Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-25

paper of Western New York. as containing the
whole truth of the matter respecting the hope
lessly corrupt condition Of the old parties which
honest men are everywhere seeing they cannot
support and be honest men any longer
"The voters are beginning to understand the
| humhoggery OF party names, and the sham fight
carried on BY party leaders.
No matter which wins, the Slaveocracy
walk oft with the spells, and prepare to steal
more territory to people with Slaves and by their
votes based on Slave representation, overpower
the free voters of the North
The only way TO end this game is to take up
true men, without regard to party Names and
elect them. This is the easiest hing inagina.
Bile, IT the voters hostile to the further extension
Of Slavery, act IN concert, and forget old party
names. Demagogues and Doughfaces, Silver
grays and Pierce men are opposed to abandon.
ing old party orga Iizatous--because the power
to further extend Slavery. will be broken up eff
fectually when these parties, as now organized,
are broken np They are both pledged to the
Baltimore Platforms ard the Fugitive Slave Law
in fact pledged to war on the liberties and
rights OF the people-pcdged to 'rample under
foot the Principles Of American liberty and to
sustain the sun Of all Vllanes This is
enough, rertai ly. to justify the destruction of
base and treachprous parties.
''We have sustained for many years. one of
these parties, ana honestly supposed. in so doing
the extension Of Siarery orer free territory would
be resisted by the Party. as IL professed. But
when one of lts leaders denounced The Wlnot
Proviso, and another went in for the Fugitive
Slave Law. and used the whole power Of his
high position to carry out its piratcal provision
we were staggered. Our faith began To waver.
bnt when the whole party was placed on the
Baltimore Piatiorn,we spit on it, and can never
offer another vote in behalf of such aposiacy.
Who can have any regard for Principles pro-
tossed
Let those who placed the parties on the Bal
timore Platforms, sustain them, but let The voters
go for Principle, and the Liberties of the people
will be saved. An effort is now being made to
introduce more Slave Territory into the Union
and miles, resisted by The People in their prna
ry Assemblies, it will succeed"
The second is from the no less able and inAu
entail w lIams Democrat, of Ohio:
ut is well known to every reader If the Dem
ocrnt since, and even before the recent Presden
tial election, that We hold no affinites with sla
very and the Fugitive Save Law. and th'
Compromise measures, in particular; and con
viction of right aud duty compels us to take
decided and unwavering POSITION upon the sub
iecr. We have repeatedly sail that we woult
never again vote for candidate 70 President
nominated under sich platform As was adopted
at Baltimore in June last and n more ,horongi
investigation of the subject has fully convinced
us, that TO advocate the election OF men en-
dorsing those views. is mt only inconsistent, bu
shows n want Of political frmness and indepen
dence that should not gov"rn the action Of
freeman. The doctrines of the old line De
moeracy Of Ohio as land down IN their Sat
platform, meets Onr most cordial APPRECIATION
and could we elect men under them WIN woul
carry out their true spirit and intent, "
wond never lhlnk of making the change BIT
we know full well from long experience, tina
such has not been the case, aud, Judging fror
the past, it Is reasonable to presume that sue
will not be the case ia the fnture.
"In leaving The old line Democracy We
not expect to abandon single principle embraC
ed IN the Democratic platform of o 10, as Their
Is nothing in the platform of the lndependel
Democracy that conflicts with 1t in the least"