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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Union Meetings

The Union meetings. as they are called at the
North, are not intended to put down the spirit Of
DlsHnlon in that section; but, to operate against
the Free Soil party, and to give assurance to the
shareholders of favor and federation to their pecu-
llar system. Generally, the money interest Is
at h. bottom, and This, in conjunction with party
considerations, and help from the office holders
con'rlves 10 make very effective demonstrations
OF patriotism and devotion 10 the Union.
The meetings, with the exception, have heen
6eld IN our large cities, where office holders
demagogues. and rades-peope are most active
and IN which large ussemblugcs can be got
together for almost any purpose. They have
never been sponlanedls the unprecedented
result of popular teeliog--but they have beef
got up with much contrlvance aud great labor
and at no smOl expense.
| No one at the north, we suppose, understands
them to express the sentiments OF the People
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Obedience to the Law,

We hold it to he the duty of the good cit.
izen to obey the laws Of the land, when they
are not in direc: violation of the laws of
God Thin they ought to be disreg
not resisted iorcibIy, (unless we are pre-
pared for righteous revoluuon,) but quietly
and conscientiousIy lhwarted This talk
may be denounced as reasonable, by some
especially by such pious, exemplary, and
chaste and conscientious men as Daniel
Webster and his Hunker associates. His
advice is, "Ohey the law, good or bad, so.
long as II is the law" We cannot help.
wondering, however, whether the godlke.
hlmself feels the promptIngs of this socr,d
regard for the taW, which he proffesses to-
cherish, when he buys a glass ofbrandy, III
violation Of Ihellccense laws or when he Wis
its ladies' OF doubtful gentiity, at Washing
ton, in gross violation of the laws against
lcentiousness Thought we'd just inquire
Daniel-lhal's alI,-N. III. Democrat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
To All Lovers of Liberty.

WILLIAM l.. CHAPLIN, a native of Massachu
sets but citizen OF thu, State of New York,
gentleman widely know n and justle esteemed
for his high principles an d nc i've philanthropy,
is now imprisoned in the city OF washington
the Capitol of this Free Republic, tor NO CRIME
but for aiding fellow men In their attempt TO
escape from unjust bondage.
Mr. Chaplin Is charged with two Offences
FIRST, with having assisted slaves to escape from
the District of Columbia. Sec ondly, with an
assault with intent 10 kill, upon the men VINO
seized him.
The first alleged offence we hold to be no
crime even against the laws of the District, be-
cause we believe That slavery eau ave no legal
existence in any place under the jurisdiction OF
the United States. In a NOR point of view, if
We believe that to hold man az q slave is to do
HIM the greatest possible wrong, wrong com
pared with which robbery and murder seem ve-
NAL, thea we must look on the conduct Of him
who attempts TO redress this wrong al the peril
Of his own lib rty, as humane, generous, and ne.
roic.
In regard to the other offence charged a. rainsI
Mr.. Chaplin IT is sufficient to say, tia! when
seized he was entirely unarned, that he dc moi
know his COMPANIONS were armed, and he n evel
counseled them to make resistance.
y He was ignorant OF The character Of the por.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19

whaler brought story from the Esqhlmaux' that
the ships Of both Franklin and Ross expeditions
were seen beset by the ice IN Prince Regents In
let as late as March 1S49. In November Ross
expedition returned and formally negalived the
circumstantal story. Almost simultaneously ar
Eived Sir.tuhu Richardson; and since his return
the P lover. Neither ofthe three expeditions has
brought any intelligence of the missing voyager
or his companions.
The public sympathy he's been tOuchingly
expressed on the calaInous suspense; and pray
ers have been offered upin between sixty and
seventy churches, by upwards of 10000 worship
Psrs, for the preservation and safe return of the
missing expedition. A reward of upwards Of
one hundred gHineas has been promised to any
of the whaling ships which may bring uforma.
ton of the voyagers ); and the Lady Franklin has
oferedE2,000 to induce whalnrs to make search
in parts not within thu scope of the Government
expedition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19

AYERS CHERRY PECToRAI"-W We call atten
ton 10 the advertisement and circular of this ar,
licle now in our paper, and at this season oftbe
year when colds and coughs art so prevalent, the
information 1t contains will not be lound unwel
come. The eminent names, lent to recommend
it, are conclusive proof of its value. In add
ton to these we have been favored with the per
usal of letters from many distinguished individ
uaIs as well as humble sufferers who scknowl
edge their Indebtedness to this valuable medi
cine for the recoy ry Of their health from pain
full and dangerous diseases. 1t is at once safe
and pleasant to take and is certainly very pow.
iul to cure. Those afflicted with coughs, colds
asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness, or indeed any O
the various affections Of the lungs, will do wei
to try the Cherry Pectoral, and will have ne
cause to regret the experiment.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
The Message.

= We are not going into any extended remarks
on this document, which the wing, and even
Hunker democratic presses so generally endorse
aud applaud. Everybody IS willing to admit its
merits Of style and general ability but, at the
same time, every body OF common eandor and
discernmeRt must see that it is wholly one sid
ed document, and directly aimed at the represS-
ion Of the free principles of the North, and at
the sustaining and strengthenn. of the interests
and Institutions OF the South. So intent indeed
is he on doing this, that he entirely overlooks
free Oregon, as unworthy a passing tho't, and
travels away to st. Domingo to see whether,
under pretense Of queing some petty quorfeIs,
with which we have no business to interfere we
had not bet er put that people under sort of
surveillance to our government, lest, perchance,
the example of negroes setting up government
for thems elves there may prove dangerous to the
Southern States or because their island may be
soon wanted for Southern purposes. We may
be wrong about this singular suggestion Of the
President, which conflicts so directly with the
established maxims of our government respect
ing interference with the affairs OF other nations
but If it was not prompted by schemers South Of
Mason and Dxon's Line, we will guess again
But we are already beyond our limits and will
only add, if this annual state document is to Ot
taken as fair index, we fear that the progress:
Of our government, IN free principles, and curry
ing out the designs OF the founders OF our insi
tutOnS, is some like that of the frog trying to ge
out of the well-one loot forward and two tee
backward at every effort.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Gen. Cavaignac.

The Paris correspondent of the lnteligencer
says:
Gen Cavaignac, who has returned to Paris,
maintains strict silence with regard t. the con-
flictng statements lately published respecting
his expression Of his opinion on the question Of
proongaliOn Of M. Bonaparte's term. He will
with hs usual sagacty, choose his own time tor
making known his OPINIONS In the meanwhile,
I3ieel assured that he has MOI declared himself
in favor of proIongation. II is not by that
course that he would subserve the interests Of
France as he understand them, or hls own am
btIon. He is destined. | think, to play lead
ing part in as important events az any in which
he has yet figured. | look tor him to play that
part with signal ability, but not with that SUBJ
lime self torgetfuness of which the career of
our own Washington affords the only example.
This is not for the interests of France and of
humanity SO much to be regretted as it at first
sight would seem il ought tn be. believe
another Napoleon Bonaparte could save France
from civil war, anarchy, terror, and lido not
beIieue that another Washington could Cavai-
enac's ambition is Either Cromwell's than Hump
denis.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Anti-Slavery in New Orleans.

The New Orleans Courier heads an ar
ticIe, Startling Abolition strength in
the city of New Orleans Having begun
thus, that paper proceeds to give some sig-
nlfcant disclosures, as folows:-
"In convrrsng with a very intelligent
CITIZEN Of the Second Municipality yester-
day, and who has resided in the city for
many years, upon the state of public opin-
ion here upon the slavery question, we were
altogether amazed and confounded to hear
him declare his belief that if the question
of the abolition Of Slavery in Louisiana,
we're submitted to the people of New Or
leans, the question Would be carried BY a
trO thirds Uote Believing ourselves that
so mnnstrous a proposal could not com.
mand a five per cent. vote, out of the whole
population, we mentioned the subject 10
several Of our friends. and though they all
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Report of the Departments.
(Abstrdcts from the ChronOtvps\

Rather Than give up our space to any one of
these voluninous reports, we shall at present,
briefly sketch the general result of each.
GENERAL PosT OFFiCE.-The report of the
Postmaste brings the statistics up to the close
Of the lust fiscal year, June Both, 1850, The
whole number Of Post Offices in the U. States
was l8.4l7. There were 1879 Pest Offices es.
tpblished and 300 discontinued during the wear.
Number Of mail routes $500 Length of routes
l76, 672 miles. Number of contractors AGO.
Miles travelled 1854 .423, Cost of transporta.
ton 50 724426 The receipts of the department
Tor the ear have been about i've aud a half mil.
lions OF dollars, and its expenditures about five
million two hundred thousand dollars, leaving an
excess OF 100000 in The treasury. The in.
come from letter postage is about fur and a
half millions, and from newspapers and pamph.
lets abOnt 81 100000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
$7.l32,O43 AZ $5.4O3 372 "a
&I.728.67O 60
Excess over lasr estimates

Excess over lasr estimates $l,728, $40 60
The sales of public lands in l649 amounted
to S. 1874 410. and in three quarters of 1850. to
$2.855,566. The Secretary recommends an
agricultural bureau, and that Mt Vernon be
purchased, and converted into model fam.-
He also recommends a survey for highway to
the Pacific, the painting Of the public buildings,
and the introduction of water into the city of
Washington.
The SECRETARY OF WAR.--The whole
strength of our army, officers and men, suppos
ing all its companies complete, is 1926; of
these Z 796 ale in Texas. New Mexico, Cnlhor-
mia and Oregon, and 453O in the other Stntes,-
The expenditures ofthe year ending June Both,
1850, were 1926 1913.
The Secretory OF the Navy reports that the
estimates for The next fiscal year will fall short
of those for the present in the sum Of $l,Il8,.
742- that is to say, the Navy next year will
cost tie country only $2,O47774.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
For The Freeman.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE.

Here breathes the true, but chastened spirit
Of the Old Green Mountain Boys, which is sail
the welcomer" for being transmitted through
gifted daughter Of one of the compeers Of the
Aliens, Chittendens, and others of that liberty
loving and hosptabe band, who gave The tone
and impress to the proud character which Yer.
mont still bears among her sister States. Let
would be Tyranny and Injustice beware how
they tamper with the spirit and principles still
entrenched among our green hills.
Send back the Slave il cannot be-
Our crddt' song was Liberty.
Vermonters we! who ?--who shall dare
To tell us when, or why, or where
We may, or may not, as we please,
Assist hun, who from bondage fees?
We've whose sires With sturdy blow,
Have laid the giant forests low,
And ralsd platform, broad and sure,
Where hearths and affairs are secure.
We, who IN childhood. DER and DER,
Listened to what our fathers bore
How often from their homes they fed,
And how they fought, and how they Died
(Whle mothers kept the castle hearth
Thro' winters storm and summers dearth)
For Llberty-shal WE, CAN WE
A weary, talntine brother see.
Struggling to gain the promised land,
And never raise helping hand?
No! lifted as it e'er hath been.
Our latch shall be to let him in
And though our root be rude and low
Twill screen him from cruel foe.
Though coarse and scanty be our fare,
IT'S sweetend, if the sufferer share; :
And noble hearts. unused to fear,
And hardy hands are with us here,-
While THESE are waking, HE may Sleep
And rise refreshed, his way to keep.
His Northern home, indeed, is far,
But God will guide the wanderer there,
And WE our humble thanks will give
For hearts to HELP the Fugitive.
CORA.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
The Wages of IniquitY.

1t has b cen reported on the authority of Gen.
James Wi'son-not very high authority, per
haps, since the fellow has turned traitor to all
his antl-slavery professions and gone to Cahfor-
nia-that Mr. Webster held $50 1000 of Texas
scrip, for which he paid $4,000, on which of
course he would make $4,000 if The pro. slavery
peace measure could pass. We don't vouch tor the
truth OF 1t. bat only say it was stated by Gen.
James Wilson, who is nOU one of the Webster
clique ChrOnotypt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19

generally. They affnd simply a fair idea OF
the views and policy of those specially engaged
IN manufacturing them.
The real sentiments of the People are to be
inferred from the numerous spontaneous meet
ings in process all over the Free States called
to denounre the Fugitive Law, from the concur
rent voice of the country press generally, and
from the result of the elections in Ohio, New
York, Massachusetts. Michigan Illinois, and
Wisconsin. These all speak out trumpet .tongued
against "the deep damnation" Of that odious
uIeasure-Era
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
George Thompson,

The British phiIanthropist, is still, we believe,
in Massachusetts, and to remain some time Ion
ger in this country. Who goes for inviting him
to come and lecture in Vermont? We, for one,
would like to enable him, when he goes home,
to report that he found one State in this land
of freedom" where the people did not mob him
Tor preaching freedom--one State where they
did, not like Louis Napoleon, get Disguised and
angry at the cry of viUe Liberty and the Re-
public.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Extract of a Letter.

A gentleman of intelligence in Massachusetts
writes to a friend in this Village upon the sub
ect of thu Fugitive Slave Law, as follows;
"The passage Of the Fugitive Slave Law,
think may prove The means OF Fastening eman
cpation, and should say to The Shareholder, 1t
is the worst thing you can do for your system,
for it keeps up and Increases the agitation upon
the subject which YOU so much resent and dread,
and forces MANY who have been lukewarm and
stood aloof. to take sides. | would say to him,
if YOU will have slaves to carry you, to fan you
while you sleep, and tremble when you wake"
then keep them if you can and take care OF them
and keep good lookout for them, II you please
- but if they run away, you must lose them you
certainly shall have h3he OIL my help to catch
them-f will be concerned IN no such robbery
as that-hands off from such plumber OF human
aesI and blood and bones and shows. Free
don, M ia the naturaI right which God gave him
but which YOU have stolen from him, and if he
csn recover il. it will be twice his own and God
forbid that any man shouldro hun again. And
fully believe that the days OF North American
slavery are numbered if they ale not quite fin
Ished. and it may be in the Providence of God
The Republic shall fall with it. sincerely hope
il will not be so. But rotton plank may sink
ship, and there is great danger Of it too. 1t is
the part of Wisdom and prudence to remove the
defective material and repair with sound wood
1t is assuredly the part of folly and madness
when the old Ship OF State is to be enlarged ant
built upon, to insist upon inserting portion o
that sane oI0 rotten materials in the new stIuct
ure - Caledonia
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19

The Postmaster g. eral recommends uni
form rate ofieIand postage al ,llrer cents each
letter prepaid and five cents when not prepaid.
the prepaid rate to be reduced to two cents,
where for two years the receipts have exceeded
the expenditures by five pr cent He recon-.
mends twenty cents letter as The rate 10 the
Pacific coast, 10 South America, and the East
ern CUntinoM. and ten cents on each sea going
letter for shorter distances. He recommends a
uniform rate Of one cent each on newspapers
sent to subscribers. There is surplus in the
treasury OF the department of about ore million
dollars.
SEcRETARToF THE INTERIOR. Secre-
tary, MI Alexander Il. II. Stewart says he re-
CARDS his dulles as ol "most important char
&C er, that is to say. as partaking I'm some de-
gree of legislative and judioia as well as an
executive character" l. is to be hoped there
fore. that he is remarkably wise man. He has
charge of the Public Lands the Indians, Pen
sions. Patents. Public Buildings. Census, Peni-
Tertiary and Expenditures Of the Judiciary.
As this Is a new department, the Secretary
deals chey in estimate and gives the follow
ing table:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Estimates
for the fiscal year ending Both June, 1852, COM
pared with those for the present fiscal yeaI.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19

O. One of the beauties Of the fugitive law
IS, that it gives the Commissioner ten dollars for
delivering the alleged fugitive into slavery, and
five dollars as fees for setting him at liberty.
THIS law does more than allow the South to
spit upon the North, it allows the ''chivalry" to
rub 1t IN, and fines the victim heavily if he does
not stand still during the operation.
A more grossly insulting law than this was
never passed by any Legislative body in any
country since Adam Bangor Jtfersonian.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19

sons who seized him, No warrant FIR his arrest
was announced hut band of armed men rush
ed upon him in the dark. and their first sOutation
was a blow which felled him senseless to the
earth.
When he recovered from the shock, he found
himself surrounded by four stout men, aud inca
pabe of resistance.
Great crimes against the laws OF Maryland as
well as those Of the United States were com
mitted by the men who thus kidnapped Mr..
Chaplin and carried him to washington Without
any legal warrant These offenders are now
AT large while Their noble victim IS thrust into
prisun.-HaH Republican.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Jefferson and Free Soil

We have SAID, aud often reiterated, that we
want nothing more of democrats than what JEFF
ferson taught and recommended. His creed, in
regard to the great issue which is now before
the country. and which, dodge as politicians
may must now be met, is broad enough for ex-
cry democrat to stand ONT embraces all that
freesoilers and anti slavery men ever asked for.
1t is national in all its bearings, and presents
the only principles by which our republican in.
situations can long be preserved.
On this creed and platform we plant our
SERVES, and no political sophsts and schemers
of the Cass aud Webster school shall drive US
from it; for it is right, 1t is firmly marlborough
ly anti-slavery-it is truly republican, and It is
tenable BY ali the grand arguments and cardi-
nal princlp pies that conspired for the establish
nent Ct American Freedom.
! In proof of what that iIuslrious statesman
taught and to show how much more he attempt
ed than be succeeded in, as well as to retute the
assertions Of those who attempt to deny his po-
sitons on the slavery question, we subjml the
the following interesting and valuable article.
Thomas Jefferson.
The following vndicatlen of one of Mr. JEFF
ferson's highest claims to remembrance and dis
iuctlon, we find in the Suffolk Democrat
modest but able weekly journal, printed at til,
eastern end Of Long Island. The Article which
follows, if we are Rot mist ken, is from the pei
II one OF our democratic veterans who occasion
ally permits the world tn feel, if not see, that h
IS as watchtrl OF the public Interests as of DID,
Dem. MandGrd.
MR JEFFERseN.---Some journals, calin
then selves democratic, are endeaVoring TO ro
Mr.. ], ferson OF the imperishable honor OF be
ing the first to propose to m Ike our territorie
free. II ia we'll known that when young mem
Der Of thu Legislature he was IN favor Of prospeC
live emanc ipat.oH, even in Virginia. When
member OF the old Continental Congress, afte
/, Virginia cepded her claim to the northwest tel
riory, Messrs. Jefferson, Chase and Tlowel
were appointed a committee to report plan
government for the western territory.
, That report, made by MIR. Jefferson in l7St
contained the following provso;-" That aft,
the year 1900 of the Christian era, there shall
neither slavery nor involuntary sesvtude in at
u Of the said States, Otherwise than IN the punisl
0 ment Of crimes whereof the party shall ha'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Squints towards the next Presi-
denCV.

Webster has paid for his ticket and of course
expects to be entered on the list. Clay, it IS
thought by MANY knowing ones, has not wholly
relinqulshed his hopes Of the prize which has so
often slipped through his fingers.
Gen. Scott has been proposed in several quar-
ters and stands, it has been thought, the best
chance for the wing nomination; but in this we
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19

NJ We see by our exchanges that many OF
the d United States Commissioners who are
subject to act IN the case III Fngltive Saves un-
der the Fugitive Slave law, upon the passage OF
that law, immediately resigned their offices (;
among them is our townslnan o. H SMITH,
Esa,-V Patriot
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
THE FREEMAN.
BY y. ?. THOMPSON.

= All communications To the Freeman.
whether on business of the paper OF for publca.
ton, should be addressed, postpaid. to the Ed
tor.
0FS. M. PEPTENGrLL No 10 State Street,
Boston, is our authorized Agent to receive sub.
scriptons and advertising for this paper
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Clubbing.

We renew the offer made, we think, in the
freeman. last year. of sending our paper to clubs
OF ten or more new subscribers sending US the
pay in advance or soon, at 81 % per year.