Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03

wing party because we had sustained our prin.
ciples 1.-The countenance of a young man would
be made to blush by such an attempt From
that moment, from the | lth of May 1916. the
whig party have ceased to have the character
istIcs of party. They have mingled with the
opposite party in all the great interests of the
nation. Now call upon you, gentlemen of the
press to speak true condemn me and consign me
to infamy if truth will do it; but do net distort
facts do not betray the country to the slave pow
er.- Cheers. Tell the truth to the people, for
it is their right and your duty, and when truth is
laid before them, if they fail to maintain their
rights and the constitution, on their heads, on
their children, and chi,dren's children be the
responsibility. You and | will discharge our
duty. Posterty will give US the honor; and it
will be said then that the people have their Just
deserts
But the people will not be blindfolded. don't
believe it will take nine days to get the eyes Of
the people open. have told you the manner in
which this war was bro't upon us, and | never
felt so weighed down and oppressed in my life as
upon that day With tears and entreaties, and
exhortaions, | met the members of the House
upOu llldL OCCdSlOL, DuL IL was W lO pun pOSC.
Every one of those men had had all necessary
time for reflection to ponder upon it upon their
pillows, but still they voted to send your fellows
citizens Of Massachusetts and every free State
to that internal war to leave their bodies in Mex
lean graves, and TO leave their blood upon them.
selves, and upon you and me- They had time
for reflection, and they did reflect; they pondered
upon it; they argued upon it publicly and pri-
vately, and yet they voted and continued to vote
in favor of that war. tell you that when they
had for years proclaimed their unuuerable de-
testaon of that war, and then voted to support
and sustain it, it was not whig doctrine, then
was | no wing. When wings came into power
did they not carry out the precise doctrine and
policy of the locofoc0s, 10 continue the war .
Did they not assume the very positions, the very
doctrines, the very policy with the democrats =
1t was with these views that said the wing par
ty ceased to have its distinctive marks on the
18th of May, 1876 l denounce the war.
denounce every man who sustains it; every man
who would wage war in Mexico to acquire terri.
tory upon which to establish the Infamous insti-
tuition of slavery. The blood of the women and
children murdered in Mexico at our bidding, in.
stigation, and expense, rests upon you and me
Your hands and mine are stained with 1t. And
yet we talk of the Wing Party. | still cherished
the hope that we might bring them back
The question now comes upon the last trans
cendent issue. Will you extend the institution
of slavery over Mexico! We have now acquired
territory vastly greater in extent than the whole
original thirteen States, greater than hundred
such States, greater than a hundred such States
as Massachusetts, which would place in the Sen
| Cal. al lzIau a.
from New Mexico and California to control your
interests Here is the last issue, and if you dc
not stand up now, if you suffer your leaders to
lead you blindfolded to the surrender of this last
issue, on your heads and on your children be the
responsibility. The vastness of that policy it is
impossible for me to find words to express. If in
this you yield to them, you place the power here
after in their hands; you make yourselves slaves
! have no power of conception or Imagination
or language to portray to you the consequences
of this question which now comes home to you
Every man who is now sustaining Gen. Taylor
endeavors to keep this monstrous issue out Of
view They are endeavorng to make you think
this agitation is sectional question: but who
presses it upon us? The South ask you to yield
your interests, your honor and your constitution.
al rights to their bidding, and extend slavery; and
because you refuse to do it, they charge you with
agitating sectional questions! Judge ye who il
is that agitates sectional questions.
have little to say about the nomination Of
Gen. Taylor, although they say he is a whig
they tell you he is in favor of abolition; in favor
of the Wilmot Provso, the peace candidate, and
all that sort of stuff. | caution you, as | am to
meet YOU before the bar of final account, | de-
mand of you that you furnish evidence upon such
question as this. Has it come to this, let me
know are you TO surrender your interests, your
rights and the interests and rights of your off
springs of future generations, because man in
Boston says he has letter in his pocket that in
forms him that Gen. Taylor is whgl Cheers.
mean no personal disrespect to that gentleman
but when see him attempting to hide question
of this immense, unspeakable magnitude anC
to lead his fellow-citizens to the polls with sucl
letter as this, don't care if he has such let
ter; for if Gen Taylor is really in favor of these
things and is afraid to speak out, he is not the
man for me. Cheers No, sir, if he has these
feelings in his heart, If he sees and comprehend
the vastness of this issue, and dare not speal
forth his sentiments he is unworthy of confidence
What do you suppose would have been though
of Samuel Adams or the patriots of that day, i
| all that could be sad oil them was tnat somebody
had letter in his pocket which proved that they
were unfriendly to Great Britain?
But shall we compare the interests then a
stake with those now! They bear no conceva
BILE comparison with them. Imagination canno
see, knowledge cannot comprehend the heaven
wide difference between the two. The oppres
sion of Great Britain was as far below and in
feror to the oppression which you and your chill
dren will receive if you thus extend slavery, a
hell is below Heaven. Talk to me about Genera
Taylor's being opposed to the extension of sa
very wrote him just as pleasant letter as
could on the subject, one of the most agreeabl
and respectful letters you ever saw, in order t.
learn his opinions, and l tell you that you canno
kick him into an answer. To use wester
phrase, che possums." In our western countr
he could not run for constable. A man VIII
should set himself up for public office and SUP
press his opinions could not maintain an argu
ment upon the stump. The very motive for We
ting for man there is because we believe h
possesses sentiments in accordance with our owl
But if you do not know whether he possesses an