Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-04-04

believed till it was committed. The friends of
freedom now battle on new ground.
We cannot bring ourselves to believe that
there can any longer be two pro-slavery parties
at the North That cunning scheme by which
slavery has thus far ruled us, is blown up. The
Wings must by this time see the folly of setting
up STAKEHOLDER or a tool of shareholders, as the
idol or representative of their party Clay was
the best STAKEHOLDER they could take and he ran
behind his ticket in Massachusetts, and in losing
New York, lost them all. 1t cannot be that the
more intellectual party cf the free North, will a
gain be so stolid as to think the extension of sa-
very can be prevented by giving office to the
slave-power. The Wings have had a lesson on
slavery and the schoolmaster's rod is still over
their heads AS to the northern Democrats,
they have been cheated They are not bookish
class-not people who forsee much-but they
can't be cheated twice. Those of them who have
got office, are gone over the dam. But the rank
and-fIe, so far as they have gone for Texas,
have gone for it on promises which their leaders
cannot make good; they have gone for it on
grounds, delusive though they were which do
honor to their patriotism and philanthropy. We
look confidently to the dlsabusing Of this class
The advantages which the slavocracy is to gain
from Texas are not immediate, but prospective,
and rather remote But the motions of the slave
holders, and the purposes to which they aim, can
not fail to be very speedily rewarded. If we had
an enemy who was intent upon firing our dwell
ling, and we could not make our neighbors be-
eve it, we should like to catch him in the act
of firing slow match to blow us up. Being in
season to stop the progress of the fire along the
tow, we should be glad of the act, and should
call out to our neighbors, Look here, Now YOU
see what this fellow is about. You wouldn't be-
lieve me when told you so before Look here
and see for yourselves.
Some have seemed disposed in case the
Texas bill should pass, to give up all hopes o
saving the country, and almost all confidence il
man, to give it up, as gone case, that man IS
J cruel and perfdious hyena. And for aught w
know, they will turn monarchists or hermits, a
some of our good anti-slavery men seem alread
to have turned anarchists. But we don't mea
to die so. Our hope has risen more than Texa
s scrip has And we say to the snug and tru
Liberty host, up, and be of good cheer. Their
r are at this moment, ten times your number OF
t of your ranks whose eyes are turned upon yor
o and who, if by reason of their natural huma
Il prejudice, they don't wish you to succeed, b'
e wish and hope party to succeed, on just YOU
5 ground. Never was party in happier attitude
/ having maintained for more than five year
c against the fearfulest odds, the very position
J. which all eyes not salved with office, gold, c
i Texas scrip, are now converging Let the say
s. ocrats glory in their success whether they hav
d annexed Texas or not, they have succeeded in
L scheme for driving the North into the Liber
lie party. Don't let us disgrace ourselves ny VIII
u ming now.