Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-07-15

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FIc1ENCY." further legislation, to
wThat the Democraticg against the eva
party will resist all al sion of the laws on the
iempts at renewing in one hand and the abuse
CONGRESS. OF out oft, heof their powers on the
agitation of the slauery other-not impairmg their
auction, under tohateUerpresem efficiency; aud
shape or color The attempl0e deprecate all further
man be made" agitation Of The questions
thus settled, as dangerous
to our peace, and will
Alscounienance all efforts
to continue or renew
such agitation, fOheneUer
lotaeuer, or h0tVeUer, the
attempt may be made !;
and we will maintain
this system as essential
to the nationality OfMe
tchig party and The in
tegrity Of the Union"
! 3. That we meet these unblushing and profit
gate attempts Of these parties to bind the people
of the North to the car of savery-to make the
free States slave hunting grounds and their free
nseR slave hunters forever-to stille at once and
for all time, all discussion of slavery and its en-.
croachmens upon the rights and principles of the
North, with bold and resolute defiance, and we
: tell them plainly,
That, with us, the Compromise measures arc
not I" fnalaty :"
That we will resist, with all the means that
God and the Constitution of onr country have
put into our hands, the extension of slavery into
any OF the Territories of the Nation, organized
or unorganlzed, now owned or which may be
hereafter acquired by the United States, and
will demand that whenever any attempt is made
to establish it in such Territories, the power of
Congress shall be exercised to abolish and des-
troy it:
That, with our consent, no new States shall
ever be added to the Union with slaveholdinp
constitutions
That we will not cease to demand the exercise
of all the constitutional powers of Congress to
abolish slavery and the slave trade, wherever
they exist under its jurisdiction, whether on the
high seas, or under the walls of the Capitol
That we will never become slave hunters, be
the cost Or the peril what it may, and will never
adhere to-, "abide by", or insist on the strict
enforcement" of the Fugitive Slave Law, but
will, on the contrary, continue to denounce it
as q gross violation Of the Constitution, an out
rage upon the principles of civil liberty and dis
grace to civilization and Christianity; and to
demand its repeal as alike due to the rights of
man, the principles of republican freedom and
the honor of our beloved country:
That we will never cease to assert the right of
flee discussion, in and ont OF Congress, in rela-
ton to slavery and all other subjects Of interest
to the welfare of the people and will never hest
tate to pronounce that democracy sham democ
racy and that whglsm TORY whgism which de-
mands the people to be silent upou any question
Of public concernmeni and seeks TO stihe free
speech and shackle free pross:
dsH u al ae sso aags b d bs
people Of the Tree States, bound ard gagged ana
polluted at the feet of the slave power we say,
with that fearless champion Of freedom, Joshua
r. GIddings, are hold them In tnuiterdbLe CON
temPt-lOe hanlpte them under our teet-tce spit
upon them"
a. That FRANKLIN PIERCE having, while in
Congress, practically and Systematically denied
and trampIed upon the right of petition and hav-
ing accepted the democratic nomination for Pres
ldent OF the United States in his own language,
upon the platform adopted by the Convention
not because this is expected Of me as a candidate,
but because The principles II embraces command
the APPRECIATION Of my judgment. and NTH them,
belteUe, can safely say, h0e has been no ,oOm
nor act Of my life in conflict" and WINDFIELD
SCOTT having, as he has boosted, been instru-
mental In securing tho passage of the Fugitive
Slave Law through Congress and having occept-
ed the Wing nomination for President " tOih the
resolutions" of The Whg platform annered' and
having pledged his character for strict adhe-
renee 10 The principles Of The Whig party as en-
presscd" I'm those resolutions" have both virtually
bound themselves to maintain, by the use of the
patronage OF the government and the exercise of
the Veto power, il necessary, the Compromise
measures as a 1" tiuality" and the Fugitive Slave
Law as Il is,and are unworthy the support of ev-
cry democrat Or wing who is not wiling to sane
ton and uphold The pro slavery doctrines thus
openly avowed and made the test of democratic
and whig orthodoxy.
D. That, however strongly our sympathies and
principles US democrats might have mpead US
to unite with our protested democrats, in the
support OF principles common 10 all democrats
and IN the maintenance Of which all could cor
daily unite, yet the action of the BaItlmore Con.
ventlOn, 0y adopting, as tests Of fellowship, prin-
ciples which are sectional in their nature-in
relation TO which there is an rreconciabe diff.
ference among The democrats aud which are alb
h0rrent to all our notions OF what constitutes true
democracy and which we cannot support with
out doing violence to our consciences and to the
mandates OF law higher and hoier than any
which man can enact, has left us no alternative
but 10 renounCe these prlnciplel as anti-repubi.
Can, undemocratlc and worthy emily OF defiance
and execrallon.
6. That the shamelessness and proagacy of
the abandonment, by the wings of the fee
States and especially of Vermont in 1913 and
subsequently, OF all the anti slavery principles
and measures, which, before that time they had
supported as part oil the wing creed and which
they claimed rendered their party "the only
true antlsaverY party" can be Cqualled only by
the unblushlng recreancy Of those democrats
who IN 1913 and subsequently, embraced the
doctrines OF the Free emocracy-incribed
npoh their oaner, free soil, free Speech free labor
and free men"--resolve that under that banner
they "would fight on and .fgM cur, until a
triumphant victory" should reward their exer
tom, and who ow sustain platform and can.
dldates whose support involves q direct re-
pudlatlon OF all the anti-slavery sentiments
they ever protested, To such Iecreancv wa
can never be parties, neither snail We adopt 40
part OF our code OF political morality that il il
either honest or honorable to put forth platform
OF principles as mere eXpedient 10 catch votes
and secure political victory, and to cast off
that platform ana its principles as old clothes"
when the expedient for which it was adopted
fails. r'N'
Z. That our thanks are due to Messrs. Hale
Chase and Sumner of the U. s. Senate. and ~
Messrs. Giddngs, Townsend Cleveland, Mann
Allen, Rantoul, Durkee, Bartlett and others Of
the House OF Representatives for their fearlessness
md hdellty in the support of the interests Of
freedom against the encroachmens aud dam.
nation OF tle slave power and we recommend
to our friends IN all parts OF the State to secu,e
q general circulation among the peopIe of tho
speeches OF Messrs. Glddlngs and Townshend
against the platforms and nominations nj Tho