Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-11-23
The Work Before Us,

patOr and Republican
No Free Soil man can think that his duty is done
-tiut all he had to do to protest against the cleo
ton of the candidates of the slave power. Our party
was organized for purposes which are not yet accom-
plishod; which it will take long time fully to accom-.
pIish. But dHty is plainly before us; it is to pre-
Uent the extension Of slavery into territories. Those
territories not yet organized. They must be or.
ganzed. A new session of Congress approaches it is
within a month of us. There is minent danger that
before it closes-beore the 4th of March arrives,
compromise, of sort, will be adopted and tho
great question will be decided against Freedom and
the North
Who has forgotten the history of the passage of the
resolutions for the annexation of Texas? The Tyler
Iroaty had been rejected by large minority. The
presidential election came on; annexation made
party question; Polk chooou; he went to his hotel
in Washington; he the dispenser Of patronage and
before the session closed he had bought up men e.
nough to carry the question Are we not now in a
very similar condition? At the last session a cOmpro
mise bill, so called was carried through the Senate;
it defeated in the House, VIGOROUSLY because it
was believed that its passage would njure TayoI's
prospects. Taylor is elected and that danger is
| Taylor is southern man. Shareholder and friend
of slavery, if we may rely upon human testimony he
came in on what may be called compromise ground
or party ground at ALL and compromise bill which
would satisfy two such opposite as Senator Phe ps
and John C. Calhoun, might well be supposed to be
satisfactory 10 the man who has been chosen on contra
dictoy grounds in the North and the South. Senator
Clayton the author OF the compromise bill, is the lead
or of the Taylor men in Congress, if any may be
considered their leader; he has made speech laying
out the policy of the party, in which he disclaims con-
nection with the wing party; says the party is not
the wing party, but the "1'aIor Republican Party"-
THIS designation is adopted by the Philadelphia North
American, and the New York Courier and Enquirer
two of the leading Taylor papers the Union and the
latter prosavcry paper up TO the hub. Coming into
power under such auspices, is it not likely that Sena
tor Clayton and his friends will deserve TO get rid of
the embarrassing slavery question before the new ad
minstration takes the reins of power? Will not a
large portion, ma olity ii the Wing members of
the House be persuaded by promises of Office by pei
sona solicitation; by exaggerated stories of the danger
of the dissolution of the Union and the dissolution of
their party; by the feeling that good men, like
Senator Phelps will not lead them asray and by other
appliances, to forsako freedom and 90 for Claytons
Compromise, other?
We do not think that we exaggoate The danger. -
If the Taylor men and newspapers sincere in their
opposition to slavery extenson-if they really desire
las they should to make up for what they must knoD
was, at least partial detection from duty voting for
man OF committed to their principles by renewed
and perseverng effort that there is no danger of
being cursed by Cass-we call upon them to speak
out and to ACT against any schemes akin to that OF
Clayton. The democrats trust, will not be idle, as
they have been heretofore. They no longer bound
to the SOUTH The south has deserted them To be
sure they hold to their strongest States Virginia,
:, Alabama and Arkansas, but they have lost ground
even there and in Georgia and louisiana which they
carried for Polk, they have been defeated while the
ultra slave State, Florida has gone against them
South Carolina, even where opposition never before
showed its head, has given thirty legislative votes =
eainst Cass The democratic party cannot expect any
help from the South That section will get along very
well under Taylor and will support his administration
The democracy must look to the north. They never
ought to have looked TO any other section for real de-
mocracy has no existence at the south; it can have
none where the laboring population is reduced tc
! slavery. The free States Of the giant west have
without exception given theil votes for the democratic
4 candidates. very significant fact for the party which
= is now defeated.
We trust the democrats have better inducements t.
oppose the extension of slavery, than those we hav,
IS mentioned At any rate, they must henceforth be
rnanc,pmed from that vassalage to the south which ha
f 4; .oJ tha 1bo Jor Il,
u well upon the Taylor men, to resist the scheme
Of the slave power to extend slavery over the rev ter
= ritories which the fortunes of war has given us.
To our Free Soil friends we need say but little
=. They are true STEEL Never did party show sue
genuine, firm, Teutonc pluck as the glorious Ere
Soil voters have done. They are men for renewe
and persevering action. They will never despair.
le The thirty eight thousand true men in Massacht
~ sett, who discarded old prejudices, and social, ar
a. family ties, to vote for Martin Van Buren, and
a. gainst George N Briggs be depended upon in a,
to day of trial.
Then let US keep agitatlng this question Let Co
re gress understand that there can be NO COMPR(
,rt MISE WITH SLAVERY. The territories must
Ike free The ordinance of Thomas Jefferson revived
by gallant David Wilmot, must be extended over the
ks as it was Oregon. Nothing less than this W
ms satisfy the free people of the North. The Taylor IN
en- of the north are bound by their pledges given eve
10 day during the campaign, to all their efforts to pr
cure the passage of the Wilmot Proviso, and to ha
, it presented for the signature of their anti veto Pre-
olu dent. We shall be glad to see them at work, a
y; shall be glad to Gnd Taylor signing the bill. We he
ron idea that he will do it but don't let him have
;on thing else to sign Freedom FOR the terrtoLes
must be the raQying cry until the victory is won.