The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1850-01-08

most ultra views on all kindred subjects
What was the result ? The Free Sellers
created diversion in New York which gave
that State 10 Mr.. Polk, and tcithom which
be could not have been elected.-AH this, in
substance, the national organ of the Free
.Soiisrs (the Era) nO,c admitS.- Here, then,
the Free Sellers, whatever their purpose,
(Which was in general,we doubt not, good.)
did actually give all their weight to the
Southern scale.
The same was true of the Congressional
election in Connecticut, last year. Instead
of three Wings. all thoroughly committed in
favor of what the Free Sellers profess to have
at heart, and By their direct aid, three Loco
iocos were chosen, one OF whom (Mr. WAL
Do), without hesitation or reservation, voted
for MIR. COBB, of Georgia, for Speaker;
and another (Mf. CLEVELAND for Loco
foco who steadily voted for COBB ard all
three for BRowN, notorious Northern Lo-
cofoco doHghface, on bis simple pledge
palpably contradicting all his previous con-
duct--that he would fairly constitute certain
Committees. The same is essentially true
of elections in other parts of the Union.
In the election of Speaker of the present
Congress, the fact is clear and undeniable
(by any reasonable person) that, so far as
the Free Sellers exerted any positive inhu-
ence at all it helped put HOWELL CoBB in
the Speakers chair-and further, that tcih
out this influence, COBB could not have been
elected. This is a responsibility which they
try to shirk, but altogether in vain. They
cannot do it. The country will hold them
accouniable--and we predict that the con.
stituents of ALLEN, BooTH. and GIDDINGs
will show, at the mex. election in their re-
spective districts, that they have rot been
Indifferent spectators Of the scenes a. Wash
ington, during the first three weeks of the
present session.
The Post puts certain questions 10 us.
which, Notwithstanding the angry discour-
tesy Of the whole article in which they ap-
pear, we shall not evade.-It is true that
TooMBs' resolution was not entertained at
all, (indcfnitely postponed. if the Post pre-
fers-which every body knows is Just the
same thing) as being L" out Of place and
it is also trae that Southern Wings, in gener-
al, are expected to look somewhat differently
upon the question of Slavery from Northern
Wings: it is not true, however, that the Viii
mot Proviso is any less TEST Tin the sense
in which the Post would be understood with
Northern Wings, than it is with the Free
Sellers. And it is FACT that nearly every
Free SOifer in Congress voted for a candidate
for Speaker who is droredLy opposed 10 the
IViimot Proriso This is no, true of North
ern Wings.
ToOMBs' resolution rcas approved by just
SIX fanatics in the Wing caucus, who ruh-
dreV FROM the Wing party, on the spot, after
their resolution was SO unanimously rejected,
and effected an Independent organization,
in imitation of the Free Sellers. The " I'M
fairness Of the Post consists in endeavoring
to make the Wing party responsible for
resolution winch they, in fact, frod under
foot. Mr.. BROOKS did not "say. in sub
stance, that he approved of it "-and none
of the other gentlemen named by the Post
voted for it.
The Post talks about " anti-slavery dction
as part of Ike Wing creed" and asks
question as needless as its language is con-
fused. We repeat, that it was never pre-
tended that he Representatives Of Southern
constituents wore as strongly anti-sIavery as
those from the North, nor was it ever made
an indispensable prerequisite to their admis-
sion into Wing caucus that they should be.
None can mistake the position Of the Wing
party on the Slavery question, if they will
look at the votes i'll Congress on that subject.
eye since the question was first aeilated.
In reply to the next string Of queries, We
have 10 say, that we shall nerer support a
for President, for Vice President,
lor Speaker, or for any other office, who is
known to be uncompromisingly opposed to
avery anti-slavery measure even preached -
no Wing is bound TO it L" by party fidelity >
and, what is more, no true "Whigs of the
North will do it, or ever did do it-nor can
of that sort by any possibility
ret nomination from the Wings though
with the Locofocos, the corresponding ed
tors old associates, it is the easiest thing
n the world, and what is more, it is but
hort time since he voted for such candi-
late himseIf!i
We gave our authority for what we
quoted as the language of Mr.. CLEVELAND
and that was aneutral paper. Of course,
hen, it was no " Misrepresentation of ours,
his remarks were incorrectly reported-as
re have yet seen no sufficient reason to be-
eve they we're. But no matter for the Ian
idge-Mr. CLEvELAND's rote is on record,
nd that convictS him of all we laid TO his
barge. .
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