The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-06-23

ial rpbt iHhcrni, aui u1lenable 90 man
WAal aH C. 44Lanra- -l lhs prll-rgss ai lhe -agr
who ever Thought, brlYfo II was eEooglal.d
by the Wisdom yllIla coalition, "that ono OBJ
Irct Of tbr Constitution OF lbia un,on was 60
,aTruFf T'iryttrrrfrIYs ui i'i'sfiy a q %
4 wonderful light lua burst rudieuly upon
the bcnighlrd vision Of those who composed
thc coalition convention Il Fuly new
star in the AfF gEaef which Mtg hghli bot
lhcy should tnoe TINT frerdom br'ghlrat aud
bfaadeat banner has been the standard under
hose ample raldr The wings have ever march
I'D 10 victory. The coalition has stolen % good
deaf Of Wing thunder a. their hrst seven roHo'
buttons attest The Wing party haye ever oron'
pied aa high, r. not higher ground, in wgd lo
slavery, lhan d1the Fare Democracy va those
raaouuoss Ia voice has bernhard 10 our
national councils and 10 our legislative halls
ever firm and true 90 tie rights of man. Tho
not Wild enthusiasts, insane aeuonis'a nor one
idea men, the wings have done 40 party
could do 10 alleviate lhe curse Of slavery
But now, Free Democracy this child Of an
hour, this last hobby Of defeated though slll
nspirlnR.po't,clans, this hope Of ui" l"coft
-rtte ft.=..t,il.I.-. 49, lssse u laafr lAan
~ mother, tins part ioE, part serprut aud part
uondcacript IL held up 10 The iIeemcn Of Vcr'
mont that thoy may Dol homage. II WW ind
worshupprrs,-- locoiooos, az least ~ leaders,
VIII bow before IL as IL h. only their old god
Dagou with hIa face painted higfk Free De
inocracy has also been written upon his Fore
head lhat those who come up o. worship might
not mistake him for the divinity of the uuc
blue democrats Of the old school, Que
l,a,,,' l.ss al-a.- changed Ia postum no that
a - Nv points 10 the words 'inalcnablc rights
cary recoHy written upon the walls Of the
temple.
Frrcmen of Vermont, who Tor years have
wqrahippcd the Goddess Of Liberty herself, IN
her own temple, written all over with burning
orda uttered m the sacred cause Of Freedom,
are with u0blushmg ciltontcry invited 60
leave the shrine of their GOODIES, aud pros,
tratc themselves before this imngci way they
ar, told, unlcv rncy DO ttTs, ttry wiii tr itrr''
~ rnnkcd among 'hc nDcr,or, Of slavery
Such blrcfacedncss, and Impotence IL viii.
out parallel except IA the history Of the loco
foeo party What compliment TO the 'nt,l-
ligrncr, eardof, and judgement Of the -ee''''
Of Vermont That loe6loco--l,bcrty-
buren, men should lallin with this new doc.
tTnc 10 mol su strange, Tor ttry frrvr bruuuc
80 accustomed 10 play The weather cock, that
they do 1t almost mechanically but that wings
who have oonseicntiously fought few battles
under foreign lcadcr, can be gullcd by this
rprcious show of friendship fur ihc slave, by
this new. born love Of freedom, | cannot bo.
lievc. 1t is falsc'light which viii lead him
that follows il into the swamp> aud fogs, and
mysti ism Of loeoiocoism,ond hc viii see when
it is too late ,grrtrcat, that the torch has MI
OF the TINE been ~ the hands Of invctcrate 10.
cos, - the hands-aflh those whose maximum Of
profession of love for the slave was not beyond
what policy prompted, and whose r'di love
was infinitely less than the, lcds' conceivable
quantity. y