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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22
CONGR ESS4ONAL,


Thursday, January, :.
Senate. Mr.. Allen, from the committee on Foreign
Relations, introduced a Joint Resolution for giving
the twelve months notice to Great Britain and the &C.
cupancy of Oregon; which was laid OH the table.
House. Mr.. Cobb, OLGA, made a speech in support
Of the policy of claiming and taking possession of the
whole of Oregon, forthwith-giving the notice and fol-
lowing it up with armed occupation.
We could never prepare beforehand for war. Some
said this was a war measure. He was not prepared to
say, with Mr., Adams, that there was no danger of a
war resulting from our course as to Oregon.
He planted himself on the ground that it was our du-
ty to ourselves to pursue a certain course as to Oregon.
The consequences he would not look to.
Mr.. McClernand, of Illinois, followed, and on the
same side.
He said that Oregon would not be worth contendiug
for, however, if we surrendered the part North of 49
to Great Britain.
Beyond that parallel was every thing that c%onstitut-
ed the value of the country, in a commercial point OF
view. 1t controlled the valley of the Columbia and
the CALIFORNIA;, and the trade Of the Pacific.
North of 40 were all the good harbors, and all the
ship timber of the region. The North part of Oregon
was to the Pacific coast what New England was to the
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
He seemed to have studied the geographical and
commercial relations of the subject, and talked very in
telligently and instructiyely upon them.
The struggle for the floor was vehement after Mr.
McClernand finished.
There must have been thirty members, all up, and
claiming the attention of the chair, at the same time,
Friday, January, 8.
House. Mr., Mcconnell gave notice of his intention
to introduce a bill to repeal the Tariff of ls42.
Mr.. Culver Of New York gave notice of a bill for
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mo bigb-raiged battlements." &c.

"Not high-raised battlements." &c.
To make a State, there must be something more
than widespread territory and fertile soil-there must
be people. That was the difficulty in the case of
Florida, which rendered the Shareholders so eager for
Texas. Florida has territory enough for two States,
but they could not people them. The resources of the
Union were taxed in vain, to force settlement of peo-
pie, so as to make two States, but they could not com
pass it-because Slavery had cursed 1t.
So it will be in the case of Texas. They cannot
multiply slave States, any faster than they can multi
ply slaves. Hence the growth ofthe North is now dou-
bic that of the South, and the disproportion is con-
stantly increasing. They cannot people Texas very
rapidly, for two reasons,--frst, that they cannot find a
market for more cotton, and secondly, that they can
not obtain more slaves. If they go too fast, they de-
populate the Northern slave States, and thus make free
States of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee, faster than they can make new slave
States in Texas. Then we shall have two more States
between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi, and one
North and one West of Iowa, and the State Of Neb-
r-aska--and OREGON.
Truly slavery has not made itself very strong, ever
by gaining Texas. And we have lost a victory an(
nothing more. 1t is our deliberate judgment, that Sla
very was never more a~ssailable than at this moment
What, then, are we to do, but to assail it, on all points
more r%esolutely than ever before? Up, then, friends
Of Humanity, and do your duty!
We have gained two great advantages, by the fna
settlement of the Texas question. One is, that We art
now clear from the selfish meddlers, who took up op
position to Texas for the sake of making political cap
ital for Henry Clay, The other is, that we have pro
we'd in the case of the Democratic party, as we had il
the case of the Wing party, that no profession Of tru'
love of liberty and hatred to slavery, however stron?
or sincere, can be relied on in members Of Congress
against the powerful pro-slavery influence of boil
these parties. The Independent organization, the Lib
erty Party, is the only hope Of saving our country from
the doom of lavery.-Emancipator.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22
F o II & y.
Two DAYS later FrOm EnrOpe.

Important hteIigmcc.-The packet ship
Oxford, Capt. Rathbone, arrived below New
York, on Wednesday night. from Liverpool
She sailed from Liverpool on The 9th of Decem.
Der, and brought Liverpool papers to that date.
and London to the 5th.
The Courier and Enquirer says: "The news,
though only two days later than our previous ad.
vices, is of very high commercial importance,
and will create great sensation throughout the
country, as the event which it announces had
created in England.
The British Anti-Corn League had triumphed,
and Parliament was about to be convened for
the purpose of repeating the Corn Laws; so at
least had in substance been declared by the
London Times, and repeated by that paper the
next day in still stronger and more direct and
positive terms.
There seemed to be no doubt expressed by
the Liverpool Chronicle that this statement is
substantially true, and the announcement had
produced the most intense excitement-the most
astounding sensation, says the Chronicle, ever
caused by a newspaper article, and the effect oil
which will be visible in every nook and corner
of the civilized wodd!
The Paris papers to the 3D. of December con.
tain neither intelligence nor comment Of an in
%teresting character.
The news from Algeria shows that the French
make little progress in the subjugation Of Alb
del-Kader.
The Continental news does not increase il
interest. Arrests at Posen prove that despotisn
is not eternal, and that the desire of liberty still
abides in the gallant and ill-used Poles.
LrcIand.-Sixteen Roman Catholic diocese
in Ireland, have now ''pronounced' against the
Ministerial scheme OF education, that of Killalo,
being the latest of the malcontents.
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too, are accountable to Goo for lending your aid in the
destruction of the moral powerscfthe enslaved! Now
your eyes are open to the fact, that, by the choice of
the men you supported for office, slavery is strength
ened and extended wideR-Now, | ask, what will you
do in future2 win you still cling to your old party
leaders and do their bidding? Or will you now re-
solve to break from the bloody hand that has thus far
led you to dishonor your freedom and country, and
bind stronger the letters of the slave? | would to God
that you might be fired with that freedom which In
spired the heart Of Il Washington, q Jefferson to go
into the battle field of L~iberty-equal liberty for all
or death, and thus stamp eternal indignation, through
the ballot box, on every d~oughtace who will dare insult
your will, viz, that the slave shall be made free! TOD
the eternal God-has made all nations OF one blood.
And is it tue that vile, wicked MN will dare sell his
brother and enslave him foreverF-sell his wife and
children, brutalize and enslave them forever? Is ii
true, 0 my God, in this land, declared of equal rights,
that the works of thy pure hands are yiolatod-and,
too, is it true that minister and professor will dare to
palate and vote the extension of these dark iniquities:
o that light and truth might make us tremble for the
welfare of our country, when we know that God Is just;
as it did our venerated Jefferson, and that we may re-
peut of past sins, and break from our old parties, and
come out as one man, in all the free States, and re-
solve we never more will make stakeholder our ruler,
nor lend our aid to any one who will 60 for slavery.
If ministers and professors of gospel humanity willvoto
for slavery, SO long shall we have it; but when they
all will go against it, then, very soon, we shall see its
end. Look, o ye men of light, at your responsibility!
l. nASLETON.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.

not done, or rather they have admitted that such
persons were in the church;-and have then gone
off in a tangent belaboring organic sins and
legal relations as if they had made some won
derlul discovery in moral truth.
Again therefore we bring this charge distinctly,
against the Board Their Missionaries admit
men to the church, who take advantage ofwick-
ed laws, and hold their fellow men as slaves
The Board has distinctly refused to interfere,
even by remonstrance, with the course of such
Missionaries; and come before the public with
an issue entirely different from that which We
presented to them.
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our character for truth is vigorously honest and unben-
ding. | exact proportion as it is otherwise our power
of good for the slave is gone. Be it, that men regard
us as fanatics and enthusiasts. So long as they be-
lieve us also honest and true, they will at least respect,
and respecting feel us, but not a moment longer. And
we ask, with deep concern, if equivocations and decep-
tons such as those of the present case are to have our
countenance or federation, how long it win be before
our very name as abolitionists shall be as distinctive
of deception and falsehood as of sympathy for the
slave?
If you can find place for the above in your excellent
Journal, you viii obligo.
Yours for the Slave,
A. A. PHELPS,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22

--latest from Santa F.-Nore Annexation.
The St. Louis Republican has intelligence from
Santa Fe to the 18th of November. Gen. Arm.
ijo had been elected Governor of New Mexico,
and Thomas Charyis representative to Congress
The duties on American goods were $3.50 per
wagon load. The Messrs. Wethered g. Co
had just arrived from the United States. The
custom-house, it is said, extracted from them
full duties on all their stock-and even the same
rate was charged for an empty wagon. On bag
gage wagons the charge was $3.50.
The writer thinks that when General Armijo
takes the chair of Governor, the Americans will
find more favor. Many of the citizens of New
Mexico express a strong desire to the United
States; and say they wish to be under a govern
ment which will protect their lives and property,
and not subject them to forced loans, or to have
property seized by the soldiers ofthe coun-
try, as has been the case. Still the majority
are opposed to annexation, as are most of the
officers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22
Miss WchSter'S Defence.

1t has been our object to make the Freeman a truth
paper, and to give all, whether their views har-
nonize fully with ours or not, a hearing.
In relation to Miss Webster's case, we thought the
attack of Mr.. Phelps upon her moral character, de-
mandcd a reply, which should have been published in
the Reporter, so that those who read his article might
have an opportunity of seeing her defence, and then
be prepared to judge for themselves; but as this was
denied her, we gladly opened our columns to her
somewhat lengthy article, hoping that would end the
but as Mr.. P. has seen fit to send us an
article explaining what he had previously said, we
think it proper that he should have a chance to speak
for himself. The article from Miss Webster in rela-
ton to one or two points touched uponi in Mr.. Ps COM
munication, was written with the expectation that it
would have been published with her defence, but as it
then mislaid, and was not directly connected with
Mr.. Ps former remarks, it was left out. We think
enough has now been said on both sides, and we trust
readers are prepared to decide the matter justly
in the light of the facts already presented.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22

.MONTPELER,T thursday, LAM %, 1916.
V. -. PALMER & co.,

and ADVERTISING AGEvrs, No. 10 State st., Boston,
re regularly authorized to procure subscriptions and advertise
for the Green Mountain Freeman.
Or With a circulation several hundred larger, and much moIe
aneral, than any other paper in the State, the Freeman offers
desirable medium of advertising for the Boston Trade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22

LIBERTY ALMANAcs. We have a large supply on
hand, Of Burleigh's Liberty Almanacs which contain
a large amount of information of a highly interesting
character. We shall have a quantity of them at the
State Convention. Let all come prepared to furnish
themselves and their n%eighbors with an almanac that
they will not be ashamed of.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-22

To OUR READERs.-As both of the editors will be
absent during nearly the whole week, attending tho
State Convention, our readers must be c~ontented with
some rich anti slavery extracts in place of our usual
quantity of editorial matter.
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25

court house, this evening. The object
is to defend the Hero Of Chippewa from
the base and heartess attacks made
upon his military reputation by men
who were in The care of their mothers
nurses, while he was CALAMITY engaged
fighting the battles Of his country.
With this just view, and influenced by
this noble purpose, we trust there will
be such an Engineering Of the PEOPLE,
and such an expression, as will effectu-
ally Silence the voice OF calumny. at
least, in this locality. Let ALL who
appreciate the value of character, &C.
CURED at the emmlnent peril of life, and
the sacrifice of domestic and social en-
Joyment, TURN OUT and take part in re-
Pelllng the vile assaults aimed a, the
good name of one Of our most eminent.
Generals"
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25

NeD Tariff BW.-This bill, the oh
ject Of which is to raise more revenpe
reduces the duties on foreign imporla-
lions fifty per cent. The Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Patrio,
thus remarks upon it:
there ale two or three question, in
regard to this revenue tari If which |
wouia Ike to see answered-ifthey can
&c. The bill is designed to raise more
revenue than we now raise, although
Inc duties are reduced about fiav per
cent. More than twice the present
amount of goods imported, then, must
come into the country in order to raise
more revenue than we now raise.
"eii' II we &C mmonce importing twice
as many good as are now coming into
the country, what is to be done with
them? Who is to consume themq-
10 we not seem to consume enough
already? Why should we as a nation
consume as much again? live do this
Will we not be extravagant? Can we
AFFORD 1t! How can we pay for twice
the amount of goods we have been in
the habit of consuming? But, say the
Tree traders, our people will then have
twice as much money to buy these goods
with: they will get 1t by sending their
corn, wheat, cotton, rice and tobacco To
good foreign market. We will then
nave twice as much money as we now
have, will we? Will the mechanics
the boot and shoe makers, the hatters.
the cabinet makers, the gun smiths, The
ta!iors &C., will they, whose business
VIII be grossly injured by this reduc-
ton OF the tariff, get twice as much
money as they now receive, for their
work! Will the workmen who build
manufacturing establishments. towns.
and cities, and all those who dig, toll.
excavate and grade the foundations oil
those establishments, towns and cities.
VIII they receive double what is now
paid them?-No, they will be thrown
OUT OF employment, and instead Of get.
llng double their present wages, thew
will get nothing!
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25

.Jured, not the injuring--the forgotten,
not the forgetiul wile----a happy allu-
sion to that hour Of love----a kindly
welcome to comfortable home---a kiss
OF peace to pardon ali the past and
the hardest heart that ever locked itself
within the breast Of selfish man will
soften to the charmer, and bid her live,
as she had hoped--her years in match
less bliss---loving and contented-- the
soother of a Borrowing hour---the source
of comfort and the spring of joy.
Boston Daily Sun.
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25
TO NJ ~ by REQUEST

Tis sweet to know that one pure hear:
Forever throbs with mine;
Nor with this knowledge would | part,
Nor this pure heart resign.
How sweet the thought! what es:acy
Two hearts can thus be one
Whose every wish and thought can be
From sellishness so won.
How strong the feeling! none can know
The depth of his own heart
Can tell the agonizing throe,
As kindred spirits part
Till he has felt, as | have felt,
The pure and lasting love,
Which in my bosom long has dwelt,
And which my life shall prove.
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25
From the Della
THE DREAM.

dreamed last night that thou vert
mine, WI
Close, close thou vert as love co,ld
Irvine;
| lelt thy tresses round me flow.
| ielt thy soft lips honied glow
l heard thy sweet voice thrilling Low
close, close thy words were in INV
ear,
Bright words were worth The world
to hear 0i' ~
ana Al radiant glances too were given.
mat as they met made earth seem
heaven.
Breast unto breast-no env;ops eva
W. as mere 10 watch-no danger nigh,
NO thought of earth our boson,s
moved,
Our world TO love, and be beloved!
Dlest hour of joy! Oh, thought d.
! Knew but thee-and thou vert mine!
raise, false the dream to meet thee
thus
EARN hath no hope so bright for US;
T ar' lar as mountain top from star,
The paths that lead our future are!
let thus thou cam'st in vision blest.
NY lonely slumbers' welcome guest;
NO wish denied, no though. un-
known,
All mine thou vert, all mine alone,
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25
THE INVADING ARMY

We no longer use the title of the
"Army of Occupation" Its progress
seems to be onward, ana therefore its
name must correspond with its objects.
The government organ has distinctly
avowed the purposes of the Govern
ment to be, conquest and indemnity,
and consequently suitable phrases must
be employed to indicate these purposes.
From computation of the forces now
under the command of Gen. Taylor, it
seems that he has not less than eleven
thousand men regulars and volunteers,
and will probably in short time have
double that number.
So that we may look out for the &C.
cupation of Monterey by Gen. Taylor,
and the capture of several ports on the
Pacific by our fleet, ere the waning of
another moon. 1t is easy to foresee
that the volunteers from the Southwest
are bent on conquest, and that nothing
else will satisfy them.-R,ch. Repu6.
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25

Wool Growing.-It is the purpose
we are Informed, Of some of our citi-
zens 10 make an experiment in this
county IN the business Of wool growing.
We cannot, tho we do not pretend TO
be well informed. on the subject, see
why North Mississippi as we'll as any
country should not be favorable for
this business. The experiment, we
hope will at least be made, and il. il
should prove successful, it will open a
new field for the industrial energies of
our country, for it must be apparent.
upon reflection, that cotton cannot a
great while longer, with profit TO the
grower, be the prevailing staple for
expectation from North Miss. The rich
cotton lands Of Texas, so vast in extent,
and so well adapted TO its cultivation,
will soon be opened, and when brought
into competition with our lands will not
only double them in quantity OF the pro-
duct, but far surpass them in the quail
ty OF 1t. 1t is true, that some wears
must elapse before we shall be affected
materially, but as such result cannot
be denied to be gathering before US, it
Is important TO reflect upon the best
means TO adopt TO render it as harm.
less as possible. 1t is therefore incum-
oent upon US to experiment upon the
probable adaptation of our soil and
climate to different pursuits, in order TO
ascertain as to which will be best adap-
ted to the exigency.
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25
Correspondence of the N. Y. Express.
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1916.
THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH

AS the patient fisherman would saw
there have been several bites with the
magnetic fish hooks between Washing
ton and Jersey City, and the expecta-
ton is, that the fishing grounds will be
open, and the fishing season in good
order in all of the present week--per-
haps today. The line between the
capitol and the North river, is. with
all the detours, two hundred and sew.
enty-flve miles. In the experiments
already made from this city and from
the depot at Jersey City. soundings
have been had at the same instant at
Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia
and at the extreme ends of the line,
with no difference of time, and with but
one direction at each land. The same
intelligence therefore can be transmit
ted at the same moment, from Wash
ington to all the cities on the road.
This has been demonstrated for the
whole distance of 275 miles. One wire
can be used also, and all that is neces-
sary is to have branch wire al anv
depot along the road. 1.-THE line were
extended from the Gulf Of Mexico 10
the st. Johns, it is supposed that all
this could be done and BY one wire.
Two wires, however, are necessary to
ensure anything regularly in the trans
mission of intelligence. The wires are
constantly liable 10 accident, and are
constantly exposed to the malice of an
disposed to prevent the the transmission
Of intelligence. Nor can the same
wire be used to send information from
opposite points at the same time. If the
line, therefore, is in use here for twen-
y minutes or an hour. there must be
delay here during all tina, time.
The Secretary of War has within a
ew days, said that the government
would have been saved-and three or
The Mississippi lynx. (Panola, Miss.) 1846-18??, 1846-07-25

The Wye.-It needs no quill, to
oreaK a husbands heart. The absence
oil content, the muitering of spleen, the
ofess and careless home, the lorbiddinp
''o"l and the deserted hearth; these
anu o'ner nameless without
crime among them--have narrowed
to The quick the hearts core of MANY
a man, ard planted there, beyond the
reach Of cure, the germ Of desna;r
Or may wo man, before that sad sight
arrives, dwell on the recollections of
her youth; and, cherIshing the idea
OF that toneful time, awake and keep
alive the promise she then so kindly
gave. And though she may be the in