Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-06-11

the application Let the faith we have so long pro-
tessed, be eXempihed in corresponding action. am
not one of those who would decry moral suasion as
an fundamentally in this movement-but have small
confidence in suason of any sort, which contents IT.
self with the utterance of creed. The test quesuoh
by which character is to be determined at the last
will be- not 'what have you believed but what have
you done? and this should be the test now, not only
in our moral and religious, but political relations,
As to the means which are to be employed for the
overthrow of slavery experience has abundanty dem
onstrated the folly of insisting upon any one method
of attack. The subtle enemy, with which we war, is
ever shifting its position-its weapons-its mode Of
assault upon our peculiar institutions. As wise men,
we are bound to meet the foe by every appliance
which prudent forecast may suggest, Unity in our
ranks is important and therefore, willie hold that
new issues should be adopted only by the concurrence
Of the great body of the Liberty Party fairly repre-
sented,and on mature deibemtionI would by means
discard the advocacy Of any important principles or
measures, of national character, affecting the COM
mon rights and interests of the people, and, at the same
time, not inconsistent with the great and paramount
object of the Liberty Party.
The wings have read US many chapters OF lamenta-
tons on the score of alleged blunder in not voting
for their candidate, as a choice of evils. For one,
haveno more choice between avowed and lnveterate
tyrants, than had Father Haynes, between the Od
| Boz and the DevA. The smart of the lash would be
is keeny felt on my back, whether welded by slave
! holder Clay or STAKEHOLDER Polk.
The Liberty Party sprang from the fact, that the
other great parties have been for forty years "to all
ntent purposes, and constructions whatsoever" the
supple instruments of the slave power. The chlei
difference between them, parties, is, that the demo
Gratis yep for the "argest liberty" at the moment Of
mmolatng their victims; their shouts 90 up stimuli
taneousy with the shrieks of the innocent and helpless
captive The wings are great at resontons-they
are solemy opposed to gags except on the pressure
Iof peculiar emergency. The north end OF thel
party seemed valiant in resisting the Texan conspira
Cyl though their idol aud exponent in this regard, wa
rather in the position of the damsel who when askcc
if she was betrothed, replied that she was-"Kind
sort 'o-and k'm o sort o not" Both parties are only
permitted to live and move and have their being upo
the suierance of the slave power As parties, nethe
hls ever attempted to engraft into its formula, muc
less to reduce to practice, single principle for which
a Liberty men have organized themselves. Any serou
y attempt at such an innovation upon their policy, wou
e be but the signal Of its dissolution,
. The demands of the wings, then. that Liberty me
should orswear their principles their organ
zatOn for the sublime purpose of assisting in the ele
walton OF Shareholder, was piece of effrontery ur
equaIed, except By the felony perpetraed by the pal
S ty in the famous Garland forgery But, had thei
cousels been followed it is difficult to see what bene
fit would have resulted either to them or their favo
lite candidate. In the event of dissolution of tn
LIBERTY Party, proposed by them, it need hardly
= soid that the democratic portion would soon hav
n voted for the OM Harry himself for Harry of tn
n West whilst the quondan wings would, the bul
It of them, have gone to the rack or the flames soonc
/ than vote for the champion of eternal slavery.
/ intended to say word of the recent startling de
It velOpments Of the slave power involved in the preseI
e unconstitutional and contemplate crusade again
o Liberty on foreign SOIL but my engagements forbid.
Il Slavery calls not only for our bato but bt
le to defend and perpeuate the bloody system, whic
h has already reduced lis, politically, to the condition
conquered province. While the war dogs of SLAYER
are rushing to the ingorous strife the banks of tt
n Del Nore, be it ours to prosecute, with faith and hoI
d and undaunted ZEAL the war against slavery upon
II mercan soil