Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-07-12
Those Resolutions"

The wings, AFTER having hau 'ieN Pi""'P'S'
I" slaughtered" at Philadelphia according to-
Mr.. Greedy resolve, "to adhere to, and main
tain the whig doctrine of the sovereignty of the
people, and their independence both Of foreign
dominion and erecutiue dictatiOn," and therefore,
approve of the sentiments of Gen. Taylor in re-
gard to the exercise Of the veto power. We
have no other evidence upon the point which is
reliable, only such as comes from the slave
States, which nominated him. Gen. Taylor's
position is beautifully expressed in the Alaba-
ina Reporter. That the people of Vermont may
know what those sentiments are which met the
approval of the whig convention, we make the
following extracts from the Reporter:
But granting, for the sake Of argument, that
the wings of the North stand precisely towards
the South as do the democrats, in what position
do we find ourselves? No one denies that they
can pass, if united, the Wilmot Proviso, and a.
bolsh slavery in the District of Columbia,
against the combined votes of both democrats
and wings South. When this is accomplished,
to what remedy shall we resort? To the petO Of
the President, reply our opponents. So say ace 10
il for The present. At ,UilL be efectuaI for Gen. Tdy
Tor trI most GSsiredly Uelo all such measures, but
in the end 1t will sadly fail. We shall have
come to a sad state of affairs indeed, when the
passage of such measures into laws, or, in other
words, the union or dissolution of these States,
depends on an executive veto. To come to the
point at once, Gen. Taylor has no lifetime lease
of the Presidency-his term expires in four
years-at the end of which, according 10 the
showing of our democratic friends, we must have
a free soil President, and consequently disso.
luton of the Union. Our hopes are more cheer
ing than this. Ne haze more confidence in The
patriotism Of the northern whigs. We believe
that Gen. Taylor will succeed in building up
great national party, opposed to factionists of all
kinds, North and South, and save this glorious
union. But in order to do so, the South must
not desert him in crisis like this, when he is
laborng for her; for if she does, how can we
expect Northern wings will rally to his sup
port. To fail to stand by him now, and paral-
ize his efforts, is madness in the extreme.
Again the Reporter says:
Why did so many democrats, not only in this
District, but IN the entire South, refuse to vote
The democratic ticket in the Presidential cleo
ton? To us it is plain; it was because they
we're disguised with the course of the wire
workers of the democracy hut more especially
because they had no faith in the honesty Of Mr..
Cass; nor in his protecting the rights of the
South, in both Of ,ehich particulars they could
place implicit reliance M Gen. Taylor The nee
essity of standing by Ger. Taylor, now that he
is electsd, is more imperative on them than ev.
er, unless they intend to be guilty Of the mad
act of eecting man and then leaving him in
the hands of his opponents. The necessity, too,
Of supporting him on the Southern question, the
democrats of the North having gone over en-
muSsc to the free sollers and abolitionisls, must
be obvious to all. From them, henceforth, the
South can expect no aid for it they must look,
IN look only, to the great Taylor Republican
party Of this country, North and South. IT. in
such a state of affairs, the South refuses Or neg
lects to support Gen. Taylor, and, on the contra
i pusru r1dr party TIRE TvUrt WIFI winch w
claim to act how in the name of common senst
can it be expected they will hold out in support
ing Southern man
= Democrats, we have noticed lately, not beinI
able to deny the deserton of their Northern
friends, attempt to cloak it up by saying tn
Northern wings are just as bad on the subject c
free soil as the democrats. Really We den
= it in toto The very fact of the tohigs Of the Mort
h giving us candidate for the Presidency from Il
:, South and mainly electing him, when it is note
u rious that there was no chance for the democrt
e cy South to procure a Southern candidate in til
d Baltimore Convention, or even one from the Mort
whose position in reference to the rights Of ii
South was uuequivical-if indeed one sue
) could be found--shows clearly and unmistake
k, bly, the relative position Of Northern wings uI
democrats towards the South.
This is the view of Gen. Taylors positio
ID and the Wings of the North, taken, b
e, the southern press generally. True, he mi
IA have declared that he would not use the We
power only in cases Of hasty legislation, or whe
- there was q clear violation of the constitutio
"a And who does not know that the sluvehod
us propagandists hold that any legislation upon Il
n subject is unconstitutional? Gov. Brown, VIII
candidate for Governor in Tennessee, in a d
ot cussion with his opponent, said, as reportedint
W Nashville True Wing:
The Governor said he believed the Win
a. lroviso was unconstitutional he believed, if
was passed, it would be passed in violation
he Southern rights ; that he was a Southern nj
Cd born in the State of Tennessee and expected
/. be buried in Tennessee, by the side Of his fa
ii" er lie was to some extent STAKEHOLDER, and I
'et pected to be as long as he lived unless pecunit
nj; matters would not permit it; that he had no p
ma sonal interest beyond the limits of this Sta
either political or commercial and was indeb
VIZ to no people, but the people Of Tennessee,
all that he had and was. These things, he tn
Ia. ought to be sufficient guarantee TO the peo
of this State, that he was for and would supp
their rights and institutions. But, said HI
do not stop here; do not ask them to take tn
things as pledges. The democracy seem dis
sed to agitate the question of slavery, and
not shrink from discussion of it. am will
o;, to give my views upon every branch of this s
" ject | am willing that my competitor may
a. terogate me, from the beginning to the Cnt
Il the chapter, and will answer every question
nj, the best of my abilhy-said he would sp
4, against the Wllmot Provlso, he would write
gainst it, and if he were placed in conditio
VI vote, and the question came up, he would v
del, against it. But if ii was passed over his he
er he would confidently look to the President f
10, VETO.
ub And whoever heard Of any President ella
b., ing the right to use the veto but in such cas-
the conduct of Gen. Taylor, even before he was
With augurated, in undertaking to dictate and in
lent ence the representatives of the people upon
on. bill to establish territorial government in c
ligs fornia is beautiful commentary upon the
pom olutions passed at the Convention!
The second resolution is relteration of
, Oh old threadbare doctrine of Tariff for pro
itch ton. The wings of the south would never
and sent to the establishment of such Tariff.
I've. we are led to doubt the sincerity Of those n
who are clammering SO loudly for protect
,ard from an admission which was made to US
den Leading wing but short time since. lie
era. the idea of protecting the aborer was as
YER lacious as the locofoco notions of Tariff.
por- might as well talk Of protecting the labor o