Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-31

TlulCulousj respecting the principles Oh Lue rIee
Soil men, their pretended coalition with the
cold hunkers, and the abolitonsm ofGen Tay-
Tor, but which will no doubt poison many honest
minds that may not have an opportunity of see
ing their talsity and absurdty exposed, in the
short space of time between this andt Septem-
Der election. This excitement among the wings
at this time is, doubtless, owing to ominous Free
Soil demonstrations now being made in this state
and particularly in this district, for many Of them
are seriously apprehensive, as well they may be,
that S. A. Weber, the Free Soil candidate for
representative, will be elected; but it is no new
thing for the wings to get up some "hue and cry"
to make some new and wonderful developements,
Just before an election and so near it that the I'M
position can. not be exposed in season to coun-
teract its influence. Oge speeches and Garland
forgeries are memorable instances.
The wings of this village had meeting last
evening:-Judge Collamer made emphatically a
stump Speech and exceedingly unfair so far as re-
lated to the Free Soil Party, presenting very
narrow view of the principles and policy of that
party, and in some things, entirely, though of
course, uninlentonally misrepresenting them
He said there was mot single principle which
the Liberty Party had formerly held to be found
in heplattorm ofthe Buffalo Convention Every
one who ever read the resolutions passed by that
convention must have been aslonished at such a
statement from Judge Collamer. So far from
such being the case the very reverse of it is true.
AS a fair representation of this matter take the
platform adopted by the National Liberty Party
Convention held at Buffalo in AZ and compare it
with that of '4S, and whoever will take the trOu-
be to examine them in connection will find that
there is not single principle in the former which
may not be found in the latter, either in plain
terms or by obvious implication. All the great
leading principles of the Liberty Party are alike
declared in both. In the platform of ~ the
measures proposed for carrying out the principles
of the party, are summed up in the following re-
solution.
Resolved, That we fully believe that the mea
sures we proprose, the exclusion of slavery from
our national territories, the prohibition of slave
holding in all places under the exclusive jurisdlc
ton of the national government land the discour-
agement of it in the states by national example
and recommendation will result at no distant
day. in the establishment of peaceful emancipa
ton throughout the Union Every one of these
measures are expressed in the Sd, 9Th, and 9th
resolutions passed by the late Buffalo Conven
ton. But it is not necessary to disproye Mr.
Colamer's statement for he spoiled it hmsel
before he got through, by saying that the "Bap
burners gave the Liberty men the platform tbey
asked, reserving to themselves the candidate
for they cared very little what principles were
adopted so long as they got the offices; that the
Liberty men were pleased with their platform
as boy with his top &c. This plain and al
most amusing contradiction of what he had be
fore said is somewhat important and could no
have escaped the notice of any one present
The Judge has never shown himself remarka
bly, well versed in the principles of political abo
ltionists, hardly enough to undertake to enIght
en- hepeople, whenever he ha, spoken upon tina
subject.
In speech delivered in Congress in Februar
1847 he represented them, (the political aboli
tlonists, meaning the Third Party as the write
understands hini,) as having insisted THAT tn
power of the general government should be ex
crcised to producethe abolition of slavery in tn
slaveholding states" In his speech last evening h
stated the distinguishing feature Of the Libert
Party creed to be- not unconstitutional desg
upon slavery in the states, but that they refuse
to support any man for office who was not a
abolionist, or any man for President who woul
appoint any one to an Office who was not an abe
litionist and hence aboltonists must be import
ed into the Southern states to Gil the offices Their,
The Two definitions of the Liberty Party ar
certainly quite dissinar and neither of them ar
Just. 1t is true, the Liberty Party have neve
proposed that Congress should abolish slavery
the states, as stated in the above mentone
Speech but it is not ethat the silly and impraC
tcabIe idea that no man should hold any offic
in the United States under the general govern
ment, not "even that of Postmaster in the South
as was aledged has ever been part of the pr
lcal creed of that party, much less its great di
tingushing feature In the resolutions of VIII
convention can it be foundl
LIBERTY MAN.