Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-07-19
1919.


Aou possess common interest, to so great an
eACoht that there would be no formidable imped-
lneht IN the way of your being agreed upon the
men 10 guide the affairs of State. You might
ullier IN yeur views of the fitness of men, IN
point OIL thelr capacity to manage public affairs.
Ihere was no such difficulty when Washington
was elected President Of tue United States. All
ielt full confidence that he would faithfully and
impartiolly guard the public interests, accor.
ding to h S best judgment 1t might have been
so on later OCCASIONS, it 70 interest o. supposed
interest," or party feeling, had interviewed to pre-
vent. But now, party organization has become
the order OF the day. and the claim of any par
" Tor your sutrageS, must be recommended by
the Importance and correctness of the principles
Of such party organization. The people of the
northern States have common interest in the
existence, progress, and permanency of the prln-
clples OF freedom, and in the success of all
measures tending wholly to absolve them from
the odium and burden of supporting the institu-
ton OF Slavery in the South. They have also
a common interest to us great an extent as could
be expected ever to exist over SO large terrific
ry in the productions of their soil, the labor of
their citizens, and market for the surplus produce
Of their agriculture and manufactures. While
!
they foster the institutions of slavery, and cult
vate their soil by slave labor will have an inter
est common among themselves, but opposed to
the interests Of the northern States, Just so far
as slavery is opposed to freedom, and slave labor
to free labor. Their opposition generally shows
itself in all legislation upon the bject of the
Tariff; but, in more injurious shape and de-
gree, i'll all those elections, which in the Ieas
affect the bestowal OF the Presidents patronage
Hence their extraordinary, but successful man
agement, to have a sluveholding President oil
the time except twelve ears and one month, du
ling the 90 years and 4 months, since the organ
izatlon of the United States Government. Tn
shareholders formed no nconsderabie portion @
each Of the two great rival parties, that strov
for political mastery: and exercised their ful
share Of influence in nominating candidates 70
The Presidency, who would faithfully subserv
the interests Of slavery. They have calculated
upon and expected, and insisted, that the north
crn members of each party would faithfully raj
ly to the support of nominee Of his party, an
it is believed there has been 10 failure on thei
part. But in the last Presidential campaign, tn
shareholders deemed tie slaveholdlng nomine
OF their rival party more to be trusted upon tn
subject Of slavery, than the nominee Of thei
own party, who happened to be northern mar
though be had given all the pledges they requiT
ed, upon the subject of slavery extension; an
three States, supporters Of Jas. *. Polk, re
pulated Cass, and voted for, and elected Tay
Tor for President This absolyed the norther
Democrats tromal obligations to the party whc
had thus betrayed them, and turned the victor
against them, ana destroyed all ground of conf
dencC in the shareholders, with regard to an
and all future action and conjunction with tn
northern Democratic party. This, in fact, dis
solved the party.
From all this, one result only CT ul1 be expect
ed. The democrats at the North, who were a
heart, opposed to slavery, but kept with the par
ty rather than, for time at least, to set atioa
all their political influences, could not 60 owe
to their conquerors, and lash themselves 10 tn
mast of a slave ship, under the command of I
military STAKEHOLDER, who possessed no other quail
ifcation to command the ship OF state ; and alb
iure and go to war, with all their principles
They could submit to conquest, but would no
desert their principles. Happy for our country
ireemen thus situated, are not entirely wlthou
resource. They can join company OF gol
diggers; not large, to be sure, but growing an
feeling the wide world before them-digging u
the long buried golden principles, on which gu
torefathers stood when they dared be free, at tn
risk of life and property at the risk of every
thing but liberty itself; principles, hoisted int
the Buffalo Convention, and there smiled uPo
and adopted by the assembled thousands prir
ciples, re affirmed and adopted by the multitude
composing the Uuion Convention at Montpelier
principles upon which freemen can stand firm
and resist the minions Of dcspotc power-eve
resist the extension of slavery, over our free sol
Around these principles, every lover of freedom
not only can, but must rally; or admit then
selves, in action at least, if not in profession, III
advocates of southern slavery.
We invite all the freemen of Vermont, wha
ever may have been their former professions,
party distinctions, to rally around those prime
pies, and act according to their true Dictates
then the star that never set, but which has Ion
been obscued BY The mantle it has been spreat
ing over the the vile system of slavery, will bur
forth with brilliant ustre, and enlghten with
rays all portions of the Northern States.
SENACA.