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

/ Fof tue FREEMAN
I'd. P. TnoMPsON-S1: The suggestions of
Z" I'm Old Nan" in the Freeman, about compel
| ling Shareholders to be at the trouble and ex
pense of keeping their cattle at home, or re-
claiming them when they stray, are worthy Of
full consideration, and would be admitted by all
sensible and honest men as practically correct,
we're it not for the peculiar privileges assumed
by Shareholders, and acceded to, without oppo-
sition, by the people of the North. Considering
Slaves as property, land that is the light III
which brute force is exercised over them) they
mime apenH gessssa-isi and horses dnd
there would be an much reason for law to com
pei the citizens Of the North 10 take cattle and
horses from free to slave State, as thus to
take slaves. And persons of common intelIi
gence, who have canddy read. or should can
didly read, the publications Of Lysander Spooner
and Elizur Wright, and the speech of Mr.. Ran
tout in Congress, upon the OnconstHutionulity Of
the Fugitive Slave Law, must be convinced that
Congress had no more power 10 enact such law
with regard to fugitive slaves, than with regard
to cattle and horses and that both would be-
alike, absolutely void. -,
But why trouble ourselves 10 contend for what
Is right concerning slaves and slavery, while
shareholders dictate the laws and all tho meas
.ures Of Government These slaves, these arti
Giles OF property, for them to control and whip
into labor, they want to use also, as persons, in
obtaining, increasing and confirming their pow
ers in the United STATES Government. 1t will be
recollected, that, in ascertaining how many rep
resentatives each slave State may have in Con-
gress, and how many electoral votes slch State
may give for President of the United Suites,
hive slaves count equal to three freemen So
that STAKEHOLDER with five slaves can exercise
us much power, in the organization of the Uni
ted States Government, and managing its af'lrs
as four northern freeman. Who can withhold
the exclamation, his ought not so TO be- Yet
how are we going to help ourselves, while the
Shareholders are in power, and have the unwieldy
patronage OF the President in their support and
''0 NoiU CuhsehI 10 nave IL So; Wnen ny tnelr
united action in favor of Liberty and against
slavery, they might turn the scale OF any one
Presidential electIon--any one before the chains
are newly riveted upon us by the extension of
slavery, and adding slave States. BY reason of
this benefit Of keeping their slaves at home and
counting them in support Of their power the
Shareholders could the better affnrd the expense
OF yarding their cattle nights, or drising them
home when they stray into free State but
how much more convenient and profitable it is
to them, to have The United States bulge at
their bidding, and compel the aid of the iuhab
itant5 in conveying them back into slavery, and
we, the people, pay the expenses! MENTOR.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

.EouNrY MASS MEETING.-We are requested
to give notice to the friends of freedom in
Washington geautg that agreeably to vote of
their Convention, the6th of Aug. inst, County
Mass Meeting WILDE held at Montpelier on the
.26ti Of August, to ratify the proceedings Of the
PisbHsgh Convention and take such further &C
lion in relation to county nominations as may be
deemed advisable.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

be requested to publish the proceedings Of this
Convention.
Onmotlon Of MI. Sanborn, voted that ths
County Committee are empowered TO fill at their
discretion the blank for States Atorneyln the
present Ticket for County Officers.
Adjourned, sine die.
JAMES F. GEORGE, President.
VIM, HUTCHINSON, Sserpto1ss.
j. e. FARGo,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

s,s.,1AEE DEssH. ma --.Isha P. Hale has pub
lished long and able letter in the Concord In
dependent Democrat deciiningio be considered
@canddate for the Presidency at the lttsburgh
Convention, and setting forth at length his roa-
sons therefor. among the principal of which are
his entire convictoas tlist. it will be better for
the cause aud that he can DO more for its .ad-
yancement,if another man is nominated y The
nomination now, we think, will fall on Salm on
P. Chase Of Ohio, the author of the Buffalo Plat
form, and from the first the ablest champion of
Freedom in the great West
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12
u 49,, GsmEUpduooou j, .u..4

&c P!tup 'spuq food 90, -,
.sss.es..~-4ss IA
A sst Conedeah The strain he blew nresent
view on tne ehaius and death.n P.''o"'
Presidential CsmpGs asusassu.a.v sale caVlng IN
of thesold parties to t6S. Power, and vlrtu-
aIly1uniting to sustainie il seem to see nothing
buRclouds and darkness IN the path before them,
we can see no sush use for diseghrage cement.
But, on the contrary, nhch-Ha nsre than ever
before-to encourage and stlmdhtesus to exer-
ton. Among the grounds Of encouragement
which the crisis presents, there are two which
need not escape the attention of ths.d4llsst, and
on which, it appears to US, we are wasg4ited in
relying for advantages VIC never yet Possessed.
The first and most Importantly these Consists
in the advent of the time SO long prayedgoRby
the opposers of Slavery, when the unniixedt
question of Liberty OF Slavery should be made
en- open issue before the county, And that
this time has arrived, we do not see how any
body can longer doubt, who reads, and compares
the two Baltimore Platforms, in which both OF
the old parties, throwing asidy all their former
shams and DISCUSSES, have come out bolaly,
openly and squareIy to the work of the Slavery
interest, and thereby put it out of their power to
deceive any longer the thousands they have only
kept in their parties by false pretensions to free
principles. This will naturally ALLEVIATE large
portion Of their old followers, and attach them
to the party Of freedom. ~.
The other ground of encouragement is TO be +,
found in the fact Of the entire REIMBURSEMENT Of
all the old dividing issues, and the consequent
weakness of the bonds which hold these parties
together, leaving it far more easy matter t6arf
ever before for the honest masses to break thro'
party shackles, and join, as we believe major
ity will soon do, the party which they will see
are carrying out in practice the principles which
nevtr had any existence in the other parties ex.
cept in profession, and which now even in name
have been wholly abandoned.
In view Of these facts, then, together with the
hundreds of others, which are daily reaching us,
and which furnish the most indubtable evidence
of deep, still and mighty movement among the
people to shake off the incubus OF Slavery from
the Nations breast, we repeat that the Free and
Independent Democracy of the land never had
more cause to thank God and take courage. -
For years the. friends of Freedom have been
looking for the time when pure Jeffersonian
Republican party, wholly disenthralled from the
influences of the Slave Power, should be built
up. Never before have the times been so favor
able for eff9eting it and never before, we be-.
lieve, was so bright the prospect, of its speedy
accomplishment. "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12
Ratification Meeting on CameFs
Hmm

We are requested to give public notice that
q great Ratification Meeting of the Pittsburgh
nominations will be holden on the summit Of
Camel's Hump, Natures Monument to Ethan
Allen, Oh the 24th Of August instant, at which
time a Temperance Lecture may be expected
aud Lecture on Human Freedom by John
Gregory Of Mortified.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

The THIRD DIsrRfcT.-We hear cheering
accc,s7's-ee almost every part of this District
of Az examplsing, spirit and determination
on Il PACK the friends OF Mr.. Rowell, which
-aafgnes most auspiciously for result which will
ensure US sill one friend of Jefersonian princl-
pies in Congress from Vermont.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

THE DOCS OF WAR ON Tue RUN,'-The Uni
ted States steamship Mississippi, Com. Perry
lett New York on Saturday last for the disputed
Fishing Grounds, and Others are soon to follow
WARM WEATHER IN EUROPE. Accounts
from England and France BY the steamer Europa
states that the heat thekeyduring the second and
third weeks of July was very severe, and hume
GUS deaths had occurred in consequence. II
Paris number of omnibus horses dropped dead
in the streets,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

GO We have received two important COM
munlcations IRON Caledonia County On tho sub
ject oil the course Of the North Star in relation
to the late Free Democratic Convention At 1ans
vile, both Of which, BY mistake failed to reach,
us till our paper was nearly made up and all our
space engaged. One or both shall appear next
week.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12
Washington County Convention.

Washington County Convention.
Pursuant to the numerously signed call pub.
: ished in the Freeman, the Independent Demo
Gratis met at tho Court House in Montpelisr, on
the 9th of July, and organized by appointing
HON. JACOB SCOTT, President
D. P. Thomson, S.U,s,,r;s,
JOHN GRraoRr, SECRETARIES
JIM. Mills, ]. Gregory, D. P. Thompson and
O. Skinner were appointed committee qh reso-
lutions, who reported the following, whidh were
unanimously adopted, viz:
Reseiued, That we endorse and re. atfirm all
the doctrines laid down IN the platforIh OF the
union State. Convention Of the 3lst bf MAY,
| lS49 andsdeclare our determination stu to ad-
here to them U principle and action, whether
others shgll, e4 e ~ br go with us.
/, .Lesoptd, 1Rat I'VE repudate and condemn
boa We pIatfollFs'o OF the two late National Con.
febtISns at RaRlnore, and, as Democrats hold
iAkR the binding force of instructions, cannot
not support the nominees who accept
III ggfee to stand on them Ia
" s6lUed, That we heartily gpprove Of the
FORM and ticket OF the State Convention held
AFMontpelier on tbs 9TH Of1fily, 1852, and WIN
Use all honorableAsesss vs. EdE,Sbe spread otzthe
4Abaiaasles9 The one and the 9iGctIoHEafs lie
Eotheas ~
On motion of I.L.~Scrbner, Messrs. I. L.
Scribner, J. Mower,J. Winch, Jr., A. Carter,
and T. Strong were appointed TO nominate
County Committee, and they reported the fol-
lowing, who were appointed, viz. Henry Y.
Barnes, John Gregory, J, NJ, Cole, T. Prentice,
and Nath. Sherman.
On motion of A. P. Slayton, the delegates
from the several towns next presented the follow
ing list of Town Committees, who were several
ly appointed, viz:
Bare-O Wood, A. Nichols, J. Dodge, II.
Tllden, w. TiIden.
BerIin-G. D. Poor, P. S. Sprs que, w. w.
Tillotson, A. L. Baldwin, w. Foster.
Cdldis-S. Wheelock. A. D. Pierce, N. Nc
Knight, P Perry, R. P. Moses.
Durbmy-A. G. Moves, N. A. Athertou, H.
4 Morse.
Fdyston-James McAuIey, Moses J.. Boyce
Walter D. Porter, !. NJ. Elliot
4 MiddIeser-J. s. Ladd, A. Bodgett, il. Dens-
Kmore, B. Scribner, J. Chase.
\ fJnQntpetier-D. w. Keith. d. L.. Fuller, e
Bickford. e. Devils. se,.
East Montpeksr Mucomber, w. Grby, D.
II. Gray. ts"fS 80
MqfsAasId.-A, Hall, R, Mears, w. p rks, Jr.
s. Dah; S. c.. Bent
MoretO'0n-G. R. Thornton, E. E. Ghilds, L.
Ashley.
PiainfeM "A. Perkins, s. Lawrence, T. P.
aBartletts-A. Worthing. ~
Gp+buy-- 5. Pierce, E. Winch, J. Wardner
,sWoteIbury-C. C. Arms, R. Wooster, n. Car.
ter.
Waitsfeld-P. Bushnell, G, A. Brigham, w.
J.-Skinher
Warren D. Parker, P. Souther, E. B. Sher
man. t4
WoOdburg-L. B. Drew, B. Wheelt4, J.
Young 8. Jennings, R. Heath, D. F. Hkskell
t. Harvey, Jr.
On motion, the Convention went into Com.
'nittee of the Whole to take into consideration
The subject of nominating County ticket, or
making such alteration in that of iAe County
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

ANIMATION to maintain right and resist
wrong slrat, at length, the slave power
with ali the oppression and injustice 1t up.
holds and with all its ostracisni. social and
political, of earnest friends TO liberty. will
beyoyetthrownf and that our National Gov
eminent will become what Our iorefatheFs
designed il to be, free Government IN
fact as well as in name, with all It's lnhu-
euces actively and perpetually on the side OF
freedom at home and throughout the world
This expectation will not, | hope. be dis
appointed; but, il fulfilled, it will not be
through, but in spite Of such action as !ha'
of the Baltimore Compromise Convention
The support of its nominees, am hrmly
convinced, will not hasten but retard It's
fulfment
have thus stated frankly, hut with entire
respect for those who differ from me, the
reasons which convince me that the Free
Soil Democracy cannot, without marked
inconsistency. support the nominees OF the
Compromise democracy. | address them
TO you because it SO happened that we were
co-labores in the preparation ofihe platform
promulgated by the Buffalo Convention
and afterwards closely connected IN our
relations to the Convention and its nomI-
nees because, also, we both profess the
same Democratic faith, aud desire the sue
cess of the same democratic measures.
know not what your Judgment will be after
the perusal of this letter. For myself, l
confess il is with the deepest regret that l
find myself compelled to separate In action,
~ this-oE amy tine..lton any portion OF the
Democratic party of the country, and es-
recaIy from those New York Democrats
with whom il has been my pride aud pleas
ure, hitherto to act. Had liberal and
tolerant spirit prevailed in the Baltimore
Convention; had no new tests lncompatI
Bile with Democratic principles, been i'm
posed had the nominees represented that
spirit, and the ideas of reform, progress,
liberty and economy, embodied in the orig
inal platform, no division need have oc-
Cured. The Convention is responsible
for the division.
The Contention which organized a
Compromise Democracy upon nc'O tests. Gre
atcd the necessity for a Radical aad Iade'
pendent Democracy. am ready to submit
to the Judgment of candid Compromise
Democrats themselves, whether any honor.
able course remains for those who think as
do and mean to act as they think, other
than independent actionl Let even those
Free Soil Democrats, who propose to vote
the Compromise Ticket, say whether we,
who refuse to vote, dosangthing more than
\ carry outAheir own declarations and adhere
to their own principlesi =
n May it not be hoped that there yet re,
44an many thousand Of Democrats in New
4 York who will prefer to act'wilh The lNDE
PENDENT Democracy. openly and avowedly
on The side Of liberty and progress. A atheI
~k4hun with il. COMPROMISE DRMoCRAcY, in
!. talTent alike of the claims aAdth friends
!, ofsdtaRdom.., - "
Ia IJepain with the highest respect and re
gag.y 9eats, truly, IS. P. CHASE.
! So Mn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

TIE PirTsBURG CONVENTION assembled yes
terday. From this State we understand re-
spectacle number Of delegates attended. The
proceedings of this important Convention we
hope to publish in our next. Il
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12


progressing rapidly, In Mariposa, extreme
and summary measures had been taken to
drive fureigncFsdr om The mines The tide
OF emigration contmne undated Nearly
1900 Chinese arrived atSan Francisco with.
IN thaJen days previous TO our advices. aud
over tObO in the two days Immediately pre-
cedng. The news from the interior is
scapiy. A lump Of pure gold weighing SIS
pounds had been dug up in Yuba river
Geo w Ford from Missouri, was murder
ed near 0ha city on the 9Th OF June, by
CaiiRdian.
The Democratic county ticket ia Siena
county has been successful. The difficulty
Isat MariPosa between the French and Amer
ficans still continue. A number of French
men, who had been driven away, had ar
rived az San Francisco, and had laid their
grievances before the French Consul.
Honolulu dates Of the 3Ist Of May, give
the particulars Of very destructive fire,
by which Capl, B, F. Snow, an extensive
commission merchant, lost property, princi.
pally belonging 10 his coDaignees. 10 The
amount Of $4,000 Mr. Davis. and Nc
lntre & Co were also large losers. DIR.
Lusliti lost an entire cargo Of China goods,
which had been sold at auction but not de-
lIvered to purchasers.
The city oIDSonora was being built with
great rapldily. The steamer Columbia,
with 100000 in specie and the mails, was
70 leave San Francisco on the Sd of July,
tor Panama. Our papers, which are to
the Sd Of July, contain little else than that
given abnse, except. details Of murder, rob.
berries, and other crimes.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-08

flames were then at the centre table, sweep
ing round to the northwest shelving. When
the door was burst open few buckets Of
water would have suppressed the fire, but
very shortly after, and by thetime the alarm
had been given, the entire library was il
flames; it contained $4,000 volumes; Of these
about 10000 in an adjoining room were
saved All the busts, paintings and elegant
pictures were destroyed.
The loss is estimated at 100000. The
roof of the building is all burned out, and
the exterior of the building west all blacken-
ed by the smoke and flames. The President
and the members Of the cabinet were on the
ground. The engines were playing on the
rotunda, and every passage in the building
was flooded with water, as most Of it haC
TO be conveyed in buckets. There were
many thousand persons present. The dome
of the Capitol was in danger, but it and The
two chambers Of Congress were uninjured
The flames were got under about II o'clock
but volumes of smoke are stili looming up
and it is not known whether the fire caught
from the fues or gas lights, or whether il
was the work of an incendiary.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-08
From the Republican


DIR. LOWRY, THE ANTI-BENroSITE.-
This gentleman, who, for more than twenty
years, has been regarded as the chef pillar
of Democracy in Howard County, at the late
meeting in that county, offered resolution
which did not meet the favor Of the people
there assembled He has since published a
resolution, and added to it word or two Of
comment. We copy it:
Resolved by the Democracy of Howard,
That we are proud to be supported in the
doctrine Of the rights OF the States by such
Statcs-right wings as Senators Berrien and
Toombs, of Georgia. The former contends
boldly that Congress has no delegated power
over slave property in the States; and the
latter says that 1.-The wligs Of the south will
never meet the Stewards, the Winthrops, the
Vintons, the Johnstons and the Baldwins
in the North in another National Conyen-
ton"
DR.. Lowry thinks it very strange that
this resolution was not adopted, particularly
as the persons there assembled had just
adopted resolutions containing the same
principles; and hints that its rejection was
because it advocated and applauded tht
course Of States Rights wings, Messrs
BEnR1rY and TooMps, of Georgia. Her,
let it be kept in mind,' says he, ''that th'
vote on my resolution is no test that tht
States Rights Democrats and States Right
Wings of Howard will not act in perfcc
harmony whenever the question comes up
whether a STAKEHOLDER in Missouri has no
equal rights with non-slayeho!der in tn
North, and whether Congress, by the Con
stitution, has any power to pass law t
prevent man from taking his property t
the Territories recently acquired, and alloy
Northern man TO take all of his pgopert
to such Territory"
Il wish we had Berrien and Toomb
in every county in our State-then indeed
would The Constitution and the equal right
of the confederated Stages receive more abl
advocates, and the Union be less in dangel
and more harmony exist between the NV
great political parties"
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-08

The House then went into committee of
the whole on the state of the Union and took
up the resolution referring various branches
of Presidents message.
Mr.. Seymour, Of New York, moved an
amendment to the eighth resolution, to refer
the subject of rivers and harbors TO the Com
mittee on Commerce, instead of the Com
mttee on Roads and Canals; he said, in no
instance had the subject ofrivers and harbors
been divided heretofore as was now proposed;
they were so intimately connected, that they
should go together. These resolutions were
finally laid aside for the purpose of consider
ing the bill explanatory of the Bounty Land
Law of September, 1851, making warrants
assignable any time prior to the location
Several amendments were offered and de-
bated, hut no question taken, when the Com
mittee arose ard the House adjourned.
The French Minister has telegraphic
dispatch stating that the house of Mr.. Du.
pin, President ofthc Assembly, was invested
by troops and Gen. Changarnier imprison-
pd
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-08
Healthful Joke.

DR.. Moore, author of "Zeluco" used to
say that at least two-thirds Of a physician's 5
fees were for imaginary complaints. Among
several instances of this nature he mentions
one ola clothier, who after drinking the Bath
waters, took it into his head to try Bristol hot
wells. Previous, however, to his setting off,
he requested his physician to favor him
with letter, stating his case to any brother
Galen. This done, the patient got into q
chaise and started! After proceeding hall
way he felt an itching to pry into the con-
tens of the letter, when the following words
presented themselves: Dear Sir, the bear.
er is fat Wiltshire clothier--make the
most of him." II is almost unnecessary tc
add, that his cure was from the moment ef.
fected, as he ordered the chaise 10 turn, ant
immediately proceeded home.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-08
NO: As,

I57The following address by Kossutht to
the people Of the United States is published:
Having come to the United States to avail
myself, for the cause of my country, of the
sympathy which had reason TO bieve rested
in the hearts Of the nation, found it my
duty TO declare in the first moments of my
arrival that it is my mission to plead the
independence Of Hungary and the liberty OF
the European continent before the great re-
public of the United States. My principal
interest repeat is, that every nation has the
sovereign right to dispose Of its own do
mestic affairs, without any interference
that therefore shall not NEEDLE with any
domestic concerns of the United States, and
that | expect from all the friends Of my
cause not to do anything in respect to my
self that could throw difficulties in my way
and while expressing sympathy for the cause
would prejudice it. 1t is with regret that
must feel the necessity Of again making that
appeal to the public opinion Of this country,
and particularly TO those who profess them
selves to be friends of my cause, 10 give me
proof of their sympathy by avoiding every
step which might entangle me into difficult
ties in respec. to that rule which I have
adopted, and which Iogom declare to be my
leading principlc-viz: not TO mix nor to be
mixed up with any domestic concerns or
party questiens.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-08

NEW DIRK, Dec. Il.
Kossuth, yesterday evening, attended
Nibloe's, where benefit was given for the
Hungarian cause. ....... ...
The whig general committee of this city,
waited upon Kossuth last evening and pre-
sentcd him an address and $500. Kossuth
made brief speech in reply; he and his
suit will leave New York on Monday morn
ing, in special train for Philadelphia; the
train will leave shortly after o'clock train.
Tripler Hall was crowded yesterday af-
ternoon to listen to Kossuth's farewell ad-
dress.
The steamers Union and Winfield Scott
have been withdrawn from the New Or
leans route, and will form part of the new
line between New York and San Francisco
The Scott is now being fitted out for the
Pacific side.