Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-09-20

ry. He stands precisely as WAsHiNeroN stood
upon this subject, and warrants the expectation
that he will act as WAsHINGroN would have
acted.
President Taylor and Free Soil.
We published a few days ago notice of the
satisfactory interview the Warren delegation
had with President Taylor at Mercer. We now
clip the following article from the Pttsburg Ga
zette of August 3lst, and commend it to the spe-
cial attention Of such Free Soil Wings MS have
been influenced by the charges fabricated by
Hon. j. r, Giddings, touching the conduct and
views of the President.
President Taylor and Free Soil During the
visit of President Taylor to Pittsburg, last week.
he was Intercepted in regard to his views on The
question Of slavery extension. The President
with Characteristic candor, responded in sub
stance as follows-Although stakeholder him
self, he regarded slavery as great moral and
political evil, and wonld be infinitely reloiced #
1t were everywhere utterly extingulshed; he did
not believe that Congress possessed the consli
tutIonal right to interfere with slavery in the
States wherein it now exists, but it had the
right and should exercise it, 10 prevent its OK.
tension into territory now free. Since he had
left Washington be had received letter inform
ing him that notice had been given 10 the Gov
eminent that The people of California we've about
to form State Constitution, containing the sla-
very prohibition, aud would apply for admission
into the Union, at an ca ly day-he expressed
his qualification at this, and declared that II
should receive his cordial sancIion,as HE WAS
UTTERLY HOSTILE TO TIE INTRO
DUCTION OF SLAVERY INTO rHE
NEW TERRITORIES.
We derived tue above from well known gen.
tleman OF Pittsburgh, who was present when the
President expressed his views, and it was com
muncalcd to us in The presence Of Gen, Lori
mer, one of the leading members of the Free
Soil party. There is no question that in refer
cnoe TO Free Soil, as well as in reference to the
Tariff, the National Administration will prove
what we of the North consider orthodox. Why
should the Free Soil men continue to maintain
hostile attitude towards the National and State
Administrations p Cieureiund Herald.
Now a word as to the position of the Wing
party Gf Vermont. The election has passed.
and tie Wing party of Vermont has proved It's
strength. 1t has passed its seyercst trial; it is
victorious. 1t is more than that: IL bds deen
gaining strength dirty since The triM Of .Norem-
btr last ii is the GROWING PARTY, and will 20
on from strength 10 strength. Yet the Wing par
ly has been stigmatizcd as the Siarery party
How is ii, then, that where the fame Of Liberty
burns brightest, the whig cause is most Uniform
~ triumphant? low is it that the lreemen OF
Vermont, who have aver been foremost in resist
ing slavery, who have ever been most ardent
lovers of Lbcr,y-yet choose to sustain this very
Wing party, which is called Slavocralic" BY
such oracles Of Freedom as the Vermont Patriot
and the Spirit of the Age? We auswer-that
the people of Vermont don't take these Journals
as their oraces; and having looked into this mat
ter for themselves, they have altogether differ
ent notion of the Wing party. In short, they
have understood its position, and approved it,
What is that position? ANTI SLAVERY, up to
the hub ANTI SLAVERY as strongly as any po-
litlcal party can be under the Constitution. -
" But your Wing party supported the slavehod-
or Taylor" Yes: what then? He was not
their choice, as every body understands: but he
was the Wing canlidale-the only Wing can
didate, when nominated, that could be elected
Opposed to him were Lewis Cass, with avowed
slavocratic principles and Martin Van Buren,,
with no principles at ala man Of policy, of
eXpedients, but never of prime ple-and besides,
a man who had not the slightest chance Of sue
cess The Wings Of Vermont believed !herc-
fore that the question of 1918 was really and
practically whether GEN. TAYLOR or LEWIS
CAss should be President they preferred Tay
lor-and why? IL aons on genuine ami SLAVERY
Uhig grounds: it was because they regarded
him not merely as whl,,, as other Southern
men are Wings, but as Wing bound NOT to
throw his influence and power into the cause of
slavery. To reject him and support Cass was to
sustain SLAVERY. To defeat Taylor and cleo:
Cass, BY throwing away their vote Tor Mr.. Van
Buren,, was also in their view a sure way of sup
porting slavery. Now this was the Wing view
of the Presidential election: the view of honest.
Intelligent, and strong anti-slavery Wings
arrived at by patient and careful nvestiga
They acted from iplc--fron strong anti.
slavery principle and with view of gaining
real and substantial advantage for the cause of
Freedom. They were honest, patriotic, and
RIGHT. Every act Of President Taylor shows
that they were RIGHT. Just so long as he con-
tinucs 10 fulfill their expectations, they will sus
tain him. Free Soil Whigs-you who felt it to
be your duty 10 support Mr.. Van Buren, nov, in
the day of Van Buren's trcachery and Taylor 5
truth, we ask you carefully 10 consider whether
the Taylor wings of 1913 were not RIGHT.
Correction.