Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-17

a candidate who is in favor of the extension of
savery-even to the annexation of all Mexico "by
degrees"-a confederacy not for four years, but
for d1time? Before this question, all other ques-
tons, in my judgment, sink into utter insignf-
icance.
The issue is now on the permanent supremacy
of the slave power
When issued my card (l2th June) saw no
I other aternative-than the election of either
Taylor or Cass. You may ask, in that dilemma
what vote | should feel it my duty to give |
should then have answercd--"I am driven to a
great strait-Qf choice ! cannot vote for either
But | should deem it duty SO to vote as TO avoid
the greatest evil. The evils from the election of
Cass woald be such as the principles he profess
es might subject the country. As to the veto of
the Wilmot proviSo, there is no choice between
them. On the general extension of slavery, Cass
4 would probably be content with the Treaty ac-
QUESTION Of Mexican terrtory--while TAYLOR
1 goes for all Mexico AS to future wars, Cass,
like the burnt child, would dread the fire-zulNle
n TaylOr's trade and occupation has been war and
nothing else, without regard to its Justice On
the other hand you arc promised Just such an
administration as Gen Taylor shall pcFse to
give you not as the head of the Wing peRy but
as the head Of nc'O party--an dmatgum of the
old three parties. You are threatened with
union of Southern tariff and ant-tarilf men,, you
may count on the election of a Southern Pres-
dent for the present and the FUTURE on
the certain establishment Of the supremacy of the
slave power for all time. The evils of Casss
$ election are limited to four years while under
Taylor, the league for the South is for all time
The supremacy Of the slave power, once estab-
e Iishcd, threatens perpetuity. This conte1eracy,
I if advlsable-if necessary now, will be more SO
at the end ofthe next four years; and the South
e ern necessity will become more and more urgent
/ from four years to four years.
am, then, as to the vote | should cas- bro't
Y to the extremity of selecting not choosirg1 be-
: tween evils. may lyon may say not 10 vote
G at all ; or, what is the same thing, vote for
: third candidate, who cannot carry the Slate
The Liberty Party in New York adopted that
q course in 1914 and the result was the election
n of Mr.. Polk for which the Wings have held
. them in my Judgment, .iastlyl responsible l
;. consider, then, the evils Of Gen Taylors cleo
q ton ten times more alarming than that Of Mr.
f Cass-and should if there be no other aterna-
d tiUe, have deemed it my duty, as selecting the
+. lesser evil to have voted for the Cass Ticket =
and this, if there be no other alternative, | shall
# do; and this deem it the duty of the Free Soil
N party to do in every free State-if there be no
d other alternative there. And in this connection,
may be permitted to say that the cabalers should
), reap their expected harvest
n But, now rejoice that may not be driven to
,s this sad extremity. | sec in the signs of the
ia times the certainty that the true Free Soil men
are every where coming to the rescue; without
=, distinction of party-and laying aside its tram
. nls 4l,ou ,vbova. a.
in Massachusetts, Connecticut New York. Ohio,
n &c. And have confidence that Vermont will
=, not be behind her sister States The Free Soil
~ party will be the party triumphant in the free
>, States | look to the Convention at Buffao with
4 hope and confidence. p
have again to regret, that my continued i'll
\ health has 50 long delayed this address, il has
Z given the friends Of Taylorism the advantage OF
RI first, impressions. Ratification mestng3 have
/ been held in most Of the Counties, Opinions
I have been formed on hearing only cue side
In addition to this, a State Convention is about
l. to be held under the auspices Of party leaders,
4 which will probably, also, ratlfy The nomination
: The entire party press has been brought over
= to support them, In one instance, it is said by
~ purchase, las eIsewhere) From the Taylor
/ press you will hear only en- one side, and from
-, its course for the last forty days, you have not
~ much encouragement for an oyer-stock of either
;, candor or truth. On the other side you will see
h. nothing but this soltwy pamphlel;--and that
-, with a limited circulation | regret that | have
: not the means Of sending it to every voter.
;, rejoice, however, that at all the ratification
meetings the Wilmot provso has been sustained
10 and rely, with undated confidence, on the indie
~ pendence-on the ntelIigcnce-and on the I'M
ID compromising integrity, Of nine-tenths Of ever
:, those who have, at ratification meetings, giyer
~ in their adhesion to Gea. Taylor, upon the utter
p Ia false assertion, daily repeated in the Taylo
-, papers, 'that Gen Taylor IS PLEDGED not to DC
a. a. tc the TVIm0t PouisO" rely, | repeat, will
~ confidence that they will give their adhesion t.
~ the FREE SOIL PARTY, and sustain 1t b.
;, their votes.
H. 1t is one Of the deyises Of parii5ans to excite
~ personal prejudice and i'll feelings between pei t
..o cal opponents--even among neigh5ors. In ear
lo Iy life no one felt them more strongly than my
Nv self; but the older one grows, the more he vii
y become sensible they are uncharitable and un
!. ust,--that in all parties will be found the hon
:! est and dishonest--and that about in the proper
y ton of their respective numbers. And | Cal
~ say (and that without solitary exceptlon) tina
for the last thirty years. my social relations nav
~ never been affected by a difference of politlca
,e- opinions. The present crisis calls upon Just me
III of all parties to discard all political prejudces
l., and to unite, with good will to each other in tn
Nv great work of the FREE Son PARTY.
" 1t is another Of the devices of parLieans t
w. SANDER the private character of the oppesin
~ candidates This is not only unjust, sbut~3oW
i' and mean in the extreme. We should wa
wi against principles but not against men. And
a., hope may be permitted 10 say without eg@sr
that have never permitted myself to spelk,of III
,,s private character of a political opponent in an
I I"S terms that should not use in his presence
,;5 1914, in an address to mass meeting at Cla
t r,l emont, said of Mr. Polk az have known bin
d. for ten years He is man Of talents--a gentle
~ Gt man-and Of unmpeachable moral character
~ war not against the man but against his poll
en ical principles" And had Mr.. Clay been III
'e' = neminee, | should have said the same of NJ
~ Cass.
e.e close this address, with the suggestion rwhc
=. put to you as to men accustomed to think an
'a act for yourselves that you prepare your vote
H. /