Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-03-11

men who had been wings, and amougother mean
tricks, they published cards with long string
of names attached, theaded, perhaps, by one who
had voted with us without principle, for once,)
and all the rest obstinate wings; saying, we, as
abolitonists, think it our duty to vote for Henry
Clay this once, to keep out Polk and Texas, and
recommend to all abolitionists to do the same,
Tor words to that effect) Previous to this, the
democrats of New York were 60 offended at the
slave power for their insolence in throwing Van
Buren, overheard and forcing Poke POLK on
their neck, 100 of that party, who would not go
with the wings, and were loath to go with Polk
for Texas, signed a call for convention to see
if they would 60 with the liberty party. But
when they saw those lying cards, they said, we
cannot go with the whigs and we may as well
stay where we are, as to go into the liberty par
ty, and then into the whig party. SO they settled
back into their old track like soe in the mire,
and the wings defeated themselves, If they had
let US alone, and fought the demo Gratis on the
Texas question, without doubt they would have
carried the election by a plurality But they
fell into the pit that they had digge' for us, and
we could not pity them. In the IL ational cleo
ton the liberty party probably lost 0,000 votes,
for want of getting, as the Irshman Il ,st his mon
ey, by the knavery and forgery of thu whig par
ty. For they published forged statement,
purporing to be from the pen of Jan les G. Bir-
ney to Mr., Garland, chairman of the sdemooratic
party, in substance as follows wiz :" If am
elected as representative, will go for demo-
cratic men and measures. One Orig gs swore
to it as true copy of Birney's letter, the name
of justice was added only the init al of one
of the first names was not right, but if he had
signed it, he would have known how. 1t was
published from wing Office, but was forged I'M
a democratic office in Michigan. 1t was sent
by whig committee to whg editors all over
the country some few weeks before the election,
with charge 10 use it at the last pape before
election, saying, 1t will make 10000 " otes diff
ference And probably it did. But after the
election, Birney proved it to be a fol gerry in
lOul vi lFO polIlSululo. uAu JOt oNuiNO III wing
papers took it back, but left their reader to be-
lieve lie, and they generally believe ityet
When did the pro-slavery democrats, ever do
worse than this? In the spring beft IRE, the
wings and liberty men in New Hampsh ire, uni
ted to elect Colby (whig) for Govenrr Tor, and
Hale free democrat) for U. S. Senator, and af-
towards, Tuck Qiberty,) and Wilson, " Thig. y
These were the beginnings OF amalgan aton OF
wing and liberty, black and white [r. Hale
and Mr.. Tuck received the complex ion and
features of the white, or liberty pare mt; Mr..
Colby and Mr. Wilson followed the cor ldition of
the black, or wing parent; but this disguised
the independent democrats who voted for Hale,
and thousands went back and thought it secured
momentar gain, fear the loss, in the long
run, will be greater than the gain. Thu ose dem
ocrats say, If the liberty men had RENT lined in
dependent year or two longer, they VIC uld have
filled up our ranks so as to make maj ,rity. II
may be they would, and may be they COULDN'T
they ought to have come year or tV 10 before
they did, and prevented our liberty men from
getting discouraged. Why didn't they
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