Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-01-20
County COnyenliOnS""FOur District.

Next week, as will be seen by the call in another
column, conventions to be holden in the several
counties in this congressional district for the purpose
of completing the organization which was adopted by
the late District convention at Hardwick These
conventions have been delayed thus long, with the
hope of securing good weather and travelling, and
consequently general attendance ofall who love our
cause. The conventions are now called and what
shall be the response? The motives which crowd I'D
us, that should operate to general and en-
thusastc attendance of all who are looking and long
ing for the dawn ofthat day when the poentous clouds
of war and slavery shall be dispelled by the rising
sun of peace and human freedom, are so numerous
and overwhelming that we know not how to give them
expression 1t would seem that there was sufficient
in the actual realities, as well as in the signs of the
present times, to awaken the whole north from the
deathlike stupor with which it has been paralyzed
while the whole land has been filled with the clank-
ing OF the bondmans chain, and the powers that be
are plotting and executing conquests and forging
new letters, for millions more of mem But there are
motives that bear with special force upon this Con-
gressona District at the present time new cleo
ton of Representative to Congress is to be had in the
approaching canvass, and we have more chances of
success here than in any other district Here for the
two last elections, we have holden the balance of
power; and may we not reasonably hope, with due
activity and exertion on part, that there will be
found enough consistency and integrity among those
who profess to regard the subjects of the wur and
slavery with the supreme adherence and detes
taon ourselves secure the election of our can
dldate? Our district is now represented by man of
the modern democratic stamp, who glories in his at
tachment to Polk, Texas, the war; and for aught we
know to the contrary, savery-extension and al-who
has taken the unusual pains to publish to the world
that he regretted his unavoidable absence from his
seat in Congress when the vote was taken upon Mr.
lludson's proposition to withdraw our army from the
territory of Mexico as he was DESTROYS of recording
his vote against all such propositions This is the
sentiment to which the feemen of this District are
committed by their representatives,; and we hesitate
not to say that it is base perversion and misrepre-
Sentaon Of the honest convictions of the vast MAORI
ty Of his constituents. Is present representative
to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor who, al
though smooth and fair professions of antslavery and
moral and political integrity flowed from his lips,
Of iniquty which, in the present stage of its fulfill
ment, is literally rAng the treasury and quahing the
life blood of the nahon?-a measure which was truly
characterized by democratic paper in New Hamp-
shire Gas dark as ink-as black as hell"
We say to all such in Washington, Lamole, CAL
edonia Orleans and Essex countless as have hearts to
feel minds to plan, and hands to execute to come out
10 these cOnUenonSi Let the going be bad as it may,
these meetings should be fully attended. We have
waited already too long for propitous time and must
delay no longer. Now is the time to organize and
commence the work energeticaly, or our next cleo
ton-vastly important it will be-is Iot by Default
Eueyy tovn Should be fully represented Immediately
following the county meetings it is designed TO hold
meetings for Town organizations through each coun-
ty; and how can this be done understandingy, and
every town enter into the arrangement, unless repre-
scented? The towns MUST be represented! The
work mnst be begun and nolo is the time to begin it,
EVILS CLARKE, one of the white slave brothers,
attend all of these conventions except Essex, as
the Hon. Jacob Scott, and Others