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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

The following abstract of the proceedings, we
take from the last Emancpator aid Republi-
cant
The Democratic Convention which met at
Syracuse on the 18th inst and sat for three days,
made the following nominations
For Governor, Horatio Seymour ofOnedla Co.
Lieut.. Governor, Sanford E. Chnrch of Orleans
Canal Commissioner, John c. Mather of Rens.
seaer; Clerk Of Appeals Charles 5. Benton OF
Herkimer; State Prison Inspector, VIM e. An
gell of Catturagus. Messrs. Seymour and Alath-
er are Elunkers; Church, Benton and Angel are
Barnburners.
The resolves adopted were substantially as
follows:
LIST. That the Democracy of New York ale
attached to the principles of the National Demo
cratic party of 1910, IA and As.
2nd. Congmtulates the country upon the set.
clement by Congress, Of questions that have d.
yided the States.
Sd. That this convention be recommended to
the support of the people.
4lh That we regard the Wing policy as pro-
scrlptve aud corrupt.
5th That the wing performance in this State
is the result ofdiyisions in the Democratic par
ty
9th That we cherish the Union of the States,
and deprecate everything calculated to peril
itD
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
TEE AGITATION.

We last week gave, at some length, our own
views Of the probable effects of the late acts of
Congress on the free soil agitation; we now give
those OF two Of the most true and able free soil
editors in the Union, on the same subject.
"In this crisis of public affairs-in this day
of treachery when poltroonery rules the hour
let the friends of liberty and humanity assemble
in council, strong in their numbers-strpng in
their principlcs-and proclaim their fixed deter
mination 10 fight on, and fight ever until their
glorious and Dvincibe principles shall be per-
manentiv estab ishcd. Let them tell the men
who have betrayed the cause Of liberty and hu-
mainly, that they have only won feetng and
barren victory, that shall bring ieither peace nor
honor but agitation for the country and dis
houorcd names for themselves. Let the friends
of liberty assemble in Convention, and proclaim
to the short sighted advocates Of temporary ex'
prdianls that their votes have settled nothing
that they have only prolonged agitation and dis
cuss lem. Let Us announce our principles and
measures, and proclaim our fixed determination
to carry them out at every cost and at any sac
rlfcr.
We should demand that every man elected tc
Congress should be pledged in writing
lst To advocate and vote for the abolition
of slavery in Utah and New Mexico.
2nd 10 advocate and vote for the abolition o.
slavery in the District Of Columbia
| 3D.. To advocate and vote for a bill securing
trial by jury to persons claimed as fuglhvt
slaves. -
tth. To oppose the admission of any STATE
into the Union with constitution toleratin&
slavery.
5il. 10 support and vote for all constitution
measures to relieve the Federal Government
from all responsibility for the existence of sla
yory.-Eman. g. Rep.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
The next Presidenoy-Tallz at
washington.

A correspondent of the Cleveland True
Democrat, writing from Washington Sept.
I'd, says:
Rumor is also busy as TO the coming
Presidential election. Great efforts are
making, as it is said, to unite the dough-
faces of all political shades and compilations
with the moderate Southern men, into one
political party in 1852, leaving Webster e.
Cass to contest for the nomination to the
Presidency. As proof of this it is said
that Mr. Webster is urging his friends in
Maine to unite with the bunker democrats
in order to defeat the Free Soil Wings who
are nominated for Congress by both the
Wing and Free Soil parties"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
THE nGGANNEss or SLAVERY.

In all that has been written upon slavery its
wrongs and its woes, we do not remember to
have ever seen a single Article upon It's mean
ness. And yet Of all mean actions, what can be
meaner than that OF white man catching and
overcoming a negro with a force which the lat
ter has no power to resist, and then, with whip
over his head, COMPEL Inn to do do the work
that he is 100 lazy to do himself? Nor is tins
all-when the poor black, by his ceasless toll and
sweat, has produced a sufficency of food and
raiment for both, the white man slezes the whole,
and appropriating all that he has any desire to
use himself, kicks back 10 the criuging slave the
offal, husks and shreds, and bids him 90 to work
for more to be earned and seized in the same
manner This is sayery-the form may be va
ried, but the principle is the same. What then
becomes of the boosted chivahy, the generosity
and hghmndedness Of the South? Have they
any more clam to these qualities, in fact than
sheep stealers and robbers Of hen-rosts? With
all their insulting boasts of superiority over the
north for all generous and noble feeling, W. can
not see why they are not, themselves, instead of
being superior to others, the very meanest PEG.
pie to be found at this time, on the American
continent
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
The Slave Fower in Congress.

After along contest, the shareholders
have succeeded, through the aid of traitors
to freedom from the north, in overthrowing
for time at least, the JeiTersonian prohibi-
ton ofslavery in the territories in plumber
ing the national treasury of ten million of
dollars for the benef of SPECTATORS in Tex,
as scrip: and in passing the odious bill
providing for the recapture of fugitive
slaves These measures, we honestly be-
ieve, have been carried through by bribery
and treachery of the blacklist kinda; and
those representatives. of the free states,
who prove recreant 10 duty in the hour of
trial, ought to be consigned to ignominious
obscurity as a reward for their treason.-
Let them never again appear before their
constituents, with hollow and heartless pro,
LESSONS of love of liberty on their lips,
but rather take their thirty peices of silver
and emgrate to Texas, where they more
properly belong. The air around Concord
and Bunker Hill is not suitable for them to
breathe they deserve a warmer climate
Path Finder Guide.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

BuRNHAm's HAT, CAP, Fur AND FURNISH
ING STORE. Maj. Burnham has just returned
from Boston, as will be seen by his advertisement,
with new, valuable and truly splendid assert
mcnt of every variety of Goods in his line. We
have examined it throughout, and speak under
standngly when We say that for quality, when
compared with price, we don't believe it can be
outdooe in any part of the country. Mr.. BIS.
skill & taste in selection, is the secret, we think,
of his bene able to sell so good articles so reas-
onably.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Bargain and Sale.

Dawson the Wing Senator from Georgia, in
a recent speech, let out that the Websters
Coopers, and other doughfaces. of the North
were ready to make even greater sacrifices of
freedom and Of Northern constituencies than
were embodied in the infamous Compromise
He said:
! take great pleasure IN saying that those Sen,
ators from The aOn-siareho!ding Sateg cho concur
red Nth The South in The proposed Compromise
for the purpose Of meeting every difficulty and
quoting tuey discomfort, agreed to limit the boun-
day Of California, and The line of 35 deg. 30
min. as proposed bymy friend from Mississippi,
should be The Southern line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

awe have dealt very summarily with the
Georgia Citizen, paper published in this city,
which savored too strongly of abolition. A
public meeting was called and committee APP
pointed of the most respectable citizens to wait
on the gentleman They waited on him with
che resolution which was passed by the meet
ing viz: That DR.. Andrews be waited on and
the name of the author of a certain letter from
Atlanta be demanded, and that he be ordered
to discontinue the publication of the Georgia
Citizen in Macon. He has complied with both,
so far. Hanleiter of Atlanta, is the author;
the laper is stopped, but it is said he will come
out with handbill. There are other abolition
prints in This State that merit and should receive
the same treatment"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
APPOINTMENTS.

The Senate have confirmed the following
appointments; Daniel E. Barnard, Minis
ter to Prussia; John S. GaIlaher, Sd Audit.
or Of the Treasury William Calvin, Mar
shal for Western District of Pennsylvania;
William Strong, Judge of Supreme Court
ofOregon ConsuIs; Lorenzo Draper, Ha-
vre; Edward Kent, Rio Janeiro; Ralph
King, Bremen William R. Hayes, Barba-
does; John L. Hodge, MarseiIIes ; Benja-
min II. Norton, Nov Scotia Albert Lang,
Amsterdam; Zebdiel W. Potter, Vapara.
sio; and several sub rdinate Consulships.-
LoweU dm
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Perfectly Natural,

In a diso~a-;->r, in Cnnnrass recently, MI
Butler conteuded tliata coorcd man is not a cit.
izen of the United States, and not entitled, un-
der the Constitution, to complete the rights Of
citizenship Is it not then, perfectly natural that
they should not have any particular love for our
government or should not consider themselves
under any obligation to support 1t? And how
foolish it is to call Mr.. Douglass, the eloquent
editor OF the North STAR traitor to that gov
eminent which refuses to recnonze hn and
three millions of bis brethren as men entitled to
all the rights of men Let the government do
Justice to all, and it will receive the support of
all right-minded and honorable men.
We will here mention significant fact -
While the fugitive slave bill was under Discus
sion, and the Shareholders we're attempting to in
crease the means by which they could perpctu
ate an Institution which subjects every Ameri
can to the oboquy and reproach of the whole
civilized world, the attempt TO insert into this bill
a provision by which colored citizens Of the
North should be guaranteed ttrir tights when
in Southern norls, was repndlated with scor1.-
Thus is the North again insulted How long
will she bear it ~ Y Pathfinder.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
IMPORTANT FROM CALIFOR
MA.

L -
Inc last arrival from oa"oFu'' O'l"s' "e"
of terrible riot bIoodshed ana cohnagra'Io"'
at Sacramento city, in conflict between tho
squatters and landholders.
The health Of the country was good, and the
miners were unusually successful.
The following is the account Of this alarming
rio, which il little loss than the outbreak of
o;,,n n...
0''''
On the 18th of August dreadful riot,
attended with loss of life, occurred at Sac
ramento City, between body of people
known as Sqnatlers on lhe Real Estate
owners II Is well known that tor some time
past much i'll feeling has prevailed between
these two classes, and it has now found
vent in open warfare, the Staying of many
persons and the burning down OF the city.
The outbreak commenced on Wednes-
day, Aug. 18th, when an armed body Of
about sixty Squatters We're proceeding to
the prison ship to release two OF their party
who were confined OF board. They were
confronted by Mayor Blgelow and members
of the corporation, An ARRAY soon COM
menced and the city was aroused to arms
Moyor Pirelow WIS shot in three places
and d;od n 6Goon minutes arler i W
WoodIand Civ Assessor was shot dead
and several other citizens were killed and
wounded
DR. Robinson and man named Mclho-
nov two leaders e the souattcrs were shot
deod as we're several Others of the party.
Tbo sonat,er force soon swelled from six
ty first cnaapcd in the afIray to a body Of
armed men NUMBERING between seven and
cioht hundred The Eeepcrs Of canine
houses and soortinr men GENERALLY sided
u;tb tho reaI estate owners @r citizens nron,
err A tremendous force wa; fast accumulat.
inc
Lieut Governor McDoucal repaired &c
the civ rs soon as he heard of the afTray
and proclaimed the martial law.
Thc steamer "NIcKim" was despatcbed
to Benicia andtbe senator TO San Fran.
cisco for a, mes and men to nse them.
CORRESPONDENT Of the Pacific News
writes from Sacramento an hoard the
steamer Senator. AUG. I3th. as follows =
The greatest excitement still peryaded
the city. From six to zine hundred set
tiers had assembled at the corner Of J and
Ninth streets, resolved to fire upon any who
approach them.
Lieut. Governor McDongal is an board
,,nror 49,, 1 ,r, ,I " I n'' " '"'
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IN add;,;nn To- tho ordo, cs o;,;uons -
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
4" Where am I to 20 2"

The Lowell Advertiser has long article
under this caption, in which the Free Soil.
ers are told they can do no more-that they
must 90 back to the old parties Now all
this may seem very wise to the editors and
others, but we venture to say that the pres,
ent settlement of the slavery question will
probably last s long as did the settlement
made the last of May and the first of June
by the Democratic and Wing National Con-
yensiossE Men slzsysT9iss ieNenf =
anti slavery agItators were CruSeed for ever
to rise no more. In less than sixty DAYS
the anti-slavery agitation was so intense that
the leaders of both the old factions were
running over the country protesting to be
as good anti-slavery men as the Free Soil
ers.
These two old factions, Herods and Pr
lots, have joined hands to betray and crush
the anti-slavery cause. They will miserab,
ly fail. So long as there are 5000, 900 of
men in bondage IN this Republic, so long
will the anti-sIaverv agitation continue
Eman. g. Rcpub.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
TO OuR PATROINS.

We hope no subscriber who is in orrear for
last years Freeman, or who has not paid iorthe
present Volume. or who owes us for advertising,
will fail to prepare himself to send us our dues
by the representative Of his own town, to the
legislature. 1t cannot iniure any individual to
do this, while it greatly Injuries us to do without
it. 1t is fact that full one half of our this years
subscriptions yet remains unpaid, while we are
driven to borrow nancy to pay our bill for pa
per- Shall we appeal in vain2
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Sfannedee.

Almost every mail brings intelligence of the
escape of slaves from the border slave States
Thirly-iye are reported to have left single
county in Maryland in one day last week. and
about dozen from other places in the same
State in the course of Il week. Scarcely day
passes that such attempts are not made, success
lul and unsuccessful, and the numbe ris suppos-
ed 10 be very large that have resorted to this
method Of establishing their right to themselves
during the summer in Virginia, Maryland, and
the District of Columbia.-.4nti Slavery STAN
dnrd
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
The way the Agitation is being
put Down.

1t is estimated that there are over 100 Free
soil Conventions now appointed to be holden
within few weeks in the different free States
1.-THE Union. The masses, who think it no
.dspOragement to be called the decipes of Jeffer-
son. in his broad, national views of Freedom to
>al at the earliest possible period it can be ac.
compIishod, are ralIying from Maine to Iowa to
demonstrate on the recent unparalleled VIOLA
ton Of their principles by Congress, Why
should the liberty loving people your Green
hills b. tound lingering in the rear? Mass meet.
ings should be Immediately held in every county
in the State, lfhee soIIer5 hold their peace
now, " The re,y stones ,oidcy om"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

E-V7 The bill concerning the Slave Trade
in the District of Columbia, has passed the
Senate in the form originally proposed by
Mr.. Clay. 1t subjects the District to such
slave trade regulations as prevail in Mary
land. All slave pens ofthe drovcrs must
be on the south side of the Potomac where
part of them are now But the slaves in
the District are just as liable to be sold to
slave traders now, as they were before. A
little good is accomplished by this bill, for
the drovers pens must disappear from Wash
ingon'-Hart, Repub.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
che Nous 6lrauer.

RAILROAD MURDERs.-Railroad coIlis-
ions and accidents are becoming too COM
mon almost to attract any notice. Scarce
~ day has past for the last fortnight with
out bringing intelligence of one or the 9TH
er. We are remarkable acute in discern
ing danger threatening any species of prop
erty. and IN thisrespect frequently cry ont be-.
fore we are hunt; but where human life is con-
cerned, no people are so easy. The best
way to make accidents less frequent will per-
haps be to fix every mans life at legal
valuation, and make railroad companies
liable tor the amount, in case of death or
the ubiquitous and accommodating mo
body should be regarded by law as a Sleep
ing partner In every company, and when
that person alone is "to blame" let the cor
Poratlan pay the damage done by their
Scrapegoat.-NOaNs Messenger.
81 AT Fort Laramie, July 8, it was com.
puted that AZ, 600 souls and 1920 wagons
had passed that point this season On the
way to California and Oregon. The char
acter of the emigrants was not so good as
those of last year.
STATISTICS OF INVENTION. total
number of patents taken out by States, from
1890 to 1850, inclusive, as ascertained
from statistics furnished by the Patent Of
hce, are-Free States, l5,540, Slave States,
l,756. Total, 1926.
Ez97 A dispatch from Boston states that
aman named Potter, a mason, 80 years old,
beIonlEg to Topsfeld, and his son, aged
years, while crossing Ipswich Marshes ON
Friday, cunning, sunk to their necks in mud
or bog, and there stuck fast until the tide
came up and drowned them.
The number ofpersons tried for poison
ing, IN Great Britain, from 1889 to IS49,
has been thirIy-three, of whom eighteen
we're men and fifteen women.
BRANDON Coal. We stated las. week,
that vein ofCoal about eighteen inches in
thickness, had been struck in sinking shaft
tor IRON ore, in the lands of Messrs. Conant.
IN Brandon. We learn that the extent of
the vein is yet a matter ofuncertainty the
workmen having penetrated last week from
fifteen to twenty feet, through bed of coal
which assumes harder aud more malured
appearance at every step. The latter Spec
linens shown us, have very nearly the APP
pearance and qualities of Liverpool COAL
Brandon Wig
FENALE SAM PATcHEs.-An assemhlace
of native girls in the Sandwich Islands will
in quick succession, leap from precpice
serenity feet high, into the foaming torrent
below. Think of this, ye bold lady bath
ers in Newport.
The Prince de Joinvlle has just address
sed letter to the French government COM
mittee of twenty-five, which has greatly ex-
cited the ministry. A copy of this letter,
which seems designed to prepare the way
for the candidature ofthe young admiral 10
the Presidency, was sent by courier to
the President oil the republic. In the let.
ter, the Prince de Joinvie declares himself
entirely against princely republics, and in
favor of an honest republic, purely and sim
ply Democratic.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
New York Democratic Conven.
ton

AS bad as the professed Freesoies of New
York did last year, in yielding up their princi.
pies for the sake of an union with the Hunkers,
they have done much worse this year. Indeed
we DO not see why it does not amount to total
abandonment of all their distinctive principles
The anti-slagery spirit must have been feeble e.
n0ugh IN body which could have adopted such
resolutions at such crisis, as were passed at
the Syracuse Convention.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

work of but two or three days, to establish
claim against the National treasury
Then, within single week, and before
there has been time for that claim to be
paid, another may he established for the
self.same slave. and so the process may go
on, ad infnitum.- Worcester Spy.
THE provision has since been rejected
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

" Those visiting Boston, with view of
making purchases of any KIDD of dry goods,
should not fail to call at the well.known estab.
lishmem of GEO. W. PETTEs, 224 Washington
Street, whose notice to the public will be found
in another column. Mr. P. neverlets pmchas-
err go away otherwise than well pleased with his
bargairs
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
The way Slaves are Repregented.

The way slaves are Represented.
To how few does 1t occur what mockery to
common sense and common humanity, is inyolv
ed in the constitutional provision for the repre-,
sentation of slaves in our National Government.
They are reckoned three -fflhs of men-what a
thought and those three flths are all made to
count in proportonally enlargng the number of
g their tyranca lawmakers, and giving just SO
much additional power for nyitng their chains
and ensuring a continuance Of their bondOgel--
Do all the codes ofthe earth, as far as the voice
the slave in government is concerned, present
such an anomaly, and such an aggravated in
suit!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

him from all directions his clothes were
torn off his back. The Marshal's compan-
ions were treated with equal violence
The party finally succeeded in reaching
the enterance gate, but no sooner had they
made their exit, than crowd of coal heav-
ers, who waited on his Highness, seized
upon him. He was pelted, struck with
every available missile, and even dragged
along by his moustache, which afforded
ample facilities from its excessive length,
still battleing with his assailents He ran
in frantic manner along the bank side
until he came to the George Public House,
where he ran up stairs and concealed him
self in small closet. the furious mob rush
ed in after him, threatening 10 do for Aus
trian Butcher, but fortunately for him, they
did not succeed in discovering his retreat.
Ultimately the police came to the rescue,
and he was removed in Police barge to
the other end Of the city. The assault has
been the subject Of comment in nearly all
the London and provincial papers, and
while the majority agree in condemnng
the act, still they frankly admit, that the
presence Of so disreputable character in
England, was provocaton great enough
10 excuse even a greater outrage.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

EYThe Courier hopes that the Wing
party will let the lavery question rest
They would have been glad to let it rest,
all along, but it happily is not altogether for
them to say whether it shall rest or not
LoWeU Am.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

" Mr.. McKennan has resigned his
seat in the Cabinet On account ofdiller.
euces between him and Mr. Webster, the
latter wantingthe appointment of District
Attorneys ard Marshals.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

TENsY 4 Co.'s CARpETINGs.-We invite at
tentonto the advertisement of w. p. Tenny &
Co.'s Carpetng establishment in Boston, which,
we are assured from other sources, affords no or
binary Inducements to purchasers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

o. Messrs. ELLIS, WILDER g. Co., Of this
village, have received an reimbursement Ct
fall goods, which, with their Known fairness in
deal, should ensure them all the custom they can
desire
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

Try. 1t cannot succeed without dividing the
democratic party, (as that party is also di.
vided only to be defeated in Missouri and
dividing the Union ITSELF