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

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ocrallc Convention holden at Danvlle, on the
2ath ultno. was astoni5hed that you should
wholly disregard, as you did, the truth, and deal
wholly In its opposite -astonshed that man
who processes such "ardent free soil attach
ment5 as you do, should openly repudiate, in
so contemplate manner, the principles Of free
dom, and sneeringiy speak of the advocutes Of
those principles as Abolitoniss "--astonished
thatyou should denounce lis of " the most bitter,
ultra character resolutions which for the three
last years you have not only endorsed but warm
ly advocated-astonished that you should now
make the test of O mans democracy that abomi
nation of denominations, the Fugitive Slave Law,
when but two years since, with pious horror
you were eXclaimlng, " what law for free
country " You state there were some sixty
persons present" ut the Convention and that
" the greatest proportion of these were from
Cabot and Iardwick" This statement OF yours
is to be regarded as mistatement No. L. for there
were at least one hundred persons present, six
of whom were from Hardwick and sixteen, in
GLIDING two old line Democrats, from Cabot,
and the rest were from other towns in the
county.
Again, you state, 1T is fact that they"
Those who controlled the Convcntion) " would
not allow Democrat ~ "or those who wished
10 make proper explanations relative to har
monious county action, to do so" This state
mont of yours " Is as false as it is ungenerous. :"
G. A. Burbank, Esq, Chairman of the Old Line
Democratic County Committee, came into the
Convention, asked leave to speak, and did so as
long as he choose, without being interrupted
either bv the Chairman of the Convention or any
of its members. This, sir, is strictly true, your
assertion to the contrary notwithstanding.
would ask you, sir, to blush and gag the. mouth
Of SANDER" were it not that the course you are
now pursuing seems necessary to evidence to
the world your scrve Submission to Southern
commands.
You assert that there was not the least ne
cessy for a new county ticket" Had it been
deemed best for the Free Democracy Of Gaze
donia County to give up their organization, aban.
don their principles and suffer themselves to be
handculftd and chained to the car OF Slavery
by that iactional convention holden at St. Johns
bury on the 1911 day Of June last, then, sir,
will admit that there would not have been any
necessity. for a new county ticket. But 50 Ions
as the Free Democracy are an organized body
and are doing valiant fight in the cause OF hu
man freedom, it is necessary that they shoul'
have a ticket composed of men who are no
pledged to b" resist " or Z" discountenanco al
agitation of the slavery question. Was such &
ticket nominated at the st. Johnsbury Convcn
ton? No, sir. The nominees Of that Conyen
ton were pledged by resolutions not only tc
carry out the principles of the BlItimore Con
vention but to endorse "tha doctrine and faith
of their brethren throughout the Union" Pretty
{" free soers these g Most firm and notable
friends of liberty!
You say that the ticket nominated at ST
Johnsbury was generally acceptable to the De-
mocracy and to all the opponents of the WhiS
party in the county," Was this so? The de-
monstration at the Danyille Convention on the
9th ultmo emphaticaly answers no
You seem slow to believe that certain "men
who owe to democratic support all the public
honors they have ever enjoyed should be so un'
grateful and ungenerous as not to prove recreani
to their principles and follow you in your zigzag
political course These men, true to principle
are to-day standing upon the same platform o
principles that they were when you, as a Free
; Democrat, gave them your support" Sir
, these men owe not their "public honors tC
Hunker Democracy, but to Free Democracy
They have not changed, neither have clrcum
r stances materially changed; but you, in obedi
cnce to your Southern Dictaors, have right
t about faced.
You now speak of Free Democrats as "sef
STYLED lovers of Freedom and of being " mar
row and sectional in their views" In 1910 yol
considered the Free Democracy as the true De
mocracy, and you then spoke of the Old Lin
Party as a faction, rendering aid and comfort
Il to the Wings. In the Star of Aug 25th, l649
= you urge your friends to support the men an
measures of the Free Democracy, and you fur
. ther g urge fu Il attendance at the ballot bo
and a cordial, united support of the ticket nomi
e mated 1T Montpelier by the Union Convention.
|, Again, in the same paper, you inquire, " Is no
S the main principles for which we are contendDI
n the non-exension of slavery, and its abolition
d every where by all constitutional means-is
- not lust and noble sentiment Is it not purel
d democratic ?" In the same paper you also sa,
: that all who sustain the ticket and principles
l. the Free Democracy, are conscious that they ar
II thereby dscharging solemn duty, and not up
d holding slavery in any form"
: Have circumstances changed? or have yo
# changed How is it that principles which i
= l849 you pronounced glorious principles" ar
4 now so obnoxious to you? How happens it lha
o YOU now assert the covert, real design Of tn
8 Free Democratic, or as you are pleased to ca
!. it " the third party movement, SO far as some Q
its leaders are concerned is not to elect the
r own ticket, but to secure the election of Viii
, County Ohicers?" In l849 you charged til
). same upon the Old Line Party, of which yo
) are now the mouth piece in this County.
1t must be a great change has been going @
in your mnd-you have evidently changed fro
e, anti slavery to pro.slavery-from the professe
lo friend Of free speech to the open advocate
a gagging free speech. In the changes you ha,
y under gone, you appear to have forgotten the
that are in bonds as bound with them "-forg