Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-04-25
A PARTING WORD.

We have made an arrangement by which the
freeman has passed into the hands Of Judge
Thompson, az the sole L litor and Proprietor Of
the paper Since our connection with III" Free
man we hive labored in hope Of seeing the free
States, at least, emhncipatcd from the d"mnioH
of the slave power. and "s Honseq"enc"' me
establishment Of those principles for which anti
slavery men have 80 faithfully Iaborod But as
vet we have to fear that, through the base
treachery of unprncipled demagogues. WIN are
actuated by no higher motive than 70 secure
their own enrolment at the price ard sacrifice
Of bumnn liberty the rising spirit Of freedom
that has vibrated through the fec states, com.
polling politicians of both the old parties, and
STATE legislatures. to acknowlch e its Just claims
would be crashed by co nhnotion Of the slave
interest North and South. In our own state we
have witnessed The same determination on the
part Of certain individuals, to outrage the honest
opinions Of the masses upon the subject of slave
ry, and maintain their alliance with the slave
power at all hozlrds,
Oar confidence Ia tie principles and trr'hul-
ness Of the positions assumed BY the Free De-
mocracy on the 3ist Of May last h1s been con-
frInel by the action Of ne present Congress and
especially by the hostility Of shareholders and
their abettors to the sentiments an drr'imtiors
then made. But whit has added the deepest
regret to our fears, is the flct TINT sc!,a.nrs aud
dem'nt themselves as to bee omc RE supple
willing tools AMI inStruneGfs to porpetl ito anl
support the bghtng curse of ylovery. Men
like Daniel Webster who have mihp the strong.
est a8s4gprat0n5 til It could be made. aud in nd
dtJon 1--we been placed under the nr,st positive
instructions To pursue given course. are seen
violating their imtrucioes, and breaking their
most soinmn declarations in the moment Of our
countrys most Imminent danger If these men
go unrrbuked by III" people then all is lost ; and
the p or slave, and the people in the Northern
States wll groln on still, M Ter the iron rnIe Of
the slave power and the Ia III. Ifthpsc Northern
Benedict ArnoldS are not made to kinr before
the country as traitors to hnmanjty and tr"rdnn,
AID are not m1dn 10 suffer the jst lndirnnton
~f hstr~, eI ""i i....~.i i,.,.pi'
We may say, there is no responsibility, of The
representative to his constituents. We are
prepuet to witness the complete triumph If the
slave power dnriug the present Session Of con
gress, and that through the haae trcacIicry Of
Northern Representatives, and SO on until The
people shaerct men who will he governed by
the expressed will Of their constituents. There
is at the prnsent time anti slavery men enough
in The free states 10 control every election both
State and National, if these men were not kept
asunder BY unprincpod plrisan leaders who
are seeking their cwn selfish ends. The hnttle
has but just commenced. The aheters If slave
~ in the free states must be disposed of before
we can hope to carry the war into the camp Of
our enemies. We take leave Of our readers
with the hope, that although they have not seen
the accomplishment Of their wishes in conse.
aHence Of The causes above alluded 10, vet, there
is no justification in Abandoning the cause Of
truth and humanity, and That they will rally
afresh to the standard Of froedon,, resolved Of
"lberty or death" Whatcycr mig be the tiua
or the present anti slavery enter rise, one thing
10 us seems certain that the 81 veg in America
will in the end be liberated if it produces river.
of blood And wo BE- to the American peopll
waeD that Being : who has no attribute whicI
will take sides with shareholders in such a con
f'ict," shall take the work into his own hands
For the Freeman we bespeak generous sup
port fro II our friends with whom we've hborpd &
acted for the last fyc years, aud also all o'he
papers which are lnboring in the cause Of tree
dom, in our own State. Oar friends are M
sufficiently aware perkrps of the injury they ar,
'doinG in patronizng tnreiEn plpers We hope
the friends Of freedom in Vermont wi! corrrc
this evil. We feel assured that the polit ca
Character Of the Freeman will not be changed
buffer the better Whlteyer NAV be he hum
BILE lot which we may be permitted tn occunv
we shall be tonal maintaining the unyersa
brotherhood Of man.
JACOB SCOTT.