The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-07-27
From tho Miiilthu1 ilegi-ffr.
TiiE LIBERTY PANTY SWALLOW
I'D uP.-IiOM ~ WAS DONE,

Two years agothcre was Ia. dis State q sct
IT men known a. the "l.ibrrty Party" The
fundamental principles 0f that organization
we're, incorporating hostility Ia Slavery
everywhere, and "a itaeSten-ion,and tie sup
port Of no candidate for amy office, who was
not piedgfd a. Abolition dartrncs
The "p,maaratie" parts H. sl,i> STAT. had
bccome-aif was ever anything else a hope
less minority The librry Party had some
thousands Of ynlos, a. larpa parliuu of which
had boon distracted from the WING parry
.tdd these "titcrty- yoic- Ia llo-c NJ the
"b'morracy" aud the Whip- would be- la %
slight minority, on the popular vote. This
was lhe object 10 be secured,
How WIS this 10 be- done
The Whigs ~ their regular National Com
ycution assembled At Philadelphia Ia noni-
nate a President pat iarward the name Of
Gen, Taylor, This nomination was kunwu
"a bee looked upon with di-lu-t by many
Whgs In this State, Hordrc ErrrcH, one Of
the delegates 10 Philadelphia who had G'd
a. the public stall for years ~ . Wing, aud
had taken Otloncc bcrausc be- wa refused a
still higher Office. for which be- wis known a.
br Unht--camo 0Ut with hiz ''cari," drnuuDc-
| ing the nomination, The "Dcmocmts," at
/ baltimore, "a Lucim H. Pcci bring q dole
lnlo and coi,ng tor hc nom,nhi,on,) had nom
mated Lewis Cass,. a man openly and aYnw.
cdly hostile Ia the Wilnini HrnNisn. 10 which
! the Democratic" party ia the Slato had pro
'iou,ly committed Itself
Amer some dclibcmtion, and lrl,cr-wrtiug
IL was determined 10 organize new party
with the 1.ilcrty men" a. pr,ic,,,Ied nuclc-
a., A State Convention of the Friends OF
Frccdom"was accordingly called At this place
the "frc Sui" party embracing Liberty
mem" "Dcmocrat.," aud di.ancctod Whig- o.
was i6rmcd, and q go Of young candidates put
in nomination The thing seemed To- be- work
ing we'll, When the nomination of lLirGD IAN
Huf,H-"thc Northern man with southern
priuciplcs'-- after pitching overheard john
f. Hale, brought sudden cloud over the
young pary's prospects, and they came our
at the ulp~tinn Just about even with the nd.
hcrculs Of Cas-, and far behind the Whig.,--
81 much for the first campaign
In iSlo, SOME expert ariihmctician- got
their head. togcIhrrnnd on adding the 'Frcc
soil" and "Dcmu'raiio'' vote. or the pre-, iou.
year and comparing the aggregate with the
Wing vote found majority against the
NHiFs, Ia the State, df over 5000 Tie
Prublvn' ru'' WIZ, tt, get tr-,- t,vu 1,prtir- Ia
grthcr.
Mr. Barbcr"wrotc letters for several months,
aud at last It was determined that the two
branches of the Opposition should cali their
convention on the same day, MAY alst, At
/ Montpelier The ",lrops" camo together, ac-
coriihplE and hd1noniouiy "minglcd into
one" Thatis, the 6adrrs ~ believed, - The
"ma'scs, however, wcrr not so unanimous
/ Old Liberty men" were nominated for State
officers, throughout. The .Dcmosracv"
"stoopcd Ia conquer remained on their
knees through the ycarcNccpt the soOo"Old
linc'holtcrs The name underwent change.
IL Yos re."lve'l to amend "Fcc Soil" by -
ra,iug Sod and inserting D,morracg.- The
result, of the campaign showed, instead of the
expected 5000 in t,iror, over 5000 oyI1asi
FIRE. Democracy"
THIS year, democracy" rise, frum il.
blending posture" celebrates its Freedom b,
throwing oil the -fr,r,' and hy openly re
sumihg i, old nam,'- DrMocHAcN Itnom-
mates a candidate for Governor who went for
the nomination at Ia. aud ,ota.l G.r hin a.
scented Ia thc,~Ealtimorc Platforms opposed
the young FRI Soil" party to'thc utmost
and s'rmo"m/go voted for that acknowlcdg.
ed "'lo,y;Ll7r'c, " latin ". Forncl as Clerk Of
the House, and ,l2od rcoig 10 rate toc HOW
ELL COBB, an ultra Souibc,H "D,mocrai."'
~ Speaker of the House, WHENEVER ms
VOTE WAS NEEDED TO EtECr uiMH
And now the question remains where
is that large portion OF the old" Libcrtyrarly."
that voted for lura,ip Nrrrhum md the
"frrc Democratic" candidates of last wear p
Are they now ready, after few transparent
manTuvrcs on the part orthcir old opponents.
TO write themselves Democrats" and act cor
daily with that party? Aud whore are those
lted2es 50 strongly Insisted on from all candi-
dates heretofore
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