Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-07-16
A WARNING TO ANTLsLAvERY MEN.

a WARNING TO ANTl-SLAVERY MEN.
On the 9Th of July, 1914, In an appeal to the an
t-Slavery men, we used the following language:
awe know that anti-Savery men will object
that Mr.. Clay is slave holder-tlat the Wing
"party embraces shareholders. It's e,-but we
swarm the anti-Savery men, that uiihom Henry
Clay and The roteS Of sldre holding members of Con-
"greSS, The aati-!SavGy cause is forever lost. o.
"hacisc Mr.. Clay and The Slauc-hoLing Uhigs-di-
vide and defeat The WhigS Of The .Nonh-and in
:" t,co gears from this you rW see Itras an integral
"part Of his nation, and lSiavcy boasting Of lis
"perpetual supremacy in The Union. 1t is impossi-
bic to disguise the fact that Locofocoism has sur
rendered this question TO the South-it is impos-
"sbe TO escape the conclusion, that if the oppo.
"nenis Of annexation in the North abandon the
"Whigs of the South, annexation cannot be de-
"feltcd. The patriotic Wings Of the South, who
"dare 90 against annexation, must not be aban-
"doned. Judge we of this matter, and take the
"course which a true lover of liberty ought to
"pursue."
Notwithstanding the pro-Slaueyy ophet which
the organ of Third Partysm occasionally applies
to us, we enjoy the comfortable consciousness of
having faithfully warned the anti-Slavery men of
their peril, and of having ourselves pursued course
to prevent, to the extent of our ability the greatest
triumph which Slavery has ever won. Such, too,
was the course of most Of the Wing presses of the
North during the canvass of 1874: they gave arm
ing upon warning, and cntrcaty upon entreaty.-
But the leaders in the Third Party ranks, who mod
estly appropriate TO their own possession all the
righteousness and benevolcnco which dwcls in
this part of the earth, chose their own course. In
the blindness Of their zeal they fercely charged
upon the opponents Of annexation, and gave the
field and the victory TO the Slavocratic troops. The
time specified by us in july "A, has elapsed, and
that warning which might have been regarded in
the light of Il prediction, has been fLl!y verified
Texas is annexed-the bounds of Slavery have
been enlargcd--the Slave States possess the bal
ance of power in the Senate, and now they are
rampant for still larger acquisitions of Slave land
at the point Of the bayonet and for prostratng the
Free States, by ovcr.urnlng that policy by which
free labor, capital and enerprlze has hitherto with
stood all rivalry. Never before has Slavery taken
such stride in America ind the end has not come
yet. We bring up this matter to warn anti-Slavery
men yet again. rather than to reproach them fol
the grievous errors of the past If any triumph
over Slavery through political power is ever to be
had, it will not be obtained by persistng in thu
folly which has characterized the Third Party from
the beginning. The quicker it is abandoned, tht
} better There is demonstration of the operation
Of that party in the case Of Mr.. Dillingham; through
whom portion Of the abolitioniss of this distric
have absolutely voted for the annexation of Texas
With George B. Chandler for their representative
> this modification would have been spared. Iapp,
will it be if the election of 1916 leaves no room
e for such an occurrence again.