Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-10-26
For the Freeman.
The Wing State Convention.


vention last week, short time, and heard part
of the speeches Of Senators Upham and Phelps
The speech OF the first Of these gentlemen was
a stale and sprltless reteraion of all the COM
mon and worn out charges against Mr.. Van Bu-
rem. A great portion Of his remarks we're aim
ed at the Free Soil Party and It's nominees, not
withstanding he repeatedly assured his hearers
that he did not believe that Van Buren, and Adj
ans would obtain a single eectaral vote in the
Union! | heard it frequently remarked among
the audience, that is was singular that he should
make so great an effort against poweress and
insignificant foe | could not, however, help
thinking how much he was commencing himself
to the favorable consideration of the Free Soil
members Of the Legislature, as candidate for
Senator.
He was followed by Mr. Senator Phelps. The
great object of this Supremacy selfish and vain
man. was to defend his infamous betrayal of his
constituents, in his support of the Compromise
Bill" In order to do this with the least kind of
FEASIBILITY, he had to begin by saying, in sub
stance that all the objections which were raised
against candidates for the Presidency, on the
ground that they would veto any Bill embracing
the WmOi PrOvlso, were of little or no conse-
quencG-that the Wimot Proviso, in short was
unnecessary and great humbug! could not
help thinking that this was a most signal rebuke
to the wing brethren throughout the free states,
and especially to the wing editors and orators Of
Vermont for their ceaseless denunciatons of
Gen. Cass, because he is pledged to UctO the WI
mot Pr0UiSo and then, how foolish Mr. Cor
win was to say as he did in his celebrated
speech in the Senate, that che did not believe
that Gen. Taylor could get the electoral vote of
free state in America, if it were not for the
belief that prevails that upon this subject 1.-THE
Wilmot Proyso) as we'll as upon any other of a
like character, he aO0uH not intwpOse has UetO,"
and that he believed ''the man who dares to do it,
be he who he may, describes Impeachment, AND TO
HAVE HIS HEAD ROLLED FRoMA BLOCK" What!
behead man who would veto measure which
was unimportant and unnecessary, and which
was in reaity,a humbug Either Mr. Corwin and
the balance Of the wing party are guilty ofarrant
hypocrisy and humbuggery, or Samuel s. Phelps
is a traitor to freedom, and an insolcnt haggard,
claiming wisdom and sagaclty superior to the
greatest men of all parties at the North Had
he frankly acknowledged that his support of that
execrable measure originated in desire to rem.
der himself acceptable to a savehodng Presi
dent for the office of Attorney General, he would
have gained credit for honesty in the avowal,
and in the minds of those who know him, lost
nothing in their estimation of him as a man of
principle. 1t matters little to him what principle
he abandons or what measure he sacrifices, so
that his apostacy but ministers to his avarice.
His speech, as far as it had any tendency to
exculpate himself, was a most scorching condem-
nation of the course of his colleague and of the
whole wing party of the state. The editor Of
the Waterman, perceive, with the duness Pc
culiar to certain kind of animals, applauds Mr..
Phelps speech, and writes himself down hypo.
critic and deceiver
Messrs. Collamer and Foot followed the two
Senators, in speeches of great length and unc-
ton, as learned from the wing gIorihcation of
them heard none of Mr.. Foot's speech, and
but very little of Mr.. Coamer's heard e.
nough, however, of it to be satisfied, that if it
was not the most eloquent. cogent, learned and
witty speech ever yet uttered by human lips, it
failed to obtain from his hearers that apprecia-
ton Of its character which was clearly entertain
ed by its ruthor 1t was evidently designed to
seduce the Free Soil members of the Legsla
ture into his support for U, S. Senator.
have noticed, also, Mr. Editor, a COMMUNE
cation from pretended Free Soil man, in the
Daily Watchman, in which he shows conclusive
ly his attachment to the Free Soil party, by at.
blame of the delay in electing Speaker. He
thinks the wings were not culpable in adhering
pertnaciously so their candidate, because they
were plurality. But were not the Free Soil
members large majority over the Cass mem
WHY, then, were not the Cass men bound to
yield! and were not the wings in a minority in
the House? and why did they not propose some
compromise by which the rights of all parties
should have been respected! But the Free Soil
men were so situated that they could not consist
emily with firm maintenance of their prlnci-
pies and their organization, yield to either of the
other parties. The wings charge them with ia
voring the democrats; the democrats charge
them with favoring the wings. Their object is
to favor neither, but to overthrow both. How,
then, could they do otherwise than to adhere
firmly to their candidate, and to show to the
world that they did not favor one party more than
the other! If they had withheld their votes il
would have been the same thing as voting for
the wing candidate, They took the right course
and the people will respect and sustain them fol
SO doing. ARlSTlDES'