Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-08-20

Mexico, for the benefit of slavery-and the hornd en-
ginerv of war is in the full tide of successful operation
These outrages, and many others, has the slave
power enacted in our Congress halls and where the
northern representative that has shown himself true to
his nature to his country and his God, by rushing
to the rescue of our constitution and laws from these
profane attempts to transform them into mighty en-
gnes for the wholesale destruction of human liberty
and happiness? We would by no means undervalue
the services to the cause of Freedom of an Adams,
Slade, Giddngs Hale; but the very fact that for
these labors they have been dsfeowshipped denoun-
ced and ostracised by the mass of their partizan
friends, is conclusive proof of the position we have
taken.
But to bring the matter nearer home. From Yer
mont we have two senators and four representatives in
Congress all claiming to be genuine abolitionsts,
and ready, upon all suitable occasions, at home, and
peciay while election is pending, to compliment the
abotonsts and pledge themselves to go to the verge
of constitutional authority to effect the abolition of A
mercan slavery. And yet, which one of them, during
his term of office, and while the slave power has pro-
claimed the loudest its designs and preached new and
has manully stood up and avowod his determined res
olution and that of his constituents to resist all fur
Their encroachments of this vile abomination, and to
every peaceful and lawful means to secure its de-
strucon from the land and world? Which one of them
has demanded of Congress to exercise its power
of aboishng slavery in the District, and other places
of national jurisdiction? Which one has breath
ed an anti slavery lisp more than to silently present
the resolutions of legislature passed for home ef-
fect) and even in that case, nothing but State inStuc-
tons could excuse them in the eyes of the enraged
oyerseers. Yea-whch one of them has even sat res
tive in his seat, while the aboltionsts have been de-
nounced by the wholesale, as fanatics, incendarles
vagabonds, and richly deserving the dungeon, the
whippngpost, or the gibbet? Which one of them, We
again ask, fall gorying as they do, in the name of abb
oItonist al hOme,) has ever attempted to defend the
character and motives of their constituents for al
claim to be abotonists in Vermont from the vile as
pensions Of slaverys champions?
These are unpleasant truths to UTTER but, in on
judgment, it is time they were told. The treemcn o
Vermont have long enough been deluded into the sup
port of men who have neither the courage or DISPOSE
ton to attempt anything for the cause Of mpaua
freedom When will slavery be abolished by such in
strumenalitics? So far as any efficient measures 70
the destruction of American slavery is concerned, WI
cannot see why John G. Calhoun or George McDufi
might not just as well be depended upon as our pres
ent Congressment of whom are in nomination for re
election with two others OF like merits it is presumed
bo1 1oc IN,
the several candidates of the Liberty Party for Con
gress, but want of space forbids our doing so unit
t next week.