Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-07-22

bound to abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia,
o prohibt the slave trade between the states and pre-
vent the admission of more slave states into the Unlon
have been adopted by good proportion of the legis-
lures of the Free States And the very issue which
the Liberty party has ever endeavored to arouse the
nation to meet-Liberiy or SaUGB-ls now pressed
upon us by the united voice and action Of the SOUTH
and cannot be avoided. The monetary questions OF
banks and tarA5-uttery insignificant whencomPared
with that of naienabe human rights and liberties, ana
which the Liberty Party have ever refused to mcopo-
rate into their creed are now thrown rubbish to
the winds by the united SOUTH and the harsh and dis
nal tocsn of perpetual slavery ssounded for the strife
There is no avoiding the issue longer The south will
neither give nor take the bait of tariffs, banks dis
trbution bills but slavery, and that perpetuated, is
their watch-word. Now, if any doubt remains as to
the final decision Of this momcntous question, how
much more fearful would be that doubt had the Liber-
Party never performed its mission of arousng the
friends of freedom in the land to a sense of their imml-
nent danger and the necessity of sacrificing all minor
considerations to secure the great end Of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity?
But what we more particularly desired to call atten-
ton to- was the fact that the unparalleled and gorl-
GUS success of the friends of Liberty is attributable to
strict and uncompromsing adherence to the zone
idea" of the abolition of slavery This has been the
secret of our successthe sling and the stones will
which we have fought and conquered. Had our organ
ization been loaded down in the outset with set o
views and principles respecting the veXed monetary
questions ofthe old parties, regarding which there arr
as many different opinions there are conflicting in
tercst in different sections of the country, the grea
central truth of our creed would have been eclipset
and lost sight Of strife cngcndcrod, and the lina
wreck Of our high hopes would have attestod to thu
c folly Of our course. All could occupy the common
ground of opposition to slavery and effort for its reno
VAL whether they were for free trade or protection
But when take ground on these other questionsan
frame them into our own creed, we are verify guilty
breach Of faith towards those with whom we have
greed hold those norand nsg icant question
the glory and magic power Of our one idea has de
parted, and We have erected standard to which w
can never bring the mass Of the people.
= For this reason we mourn over the course of on
y New York friends in the nomination Of Gerrit Smt
:; for the Presidency. We say we mourn over it. w
regard it as iltmed and inudicious, though by
(, means question or doubt any nuns motives. Whc
we had fully tested the efficiency and power of on
+ original organization and creed when we have witt
stood and overcome all the assaults of gain-sayer
been made, under God, the instrument to 80 great a
extent, of arousing the nation Just sense Of its dar
ger and duty with regard to sayoy,-and when W
arc reposng on the battle field as it were, on the ev
of our final battle and triumphant victory why shoul
" any grow weary of the race and seek to change til
issue and order OF the battle? Why should we civ
up the ground have gained by years of toll CONT
mcly, reproach and scfdenal, and fight it all ovc
VI again upon the comparatively gnoble issues of banI
- and tariffs?