Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-03-03

The feelings OF the ardent, and wholly dis
hearteneo the wavering; and therefore we
fought on, b.indly, deluding others. and half
ourselves"
The tone of the Scott journals, since e.
lection, show that their Trojan coatemMa-
ry was not alone in its predlcament Will
they be apt to attempt another fight in such
a mood as thats And when any party, pro.
Tossing the damnable doctrines of the Bal
,more Synod, is shoan Of its strength by
the utter hopcessness of victory, it fallstoo
low to be contemplate.
In whichever direction we look, we see
bright omens, cheering and encouraging the
Free Democracy on to renewed struggles.
" The iron grasp tells of losing hand
The weaker the despot, the greater tyranny.
The Fugitive Slave bill is one of those con-
vulsiye movements that precede death--one
Of those anxious graspings for the means of
life that betray the presence OF dissolut on"
The South saw that the rapid spread ct the
anti.slayery sentiment must be checked or
i, might prove unmanagaeble in the traces of
patty. Like madnen, they have attempted
to crush and subdue it BY perseeulioh.--
They have made our hi ghtiest inelleets
the supple tools OF their schemes aud slaves
10 their own ambition. They have forced
our lawmakers to enact statute so afro
clous in ts character that whenever It Is
attempted to be enforced, disturbance, riot
and even hloodshed ensue-lh"se who re-
s:st the law being at other times the most or
derby. peaceable, well'disposed, moral and
religious potion of the community. Aud
what has the South secured by 1t! Possess
sion of the bodies Of some forty wretched
negroes and one white, nalive-born citizen
of Free State, every one of whom cost
his recIamer more than the highest price
that could be obtained for him in any South
ern cattle market-sume of them costing
double, treble, quadruple such an amount
The object Of the Law was our humiliation,
no, their profit. Aud now they ask the
virtual introduction of Slavery into the State
of New York aud the establishment of the
practical Slave trade between New York
city and Galveston And. strange I" say,
public Journals are not wanting III that S"-
dom, to advocate such measures.
"Whom the gods would destroy they first
make mad" is proserb which seems pc
culiarly applicable to the case of'hese South
ern. hot-blouds. They have commenced an
irritating, aggressive war upon the humanl'
ty, the Justice, the sympathy and the rell'
zion of the Northern community, contest
in which they cannot but be d'sas'rousIy
vanuushed They have wan'only ruined
the whig party. whereby they have S" long
held the balance of power. Hal they hut
allowed Scott to run without platform he
would have come pretty nearly, If not quite
up to his competitor, and then the Wing
party would have been in excellent trim, III
'56. to beat or to be bea en-. as the interests
of Slavery might seem to dictate. Bat God
is wiser than man, and he overrules the de
signs of the wicked for good. The lines
are drawn. On the ane side is Slavery, on
the other, Freedom.
Where now are the gi9nts who did battle
for the Slave power? Calhoun, Clay, Web
StGT, ~ WutSC p'"N'o 10 o"'"S
the present condition of the public Sc III
ment on this subject, are no more. On
whose shoulders shall rest their mantles
Who is there now that could again bring
forth the tremendous pro.SIavery influence
tina, weighs ,ornn heavily Whs
IS there new sustain and keep IL alive
against the powerful reaction which mas
: follow! What single man is there of al
the Southern hast who is able to fill the
place of either of that distinguished tri,
who have but Just passed away? There i.
= no one. Slavery has exhausted the cner
gies of the South. She cannot produce an
, other Clay or another Calhoun Aud whom
shall she he able to seduce from his allegi
ence to Freedom, at the North. Where
can she find man, with even an apprnvl
nation towards the intellectual powers o
Webster, who will sell them for the begyar
ly plttance which he received His fate sllaI
be a deep warning to all future s,aiesme,
and orators
How is II on the other side 7 There il
no lack OF intellect there, while cnntlnua
accesslons swell its ranks. 1t boasts of tht
S'ooI0o' ana 'p"iost "'hue VI INC CoutltFy
1t has it, Sumner, Hale, Smith, Chase
Phillips. Benton, Garrison, and Others, anc
last, but not the least, by no means, Stowe
With such a g lorious and powerful array
what shall cause US to despond Never
was cause more worthy Of strenuous ell
deav, RS, aud If the friends of Freedom dc
bat organize and labor as they should, the
time is at hand.when they may roll back
the destructive food which has swept in
upon as with such force. AGITAToR.