The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-07-25

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FREE SOIL DEMOCRAT
TO THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT.
Whereas, every principle of justice, human
ity, and republican freedom is opposed &c
Slavery, as wicked in itself, destructive in IT.
efforts upon free institutions, and grasping and
intolerant in its policy towards the interests
and principles Of the people of the free States
it is the duty Of every friend Of freedom to
use every Illegal and constitutional means,
to arrest its progress and provide for its ex-
tinction and,
Whereas, in consequence of the alarming
encroachments of the Slave power and its con-
slant successful efforts to WELD the influence
and the power of the government Of our COM
mon country for the extension of Slavery. the
great moral and political questions OF the day,
and the issue of the present presidential CAM
+ paign, are those growing out OF, and having
direct reference 10, Slavery extension: and,
Whereas the Democratic National Conyen-
( ton BY the nomination of Lewis Cass, have at
tempted to pledge the Democratic party TO the
test on the subject of the extension of Slave
nv into the Territories of the United States,
!
thereby forced that issue upon the democracy
of the free States: and,
Whereas, the Democratic State Convention
for Vermont, holden at Montpelier this day a
dopted the following resolutions:
Resolred, That in the opinion of this Con-
vention Congress have the constitutional pow
er to prohibit the introduction of Slavery into
the Territories of the United States, in which
Slavery does not now exist, so long as said
! Territories remain under the jurisdiction of
/ Congress; and that it is the imperative duty of
I Congress to exercise that power Immediate
ly.
! Resolred, That the Democratic party Of this
State by repeated resolutions in State and
! County Conventions, stand pledged to oppose,
! by every lawful and constitutional means, the
extension Of Slavery into any Territory be-
longing TO the United States, now free, and
that we here reiterdte that pledge:
Thereby distinctly and unequvocally pledg-
ing the democratic party of Vermont against
the principles promul gated by Lewis Cass in
his letter to Mr.. Nicholson: and,
| Whereas, the said Convention after the pass
age of said resolutions, proceeded to pass a
resolution approving of the nominations of
Lewis Cass and Vim. o. Butler, for President
and Vice President of the United States, and
pledging the party to support those nomina-
tions, and thereby directly multiplying the reso-
lutions above set forth and,
Whereas, the Hon. PaulDillingham, Jr, the
nominee of the State Convention for the office
of Governor, after repeated and strong de-
clarations in favor Of the principles a.
bove quoted, and being present and acquies-
cling in the passage of those resolutions without
dissent, did, in the said Convention, commit
himself to the support of Lewis Cass for the
Presidency:
! Therefore, we the undersigned delegates
from the counties OF Franklin, Grand Isle, La
mobile, Chittenden, Orange, Windsor, Addi-
son, Rutland, Bennington and Windham, TO
the said State Convention, in view of the ut
terly false and unprincipled position in which
1t Is attempted TO place the democracy of this
State. IN relation to the great question of the
extension Of Slavcry-the only question of
principle in the ensuing State and National
electlons-feel it to be due to ourselves. TO the
obvious moral sense Of the people ofthe State.
and TO the spirit Of the country and age in
which we live, and the principles we have ever
maintained, to repudiate the action of said
| Convention, and to hold ourselves entirely alb.
solved from all obligation to abide by its deci
sions, except so far as they are in accordance
with the resolutions above set forth. and 10 de-
clare, as we now solemnly do, ourselves in IA
vor of free soil and free labor, and against the
further extension Of Slavery. as both n Ma
tional and State test, and in the spirit of con-
cession due to the emergency of the crisis, as
involving great peril to the interests offree-
dom and humanity, we are anxious, for the
purpose of securing the great objects above
announced, to make common cause nth oil the
friends of those principles
We, therefore, respectfully invite oil the
Freemen Of the State who agree with us in the
principles which should govern our political
action at the coming State and National cleo
tons TO meet US in Mass Contention at Middle
bury, on the first day of Aug,st next to make
a State organization, to put in nomination
State ticket, and to take such measures with
reference to the approaching Presidential E.
lection, as may then seem best calculated to
promote the great objects for which we pro-
pose to unite our councils and our efforts
5. S. Brown, n. l.. Whttemore,
J. C. HaswelI II. Il. Smith,
l.. 7. Poland, Lyman Burgess,
William w. White, Ira Wilters,
Chas. Robinson, J.. j. Dixon,
Il. Davenport, John NJ. Morse,
+. j: Bliss, E. d. Barber,
.Ieptha Bradley, S. H. Price,
D. r. Bogue, Silas Wilcox,
Zoraster Fisk, j. Morse Flint,
Thomas White, Il. G. Charlie,
=: Emery, Alex'r Riddle,
Chas. ID kasson, Jacob w. Conroe,
kansom Jones, Lemuel Grover,
l.. +. Chittenden, II. S. Morse,
y X Potter, Hazleten Lake,