Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-17
The Two Old Pnrties.

Mr.. EDIToR;-What will now be the course of
those nslayely friends who have been fooled into
the belief that the wing party would ever do anything
towards aboshng slavery, or preventing its ex-
tension; and have blamed and abused Liberty men for
refusing to vote with this "on,y true liberty partly"
If the recent nomination of Gen. Taylor does not
open their eyes, ask, what can? If this does not
prove the truth of what have said relative to the
hypocrisy Of the wing party in pretending to be anti
slavery, we ask, what will?
Some talk as if the wing party in nominating Gen.
Taylor, had abandoned its principles" No such
thing. How could it abandon what it never had? In
dvlduals, in the party it is true, have had principles
and have hoped to see them carried out; but speak
Of the party a whole, it acts, it is. What in
telligent individual ever entertained for moment an
idea so preposterous and absurd as the suppostion
that the Wing party ever thought of having princi-
pies? Those who have heretofore thought are be-
ginning now to find out their mistake Some are ex-
claiming like the innocent Clay orator in speech at
recent meeting in New York, 1--WE desire to know
whether man is fish, flesh or fowl, Tgood good;l
we desire to know whether man is cheese or chalk,
daughters; and if we sit down at table, and rabbit
is placed before us if we eat of it, we don't want to
find afterwards that we have to digest cal. [Upo-
rious applause,] Poor man, he was Just beginning
to open his eyes, and feel the need of information
The party has been perfectly consistent with itself
and with lis Objects in nominating Gen. Taylor. He
had no political principles, and never had, according
to his own showing. He was cunning in not pledg-
ing himself to carry out whg principles for that was
an impossibilty. He does not pretend to know what
the leading distinctive measures of the two parties
are and therefore he is fit candidate for the whg
party He wants Office and don't care how they get it
The same may be said of the democratic party. Gen
Taylor is just as well suited to the one as the other
The wings want 10 beat the locos away so that they
feed at the public crib and to do this they would
take up any candidate from any place. provided he had
the only essential qualification auaiHJHty. Acting or
this principle they have nominated Gen. Taylor. Il
: the Democrats had stolen the march upon them ant
nominated lin. first, what Cold they have done? NJ
matter if Taylor cannot write his own letters in intel
lgibe English, he knows how to use blood hounds t.
hunt and tear in pieces the Florida Indians. Nomat
ter if he knows nothing about our national affairs
the duties incident t. civil government he knows how
to fight Mexicans, and "giDe em hell !"
Well, Gen. Taylor is "a distinguished man," an(
no mistake What an honor to the country to have
such President! He is great General, l. e. HI
fought and gained some bloody battles, his soldier
did it for him, and he has the name of it. So he
available, ergo, he must be President What com
piment to the intelligence, virtue and Christianity
the American people, Who else could be found hay
ing such qualifications Who else but slayehode
boyo Of ubo
to hunt Indians The papers say he is pious too
Some one has heard him exhon Quite likely.
With all these brilliant qualifications, it is no wol
der that the Wings should make him their Presidel
tal candidate. They could appreciate his talent
they could approve Of his measures, they could syn
pathise with his motives, feelings and desires.
But stop Who was it that raised such an outcl
in 1910 against Van Bnren's administration on a
count Of this blood hound business? Who made u
of it to excite the adherence and scom of all humc
beings? Who held it up to the pious sensiblities
the virtuous a measure emenatlng from the intern
regions; and as one which should sink its authors
the Lowest depths of infamy? Why, these hone
consistent, antslavery @ wings, are THE MEN! TIL
did not anticipate then that they soud be obliged
1648 to vote for Gen. Taylor, the man (the brut
who recommended the employment of these bio
hounds and at whose suggestion the measure W
carried out. But now, with few honorable exec
tons, they walk into the traces, put the collar a
work hard to make this blood hound General the Pre-
ident of the United States! They talk of having pr
cples!
Now are there not thousands in Vermont who W
cease from this day forward to bow their knee to
slave power of the south, who will sacrifice their
tachments to the wing party and put themselves in
position where the influence will tell against, inste
of for slavery? Let us see,