Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-09-10
Important Suggestions,
For those in the Wing party ~hO IRISH to art
againSt SlaUCry

against 'StdUGfy,
The natural, social and political rights of man
must be regarded as paramount to rights of prop
erty and questions involving these must rank
primary to those of finance A nations wealth
is important, but about the mode of advancing
this men honestly differ. They sink into com
parative nothingness when compared with the
rights declared inherent and inaenable by our
fathers 1t is the violation of these rights on the
part Of the Southern section of this confederacy
which has cost us the disturbance of all the
great questions of minor character for ages, and
which will ever disturb them until slavery is
driven into the Slave States for support, where
it must famish and die 1t has lived on free la
Dor, and when that supply is cut off it must
starve Hence the Importance of this principle
in the ABSTRACT How much more important
it is practically, from the fact that the burden
Of national legislation goes either directly or i'll
directly to the violation of that principle Our
territory is enlarged to increase the slave-power
Wars are entered into for the same purpose
Slavery exists in the District OF Columbia and
in the territories to uphold slavery The inter-
state slaverade is sustained and licenced for that
end, and Washington maintained as the greatest
slave mart in the nation Scarcely an act Of
legislation is carried which does not bow to take
some part Of this great load which is crushing
us.
2. Party must yield its technical grounds,
and advance to broader and more general prln-
cipIes. The Importance of this can be seen at
a glance. A large portion of the Democrats are
as deeply impressed with sense of the evils ct
slavery, and of the abuses of the slave power as
are members of your party. But they are not
Wings, and cannot agree with the particular ar
tcIes of your creed on which you now insist as
paramount. Their cooperation is essentiaI.-
Can that cooperation be secured IN your pres
ent course, while you advance first and fore.
most, as essential to your end doctrines where
in they cannot agree with you! First remove
this great disturbing power, and other questions
can then be settled on a safe and proper basis
by honest and rght-minded men.
3. Honesty should lead you to take ground
in your charges as to this evil more just and lib
eral. 1t has not been the Democratic party a.
lone which has sinned in this matter. No mat
ter what party has been in power, southern poll
CIV has ruled the nation. Look back through our
history, and see what concessions have been de-
manded and made by all administrations and
what it it has cost Adams and Giddngs even to
speak out on the question. 1t becomes as all to
humble ourselves in confession of our sins in this
Lehaf, rather than to charge the whole upon that
party which all must admit have capped the eli
max of doughfaceism, during the last few years
and especially since 1914 Let it not be par
ty contest, to awaken prejudces and embittered
feelings of the past.
4. The wings must not ask Liberty men to
merge with them, or to compromise single prn-
cple Our one idea stands firm and it must be
adopted in all its breadth. Nothing short of this
can produce the desired change. twill with u:
ever be the paramount idea On other question,
we Willingly differ, but on this we stand unmo
we'd. We are willing to cooperate with all who
embrace tive can give our political supper
to no one who does not give the inalenabl(
rights their place, and in whose integrity to then
-" we cannot fully con6de. Let us alone then, anc
do not seek to draw us away from the fullest al
legience to cur cardinal principle, Seek not tC
. make us subservient to any selfish or party poll
, cy OF yours aside from the one great object w
have in view, and to which you are paying
measure of the respect it deserves and shall ev
= er receive from us.-BangOr Gazette