The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-02-21

lloyment OF freedom,
Surely the bare statement of these rnsl
schemes of ubolitionsm il sufficient on GU
part without any attempt to dsparage them II
the minds of an intelligent public. Thei
practical and prospective effects in the disrup
ton of churches, the abuse of ministers Of re
ligion, the destruction of religion itself, un'
in sapping the foundations ofthis government
introducing anarchy and confusion, and finally
dissolving the Union itself, furnish the argu
ments oftheir own condemnation.
We were very happy to hear Mr. c. impress
ing so strongly upon the audience the lamen
in fact the slave of slnveholders. Nothing il
more true than that the annexation of Texas
has subjected the North TO a vassulngc to tho
South base and humilating in the extreme. -
But Mr. G., had the best of reasons for not nd
vcrting TO the mcrcenary course Of certain pol
iticians which had reduced us Ia this degraded
condition. The very last act in the grand
drama Of the late Presidential election, was
the betrayal of the cause of human freedom by
Birncy and his followers in not preventing, a,
they might have done, the triumph of n party
which must inevitably result in the nnnexa.
ton OF Texas. The issue was plainly put
POIR and Ttfas,and clay ami Hti-.qHaeratiOH
most certainly by the party to which he be.
longed. At all events, Polk and anne Ration
was certain, and yet with $4,000 votes at com
mand, 5000 of which would have given the
State of New York and the Union TO Mr. Clay
the Sd party divert their votes from Mr. Clay
to u candidate whose success they knew was
impossible, and thus placed the balance ofpow-
er in the Union in the hands of Shareholders
And yet Mr. Garnet suffers himself to be lead
round the State by one Of the editors Of the
Freeman, to multiply converts to party
which is virtually responsible for the very
bondage OF the North to the South of which he
SO vehcmently complains.
On another subject Mr. G. has been lead in
to an cgrcgious error, lie arraigns the wings
equally with the locofoco party for the crime
of dough-iaccism. Every man the least nc-
quainted with the political history of the coun-
try for years past, well knows that the wings
a party ARE entirely innocent of the charge.
BY the wings Of the North there has been no
y 70
Let Mr. Garnet, or those who use him, show II
single instance in Congress for 20 years past in
which the Wing party has not stood untago-
mist 10 slavery and the cxactonB Of the South
upon the North. Indeed, can any reasonable
man doubt that If the government were this
moment in the hands OF the wings, that the adj
vance Of slavery would be impcdcd, and its cx-
stcnce limited 70 the Statcs now subjec, 10 its
whitening curse.
At all events, the last hopes Of redemption
from the dominion Of slavery rest with the pow
or and principles Of the whig party The one
idea party can never attain an asccndcncy in
the Union. The people want prosperity at
their ircsidcs as well as freedom for the slave
Indeed, there neither is,or can be any party in
the Union whocan abolish slavery without the
concurrence OF SHAREHOLDERS themselvcs-
Thank Heaven, this basis of our hopes, in
spite Of the evaporation which nbolitionism
has produced, is daily cnlnrgin.. In Ky, Va
and Maryland the subject Of slavery has been
already thrown open for full and frank invcs-
LEGATION. In Kentucky especially, the bold
and noblc-hcarted Cussius NJ. Clay has spoke
forth his indignant hatred ofslavcrv with an
eloqucnce which has made all the supporters
of the accurscd institution in the Union trem-
bic for its existence. Let the lovers of free
dom at the South go on with the holiness
which is daily increasing, and with the aid Of
the wings Of the North, slavery will soon be
limited, if i, is not eventually rooted from the
land.