Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-12-17
THE FR L EMAN.
Congressional EIecti0nm Fourth District.

CONGRESSIONAL EletllOn"t curl III District
Mr.. POLAND: Ifthe Polkites hot for war, and thrs-
ting for blood, disposed to rally all tier strength
there can be doubt they can out vote the Wings,
and elect Mr. Peck VIII they be caught mapping ?
Certainly not ifther desperate leaders, now goadod to
Madness can raise the war whoop loud enough to wake
them up They will then in all probability flock to
the polls, like vuures to the field of blood and send
another warhawk to Congress- Now the Wings can
prevent such results if they choose, and that too with
out the least injury to their abolition principles or to
their protective tariff wishes. Mr. Rowell if elected.
Will oppose the war, and slave power and favor the
protective tariff as fully Mr.. Chandler So that on
these points the Wings can lose nothing by oleetnr
him. If they do not them in heart love Po&sm, more
than A0oIltlonIsm, they can send Mr.. Rowe to Con-
gress' and let Vermont have the honor of secondng
IN H. IN her move against the slave power?
Inc Wings can now have no hope, that the com
plexon of the next Congress will change in their fay
or. So'many ofthe Senate hold over that little. ifany
thing can be gained in that body In the house. thero
will be some gain for the Wings, but not enough TO
alter the majority in the House. and conseouently not
enough to give them the least chance of elcctinr
their candidate for the Presidency, if the election
should 60 into the House of Representatives. An
their hopes from that quarter are utterly blasted At
best they cannot carry more then ten States in the
House. The people must then elect the next Presi-
dent, or the Democratic candidate will be elected in
the House. And the Wings with all their blusternr
and growing can't help it. What then are their pros
poets for the next President? In Maine thew are II
Ooo MINUS The same in N. H. In Connecticut the
scale may turn for Or against them So in Delaware
Maryland, North Carolina, and Kentucky are theirs
provided they bow again othe slave power. Can anv
reasonable man believe that they can carry Ohio Penn
syvania, or NewYork ifthey venture to meet the en-
envy alone What then is their real strcnth? what
their prospects?
True, they may make some capital out Of the Mexi-
can war; and they may lose what little thoyhaye oot
Had they the courage and principle to take their stand
on the Wllmo Resolution and utterly refuse TO raise
dollar Tor the war, until full assurance were given,
that no more slave states should be added to the Union
they would do WELL and they would deserve our thanks
But they will not do it. They may buiter little
out when their southern masters c,act The phfD thew
must yield the point and bow their necks Poor cuff
fee, you can't help Betters serve southern muster
than join with the friends of Liberty to break their fe
ters have no objection to Mr.. Chandler as man.
and doubt not, that in his heart he abhors southern
Slavery and would be glad to have melt away. like
snow BALL. but ifhe goes to Congress, he goes os a
Wing party man, and must act with his party lead
ers Does any man believe, that he has spunk or de-
cslon OF character enough to stand up and resist any
measure which the party may adopt? If they say.
vote again for Shareholder, will he resist? He ooes
with collar about his neck, and must follow. when
dragged by the party chain. Can real liberty men con-
sent 10 send such man to make laws for them under
southern dlctaon? Let him break his chain and stand
up like man against slavery, and resolve to extrpate
II; and then Liberty men may with good conscience
vote Tor him. Friends of humanity, of Liberty. and of
Uod beware Of atterers, they have spread snare for
yout feet and will catch you, if they can. And when
you are in their snare, they will despse YOU. Brace
then yourselves for action be in season at the polls
ana give the largest vote possible for the Liberty caad
date DO your duty, and let the parties that crawl af
ter Shareholders do as they please When we have
doubled our number once more party leaders will
learn, that we are not Scattcation, but
CONSOLIDATION.