Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-19

The Free Democratic Party Of Caledonia
County are very gravely charged by their former
organ, the editor of the North !Star, in his paper
Of the 3ls ult., with aiding the Wings by their
Contention at Danyille, the Oath ult
The argument he seems mainly to rely upon
is, that there was in attendan eanen, that took
part in that Convention, who were formerly
Wings. Il that is true logic, he should not be
permitted to act with the Old Line Party as he
now does-even acting with the very party which
in 1919 he held up before the public view with
the same utter contempt he now does the Free
Democratic Party.
Bat | claim no such logic. Such a man as
Mr.. Eaton who has been on almost every side
two years out of four strong advocate of free
dom and free territory, (l849 and l850,) and one
year, ll85l J kind Of milk and water DEM
ocrat, and this year, being the year for loaves
and fishes" a strait out Old Liner,-should be
taken as he is notU--and so should every other
politician in this age of Improvement.
The only cause for he Free Democrats call
Caledonia COUNTY who were onco Wings, prob
ably ten times as many that were once Demo-
Gratis, and many who were formerly Abolitonists
all being those who have acted with the Free
Democracy since l848-and, as strange as it
may seem to Mf Eaton, some that were OLD
Liners last ar,-who thought that such men
as MIR. Eaton had treated the marriage contract
entered into the 3 lst May, I849, as nulity, and
had taken every measure possible to sell, assign,
transfer and convey the whole party en- maSse to
the support of the Blltinore platform and to
Pierce and King and intended thereby to have
them lose their identity of principles and entirely
disorganize the Free Democratic party. How
very singular that this Convention shouId place
/ him in such spasmodic state He seems to
be astonished, amazed, gtleyed and confounded
that any one should have any fixed principles,
and any one would suppose from his description
and misrepresentation of the Convention, that
he ought, in Justice to himseifand the community,
to spend few weeks at Btatteboro. He seems
thundGrsruck that the Free Democracy, those
who have acted con5cientously in that principle
and are determined to carry it out IN practice,
should meet in Convention and nominate men to
be supported at the polls, instead OF voting for
mon who are Numerically opposed to them.
Now why is this 50? Why does the gentleman
feel thus greved? Has he not heretofore taken
the same ground himself? Has he not sup
ported men on the Buffalo Platform for the last
three years Has he not subscribed TO the no.
bic resolutions in Iavor Of ljberty-resoutOns
that pledged himself and the whole party to
eternal hostility to the Fugitive Save Law, and
to never cease agitation until it was repealed or
essentially modlfcd2 Where is lie now? Z eal-
Gus for harmonious County, State and National
action that is bound TO " resist all agitation Of
the question of slavery any further. THE secret
is out. He has no fixed principles; his love of
freedom was assumed to deceive. What po-
Iitica weather cock, and vasciating scoundrel,
politically, is here exhibited! Like drunken
man, he supposes the whole world like himself,
and now feels very much chagrlned because he
does not find them SO, In his paper Of the 9TH
inst. we see the weathercock move in another
direction. He begins to find out that possibly
he may want to use the Free Democrats once
more in about TWO weeks, and must " sotsoap"
them over a little for the occasion; and SO says
in amount, that possibly he was wrong in his
first editorial somebody told him SO. What
disgracefuI conviction!
The Free Democratic County Committee for
warded him call for another Convention to fill
the vacancy occasoncd by the declinatlon of
MIR. Mattocks. After that was received by him,
he inserts another call for the Old Liners, to be
holden the same day at the same place as set by
the Free Democratic County Committee. This
was done per order of the (OId Line) Commit
tee" At this no one was surprised; it was just
"a we anticipated Still how wonderful what
noble minded man. To have his broad Ma
tiona Convention the same day and even at tho
same place that the little narrow, sectional
minded men" from Cabot and lIardwick have
thcus! That was not ungrateful."
How nobIy he talks He closes his last edi-
torial with the idea that if the Free Democrats
" MAINTAIN lDGlT ulellnCt tlChOt tl'O iilN'Ni'~N
will be as he first had it, that "hey mean to aid
the whigs." Some men, however, have an en-
tire different view that the same party are aid
ing the Wings now that the noble editor thought
was cheek by jow" with them and aiding them
last year.
He, however, now seems very clever in his
remarks, and will doubtless remain so (unless
stirred up to action again until after the two
Conventions. And if the Free Democrats Go
not fall down and worship his IDOL the Baltl-
more platform and its followers-he will be
like the man that was soon to leave this for bet
Ter ,corld, who dispatched messenger for his
neghbor with whom he had quarreled sorely for
years On that occasion peaceful and harmo-
NOUS action " prevailed" no agitation" Of their
former dificultes-and their troubles were ami
caby settled-when as his neighbor was bid
ding him his last and final adeu, the poor vascll-
lating man said to him, " Ii should not die, our
Quauels shall remain as before"
In conclusion will only say, though deem
it unnecessary, to the Free Democrats of Gale
donia County, guard pceH Ggainstthe nAl.n,s Of
man or set Of men that haze once du ed gou By
their polititicaL chicanery.
A FREE DEMOCRAT THAT WAS THEN,
! | nj AGAIE