Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-01-02
For the freeman.
An.i-slavery in CIV York
J EFF ERsON

An l"SidVeTy IN CIV 4oAA
Travelling in New York State, I've tak"u
soue pam to ascertain The Ann slavery feeling
tiot xiststhere r"n bur reiolc" that tn.
IeaVcn n hnnnn freedom for all the oppressed
and dnwn-irodden. is III work ea,'ning III
great heat o. humanity. But tew years az"
an Ann S'avIy man could hardly nc found IN
souc TOW rs in This State--and those that had
the manhhess and moral courage To speak
gnInOI suvery's wrongs, were prescribed by the
bigoled, sIandered by the Envrant, abused by
The tnulIsf. and considered By pulltia1S as III
novater upon the public peace. Now behold
The change! The have Just elected VII
te" soil Governor, Of the Seward HtamI and
John NsnBnnn and his associates. no sold out
the Deuocrallc free soil party, are monrning IN
sack cUth and ashes over th,lr uwu apusta2F.
nav seeing that If they had renamed true to
principle, the Fugitive SIAve Law, that "abomI
nation o abominafl0ns,' woul have enabled
them to b"come successful. The golden scep-
trr departed from them, when they strayed from
the truth, hankerIng after the "Aesh pots Of E.
gypt, and. AS Truth clustered to The earth will
rlS, again" new Anti Slavery parry sprang in
to ex stencc ana tflunphanlly elected Washing
ton Hunt as the exponent OF free principles
his should be a great lesson 10 the Tree soil
party Of Vermont. 1t shows that gong back is
uni gong ahead and that they oni, Can sue
coed who stand up fearless and bold for the
cause Of right and justice.
More than once have heard It stated and
that 100 by men OF intelligence, that il the
friends ~ freedom who originated the Buffalo
PLATFORM had remained firm and unwaverng,
John Van Buren,, # nominated tor Governor dur
ng The Iasr campaign would have been elected.
This believe, from what observations | have
made This was affirmed strongly by promi-
nrnr man who was posted up on political mt.
tetr,and remarked that hereafter, no party lnYurk
State would yerhyiu gain the ascendency with
our ENGRAVING upon their ctted Ami Slavery
truth. This is 'hr consequence OF that small
beginning Of free principles promulgated i'll
school hrusas. stage coiches, railroads. and &C
cason lily in pulpit tuning 10 ana fro. and
eleclGiymg the h arts Of The peuple. 7 Ell, it
VIZ Unpopular to be m advocate Of human tree
dom But / th'nk Heaven that there were
"A few, who, like Paul declared The whole coun-
sci Of God. To incite in those lovers of truth
a proper zeal, we frequently quoted the whole
whole lines OF tn, Refurm Poet:- -
"T" side with truth i, noble when share her wretched
crust:
Ere her cause bring fame and pr fr and Ills prosperous
! ht Just,
Then il he brave man clonsrs while the coward stands
! asld,
Dobing n his Inject spirit, ill his Lard il crci6d
/ And the mu tIde make virtue Of the faith they had
cIim,d,
Fol hnuant, sweeps onward, where to-day the Martyr
| stand>,
On til M rrow cr uchs Judas, with the silver in his
hands,
Far IN Fl nj thecross stands ready al the cracking flag
| E'ts burn,
WI lie the hminE mob # yesterday in silent return
To CLEAN up the satt, red ashes nto stt's golden un
have been some what amused here, TO be
ask il W" had any Silver Grcys" III Yer
mont. At first did not know the meaning of
the Phrase. hni snon found out that It mean Mil
! lard Fillmore Wings. Not knowing how our
, Why breh,eu feel since he signed the Fugl
tive bill. with but few exceptions, could moi.
of course, answer though replied that pre-
sumed there were, for they at fist were opposed
to General Taylor. but afterwards votea for HIM.
So. IN Case it Is necessary, they will swallow
Fillmore. Fugitive Slave bin, and whatever the
powers at Washington dlcute. They are as
much welded to their party as the Miser is to