The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-30


no / snid before, TO extending II over territory
,n,v free Gov. Seward referred to people
,vho ,yore slnyes that had appealed TO the
pone for their freedom. lie answered them
by saving that they should he rendered free
"froW bondage MS soon rs gracious Proy.
dence will permit"
lie believed in the force OF moral power
/ g. he believed that the um9 would come, in
/ bia dov. when the free people would free the
sIoycs in his country. This is TO DO accom-.
I ,Iished bv moral force. 1t was to he done
| Without Injustice il was 10 he done by pay.
inc n fun remuneration for so great bless,
inT. Now. said he, Lewis Cnss is IN favor
/ of extending slavery over lands now rec
| Mo Wing cnn therefore support lin. Whom
then shall we support
There is general Taylor; from the cir.
cumstunccs Of the case we are elmer TO take
him, ITO swallow him" or Mr. C"ss. say
from the force Of circumstances, ana circnn'
stnuces nre "A potent element in politics, for
ihey prevented MIR Cass going 10 Chicago
Disguise il ms we moy, there are ~ realty
lint two candidates. There is no third choice.
We must choose between Taylor and Cas-,
Providence has permitted the people obc
divided into only TWO great parties, nor liAa
half dozen. MOVE sDSIay say illat II MoW
advance our principles TO elect General ldr
lor. l say TINT it win. IN all controVeIse',
there is nm affirmative and negative Proo-
sition. Now party divisions are not merl
a,lI,rorv divisions. T!.ey do not comeM
chance. There is a great cause Tor Them
The pnrty which Inns ever proslrnted The
NORTH 10 the South, Is the present dominant
marty. To quote from Mr. Jefferson, "lhc
Northern Democracy are the natural allies
of the South" have never kno"h II Other
wise. 1t has always been so. One party has
ils foundation III South Carolina, ana the
other Oh the Rock of Plymouth.
The Wings 90 everywhere, for improvements
for education, for the diffusion OF ih'e'l'gehce
which nre calculated directly TO make ineu
fren The Motley of the others is 10 make
men slaves. -,
should prefer ut all times, NorIher
man for the Presidency, or rather II man wlo
il not n holder Of slaves. j wish tie pnhllr
were ofmy views; but they are not. lheydo
not agree with me. So am content to agree
with them. / do not however, agree tia,
"A Northern doughidce is equal, or IS 10 be
trusted like n SoElhern Wing. is thcre 10
> difference between Henry Clay, Southern
Wing and james Is. Polk, or Lewis |osS-
Had we elected the former in IA, does any
one sIppose that we should have had Texas
annexed. or that we should have become in
yolved in n war with Mexico, and that new
= territory would have been gained, over WmcN
! 10 extend slavery? -,
But Congress will settle this question OF
slavery extension. Should MIR Cass coi"e ~,
we shall have slavery extended. lie "u'
use the patronage and power ot the govern
ment to extend it. Should Genera inH"'
come in. Wing policy will prevail, ana u"
,y;lI NOT evert his poyer TO so detes!abc an
object
iInve we any other leader Some answer
that there is third alternative presented m
the person of Martin VanBuren OF New ork,
but il is not so. This government Is now
= nearly sevcDy-lhree years old, and lheH
/ never was, aud probably never VIII tie
third party, which can secure the control Of
: the nation. (Cheers.) 1t cannot he Cheers
v 1t is not best that il should be great lie.
ruublic like ours must he stable in its policy
T., and i'm lis parties-hence il is that men are
II conservative in their political divisions, ana
Y of the immense nmss of voters, compuraiNc'
t ~ few will join Il third party. Though ILL,
n entire audience might he persuaded TO swell
o The united corporu's guards who have deser'
|. red The two great political armies, your iall,
o ers, and hruthers, and friends would stand
fast aud remain on the old Faneuii Hall plat
j. form. ". ......
s. ! hold that we must make up our minds
- TO elect Gen. TAYLOR or Gen. Cuss--u W
= mean to elect Gen. Taylor, we must vote to
f him-ic we mean To elect Gen. Cass, the mos
N effective way is to abandon all principles an
Vi vote for him, or we can aid him hy vou
l. for some one else, which is in reality giNio
is him half vote. But why can we not cor
" scicntiously vote for Gen, Taylor Tie
~ tell us he is a SHAREHOLDERS. True, but he
,J nominated rs our caudidatc-We did No
E. nominate him, and the practical question l.
rs what shall we do now that he is nominated
Nor do understand the conscience whlc
ne hesitHtes between two things for one OF wv
Is. things must be preferable TO the other
m There is an all seeing eye that looks into IN
hearts of men, and for my part, | am no
We afraid when it secs me do what THINK |
tn best TO do, under existing circumstances.
IL But what is there in this new third party
I'd. all seductive to us? Why it adopts pcrI0
INT OF our own creed on the point OF slavery,
m They say that they are in favor of free son
IT. and that their candidate has so changed III
ne mind of late, that If elected he will conse"
ity TO abolish slavery in the District of CoIunl
av hia, provided a Congress can be found WIN
We will pass hill providing for it'll sale aVoW
Iif al, if they are to elect the Congress. Now
till not this aWhg principle and II mere relie,'
nd ton of what the Wings maintain: LAM
in free speech too-who but the Wing par
az fought for it for years, under the guidance Oh
lot the late John Quincy Adams?
lat The Liberty party has always had my res
IN pect and sympathy, but they have never "'>
.. my vote, for reasons now evident to att
It's, saw them with respect and sympathy urs.o
de- the two great parties onwardto their AVN u".
mt, object-but they lost my respect anu ~ ~
nm sympathy, when saw them sacrificing y.
are very principle which won them tnmeIm
ole mediate emancipation. And which IS 'l'o
er. cherished gospel now? cut down 10 a'''U
rts nothing. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; ~
n. so on 10 Notwithstanding remains p"I
us few resolutions prepared for them by "