Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-08-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
For the Green Mountain Freeman
Are the Leaders in the Old Parties Hon"
est {?

Mr.. EDIToR-I have, for the last few years, watch
ed the course of the old party to which formerly be-
longed-called the Democratic party-to see if the
leaders honest in their professions against Amer
lean Slavery or in other words, to see if the course
they pursued had tendency to extenuate that foul
SYSTEM that is undermining our republican institutions
Also to see if Southern Statesmen would go directly
against the interests of the people, for the purpose of
fostering and building up the Slave power in our ma
ton And must say, sir that am forced to the be-
lief that the course of the party is to pepetuate Slave
ry in our land The fact that in the winter Of l843
and 1884, the leaders of the party protested to be most
strenuously opposed to the annexation of Texas be-
cause it would have tendency to pepeuate Slavery,
and then gave up to the South by voting for James K.
Polk for the express purpose of annexng Texas, the
avowed object of which was to perpetuate Slavery
when they were pledged to nominate Mr.. Van Buren,,
who was an open Opposer to the annexation scheme IS
proof of what have stated. If they had been honest
in their professions against slavery would they have
voted for a measure, the object of which to in
crease Slave territory and thereby give strength to
what they strenuousy protested to oppose? No, no!
they would have started back with horror at the idea.
That slavery is wrong, one deny; that it is a
dangerous nstitut on, all candid men will admit 1t
is evidently wrong to compel three millions of human
beings to virtually vote to ensave themsevesto
pei them to live IN state of servitude and ignorance
All this slavery does Then ought we not to use oul
influence to do away with this iniqutous system? Let
every man settle this question in his mind. Thai
Southern Statesmen disregard the interests of the
ton when those interests conflict with slavery, is ap
parent from the fact that they have voted away large
portion of our territory on the north west nearly twice
as large as all the New England States -pretendins
great fears of with Great Britain. But they hac
no fears of war with Mexico, when Texas wan
ted to hold up the temple of slavery nor would they
have feared Great Britain if Oregon had been a slave
territory. But the bounds of free territory set OIL
the north east and north west but where thu
bounds to slave territory? Are they satisfied witt
Florida and Texas? No! they want California ant
Mexico, and if they prevail upon the north to hell
them, they will have both soon, slave territory toe
Then it not duty, friends to country, a
lovers Of freedom, Philanthropsts and Christians
to do all in our power to arrest the progress of thi
growing evil in our land and nation and to meet tn
question in all its forms Let us give slavery re
pulse and that too, at the balot-box by eevating me
to office who will act for the best good of the counr
men who will go for the interests of the whole pee
pie, not the few slave despots at the South-men who
rather than compel nearly three millions of human be
ngs to virtually vote to ensave themselves, will extern
liberty TO AL, rich and poor, bond and Free black an
white, through all the land. When such men are i
power arrstocracy will totter and crumble to dus
and republican institutions will be reared, extendin
equal privileges to ALL and the broad banner of free
dom and Liberty will wave over our land unblushingly
Then come both Wings and Democrats, and eni'
under the liberty banner and vote for liberty men.
Yours, &C., A. NJ. D.
West Topsham, July II, 1876.