Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-09-21
GREEN MOUNT AIN FREEMAN.

piety d good deacon -, by bringing to view his
character and conduct before he was converted Dea-
con --- is good christian, now, and good dea-
con now; and Mr. Van Buren, is now good free soil
man, and suitbe bearer of the free soil banner, as
any one will perceive, who carefully and candidly
reads his letter of acceptance.
They also attack the pride of the members of the
Liberty party saying they merged in the free soil
party, and wholly gone.
The Liberty party men have no ambition to litigate
the question, whether they merged in the free soil
party, Or the free soil party in theIberty. 1t is suf
cient to satisfy their ambition that the members of
the free soil party engaged in doing the work of
the Liberty party and that part too of that work which
must be done first of ALL and done before the slave
power sweeps the liberties Of our country in one COM
mon deluge. The name, too, is merged and gone.--
We'll, we have new name good enough for us, as
we are not very proud. Moreover, we never cared
Tor the name The thing, the principles, the result,
formed the object Of our association But, say they
we have given up our platform One of these gem
temen, in public address lately, said, and said it
with great emphasis that the Buffalo platform did not
contain one principle of the Liberty party, as hereto
fore contended for, and urged by them. How often
he and said other orators, make this assertion in their
ltlnerant labors Is not known But he that said it,
must have said it good many times, before he could
have made himself believe it. so as to affirm it with
bold face. Look at portion Of the Buffalo Plat
FORM
Resolved, That in the Judgment of this Convention,
Congress has no more power to nuke slave than to
make king; no more power to institute or establish
slavery, than to institute or establish monarchy
NO such power can be found among those specifically
conferred by the constitution nor derived by any Just
implication from them.
Resolved That it is the duty of the federal Govern.
ment to relieve itself from all responsibility fol the
existence or continuance of slavery, wherever that
government possesses constitutional authority to leg
lsate that subject, and is thus responsible for its
existence.
Resolved, That the true, and, in the judgment Of
this Convention, the only safe means of preventing
the extension of slavery into territories now Free ia
to prevent its existence mall such territory, by an
act of Congress.
The next resolution declares: No mo slave states
No more slave territory
query now arises. Had the speaker never read
the Buffalo Platform? Or did he know nothing about
the Platform or principles of the Liberty party? Or
lastly did he to deceive his auditors by telling
them falschood, and asserting it so boldly as to in
duce them to believe it true? Under which of thu
three will he now take shelter?
The Liberty party have always contendcd tina
Congress had power to repeal their own laws, which
made all the slavery there is in the District of Coum
bia and that they ought to make it their first work
also to repeal the act of Congress of Feb 12th 1893
about fugitive slaves escaping into free state; an
that they ought to do it, also the same with regard
the slave trade between the States Also that Congress
should admit no slave state into the Union.
The Buffalo Platform, surely covers all this grount
In short, the Liberty party platform embraces oppos
ton to slavery in every constitutional way possible
and never to cast ballot for stakeholder, or for
2 supporter OF slavery, to place him where he coul
, give that support.
/ But have another answer to this electioneerin
r topic. The Buffalo platform is as it should be- til
foundation on which to start anew to erect the Ten
pie of Liberty laid PROSTATE by the slave power an
cheerfully adopt it, name and all, readily g
ing up any wrong notions, if any, formerly entertain
ed by us. FRANKLIN.