Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

deed. a name ID i've Dut Ivy Us" ~ .nr
Who expects any alteration in the las,H'
anv revival OF the obsolete idea Of IA
Gooal Bank, any difference. in the pubic
noIicy Of country, from the success Of Ct
iher The one or the other 81. the. men, ohs
Of whom must reigIloyer US for the mex,
four wears Parties have, ssirtuaily. ceasea
to exist in the country. II is The wotsks =
the many bad signs of tbetime. 4hssa
dious despotism. which our Fat
cruel folly to bind in fatal y
Liberty for which heyhad q
potism which has rom the
trolIed and Directs r.
its ewn purposes, hds 81 -"
them. Both parties 80 1gsieageo
its supremacy and received their leaoets a. |
its hands. The maintenance OF uae abso-
lutte power is acknowledged by hEiR tact
Itions. as the great eudsfor which they 'bgse
and move and have their. bttlgg- hey We |
with each other in their rpfaiestaIlons ~
their readiness to crush 4out the life Of ahelf
own liberties, as well asihat oftheiFislteN.l
slaves at the South, if their masters VIII
Ihut touch with The Sc6ptre the National
Overseer they prefer As matters pow
stand, there is no party in the NATION
slavery has devoured them both, and shoz
corged, but not supehed, she lies qelgIedss
into herself with head erecIereaas ~ aa'. !.
upon and destroy in any sSSR 10 Naa.
impractcable idea WI ulIol 41so5 ssdl ~
about. nnconsumed - -
If the Two great Col ssea
virtually taken the pIacg sea Electoral
College in the making Of Presidents, meant
what they said, and if the masses they rep
resent will stand by them Freedom B1tie
must be all fought over agaiV:t If lhey did
not lie, they are buond to pal' On eTua tothe
Agitation OF the question u Slavery bysalI
means in their power. They ,heVe the
power to prevent the discussion Of this sub
Jet, or to attempt TODD it, by penal euact-
mcnts. They can suppress Antl'Slavery
newspapers, dispersey AnirSlavery meet
ings, establish celisorshp'"t the press,
and make disrespectul laldslon to the
sovereign power Penllemlafy offence -
They can establish special police for this
purpose, and employ a host of spies TO ac'
as an Army Of Observation in every house
and street. They have, together, the pow
er to pass National aud Site laws TO this
effect, and there is no Judge. whether o
Nation or State, who has ruled the Fugitive
Slave Law to be Constitutional, that wouIt
not enlarge the meaning ofthe Constitution
, so as TO cover such enactments. There is ne
r difficulty about their performing their pleds'
!, if they really meant whatthey saId--lf the.
were not political swinders attempting t
: obtain Southern votes on false preIences =
! lAeis critical moment in the affairs of thi
| country and of the world. Much de
: ponds upon whether The SilIainy OF -thos
3 patriots be robust enough 10 soar into Urea
son, or whether it will stop short at Pett
. Larceny. The next four years will be
chapter Of Revelations Of deep import an
lasting interest.
The next hope of Liberty in this countr
lies in the revival of parties, or rather tn
Ecrystalization OF. the political atoms int
HI new. ones. If things remain as they are
!. the Despoasmsahich has always ruled U
: through our parties and under the disgnis
~ Of Replibttcan, Institutions, will soon fee
enough 10 drop the mask and gov
' ern Us directly aud aSder its own name
Like other despais, ltsmscy 7gEaciopsIy leave
r US s2ch parlsaofSlnf own earnings as it doe
not need lor itA Swn purposes, aud may al
low US to divertaousely{s WITH books anC
: stage-plays; but for any lreedpm Of though
and liberty of expression, thae il pothinl
to hinder it from keeping tben -wl5hin a,
; rigid bounds as those,presckb eIle ~ Loui
, Napoleon or Nicholas Rom noff.s That is
, if the delegates'ol the two PARTIES met for
The purpose Of doing il homage, really rep
resented The men tRatstood Behind them
and did not le Wethink tllAt they dic
lie. aud that their promise Of p4ace to tn
, South was like that which SqtaE made o
the World to Christ, a pHg@Ie Of wha
they had not to give, and would ~nos give i
they had the power. That's most TdNsl n
Some of them, undoubtedly. those ttst NJ
lowed after the ApostaIe, in PARTED
would sacrifice every thing in the shape
principle or honor for the hope Of sla
drivers vote; but we really do, not hi
the majority of them 10 be any Thing wo
than tricky politicians. They made an d.
meaning promise for a specific purpose.
knowing it to mean nothing. What they
will do when specific performance is d.
manded of them, is a question for them TO
settle with the Promises. -.
The time is now at hand whea4 parties
must remodel themselves in some new prInci
pie, and it is hardly possible that they can be
brought into line against each other on any
principle but one There is but one ques.
ton in this country on which parties can
diyde-and tn It is Slavery. There never
has been but this one, ~ reality, although
it has beeu masked and disguised under
many specious names. Tba1iaez TO the in
defatigable persistency of the AAoitisAAss. i,
those DISCUSSES have been stripped off,
the nation has been compelled TO look
in all its ugliness, and to recognise it !sstlIe
disturbing land therefore the ruGiDg) ele-
menl Of the country. The truth eau neges.
again he winked out of sigh&. Men haye1
got to choose whether they will be for il Or
against it, They do, to be sure, seem ID
be unanimous in their allegiance iust nea
But that is in prospect of what they are 10
get. Ope or the other az the parties anus,
be disappointed of success, and disanp6int.
ed. because they will faisof that very Slave. +
holding support for WHICH they have sold
their souls. A party, and no iuconsidera-
Bile one, must arise, which wiIlmee that il has
no hope of power except by destroying the
Southern Oligarchy, Then parties will
take their only natural shape that of Slave
ry and Anti Slavery, North and South =
Thus God will make net only tie Wrath
but the Ambition of Man to praise him.
This day which the AboliIionists have been