The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-09-05

A BoLTING FREE-SOILER.-The Clcye-
land Herald of Fridly last contains
communication from MrIKELLEY Of that
city. from which we take the following:
81 think that Taylor is arailGJLe and
Cass will find it so. | want you should
excuse me now for attending TO my own
business. You must know that / have
Just got home from Buffalo, where thsy
ratity Presidents if they do not make
them. Cass, you know, could not answer
two questions, and you cannot probably
answer my two, for | have found no wing
who could, so concluded to join the Onc-
idea party. Well, | was in great favor
with them, commenced taking a census.
got three times as many names as the
" higs, or Taylor men did, felt "gOOd,"
only one question and one idea was need,
ed. Are you opposed to slave territory
Yes. Sign this paper. Done, can't vote
for a Shareholder, Cass just as bad, must
have an honest man, opposed to slavery.
Come on boys, we will have a white man
nominated | started, and thou lands
more, on the one,idea pilgrimage, all the
steamers were loaded with one-ldea, from
the shores Of the upper lakes, so that ly>
ing down was out OF the question. Near
y all these were boiling democrats, and
straight Van Buren, men. was satisfied
we were swamPed on going on board the
Baltic, before left home. But remem-
bered the dying words Of Commodore
Lawrence, and stuck to the ship-gaye
the crew a short history of Vans life
referred to his UefO>in-adUdnce message
the Amistad prisoners-the post-ofice
plumber Laa0- the 40 million slaye-catch>
ing war-to sub and leg treasurers-t to his
infamous treaty, allowing England to do
carrying trade from our ports to the West
Indies, we losing millions thereby quo
ted his Utica letter as fellows "Whllst
the candidate Of my friends for the Presi,
dency, distinctly announced my opinion
in favor of the power of Congress to a.
bolish slavery in the District of Coum-
bia, although was for reasons which were
then and are still satisfactory to my mind,
very decidedly opposed to its exercise
there" They were informed that he had
Southern President, and that he had beea
rightly christened GA Northern man WITH
Southern principle" -that he lacked the
one thing needful, which was honesty, aud
besides he was opposed to aboIishing slave
ry in the district of Columbia-that he
had been tried and found wanting-that
Cass nor Taylor had been, that they might
do better, but that they could not do a0Or's
that one term was long enough for
good President, and great deal too long
for bad one-that their platform, nor
any other, could make him an honest POI
itician-that they had not got him on H.
and probably never would-that theI
might wrap it around him as tight as
mummy is laced, and then white wash
him, and then he would be Van Buren,:
and nothing else." And now | would
Just observe, that in the strife who should
nominate the ,0Orst man, we have beat the
whole you cannot deny that, Mr.. HerGId'
| knew we could beat you some way. 10
Won give il up-own beat! If you do not
/ want to tell you that Van cannot even
90 the ous,idea, and that although the
platform is as long as the 10th Psalm
The District of Columbia was carefully
left out lest il should remind US of the We
to message and his Utica letter.
But can't he repent am asked pya
dozen voices at once. If believed III