Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-24
THE OLD LINE ORGAN.

We cut the following from the Burlington
Snniinnl nf fan 11fh.
THE BARS DOWN-FREE DEMOCRACY
RUN LOOSE
II seems that Hon. LUcrUs B PECK, member
of Congress- from the Fourth District OF TINS
State, votes for Col. Forney, editor OF the Phl,
ladelphia Pennsylvania, for the CIerKshlp OF
the House of Representatives. Coz. FORNEYS
a Cass man-is opposed to the W lmot provlso
out and out, and hammers the heads Of the free
Sellers with stronger blows probably than any
other man in the Union.
We approvs The course Of Mr.. Peck IN vot'ng
for FSrncy and ioe approve The course q foFney
IN pummeling the Free SOiIerS.
But IN this connection we would inquire OF
the Green Mountain Freeman-or any OF Its
free SOIL allies-.if Mr.. PECK is claimed as one
of the free democracy of this State? If so, we
wish to inquire farther ifsaid Free Democracy
did not pledge themselves in their last State Con-
venton, 10 pote for no candidate for public office
achateuer unlcSs Sdidcandidate lie publicly pledged
IN tasor ofMe Wtmot provisO and its immediate
adoption BY Congress?
Agan-we would like to know if Mr.. PECK
can consistently vote for an anti-Wilmot provi
so man for Clerk of the U. s. House of Repre-
sentatives, what there is 10 prevent him from
supporting an anti Wimot proviso man for Pres
ident of the United States, or for Governor Of
the State of Vermont? If the provso test can
be thrown aside in one instance why not in eve-
~ instance? And if one member of tho Free
Democr cy of Vermont can disregard that lest,
why might not every member of the Free De-
mocracy of Vermont do SO with equal consls-
tenCy?
1t seems to US very much as if our free DEM
Tnaa,hor otC lod az nv.
ample which his constituents need only to fol-
low to become non-inteventonsts OF the NEST
orthodox stamp. The bars are let down and
we counsel the Freeman and its liberty friends
to watch closely--uness we are much mistaken
the great free democracy party of this State
will all "Fun through before 49,
Since then we have been notified by the Sem
tinel that refusal on our part to answer the in
quiries therein contained, would subject us to
the charge of "demogogueism In reply to the
Sentinel, we have only to say, that Mr.. PECK
was elected to Congress by the democratic par
ty previous TO tile organization or the oIst OF
NAV, when the democratic party held to the
doctrine, as the old liners now do, of unquali-
fed federation of opinion upon the subject OF
slavery, there being no such pledge or test en-
bodied in their creed, as is now found in the or,
ganzation of the free Democracy We shall
not presume to define Mr.. Peck's position, nor
"cbaim any man as belonging to the free De-
mocracy, only such as carry out fully the plat.
form of the 3lst Of May. This much we will
say, no free soier would be guilty of voting for
COL Forney or any other man, holding the SEN
tilnents, and pursuing the course ascribed to
him by the Sentinel. In answer to the second
inquiry, we have only TO repeat what the Editor
determined not to forget, that the free Dcmoc-
racy passedth following resolution at their con.
vention in May, and reafirmed it on the 18th Of
October last
Resolved, That in support Of these PRINCl
PIES we have come together, and that We
hereby pledge ourselves to vote for no man wit
is not ready at all times to avow and MAINTAIN
these prime pies, and also ready irrespective o
all former party ties to sustain those only VIII,
aVGw and maintain them!
This resolution not only binds the member
Of the party to the ordinance of '97, but it bind
them to the support of all the principles lai
down in the platform.
For further information as to the 'consstencl
of Mr.. Peck, we refer the editor to the fact the
there seemed to be no understanding among tn
Free soil men who should be supported as
candidate for CLERK. But in ole thing we al
even with the Sentinel. that is, while FoRNE
IS "dPproued" by The Sentinel. for his 'pummciins
the free sOiters, ,oe "dpp'oUe" most heartily
bis defeat, by those very men, whom he had Ell
deavored to secure by his vile, craven sycophaI
tic COURSE. For a more particular descripto
of this pummelng" FoRNEY, we quote tro
the National Era.
Last Thursday week, the House proceede
to vote for Clerk AID ]. W. Forney, of Pen.
sylvania, the pet candidate of the STAKEHOLDER
man notorious for his undertaking support
slavehoidlns pretensions, and for his abuse
those OF his own party at the North, dispose
to resist such pretensions, received the EMU
Democratic vote, with the exception OF that
Mr.. Bingham of Michigan, who vo'ed for B.
'Frehch, the Democratic Clerk of form
House. Not even the Democrats who we
supposed to be under some obligation TO Il
Free Soil men-we mean Cleaveand, Boot
Waldo, of Connecticut, Peck of Vermont, C
BILE OF Ohio, or Harand and Fitch of Indiana
evlnced the slightest repugnance to the suppo
OF man who had marked his career as an ed
OF Dy deadly warfare against the principles thu
were elected specially to represent. The who
party, with the exception Of Mr.. Bingham al
Tue uosehtees, adhered to him with pertinaclo
eeVotoh loT hVe days, although it was obvio
that ne could not be elected and although II W
known that b. b. French, a sound Detnocr
could have been elected at anv neriod dur;,
the struggle. The Free Soil men ;ndicnt
their willingness to vote for him. as did seve
liberal Wings" ''''
Upon the last paragraph Of the article ,r,
the Sentinel we have only to remark that if +
prediction there prove true, the foul vortex
slavery will number more than 5000 voters ir
Vermont, who, although like FoRNEY are W
ing to become the supple tools of sIavehold,
yet they are, and will be-, cast off and desp
as base coin" by the shareholders themsels
and loathed and abhored by every lover
Freedom,
The Burlington Courier, commenting vi
the election Of Speaker and Clerk, and the C
sistency" of the National Democrdcg" de
some "hard blO,Os and pummeis" the head Of
recreant sycOphant- in the follow
manner:
"But oh Democracy, do look at the pict
you now behold. We mean Hunker.dougbf
democracy--the kind that flares up at the &