The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-07-09
The Liberty Party Swallowed up.-How
Ii WIS done.

The Liberty Party Swallowed uo,-Hovy
twas done.
Two wears ago, there was in This State n
set of men known a, the " Liberty Pnrty 8"
The fundamental piincip,cs of that orc,ni.
7stion were. unconrron,is;no boet;litv 10
Slavery cvcrvwh,re and TO its ovtension and
the support Of no c,ndi,l,ic FIR amy Office
who was not oi.Agcd to Abolition doctrines.
The " Democratic" patty in tl;4 State had
hecome-i it was ever on,th;nr clsc-o
homeless minority. The Liberty PARTY had
some thousands OF votes, large portion of
which had been distracted from the Whin
party. Add these Liberty votes to those
Of the " Dsmo,recy,' and the Wings would
be in sigh; minority. on the popular vote.
This was the object to he secured.
How was this to he doncl
The Wings, a, their regular National Com
vcniion, assembled at Philadelphia to nomi-
nate President put forward the name Of
Gen Taylor This nomination was known
10 be looked npon with disirust by many
" Alss IN this State. Horace Erereit, one
Of the delegates 10 Philadclphia-who had
ted at the public stall for years IS Wing.
and had taken cilence because he was re-
fused 4 still higher Office for which he was
known to be unGt--camc out with bis "card,"
dcnouncing the nomination. The Demo
Gratis" at Baltimore, (s2" Lucius y. Peel
being delegate, and roiiag Jcr The noniaa-
hon,) had nominated Lewis Cass, man o.
penly and ayowedly hostile to the Wilmot
Proviso, to which the Democratic" party
in this State had previously committed itself
After some dclibcra,ion, ana lcttcr-writing,
it was determined to organize new party.
with tho /" Liberty mon" rs rreiea,Ied nm.
cleus \ State Convention of the " Friends
Of Freedom was accordingly called At this
place the Free Soil" nortv-cmbrocino
"I.iberty men," " Democrats" aud disailect.
ell Whirs-was Gormod. and set Of young
c,nl;Iolos IN, in roo,;n,,;on III u,;r,,
soo,,od T., ho ,..,l.;. ou ,.,o. a.. ..:
nation Of Martin I,,a J.,,,nn-...,,o var,h
,,-,s1, G,,4ta.. r..
n;tcb;rn oyorhoar1 John p T.I. I'D, -
sudden ,.on1 o,or n,o ,onna na,,,,. aoa
meets and tho, CANA ont Of Tho nloc,;on H.,
about o,cn with tho a,,l,cro,,s oc a.. ,l
far tcLind the Wbio. So mucb far rho Gr.,
campoion.
In 1s4e some cxno,t o7i,hmo,ir;ors ro,
their heads tooctbcr and on o1Jinc tho
"Ftco Soil" and Q. Democratic - votes IF
the nrov,ous ,cor and corn,r;,,, tho o,ora
cate with the Who vote found 4 m,ioritv
,oairst the WLios. in the State If ov.r
Gooo. The problem uow WAS to not those
two nor,es tooc,bor
NJ R,rh., .rro,o lot,o.s, r. .o,o..l
ron,i,s md n, lac, Il ,,,s do,oro,;nod ,h.,
The two branches Of the Opposition should
call their convention on the same day. Nav
slst, at Montpelier. The drons came TO.
cetber. aceordinolv. and bormon;ou.ly ..min.
oiled into onco That &c tho ysoJ,rs .o no.
Goyoa tho ,,ossos ~ Lowoyo, ,vo.ono,..
unanimous OlJ"Libertv mon " wore nam.
mated for State officers. throuolout The
n Democracy q. STONED TO conoucr and
zomained on their knees tbroupb the year
oxoou+ .,,o eoao q GA r;ronh ol,ors m
name underwent chance # was resolved
.oan,orl .r,oo sill 10 ,v or.s;no SoU and
;n.or,ina Democr,c,, mo rosnlt Of III,
- .lano1 ;os,oodoc ITO oxnoo,od
: ooa ;s c'.o. o.on g 400 oon;ns, ~,
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