery has long deceived ma
ny true friends of the slave, but is fast loosing its
charm.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

My vote counts but one, and it matters but lit
tie hOw | cast it, or whether cast it at all, is the
language of many. Brother, that vote of yours,
which you look upon with so much Indifference,
may be the very key to unlock the prison house
that now holds the slave;-it may be, in the hands
of God, a barbed arrow to pierce the Shareholders
heart ami rend the system in twain.
The elective franchise / a privilege dearly pur-
chased, and should be highly priced by every A
merican citizen. tits a duty you owe to your
God, to your suffering brother, and to your slavery
cursed country to vote, and to vote as your own
conscience tells you is right. Your vote may
count but one-whose counts more than that
You have no right to withhold that vote. 1t is
the Yoire Of God speaking through you and de-
claring who shall ''be ordained of Hun" to enact
righteous laws. Exercise, then, that God-given
prerOgalive in His fear, and as His representative
on earth. The slave, in his degradation and
wretChedness, asks you for that vOle-your cOun-
try, which is now slaVery-ridden, and on the very
verge of ruin, needs it. Can you, dare you, with
hold it and still call yourself a loyal subject Of
Gods government? Let nothing, then, but sick
ness or death keep you from voting for humanity,
freedom and the slave. Remember that vote will
be recorded in heaven for angels to look at in all
time-and it may be your dying signet 10
the death-warrant of slavery.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
THE TEST.

Christian Parent would you vote for a man
who held your children as slaves, or with a
party who held up such a man as "the embodi-
ment Of its principles? ~ Would you wish your
%ncighbor to do thus! We'll, every STAKEHOLDER
holds somcbody's children as slaves; and can
you find in the good book a warrant for neglect
ing to edo unto others as you would have others
do unto you? Oh the i~nfdelity of many who
make the loudest professions of Christianity
Who would envy the final doom of that
prominent minister who, during the late presi-
dental campaign, urged the p%ropriety of neg
lecting the cause ofthe slave, and securing the
election of Clay, that the tariff might be Sus
tanned and money made plenty, to gives vigor-
Gus support to Foreign Missions! "Robbery
for burnt offering F'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
3" FLORIDA,v

" Make room for gallant Floridal' exclaimed
the New York Tribune, a few days since, JOY
fully anticipating the triumph of the wings at
the late election, with Call, the man who sent to
Cuba for the blood hounds, as their candidate for
governor. But gallant Florida concluded there
was more room Texas way-so she wheeled
into the democratic () fold. But the 'gallantry'
of Florida-here it is, in two resolutions, just
passed by her legislative committee, asserting the
right which the congress of the United States
gave them at its last session, to make slaves of
such northern free colored persons as may visit
her ports!
Resolved That in the municipal and police laws of South Caro-
lima, we are aware of no enactment which goes beyond this object,
self preservation we believe that such laws were called for by ne
cessty; that those laws are not aggressions upon the rights of Mass
achusetts, or those of any other State, but purely a defence of the
rshts of South Carolina.
Resolved, That the committee deem this a favorable opportunity
to Recommend similar police laws to those of South Carolina, for
adoption by the General Assembly of the State of Florida.
Which is the most despicable-the southern
tyrant or the northern dough-face?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

A Rmnaway Preacher.--A late Kentucky pa
per contains an advertisement offering a reward
of $500 for the recovery of ga negro man ma
med Richard" who is 40 years old, reads and
writes very well, is preacher and has a license
to exhort, endorsed by the Elder of Stone River
Circuit or M rfreeSborough Station. The adj
vertisement states that he breaches and sings
well, and it is supposed he will try to make hi:
living in that way. The crime for which he is
advertised is two-fold-ho is black and was born
contrary to the Declaration of Independence
Perhaps he has some Wild notions of his respon.
sibllity as preacher, and is inclined to give
too literal construction to the passage, "Go ~
into all the vorid," sc. Is not this a great
country, where preachers of the everlasting Cos.
pei are advertised like stray cattle - Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

eff you are not for Slavery you are against
it. Be assured there is no middle ground.--.
Between Liberty and Slavery, there is not, there
cannot be any compromise &C. ~ Clay.
Reader do you hear that l---Where do you
stand? The greatline of demarkation is drawn:
Which side are you on? No more twaddlin g
no more blinking the question. No more vo-
ting for slaveholding tyrants, and pretending TIC
be opposed to Slavery. No more voting fol
rumsellers, and preaching up Temperance. 1t
won't do. Men begin every where to see the
light. He that is truly in favor of the slave
cannot vote for the slaves deadliest enemy
The thing is impossible. --Lerk. Freeman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

We have sent out a large quantity of the back
numbers of the Freeman, containing the Cincin-
natti Address and other important anti -~sIavsry ar
ticleS. Let the friends to whom they have been
sent see that they are faithfully distributed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

saroice 1t all! 1t is allied to his hope of i'm
mortality; it is the ETHEREAL part of his nature,
which oppression cannot reach; it is a torch lit
up in his soul by the hand of Deity, and never
meant to be extinguished by the hand of man."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

pG-Let some friend in the several towns, as
soon as the result of the elections is ascsrtained,
send us the returns Immediately. Put the letter
into the post office on Tuesday night, where it is
practicable, so that we may furnish our readers
with returns from as many towns as possible next
week.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

CoRREcTIoN.-An article has been published
in nearly all the anti slavery papers, entitled
" Preaching and Practice" credited to the Chris
tian Freeman. 1t was original in the Green
Freeman. Give every man his due, is
all we ask, gentlemen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

CoRREsPoNpENTs.-A number of articles de-
signed for this weeks paper, were received too
late for publication.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

SO here is the end of the boosted opposition
of the Wings to annexation! What becomes
of the "everlasting" objection of Gov. Shade
the threat of the Boston Atlas and other leading
Wing papers, and the resolves of the Faneuil
Hall convention, that the Union would be dis
solved by the success Of the annexation scheme ?
The occasion for which they were manufactured
has passed, and they have given place to renew
ed %servility to the slave power-iust as all such
ftful, ophemeral resolves of the pro-slavery par
ties must of necessity do.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
The Whigs and Annexation,

The Cincinnati Gazette, the National Intelli-
gencer, and many other leading Wing papers in
the Union, are coming out in decided opposition
to any further efforts to prevent the final admis-
sion, by our Congress, of Texas into the Union
as an independent State, They say
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

A largely increased Liberty vote in Vermont at
the ensuing election is of vital importance. The
manifested by the other parties toward
the feeble liberty band during the Presidential
campaign of 1870, was exchanged, during that of
1874, for the most unparalleled m%alignity and abuse;
and me belief prevails more or less through the
country, that it is crushed beneath the feet of the
pro-slavery parties. 1t devolves upon the Liber-
tV party, at the fall elections, to cORfirm or reverse
that impression. Vermont opens the campaign in
the free States, with the exception of Indiana,
which has just polled a largely increased Liberty
vote. Maine follows Oh the Sth inst, and other
States soon after. Now what report shall go up
from us to our friends in other States? Shall we
cheer their hearts and nerve their hands for the
cou1ict?-or shall we ~paralyze their energies and
send despondency through their ranks, by a dimin-
ished vote, either through ~listlesS inactivity, or q
vote in favor ofthe Polk and Texas .or Clay ant
eternal slavery parties? Heaven forbid! Oh
let US send up from our free affairs one mighty
shout for GOD and LIBERTY, that shall rever
berate among our Green Mountains, and startle th'
eagle from his rocky perch to bear upon his ia
reaching pinions to the land Of the oppressor, The
united voice of a people whose laws never reeeSi
nized the existence of a sIave-proclaiming q yea
~ofiubilec to the captive, and inscribing upon til,
walls of slavery its everlasting doom!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

awe regard this movement as highly improper. We tried all iii
our power to prevent the passage of the annexation act-~but our
cuunsels did not prevail, and we must submit to the consequences
as we best may. We had better bear the ills which ate upon us,
and bend our energies to prevent recurrence fsuCh acts in future,
than place ourselves before the world as regulators, or in an indie
flnsiblc or even an equvocal position. We are opposed to all
party onposition to the fllflmant of the propositions of our govern
nlent ~ he nennln and gnYrrnment Of TeNas,N
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
LIBERTY STATE K

ELECTION, TUESDAY NEXT, SEP. 2.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

WIN lIELlEG, VT. AUUUo1 30, lO7o
ELECTION, TUESDAY NEXT, SEP. 3.
LIBERTY STATE TICKET.
For GOVERNOR,
WRLLIAgE e.. SEEAFTEg,
of Townshend.
For LIEUT.. GOVERNOR,
HORATEO NEEDEH
of Bristol.
For TREASURER,
ZENAS WOOD,
of Montpelier.
Senatorial Nominations.
r. BENJAMIN F. HASKELL
"""'S0" ~" IRA CLIFFORD.
(LEMUEL BOTTOM,
D~S""'"8'0" ~ CYRUS ARMSTRONG
(SAMUEL PAIGE,
O"'''S""'" . VIM. E. SHERMAN.
JOSEPH MORRILL,,
O@'0"o"'" co. JONATHAN WOODMAN
ESSEX co., AFRO BURTON.
LAWRENCE BRAINARD
H>e"AH" co. 1 AHRHET Th GSH3N Ss.
LamoiM Co, DANIEL DODGE.
{ PLINY DAY,
Orange Co. J GEORGE MAY,
HARRY HALE.
Orleans co., GEORGE II. PAGE.
AMOS THOMPSON,
Rut!and Go. JOSIAH w. HALE,
LYMAN BATCHELLER.
(JABEZ MOWER,
'~'"S""'S'0" ~ SAMUEL CHAPMAN.
(SUMNER A. WEBER,
OLIVER GLEASON,
""""S0' o. WILLIAM WARNER,
JAMES A. ALDRICH.
{ JOHN H. CAMPBELL,
WndAam co. } WILLARD FROST,
JOHN c. WILSON
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
T II Z FIR Z Z N A N .

" PLANT as reeds where FREEDoM's waters glide
Firm as the hills to stem OPPREssIoN's tide ="
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

MONTPELIER, VI. AUGUST %, l845
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28

as to surrender our blood-bought freedom to Sc
cure that which was the meanest of our fathers
sacrifce-our "fortuneS?"
"Is the old Pilgrim spirit quenched within US ?
Stops the proud manhood of our souls so1ow,
That Mommons lure, or Party's vile, can win us
To silence now -
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-06-10

STooPING TO CoNaUER.-A novel mar
rage stipulation is recorded mot much to
the advantage Of the LADY, IN a late num-
Der of the North Adams Transcript, where
a story is related of fair damsel in tina,
town who found i, somewhat difficult 10 de-
eide between two rival suitors for her hand,
and made them both agree 10 accompany
her 10 the office of the Squire" when she
promised TO make her selection, on condi-
ton that the rejected suiior should pay the
marriage fee, present her with five dollars,
and then depart the town for the space OF
ons year. The Transcript says that this
BIT of drama was actually performed, 'and
the disconsolate one left town as per agree
ment.'
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-06-10

ANOTHER GREAT FiRE.-By an extra
from the office OF the Pittsburgh Spirit Of
the Age, we received the painful inteli-
gence that the city has another calamity to
mourn over, not, as The Spirit Of the Age
remarks, for loss Of property, for tadt
is comparatively small, but the suffering
of hundreds of industrious poor, who are
thus tor the second time rendered house
less. The fire burnt down two and half
squares, north Of the former burnt dis
,rict, in the densely populated East Ward.
These were most densely filled by our
industrious hard-working laboring men,
who are least able to bear the loss; dray-
men, carriers, laborers, and mechanics,
many Of whom sought shelter in this sec
ton of the city. when driven from the
South ward and that portion Of the IVES,
which was destroyed by the more memora-
bic fire Of the 10Th Of April, are again
driven forth, many to seek assistance from
friends or the benevolencs Of the public,
who have SO nobly sustained US under the
last affecting dispens alton OF Divine Prov
idence.
There appears 20 be little doubt that the
fire was the work Of an incen larry. The
Spirit OF the Age, adds:
From the description of the property de-
stroyed, our readers at a distance will al
once see that, as commercial or manufac-
turing city, this will not affect our siiua-
ton in the least. We trus, our editorial
friends abroad will unders the roprie-
~ Of letting this important fact be known
10 their readers.