Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-11-11
The Wing and Democratic State
Conventions,

conventions,
We have been taken to task by several of our CO.
emporares for our hasty remarks concerning the two
State Conventions recently holden in this place for
the appointment Of delegates to the National Conven-
ton, &C. The first is in "the house of our friends"
the Genius Of Liberty, as follows:-
ave confess that our mental vision is not so keen
as to discover the milk and water" quality which the
Editor Of the Freeman attributes to the resoutlons ~
Nor can we discover in them, an abandonment of the
" Wimot Provso" for the =" No More Territory" doc
trine of southern Whgsl2) All that car reasona-
bly, ask of the Wings Of Vermont upon the subject of
the Mexican and the 4" Wmot Provso" is, that
their notes may ever be in accordance with their
soiues13
~ Probably the essential difference in the quality
of these resolutions in the mental vision of our broth
err and ourseG is this read them in the light Of the
past, while his abundant faith hope and charity
saw nothing but their literal and complete fuldment
in the future. If so he has fruitful sources of happ
ness that we know not Of"
i ~ We did not even intimate that such an abandon
ment was made, but would nov inquire how far short
of this comes to waive the Provso question for the
sake Of a union with southern wings in support of the
new issue, when those same wings will abandon the
new ground the moment they strike death blow
at the Provso?
fl (9) All that any Liberty man could reasonably ask
Of the wings of Vermont for the last ten years would
be- that their voes should be in accordance with hcn
reSores" For than that period of time they have
solemnly resolved both in their conventions and the
legislature, that they would every constitutional
means for the abolition Of slavery And yet, they
have continued to vote for Shareholders for lawmakers
and aw-exccutors-ha uniformly neglected and re
fused to repeal sayebodng enactments, and are now
voting to send fathers brothers and sons and ou
: treasure to conquer additional slave territory In view
of these facts if the Genius editor has soft words ant
meay mouth for the antisavery resolutions of the
t. wings, he is welcome to use them. We confess tt
J. an utter destituton of both.
- The Bratteboro' PhGa;r devotes a column and
e half to review of our remarkscharging US with Sin
tended misrepresentation" of the wing resolves, an
. with "ocooco aflnitics.' We have become 50 muc
accustomed to all of this that it does not move u.s.
What we sand of those conventions was written YER
hastily, and wholly from hear-say- having been er
i rely confined by sickness in our family for thrc
y months But in the limited space occupied, we d
not know even now that more impartial Justice coul
have been done to the two conventions. To be sur,
we spoke irstand more at length concerning the der
ocrac convention, inasmuch as that was holden frs
the antsayery discussion was more rare and exciting
e and more was said of in our hearing.
T.. What we said of the democratic convention was III
orally true. There was "hard tug upon the Provis
question: ats adoption ,cas srenuously opposed b
several "Thc Young Democracy DID come manlull
! to its rescue" What their motive was we did nc
lie know or pretend to say. True, we remarked that til
"leaders expressed their disgust and openly denounce
e the votedcc}lred it cowardly yielding to the abol
y ton faction and step that even its supporters hol
+ would abandon in national Convention" "Mr Dilling
," ham WAS said to have made mastery speech in its
Sc vor" twas declared to be one ofhis best Efforts Th
he declared himself ready to support the democrat
~ nominee even though Gin favor Of the extension Of s
is very" we not informed and do not now kno,
A. farther than the testimony or the Phcmr Wcarc slo
to believe that he would thus voluntarily publish
N willingness to libel the very name of democracy
VS. "HOu!d that he had done equal honor to himself
W the Texas Qucstion"-that is, made mastery speec
III ldNOl Vi lIceuOul' w would nave any man nla
flowers rather than thorns in the pathway Of the utur
% The burden of our offence in speaking of the VIII
10 convention was that denominated its resolutions
s. favor Of no territory "milkanl- WATER" and sa
,e that Messrs Collamer and Upham made specch
for homc-c consumption" Perhaps it would have bee
n better expressed had we said that their rcsou,s We
ne all "milk" and thcr acts would be all water" iud
ol ing from the past" milk and-water" when taken
II gether Think ofit body of men gravey resolvir
: against the acquisition OF territory lest slave
should be grated upon it, while by their votes they al
s sending our army and navy to lay waste the pail
Of Mexico for no earthly reason but to add them to Il
c, dominons of slavery Milk and-wacrr is altogeth
too mild term.
a But that Messrs. Coamcr and Upham made ant
y, slavery speeches for "home consumption" no one ca
OF deny Who believes that either of them would la,
u made such speech in wing convention south of Nj
son and DXons lineon the floor of Congress, or eve
" in New York or Boston? In the language of one
II them, "ltis altogether different thing to be an abb
lltionist in Washington to that of being one in We
10 mont" Let these gentlemen wash their hands of IL
Or guilt ofthe Mexican war; before they undertake to ia
H. y the freemen of Vermont against the acquisition
st new slave territory