Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-30

WHITE RIVER, Nov. 81, 1854.

WHITE RIVER, Nov. 81, 1854.
contains chapter of the Lamentations Of Jude
vine, upon which propose to make few re
marks. The Anti-Slavery cause in Vermont is
represented by him as in very deplorable condi--
tion--its leaders all gone astray, the party sold
by;them for Office, and he alone, like Jobs ser
want, left to tell But although Mr.. Judevine
thinks the death knell of the Republican party
has been sounded-though he believes it to be
now resting in the arms of Whiggery, he pur-
poses to train in it one year more. This is very
wrong Mr. Judevue should not thus fold his
hands while the cause of Freedom is in jeopardy.
If he is willing to submit the case to the masses
of the people, why does he not appeal to, then
Let him call upon those honest Anti-Slavery men
who have abored in the cause for fifteen years,
and plead his cause before them. Let him lift up
his voice against the corruption of their leaders.
Let him cry aloud and spare not, but show their
sins and transgressons. Let the conduct of Law
renee Brainerd, who has betrayed their confidence
by continually advising confidence in and coope
ration with the Wings, be held up in all its enor
nifty. Let Ryland Fletcher be called to an &C.
cout for accepting an office at their hands, with.
out word of admontion to them or caution to
his own party. And you, Mr. Editor, should
not pass unrebuk"d for the office you are holding
withou, warning your party to beware of the pit
that is being dug for them.
Mr.. Judevine mourns over the depravity of his
party, but does not refuse to be comforted by the
fact that he has found some good and true men
in several counties, who will i" stand up to the
rack, fodder or no fodder" If he will refer to
the State election, he will find that there are yet
more than one thousand men who have not bowed
the knee to Baal, and who are now mourning in
secret over the evil times that have fallen upon
them. Let him call those men together, and or
ganize party that shall never be guilty of such
truck and dickering with other parties. Let them
make it principle to brand as dishonest every
man or set of men who profess anti-slavery prin.
ciples, and who will not think and act precisely
as themselves. Let them impose conditions as
offensive as possible to the pride of all those who
desire to act with them. Let them be required
to put on sackcloth and sit in ashes, and humbly
confess their unworthiness, before they fellowship
them. Such party would, no noubt, soon COM
mend itself to the sympathy of the masses of the
people, and do away with the spirit of division
which anti-savery men have so long had occasion
to deplore as the great obstacle in the way of eff
fectually withstauding the Slave Power. Let
party be formed that shall make issues not upon
principle but name-not upon measures but men
which shall make jealousy and distrust of the
auti-sayery professions of others not the excep.
ton, but the rue,-and it cannot fail to command
that respect for its lofty position that will ensure
it success.
But perhaps Mr., Jadevine hesita,es because he
has doubts Perhaps, after all, the Wings are
bestowing offices upon the Free Sellers, not to
make them as wicked as themselves, bu, from
consciousness that they deserve them, and sense
of their own unworthiness. 1t may be unjust TO
compare the present cooperation of the two par
ties with that time WHEN Satan came among the
Free Soil men in the form of the Locofoco party
Should not those men, the burden of whose song
has been compromise, now that new song has
been put into their mouths, by tho Shareholders
themselves, be suffered to sing it without any
discordant notes being sounded by those men of
one 'dea whose principles they have soemnly de-
clared, IN Convention assembled, to be of supas-
sing Importance. Mr.. Judevine should be fully
persuaded in his own belief before he moves In
the matter. cnnot understand why he should
regret that o, l. Skater and Lawrence Brain
erd, who have both winked at and encourage ed
this truck and decker with Tie Wings, were MOI,
both elected to the U S Senate.
In conclusion, Mr.. Judevine has given some of
his views relative to political matters andas one
of the honest anti slavery men, to whom he re.
fsrs, who have neither prospect or desire for
any Office, would like to give mine.
To the question, what have we gained for ff-
.een years of labor there can be better au-
swer than he has given. We Ihave gained the
election of Senators and Representatives to Con-
grcss, one. and all of whom are pledged to abide
by our principles. Wehsve gained the election,
for Governor and every State officer, Of men
pledged to every principle for which we have
contended. We have gained, by an overwbelm-
ming majority of the people of Vermont, a decla.
ration OF their determination to make our prnci-
pies paramount to all others.
believe there is, at this day, a strong and re-
liable anti-slavery sentiment in Vermont not con
fined to these hitherto known as Free Democrats
but extending through oil the Wing and Repub-
lican parties, and well represented by the resolu-
tons of their respective State Conventions. |
believe it is the duty of our politicians to treat it
as SUCH and labor to consolidate it. believe
that they should study to cenciliats, rather than
offend, the party feeling and pride which NAV OF