Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-06-24
Are we RIGHT?

The fact that slavery exists is creature of law and
supported by law, and that this law is enacte& by
the votes Of our representatives and therefore indirect
yby our own, and that so many acts of the general
government serve to tolerate and foster it, together
with the imposition of heavy taxation upon Northern
citizens for its support, the unjust acquisition of slave
territory, and Unequal distribution of national honors
afford abundant reason why it should be done a
way.
For that object Art-S'ayery Societies were form
ed, and much time money, and talent contributed; but
wholly without the accomplishment ofthe desired end
Hence, since so little was effected by the American
Anti,Savery Society and its auxilaries, and since
neither of the two great political parties had any design
at its abolition secessons were made from each of the
parties, to form distinct organization, which should
plant itself upon the broad platform of right and Just
ice and devote all its energies to the removal of slave
ry and all national dishonor, and to bring back the
people from that fearful state Of degeneacy into which
they had been plunged by pending evils to those noble
principles of equality which our government is
founded. We believed "the only proper and efectual
mode by which could be removed was by legislative
authority" and therefore entered into combination
with a view to consistent labor and action, and with
fixed determination to support principles until the
whole north shloud become awakened to the subject
and until our strength and number is increased so as
to give US the supremacy, that may thereby effect
peaceful and quiet overthrow of the whole system Of
American oppression.
But in prosecuting our labors we have often met
with Encouragement from our friends and abuse and
contempt from our opponents BY the latter are
denounced as fanatics and branded as hotheuds and
wihall they would even deign to have much sympathy
with our enterprise, and presume to grant the I'M
solicited information that we are wrong in thus prose-
cutting an independent action for the overthrow of say
ery ard if such object is to be pursued the present
is not the time for so doing.
The reasons assigned for our organization existed
when our secession was first made and what we ask
has been done to remove them, independent of what
ed by our wing cOncomants that these causes should
not exist for any great length of time at least But
how Is it in fact? Do not greater and more abundant
reasons now exist for northern party, devoted to
northern interests than existed at the time this prom
Use was made2 Among the just reasons for distinct
party action in "A the fact that both nominees for
the Presidency in the dominant parties southern
men and committed in favor of exclusive southern in
teress, and what rendered the case of major import
ance, was the fred Eact that neither of the twain
were committed against the annexation of Texas
we saw this, aud therefore refused either of them our
SURFACES knowing that in the of the election of
either, determined efforts would be made for the &C.
QUESTION of Texas and no mean remain unused which
might be made to support southern institutions.
| Even as we predicted 30 it has been, and BY how