Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-07-06

luton. the Democrats are told that party fidell-
ty does not require them to sustain the policy
of the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, which is JUS
tilted in its repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
solely on the ground that tho doctilne OF non
Intervention requires Il, The resolution IS
contradictory, shutting, cvasive and contempti-
BILE! Yet the editor Of the Patriot calls 1t
F" straight square and honest ~ su ~
But let us examine ills perfectly explicit "
and perfectly plain " resolution little Closer
1t says-but we do not propose to make dihar-
enccs of opinion among Democrats, in relation
to the policy of all the provisions of the bill
establishing territorial government for Ne
braska and Kansas, t,st OF parry faith -! it
implies that the policy of some of the provisions
of that bill will bemade a test ofparty faith. :"
Which Of these provisions are to be sustained,
and which not, by true Democrat! IL the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise one OF the
provisions which must be adhered to, or may
that provision be- repudiated This perfectly
explicit = resolution does not throw any light
on this pont--it leaves it wholly in tho dark
Yet the editor of the Patriot says it is perfect
ly plain =!
Perhaps, however, he will get out of the
difficulty, by saying that the resolution only
proposes not to make differences of opinion
among Democrats" respecting the policy OF all
the provisions of that bill, ga test of party
faith.' But will he then he SO good as to in
form his readers what that means Does il
mean that tho Democratic, Administration Con
vention Of Vermont docs not propose to make i
=. test " of Democratic orthodoxy that ther'
shall be 4" differences of opinion y among Dem
ocrats in relation to the policy of all the pro
visions of the N,,r.lska and K ms as Bill Thi
would seem to b. tho IN Mning of the resola tiol
if it Means us tho editor of the Patriot says i
does, Just ,chat il says A wise resolution
truly! An exalted !" test Of party iaith," mos
clearly
TIE editor of the Patriot so3ms to und,rstan,
precisely what those resolutions IN an, and h
declares that they ar pclcctly explicit " ant
perfectly plain" Now, as he goes 70
6 straight, square and honest avowals Of opin
ion, will he be 50 o5lising us to inform hi
readers whether, according to the resolutions 0
his State Convention, the support of the Ad
ministration Of Franklin Pierce, is " test o
Democratic orthodoxy And, if so, whcthe
that involves the support of the doctrine of non
intervention, by Congress, in relation to SLAYER,
in the territories, now or hereafter to be &C
quircd And whether the doctrine OF non-in
terycntion required the repeal Of the MissoIr
Compromise! And whether man can be
true National Democrat, in full fellowship an
communion with the party, if he opposes til
repeal Of the Missouri Compromiss, and con
dennis the President and his Administration, 70
using the influence and power OF the Govern
mcnt to secure that repeal
he then BE- kind cnoagh to Inform his reader,
and the Democratic party, how he r1coaciles IL
declaration, made in the resolution aboycquotcl
that " nol-intcrvcntion is u "DemocrLt
doctrine which ought to be pra 1ica5ly carrie
out in all the territories Of the Union, with I'll
explicit declarations Of the Democratic Sta
Conventions Of lSi7-S, repudiating that do
! trine, and declaring it to b. u part Of the Den
ocratic crccd that Congress possesses, and ousI
to exercise the power to interiors and prohib
Slavery in the territories! And If, after c.
planning those things, he has any tim, left,
will, no donbt BE- il pleasing exercise for him
show tho people Of Vermont how consistent h
present course is, in sustaining the repeal of tt
Missouri Compromise, and the Compromi
MEASURES of 1850, including the Fugitive Sh,
Law, with his course in lS50-5l, when he d
nounccd those measures and their authors, an
went for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law
and declared the very doctrines and me,sur
which he now opposes, to be the true doctrin
of Jetfarsonian Democracy!
As read the resolutions of the Democrat
State Convention, no one can support that part
and its candidates without sanctioning and SUI
porting the repeal Of the Missouri Compromis
and the pro-slavery attitude of the present AZ
minstration. This, for one, cannot do.
have not 50 learned Democracy.
\ JEFFERsoSIAN DEMOCRAT