Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-19

principles and policy which AVE hitherto DIS
tinguishedn them, they pass tese ell over, ana
recognise as Of SURPRISING appearance the
Issues raised by the repeal Of tie Missouri Com
promise.
That is right, They do not, a. IN former
times, launch out into gem ii Recommendations
of Slavery rs sin and disglace, without COM
Knitting themselves to any Practical action !;
but this time. in earnest, a, meaning to do
something, general DECLARE ms Of Anti Sia-
very sentiments are eschews I, and they come
directly to the point speciiJ NC a0hat they an
tend 10 do. They pledge the,selves--
To the repeal of the Fugi 70 Slave Act
To resist the admission 3. Utah and New
Mexico as States without c Constitutions exclu-
ding Slavery:
To the restriction Of Slavery to the slave
States in which it exists:
To tho exclusion of Slavey at the earliest
practicable moment by III constitutional
means, from all Federal Territory, Nebraska,
Kansas, and District Of Columbia, inclusive:
To oppose tho admission t. the Union of any
new State tolerating Slavery, whether it be
formed from Territory belonging to Texas, or
elsewhere:
To resist the acquisition of any new Terri
tory wherein Slavery exists. unless its prohibi-
ton forever shall first have been provided for !:
To encourage the immigration into the Ter
rtories, Of freemen pledged irrevocably to the
cause Of Freedom.
They then aver their adetermined and in
exorablc purpose not q support for the.
Office Of President or Vice President, Of Sena-
tor or Representative in Congress, or of mem
Der Of the State Legislature, any man Of what
ever party not known u be in favor Of the
purposes thus boldly avoved.
They 60 on to invite the cooperation Of
the friends of freedom ia Vermont and also Of
the People Of all other States, hostile to the
encroachments Of Slavery, recommending the
salection of two or more delegates from each
Congressional district in Vermont, to represent
that State in National Convention on the
subject of Slavery, should such Convention
be called.
Finally, they proceed to nominate their ticket
for State officers, showing their good viii to
independent Democrats by rendering to Mr..
SKATER the nomination for the Lieutenant
Governorship.
Now, we may regret that Convention, ami
mated by so thoroughly Anti-SIavery spirit,
did not adopt the policy Of uniting in call for
q general State Convention Of all opponents of
Slavery, leaving to that the nomination of
State officers But for the sake of Freedom, do
not let us higgle about trifles That Conven-
ton, Wing so called has adopted principles,
avowed purposes, made pledges, which must
forever separate the Wings Of Vermont from
any Pro-Slavery organization.
In the name of the whole Party in Vermont
it has openly, broadly, boldly taken the entire
Anti-Slavery ground commended for by the In
dependent Democratic Party. In view of this
fact, we see not how that organization in YER
mont can withhold its prompt cordial, and
powerful cooperation, with q Party with which
it concurs in sympathy, in purpose, and in prin-
ciple. II, on the ground of a difference of opin-
ion in general politics, or for other reasons it
does not choose to disband, and merge itself in
this Party of Freedom, let it at least cooperate,
by formally adopting the candidates nominated
upon what is really its own platform
The complete organization of the friends Of
Freedom in the free States may yet be effected,
although in no two States in precisely the same
way. In Maine for example, the schism in the
cid Democratic Party and the organization of
Temperance and an Anti-Slavery Democracy
under Morrill,, as candidate for the Office of
Governor, may lead to general combination
Of all the Anti-Slawry elements of opposition
in that State. A State Convention Of the Free
Democracy is announced at Lewistown, for the
5th of July next, and, Judging from the tone
of the Portland Inquirer, it will concentrate
upon Mr. Morrill,. That journal, commenting
upon the proceedings Of the Convention that
nominated him, says:
"A Free Soil Convention would in some in
stances have chosen other phraseology, and
been more comprehensive, or perhaps, moro
specific; but it is not the time to higgle about
words and phrases. We would detract nothing
from the ful, force of the patriotic and just po-
siton which they occupy. Rather, we bespeak
Tor them n rOunu lfOm IHc 0eaTt5 Oh
tho people Of the State party or no party.
@Thst party is most fortunate in its candi
date. Sagacious and bold, generous and in
flexible, capable and honest they could not
have selected his equal for the emergency in
the State He will be the next Governor Of
Maine"
In Ohio, as we have seen, Wings and indie
pendent Democrats, and the liberal section Of
the Old Line Democracy, are proposing to give
up their distinctive organizations. and form a
new combination for freedom-only another
way Of reaching the same object about to be
attained in Maine. "Wo hail this movement
says the New York Tribune, "with unfeigned
qualification, as propitious of wide and lasting
advantage to the cause Of freedom. II is an
omen which promises the most bene6cent re-
suits. Let all sides and all classes, Wings,
Democrats, and Frcc-Soilers, generally, lay