Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-07-20

was called to order by Hon. George W. Bailey,
when the following officers were appointed
LAWRENCE BRAIEERD, President.
Daniel Roberts, p. W. Deane, b. Davenport,
Daniel Woodward, Nicholas Guindon, j, w.
Smith, Chas. Adams, Il. p Walton, p. Taylor,
Horace Powers, A. Il. Judevine, Vice PRESIDENTS.
G. C. Sampson, l.. G. Robinson, P WEIGH,
Secretaries. a.s-
DR.. Orange Smith offered a resolution to 60
into county conventions to appoint committee
of thirty to nominate a State ticket.
Mr.. Bigelow desired to have platform first,
and on mis- motion the resolution was laid on
the table.
MIR. Adams from the Committee on Resou-
tions reported the following:
The Frcemen Of Vermont assembled IN Con-
vention, in pursuance of a spontaneous call EN-
anating from varioas parts of the State, and
embracing men of all political parties, to con-
slider upon the measures which duty de-
mands of US as citizens of q free State, in the
present crisis in reference to the late acts OF
Congress, on the subject Of Slavery and its an
ticipated further extension, viz:
For the protection OF free States from South
ern aggression and Northern trcachery; for the
recovery of the rights of the free States us an
integral part of the Union and for the rescue
of the General Government from the control OF
the slave power
Resolucd, That the institution of Slavery is u
great moral, social, and political evil; that it
was SO regarded by the Fathers of the Republic,
tie founders and best friends of the Union, by
the heroes and sAges Of the Revelation, who con-
templated and intended its gradual and peaceful
extinction as an element hostile to the liberties
for which they toiled that the institution is not
to be strengthened nor encouraged, against which
Washington the camcst and wisast Of our ma
ton, bore unequvocal testimony; as to which
Jefferson, filled with the love Of liberty, exclaim
ed" Can the liberties of nation be thought
slcure when We have removed their only firm
basis, Il conviction in the minds Of the people
that their liberties are the gift of God that
t icy are not to be violated but with his wrath!
Indeed | tremble Tor my country when reflect
that God is just that His justice cannot rest
forever that considering numbers, nature and
national means only, IA revelation Of the wheel
of fortune, an exchange Of situation is among
possible events that it may become probable
by supernatural interference The Almighty
has no attributes which can take sides with us
eminent patriot in Virginia, at the close of the
| heNOluIlUu, dlSO cACltlhCu- VIC tuIi u
our eyes inwardly when we suppicated the Fa-
when we invoked the Author Of Righteousness
to attest the purity Of our motives and the JUS
tice of our cause. and implored the God OF bat
ties to aid our cxertions in oar defense, should
we not have stood more salF-conyictcl than the
contrite pubican!'
Resolved, That the history of the Constitu-
ton and particularly the enactment of the ordl-
nance Of July 8, 1887, prohibiting Slavery north
of the Ohio, abnndantly showsft to have been
the purpose Of our fathers not to promote, but
prevent, the spread Of Slavery and that the
Constitution of the United States gives to Con
gress full power for the municipal government
Of the territories thereof, pow4r which from
its nature cannot be either alienated or abdica-
ted without yielding up to the Territory an az
solute political Independence, which involves az
absurdity.
Resolocd, That the repeal Of the Missouri
) Compromise, contained in the recent act of Con
gress, for the creation of the Territories of Nc
braska and Kansas, thus admitting Slavery int
region. till then sealed against it by law, equa
in extent to the thirteen old States, is destructive
Of mutual confidence between the States of thi
Union-exposing the Union itself to imminent
dangers inconsistent with TIL Fundamental
9 principles ct natural Justice, and destructive o
, all confidence in the integrity, good faith an,
t honor Of the National ana Stat, Govcrnm ,nt,
f;.voring such repeal
RESOLVED, That in voting for this bill, ever
j member of Congress from the free States ha
Q betrayed the rights of the North proved recrean
c to humanity and freedom, violated the will AM
e outraged the feelings of his constituents, an,
: richly deserves the condemnation of mankind
d that in approving and signing it the Precsion
: has eaten his own words, and violated the nrin
d ciples repeatedly avowed in his public spceche
G on the subject of Slavery, delivered in 1915. a
:, and 81 and that all who aided in its pass 10
y have violated the pledges of both political par
! ties, and the President himself promising to dis
a countenanco and frown upon every effort to re
= vive the Slavery agitation.
}, Res0lred, That the passage Of this bill, i
connection with other measures now earnestl
II talked of and strongly urged upon the Natio
n by the leading Slavery propagandists, such a
r the Selling Of Cuba and st. Domingo, and al
e nexing them to the Union, as Slave States, an
J. the re-opening OF the African Slave trade, d,
r monstrate that no trust or confidence can be r,
= posed in Slavery propagandists; that they al
% both antagonistic and aggressive, and thereior
If it becomes the friends OF freedom and human
ty to awake from their lethargy, put on the a
NOR of liberty worn by our patriotic fathers
and strike for the liberties Of our entire race.
Resoircd, That hencelorth all compromis
with Slavery are at an end, and our ralyr
!, cry shall heneeforth be the repeal of the Fug
10 tive Slave law, and Of the interstate slave trad
It the abolition of slavery in the District of G.
u lumbia, the prohibition of Slavery in all ii
e Territories of the United States, and the AZ
g mission of no more Slave States into the Union
u Resolved, |, That we pledge ourselves to tt
70 extent of our power to the repeal Of the Fug
= tive Slave bill.
= 2, 10 resist the admission of Utah and Nc
y Mexico as States, without Constitutions exclu
II ing Slavery. r.i it. "a sl, sd, ~. ..-
g 5, 10 the restriction of Slavery to the Stat
Is in which it exists.
re 4, 10 the exclusion of Slavery at the Garlic
!; practicable moment, by all constitutional mean
II from federal territory, Nebraska, Kansas al
j the District of Columbia inclusive. :,
/ 5, To oppose the admission into the Union
IS any new State tolerating slavery, whether it
10 formed from territory belonging to Texas
t. elsewhere. 8st III III. b vsfl ~
4 g., 10 resist the acquisition of any new &c
ritOry wherein Slavery exists, unless the prof.
bition of Slavery shall first have been provid'
for. p + nafa t9taR ifttAH g.
Z, To encourage immigration into the teri
tories of ireemen, pledged irrovocably to d
cause of Freedom.
8, That the Nebraska bill is only one Of
series of aggressive pro-slasery measures, en-
depending on preceding measures OF the sal
kind and lnaniiesting the natural tendency
slavery. Had the annexation OF Texas or t
Fugitive Slave Bill, been resisted, the Nebrasl
" bill would never have been proposed. The iss
ID should have been many years ago, between
!. tension and non-extension Oh Slavery. Let
. make it now.
G 8, We hereby avow our determined purpo
not to support tor the Office Of President or vi