Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-09-16
WoOdstOck, Sept, 9ik, 1859.


Freemen Of Caledonia County:
humble citizen, whose hands by daily toll
minister to his necessities, an aspirant for no of
fee, State or National, Graves your audience.
The time is at hand when we may again ex,
ercise the invaluable right of free people
express, by our unbought sufffages, the scnti.
ments OF our hearts upon the al.ongrossing po-
lltcal question of the day. say question, for
every man Of common intelligence in the history
OF our Government for the last few years, knows
very well that the main tendency Of political at
fairs has been to extend the power and nation
alize Na4tltuton Of Slavery in these United
State
is the blood and treasure of the
RSed out like water to wrest
Is Of its lawful possessors
Han1ines greater than all
semi-bar-
kSlsfgha Street .Si.-~ .s faint
lias Deen a lded to our con-
Nico and Utah, with an area
"a u tten larger than Texas, have
lilC bluG vi itcuOlH anu given
over III q, eddy 10 hopeless bondage. Cali
forndFsstt q'true, is at present free State; not
however, by any concession or good will of the
Slavcocracy, but by the patriotic energy and
vigilance of few hardy pioneers from the free
States. Yet what IL California al tho most, in
offset 10 the enormous encroachments made upon
the popular liberty of the Free States by the
enactment of that bill Of denominations, The Flu
gtive Slave Law
And this is the test question that we arc called
to pass upon at The ensuing election. The pres
ent aspect of the two prominent political parties
is without parallel in the history of the Gov
eminent since its formation. Heretofore inlex
IDLY opposed to each other on all great questions
of State Policy, some of them as old as the
Constitution ITSELF they have invariably, upon
the eve of Presidential canvass, issued their
manlfestoes OF party principles, differing as
widely asunder as tho autipudes.
Now, wonderful TO relate, the old issues are
all healed. Herodand Plate, in day. arc rec
onciled, fraternEe and vie with each other in alb.
ject serviIIty to the Saveocracy. The parties
have in fact coaesced, and all that is now wanted
is an appropriate name by which the political
conglomerate may hereafter be known can
did perusal of the Baltimore platforms must lead
every unprejudiced mind to the foregoing conclu.
sion. The leaders of both parties, reckless and
unprnciplcd as they ever have beca, are ANNA
ted by one spirit and impeIIed by the same mo-
ton. They point to the same inscription on their
banners" TO Ike vtttorS betong The spoiis .
The issue in fact s mario we'd down to choice
of men. Will You have this man Pierce, or this
man Sect, T. -FsAn. ever yee--are +ho patty
watchwords +; botk pledged to the same course Of
administration--bol bound, as far as in them
lies, to abridge the freedom of speech and of the
press, and to resist and disco untendnce the agita,
ton of Slavery, whenever, wherever and by
whomsover made. "tiere, gentlemen, fence.
men, land there are a great many about these
days. say the drill sergeants, take your choice
we have Pierce tickets and Scott tickets. P erce
being .NetO Hampshire Democrdt, will run
little better South than even Calhoun himself,
were he alive but then here is Scott if you pre-.
fer Military Chie0an, and the Chieitains from
Old Hickory down, have run like wild fire.
Take your choice, gentlemen"
Freemen o. Caledonia County! will you not
now, and in all future time, spurR with bitter
scorn and righteous Indignation the low sordld
attempts of the servile minions Of Slavery
among you to ontice you from the straight and
narrow path of truth, justice and righteousness,
when the voice of God to every one of US is "to
cry aloud and spare not, to ft up our voices like
a tempest, break every yoke, and let the Oppres-
sed go Free" Shall we falier in our obedience
unto Him3 Are you prepared to do the will OF
Southern task masters, who fear not God, neither
regard man, because their abject meniOs suffer
the free soil of our beautiful Green Mountains
to be pressed by the iron heel of the desPot, or
the pure virgin air of our bright blue heavens
to be tainted by the pcstferous breath OF the
implous, infamous aud blasphemous OPPressoT Of
cOwntTodden humanity
hear the noble response Of freemen in thun-
der tones say, No MOI! Then, in the sacred
namo of lberty---in that holy name invoked by