Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24
The Ohio Democracy read out of
the Church.

The Burlington Sentinel which has long
claimed to be the mouh-piece of the only pure
and undehled Democracy In Vermont, has at
length ascertained with disappointment and
regret" what, at FIRST it could not believe. that
the National Democracy OF Ohio, a, their recent
Stale Convention repudiated the resolutions of
the Baltimore Convention of last June; and
theIeupon. after ringing the usual changes of its
virtuperative epithets about /" abotionsm,"" alb
o'itionists, y" abolition wings" &c and raising
about the old number OF the ghosts of broken
Constitutions and discovered Unions, proceeds
to intimate, pretty clearly, if we understand the
beautiful piece Of logic and literature in cues.
ton, that such hereses must moi be tolerated ia
the Democratic Church; aud that those who
persist In them must be read out of ii!
And what has the Democracy of Ohio done,
that they should be thus lectured and nenaced
by the little fragment of their party in Vermont,
whose course of conduct has so failed to win the
confidence Of the people, and whose policy has
been 90 narrow and short SIGHTED as to hive kept
them in a minority for the last thirty years +;
while every other State in the Union has in its
turn. during the time heen, democratic? Why,
the Democrats Of that noble State have had the
principle and independence to repudate plat
form got up by set of oflice-seekers who
thought to secure the places of which they were
in quest, by tavoring one interest and one power
al the expense Of all others-by foistng on the
party a creed directly at war with every princi
pie Of Democfaey---at war with ibe teachings oil
al, the old t,u iders and ftthers of Democracy
since its existence as a party, and at war ever
with the general professions which they them
selves are compelled to keep up to this day o
their degeneracy.
Yes. the old democracy of Ohio have done
this. and all honor BE- theirs for the deed. 1t il
the only thing worthy the name of Drlnocrac,
We have seen in the party since their whnesal'
surrender to federalism and slavery at the BnIti
more Convention; and it is the only cours,
which the party elsewhere in the free States Cal
ADOPT to save themselves from utter annihiIatinl
in the next presidential election.
The fac, s the National Democratic part,
have completely apostacised from their anclen
faith, and wheeled IN srlid column. from front +,
rear, directly on to the groand Of old Federal
ism. They have done this in their aid to pass
and attempt 70 sustain, the Fugitive Slave Lew
which involves prime pies more odlnus and anti
republican than any thing ever promulgated by
Adams or Hamilton, aud requires more of the
slenrnts Of monarchy to sustain 1t Than ever
those mistaken statesmen ater pied to preach u
Practice. Aud to crown all, the party, al Bal
tlnnre. l't only confirmed tins monstrous viola.
ton of these old principles, but, in their attempt
tnpnt down free discussion. lifted their sacre.
llglous. hands to pluck out the very keystone o
the Temple of L'ber,y Democrat homes
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