Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-07-20
TAYLOR Meeting in Montpelier,

Last Saturday evening the bell and cannon drew |
together goodly number of our citizens to hear Gen.
LESLIE CooMBs, Kentucky Shareholder and bosom
friend of Henry Clay, descant upon the merits of Gen.
Taylor-H II. Reed ESQ.,, called to the chair;
and while the audience were waiting for the speaker,
mammoth Taylor and Fillmore flag was unfurled,
but it was received in perfect silence. Gen. c. final
" appeared and was introduced to the audience the
early, tried and true friend of Henry Cay-which was
followed by three cheers for Harry of the West-af
ter which he proceeded to address the audience for
something over hour, IN somewhat desultory
ner after the fashion of Western speakers After al
udng to incidents of his journey, he spoke feelingy
of Mr.. Clay, and regretted that he had not been the
nominee at Philadelphia; but, deep as was his disap-
pontment he left sick bed to attend the Taylor rat
fcation meeting which followed. He dwelt at length
upon Col. Taylors services on the northern frontier
during the last war, and his generalship in conduct
ing the campaign against Mexico, and related many
amusing incidents illustrative of his trough and ready"
characteristics. He said Gen. Taylor was a whig,
though "not ultra one" that last year he wrote
letter to Mr.. Clay expressing hope that he would be
the next Presidential candidates. and ere this proba-
pressve of his satisfaction at the result of the Pha
delphia Convention Furthermore not many years
since, he Gen. c.. spent several days with Gen. Tay-
lor and he could not recollect single wing prn-
cple in which Gen. T. did not agree with him.
To Gen. Taylor's views upon the Wilmot Proviso
and the subject of slavery generally, the speaker did
not ALLUDED
Upon Gen. Cass he was unnecessarily severe, tho
he claimed that be did not speak of him as poorly as he
thought. He was the most corrupt and unprincipled
Of his party, and that was saying good deal. Show
me, said he rich man, and will show selfish man;
one always in power, and will show you sycophant
Such man was Lewis Cass-worth half a million and
yet had never probably, performed days physical la
Dor in his life He paid fine tribute to labor: said
that it was Gods decree that man should earn his
bread by the sweat of his brow and not that of
anoher's and that no man could claim the confidence
of his fellow men the appreciation of his God who
sighted this injunction. by the sweat of whose
brow do yOu, Gen. Coombs, obtain living, thought
we-your own, or that of your SLAVES? Gen. Cass
had held office under every administration from Jeer-
son to Polk, always rotating higher and asSsmuatng
more A portion of the time he drew pay as an Off
Ger in the army Indian agent for extra travel and ten
ratlons day to boot "My God" exclaimed he "no
wonder he is fat and resembles, as he does not an
American, but bloated foreigner" He denounced
Gen. Cass as the "hero of Hulls surrender"-charged
him with wearing the black cockade in the days of fe-
deralism said it was during his minority and that
he done so please his father He charged Gen. Cass
with antirepubcan principles, in his admiration of
Lotus Philippe and his court whom he denominated in
a audatory work he had published, the model king
but when Louis Phllippe's reverses came upon him.
Glass; too treacherously deserted him. and openly
vied him in the U. S. Senate. In this connection,
; Gen. Coombs INDUCED in rhetorical flourish" upon
= the march of human freedom in the Old World. He
thanked God the French had driven their oppressor
= from their borders even without second pair of
breeches; the kings of Austria and Prussia had been
dethroned; Italy following the example, the
redhot hammer of liberty would melt down the fro
zen gates of Siberian despotsm and he trusted in God
that the Oldest man present would live to the doc
rne of universal liberty proclaimed throughout the
borders of the old world He the friend of liber
ty; he believed God made all men to be Free How
insulting to an intelligent Vermont audience, for
STAKEHOLDER, with perhaps bill of sale of scores of his
fellow beings in his pocket at the moment, to stand up
and indulge in apostrope to the Spirit of Liberty
Of Gen. Bntler, he spoke well-said he was geu-
tleman and he knew nothing against his military
character, though he had never been in but battle,
Monterrey where he got into the wrong street, and
. Gen. Taylor had to help him out
He dwelt with much enthusiasm upon the Mexican
war; said he was the only man in Kentucky who is
sued proclamation for vounteers,-that great ma
oty of those who enlisted were whgs-and even then
e Polk refused him the command
= After the speech, and three cheers each for Ken
; lucky, Gen. Taylor and Gen. Coombs, the meeting
dispersed On the whole, we thought it rather sim
gula entertainment for the anti-slavery, anti war; Will
mot Provso wings of Vermont; and think they
concur in the opinion for we learn that Gen. Coombs
has been rather abruptly sent out of the State, instead
of being reserved for the Woodstock convention, as
. had been advertised