Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-02-14
GENERAL TAYLOR vs.. VEh-
A' MONT WHIGISM.

Tn our last we called the attention of the pub
l;c r. the fact. that Gen. Taylor had assumed an
attitude of direct and open hostility 10 any leg-
;Sotion nv Congress in prohibition OF Slavery
~ the territories and the admission Of any new
States with slaveholding constitution. We
oIso asserted that this position OF Gen. Taylor
was in hostility to the ground which the Wing
nartv of Vermont occupied previous to and since
The election of General Taylor. For proof that
thew assumed the ground of Incorporating
onnosition to the extension of slavery and to the
admission of any new States with slaveholdlng
constitutions, previous to the nomination and
election Of the present Chief Magistrate of the
limited States, we have but to refer to the wing
journals and the proceedings of wing conven-
lions of that date. If any of the wing editors
Of the present day, have the hardihood to deny
this position, we will adduce the proofs. When
Gen. Taylor was nominated at the Chinese Mu-
seum and the Convention which nominated him,
refused to entertain resolution embracing the
principle of the Wilmot Proylso, that portion Of
the freemen, who held the Provlso principle of
paramount Importance, denounced the Wings as
having abandoned the ground they had previ-
ously assumed OIL that subject. The whig edi.
tors and orators in the free States, especially in
Vermont, Indignantly denied the charge, and
claimed that the wing party was unalterably
committed 10 the Proviso and against the adnis-
sion Of a4T of Fine NE n" o ,n
not opposed to the Proyso, and would not ope.
rate or intrigue against it, but would approve OF
it With these declarations and professions on
their lips, they went into the Presidential con.
test. They succeeded. And now what is tile
position Of their President Oh the subject of the
| n,,I al I g o..
slaveholdlng constituents And what is their
own position, as they have assumed it since Gen
Taylor's election? Let the following extracts
from Gen. Tayior's last Message and the resolu
tons Of the last Wing Legislature of this State
Brandon Post.
Extracts from Gen. IdWor's last Message.
81 was actuated lin sending II. b. King to
afford to the wisdom and patriotism of Congress
the opportunity of avoiding angry discussions
among the people of the U. s. Under the con-
stituton, every State has The right Of establishing
and from time 10 time Altering It's municipal LaluS
and domestic institutions, independent Of every
other State and the general government, subject
only to the propositions and guarantees express.
ly set forth in the Constitution of the United
States. The subject thus left exclusively TO the
representative states ,Cere mol designed or expect
ed to become topics Of national agitation Still,
as under the Constitution Congress has power
to make all needful rules and regulations res,
pecting the territories of the United States every
ne,c acquisition Of territories has led to discussions
on the question ,chether the system Of Involuntary
serpitude, which prevails in many Of the States,
should or should not be prohibited in that territory
The periods of excitement from this cause which
have heretofore occurred, have been safely pass
ed, but during The internal, Of lchnerer ieugh
that may eiapse before the admission Of The terri
tories ceded by Merco, as STATES, At appears prob
able that similar ercitements Twill prevail to an I'M
due ertent.
Resolutions of The VI. Legislature, passed .Nov
IL, l849.
"ReSolved, That our Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress. be requested to resist by all
and every constitutional means, the extension o.
Slavery in any manner, WHETHER BY THE AN
NExATIoN TO SLAVE HOLDING TEXAS, OR TER
RIroRY NOW FREE, or by the admission to the
Union of Territory already acquired, or which
may be hereafter acquired, oithom an express
q, ~ tic ia1et 1OS7'F ta
mission"
ReSoIued, That our Senators in Congress be
instructed, and our Representatives. requested tc
use their influence, BY direct uOte, whenever an
opportunity shall occur, to procure the applica-
ton Of the ordinance OF 1857, (the Wilmot Pro-
viso) to all newly acquired Territory belonging
to the United States'