Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-02-15

anu was " SOhNAhSN SA"fS
holders of their wrong" l could scarcely re-
press feeling of indignation as replied, that
ga STAKEHOLDER did not exist but what was al
ready convinced of the wrongfulness and injus-
tice of holding men and women in bondage, and
that truthful representation of known reali-
ty was highly proper to convince the people Of
the Free States of the real nature of the iniq.
uitOus system" He answered by saying that
"the South were not in the habit of treating north
ern people in that way" "By no MEANS" SAID l,
for without regard to constitution or law they
lock up, in their jails, the citizens of the Free
Sovereign States of the North in order to con-
vince them of the excellence of the divine in
sttution of Slavery aud not content with that,
they drive from their States, with threats of
death and mob violence, any man who endea-
yors, in peaceable manner, to test the legality
of such high handed proceedings, And yet you
boast of the rights guaranteed to you BY the
compromises of the Constitution~ AS large
crowd Of auditors had now gathered around us
on the boat, who did not sympathize very much
with my Southern friend, left him latter few
more remarks) IN their hands.
As occurrences Of this kind frequently hap.
pen in travelling, only mention this az speci-
men, by the way, tending to show how complete
ly slaveholding warps the judgment, cramps in
tellect, and destroys conscience. A class Of
men there are-no, not men, but negro drivers
and owners seen occasionally in the steamboat,
on the railroad car, and at onr fashionable wa
tering places, who bear to each other much
nearer resemblance than Sancho Panza to Don
Quixote, OF as near as that renowned night to
himself. Boated as they are with self conceit,
they assume an air of superiority and never
dream how shallow, superficial, and ignorant
they are until it becomes matter of notoriety, if
not of ridicule to every one else-and even not
then. A fitting type of those men are some
times found at the North as well as the South.
1t would be easy for one well acquainted to
point out at least one or two in many of our
large villages, to say nothing of the cities, men
who trade on capital which they vainly mag
inc is peculiarly their own-to wit-,mpudence.
If not borrowed from the South it is made to
subseUe their purposes with as much ease as
dough is moulded into any shape to suit the
manufacturer. But time is near at hand, when
"They'l find the thing cannot be done,
With ignorance and face alone"
Immediately after leaving Cleveland, meet
ing was organized in the spacious gentlemens'
cabin on the boat at which the Hon. Daniel R
Tilden, member of the last Congress from the
Ravenna District, Ohio, President. The meet.
ing was ably addressed by President Mahan of
the Oberlin Institute, by MI. Tiden, the Chair
man, who gave graphic description of the Ma
tional Slaughter house" Convention at Philadel-
phia, Of which he was a member; showing the
manner in which his Free Soil Resolution was
"kicked out of doOrs," by Mr.. Fitch of Toledo,
and by several gentlemen from other States
Tho enaotine .Ii~.--,aa ill -fta- A;~,n-
when nearly all the passengers joined in its pro-
ceedings which were highly animated. Resolu-
tons were asopted embracing, in substance, the
following principles.
l. Congress has ne power to create Slavery
or continue it by te-enacting the code of slave
holders.
2. 1t is the duty of Congress to abolish Sla-
very in all territories where it now exists, over
which Congress has the power to legislate.
3. 1t is the imperative duty of the General
Government to prevent the introduction or ex-
tension of Slavery into territory now free under
It's jurisdiction.
4! Whenever the question Of Slavery or
Freedom is involved in the passage of any act
Of Congress, the law should be SO framed as to
EGvOr Freedom and Justice, but never against
either.
Liberty men at this meeting insisted, that if
the Convention to be holden at Buffalo failed to
adopt platform embracing, in substance, the
above points, before making nomination, they
could not unite with said Convention. A Com
mittse of five were appointed consisting Of one
from Michigan, one from NewYork, one from
Vermont and two frOm Ohio, to cause the prin-
ciples embraced in the foregoing resolutions, to
be presented in the manner and form considered
the most advisable to the Buffalo Convention for
ih action. This duty was faithfully performed
by President Mahan, the Chairman Of the Com
mittee, in very able speech he made to thai
Convention at its first session in the forenoon.
As the HSoutherner" touched at Its interme
date ports shout would go up from its passen-
gers for g Free Soil" which was answered by
the multitudes on shore in a manner which
showed there were determined spirits on the Dor
derS of the great Lakes
"WEDNESDAY 9th, o'clock, A. M.
A magnificent spectacle now presents itself
Hosts Of delegates and passengers crowd the
upper promenade deck, with the first dawn o
light, to enjoy scene seldom witnessed. Fou
large Steamers, within sight, with colors fyinI
at their masts and bands of music playing thei
livelieSt tunes, could not fail to be highly exhil
Grating to the thousands on board. These boat
were the Southerner," in which was a pass
enger, the Cleveland" the Indiana" and tn
"California." No one boat had less than thou
sand passengers and some more. The weathe
was fine as the orb of day presented himself i
a cloudless sky. The lake was smooth, clea
and presented beautiful contrast to the inv
ting scenery on its shores. The spires of BuI
falo glittered amid the FIRST beams of the risin
sun as the boats came CALAMITY up to their re
Spsctiye wharves. Peals of music, shout afte
shout from the multtudes on board, answered b
louder shouts from the still greater multitude
on shoVe--thrOs cheers and "dirse times three