Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-10-21

cannot avoid these questions, well as political e
iectng your eternal interests as well as the interests
Of three millions Of suffering fellow beings and like
wise the interests of great nation
THE LIBERTY PARTY TRIUMPHANT IN 1852.
| may be too sangune in my expectations, but l
think there are almost ndubitabe evidences that
Liberty man Will be elected to the Office of Chief
Magistrate of this nation in 1852 The anti slavery
feeling is advancing with unparalleled rapidty. The
war, the debt accruing, the bold stand
taken by shareholders in favor of their institution and
defiance hurled at the NORTH and many other things
tend to ouke up the minds of the freemen of our couu
try to their condition, and lead them to see the
only true remedy for all the existing evils The non
Shareholders Of the south are getting light and begin
to SEE their own condition-that they are little better
off than the slaves A strong sentiment in favor of
emancipation areay exists in many parts Of the south.
Soon the Liberty party will receive large accession
to its numbers from that quarter. Large numbers Of
the whig party already, in sentiment with u.s. (yet
dare not come ol and others troubled in their
sciences about voting for STAKEHOLDER again. And
as the party must be broken up and this too, at the
election of 48 the wise and true among them will Join
the Liberty party. And venture to say that many Of
them will rejoice that the party will be so broken up
that it will be more of disgrace to remain in it than
it is now to leave it Not that they wish to see the
downfall Of any Of its principles that truly wse for
this they do not expect should they join the Liberty
party There is goodly number, too that now vote
the democratic ticket that ~iIl their error before
the end of another four years. And then there is the
rabble--the common herd--that are always ready to
go with the majority, right wrong that will be at
tracted by the numbers responsibility and influence
which party must have before 1852 and will make
a large accession to the number of its votes There
will, at that time, be but two parties. Liberty and
slavery will then come out into the open field and con-
tend for the mastery Slavery heretofore has been in
ambush and fought from behind the trees, where
could not reach it. Wing or democratic measures
have been put before great ses-imporant CUES
tons, &C., &c, are all that have heretofore seen,
while slavery has been in their rear; and as soon as
these things have been yielded to- and we have laid
down arms, slavery has rushed upon u.s. put US in
chains and kept lis in prison, and reyeled in the spos
during the four years of its power This has been act
ed over again and again, But it be done, at most
but more Slavery must show its hideous face
in 1852 And shall Liberty yield to slavery in fair
fight? No, it cannot be. The banner of Freedom
will in triumph over free land in 1859,
There will then be a total defeat of the democratic
party. 1t must then fall to rise no more Its end must
be like that of the beasts that perish never to have
resurrection 1t has not the seeds of Immortality in its
system, It, essence is composed of corruption and
hypocrisy. # has not particle of that Of which it
loudly boasts democracy. Should democratic party
ase it cannot arise out of the ashes of the present
party after It is defunct
COURSE OF THE LIBERTY PARTY IN
POWER.
am not about to set mysolfup as a dictator to the
Liberty party but state some things it will of course
DO Some, when we tell them we expect to elect
Liberty man for President ask in spirit of defiance,
"Cui Dono;" "What De YOU expect to accomplish in
eleoting Liberty president? He is but one man, and
has but little influence at most" Now, my friends, if
you think the President has but little influence, and
hat.it matters but little who is president provided the
parties in Congress fair footing you are great
" y mistaken The President has moro influence IN
the affairs of the nation diana million of the common
men of the country,
Just think of the peto po,cer and what it has done
What say you about the improvement of Lake IIar-
2. bors and Rivers in the West? How many thousands
1t yea millions Of the freemeu Of cur country have been
entirely hwarel in their wishes by the act of this one
man, ntho exercise of the veto power-a constitutional
right? His influence is SMALL is it? Surely he only
ir one man Again notice the appointing polcer of the
Y President He has directly and indirectly the APP
1t ponmont of officers in the P O. Department. the Ju-
ID dica and other departments of State, and in the army
e and Navy, to the number Of than 30000 thirty
r thousand This power, too, has been, aud is now,
Ii used entirely in favor Of slavery. Has the President
:" but "liule influence"
ID I cannot now enter upon the proof of this. But
Y. statistics will show that am correct. Just see what
10 men fill Offices in the Army and Navy for instance
m Are the most of them from the Northern or from the
Southern States: Just look and satisfy yourselves on
,e these points You will find that our nation throughout
If is ruled by Shareholders. Now Liberty man would
70 have the constitutional rights that the slavehoId
of err has and he could them well and do it hon
,e orably and Justly too. Very through his nflu-
in ence would the government be 1.-THE hands of men in
favor of freedom. The course of the Liberty party
H. then, in power would be to all its constitutional
70 power IN favor of Liberty right and humanity
u THE RESULTS.
10 Let our rulers take right stand in favor of freedom
o and how long viii be before the people will be on the
y, side of rght2 They are the majority, already in ia
vor of justice, but are led astray by demagogues Let
~, us notice the result in one department. the judicial
vet The majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court OF
p the United States are Southern men, shareholders
ot They appointed by the President and party IN
"a power Thus far they have held their offices under
the influences of Shareholders And what has been
there course? As we might expect they have univer
No sally given their decisions against the right agans
~ the Constitution Of the United States, and IN favor Of
" slavery Now Slavery has constitutional existence
:" in this country, and Supreme Judges kaoto IT.
" This may be thought harsh and unjust charge Blu
it is not. The freemen Of the land should know how
much they have been imposed uponby the SaveOcracy