Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-09-02
Burdens Of Slavery on the Free.
THE PRESIDENCY.

Ofthe fourteen presidential terms, now expired
since the formation Of Government, eleven have
been filled by shareholders, one by "Northern
man with Southern principles" and only two by
Northern men, The present incumbent is
Shareholder sworn fully to do his utmost to up
hold, and even extend the abomination; anC
most terribly is he fulfilling his VOW, i'll the sur
render of free territory in Oregon and in war o
conquest for slavery in Mexico, at a cost Of mil
lions of dollars and thousands of lives. BY hold
ing the Presidency, slavery controls the cabinet
the diplomacy, the army and the navy of the
country. The power that controls the Presiden
cy, controls the nation. No Northern President
has been allowed to serve more than one term,
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
The President exercises much of his power by
and with the Senate. The Vice President is
cx-officio, President of the Senate. As such he
has the casting vote in all questions before tina
body. For the last twenty years, with one eX
cepton he has been a SIdUe holder. From the adop
ton of the Constitution up to June 1912, ther
were rs elections in the Senate, of Prcsden
pro. tenn OF these the slave States had 90 AM
the free States l6 Most of the Is were in thu
earlier periods of the government Mr. South
Northern man had received the appointment 70
thirty years so careful were the shareholders tt
watch their interest by securing the casting vote
SENATE.
For long series of years the Senate ha
been equally divided between the free and slav
States. In this condition of it, it was a grea
point of the shareholders to secure the casting
vote Of the Vice Presidency, and right CAREFUL
have they done it. This vote is of less impor
lance now, since, by the admission of Texas tn
balance of power is broken up, and "The Vale
of Rascals," on any tie VOTE now rules the Ser
ate and the nation.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
The Office of Secretary of State is the mos
important of any, perhaps, in the cabinet of til
President. As it is the duty ofthis officer to d
rect the correspondence with foreign courts, in
struct our foreign ministers, negotiate treaties
&c. his station is second only, in importance
to that of the Presidency itself OF the Is VIII
have filled this office up to l845, the slave State
have had 49, the free States s. The Who'll
number of officers in this department at Wasf
ington in 1916, is So OF these Virginia has
and the District of Columbia AS
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
In 1916, there were, at Washington, % of
GERS in this department. OF these the District
Columbia has 49-exactly one half and Virgini
and Maryland have the balance
The free States generally have furnished tn
seamen and the soldiers; the men to do tn
fighting and endure the hard knocks, but Slaver
has taken care to furnish Southern men for off
GERS; Thus, OF 1854 naval officers, New En-!
land has only l72; of the 6S commanders, Ne
England has only IL of the 1913 lieutenant
New England has only So of the 562 midsh
men, New England has only 50 and New En-
land owns nearly half the tonnage of the coui
try. OF all the officers in the navy in 1874
whether IN service or waiting orders, Penns,
Yania, with free population more than doub