Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-08-05
The Coming Election.

Do our Liberty friends realize fully The Importance Of
the position in which they stand? Mr.. Calhoun attrib
utes to them in the free States the balance of power
and no doubt in certain this is true, There
are great many towns in the State Of Vermont in
which our liberty voters can control the election of
town Representative or drive the other two parties 10
union. In such circumstances the question arises,
ought the Liberty party to coacsce with either of the
other parties by any compromise with them? We
know the idea of being in the minority and suffering
defeat year after year is repugnant to the feelings of
the generality of mankind. And this is the reason
why so many of friends are ready to unite with
the other parties in our elections. The thought of be-
ing IN the minority or of losing our vote, influences
them, together with the professions of antisayey SEN
tments on the part of the other parties who always
use every possible exertIon and intrigue to annihate
third party, to make some arrangement, some com
promise. Now in this way shall ever succeed in
establishing our principles in the State Of Vermont
We have organized, as separate and distinct party,
on principles which we say, do not govern the other
parties We have our candidates for State Officers
for Congress- for Presdent-and for town Represen-
party and if we would ever those principles triumph
we must support the men we have nominated to carry
out those principles In union with other parties we
sacrifice our principles-we abandon our organiza-
ton-and we might as well abandon our profession of
antisavery feeling and sentiment at once and forever.
twas because the two great parties refused to take
any measures calculated to abolish slavery-or even
check it in its onward march-or disturb it in its
nection with church and state, that the Liberty party
was organized. Anti slavery men believed the declar
alton of Henry Clay to be true, when he said at Is
not true and rejoice that it is not that either Of the
great political palties aim at the abolition of slavery.
What was true then with these parties, is true
The northern portion of these parties could have pas
sed the Wimot proviso, and no good reason earth
can be assigned why they did not do it. The northern
portion of these parties could have abolished slavery
in the district of Coumba-broken up the great mark
ct in the United States-or removed the seat OF the
general government on to free SOIL and thereby saw
ed the nation from disgrace in the eyes of the whole
civilized world The slave colle-thc slave prisons
the slave auctions and that too by United States oic-
ers the groans and the tears of friends to be separated
forever and the clanking of chains in the capital of
the United States, gives the lie to professions of
being nation of freeman. And with all these in
human and barbarous transactions within the control
of the northern portion of these parties, not move
has been made by them to get rid of these evils. In
view of these facts, as Liberty men for mo-
ment hesitate as to our duty? Never was there time
so full of Importance, that called so loudly upon Lib
erty men to be at their posts! The ungody system of
American slavery trembles for its safety through
the influence of the Liberty party Never was there
time when more responsibility rested on us as a
party than now. Never was there time when the
mnions the slave power felt as though the hand
writing of the Omnpotent One could be seen on the
wall SO vsiby as now. Never was there time when
the slave power were making much exertion to OBJ
tain the exclusive control of the general government