Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-07-26
PENNSYLVANIA OLD LINE STATE con-
VENTION--AGAIN.

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PENNSYLVANIA OLD LINE STATE con-
vENTION--AGAIN.
In our leading article of last week occurred
tho following =
g Last week the Old Line Democracy held
their annual State Convention, at Harrisburgh.
And the Government officers went there with the
confident expectation of being able, as usual, to
control the Convention, and pass resolutions en-
dorsing the Administration and its great distin-
gushing measure, the infamous Nebraska Bill.
But to their disappointment they found there
too many delegates who were not under pay of
the Government, and who had opinions &C their
own. The upshot of the matter was, that the
Misunderstanding resolution got voted down,
by vote of SO to 10; while several influential
delegates openly denounced the Administration,
whose course, they Justly alledged, had made
shipwreck of the Democratic party, and ruined
it past redemption in all the Free States. -
Freeman Of l9th.
The ". Patriot of,the 10th contains the fol-
lowing - ..,...
ss The Editors Of the Patriot and the Editor
OF the Freeman---Who Liess
luG 1TecWuhS WOCAs idNOIo no WIN u
whole column of billingseate, to which we will
not descend to reply. It's gentlemanly editor
seems to have raked together indiscriminately all
the opprobrious epithets of which his early asso-
Citations made him master, and throws the mix
ture upon us. He charges US with falsehood,
apparently forgetting that in the leading article
under his editorial head, he penned one of the
very blacklist of lies-blackest because dictated
by envy. 1t occurs in his comments upon the
action OF the recent Democratic State Conven-
ton in Pennsylvania. With accustomed men
dacity he asserts that in that convention the ad
ministration of Franklin Pierce was condemned
and repudiated for the part it is supposed to
have had in the repeal of the Missouri Com.
promise. We unhesitatingly pronounce this as
sertion Of the editor of the Freeman barefaced
falsehood, and known to be such by him when it
was penned. Here is unquestionable proof to the
truth of the charge. The removal of the Mis-.
souri, line was expressly approved by the first
resolution adopted by the Pennsylvania Demo-
cratic Convention, as follows:
'Resohed, That the democratic party need
not. on old and settled issues, to declare its
principles in detail 1t is sufficient for us to say
that we belong to the democracy of the Union,
and recog niSe no geographical hines bet,ceen the
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the country are the same to us, and so far as in
our power we will maintain the constitutional
rights of every State with uniform fidelity
Again: in reply to that editors more sweep
ing ialsehood, that the action of the Democracy
of Pennsylvania amounted to Il biting censure Of
Franklin Pierce, we quote in full the fifth reso
luton:
Resolved, That we have undiminished con.
fdenee in the ability and integrity Of Franklin
Pierce and his administration of the govern.
ment Of our country
The vote on the passage of these resolutions
was nearly unanimous, only some thirteen indi-
viduals voting against them And yet the edi-
tor Of the Freeman has the metallic face and
tho inefable meanness to state that by vote oil
SO to 10 this same convention repudlaed the
Administration
The following editorial in the N. Y. Anti
Slavery Standard, of the l4th, was the author
ity on which we mainly relied for the truth Of
the statements we made in the paragraph above
quoted which has drawn upon US the foregoing
denunciations Of the Patriot We had seen
similar account in some other paper, and seeing
it thus confirmed by the editor of the Standard
who is Il careful man in his statements, and hay
ing till recently been an editor in Pennsylvania
and well posted up in the affairs of that State
we believed and still believe the statement to b.
strictly true: ... .-r.s
O. The Democracy of Pennsylvania are begin
ming to WAIVER in their SUPPORT of the the Slave
Power--a pretty significant Indication OF tn
, course of public opinion. At the State Conven
ton held recently at Harrisburgh, the party ut
terly refused to pass resolutions endorsing tn
Administration. correspondent Of the Time
: says:
The delegates had MT much love for Nebras
, ka, and many who had been its warmest adyo
Gates, declared that they were thoroughly dis
gusted with its operation, and mortified ut TIL
conduct Of the Administration in refusing to sus
tain Gov Recder Among the delegates, no
G ticed a number of the most prominent and abl
f Democrats of the State, who positively and open
ly refused to vote for any resolution endorsin;
the Nebraska bill. They said they had enoug
of that kind of doctrine.''
Hendrick B. Wright, cx-member of Congress
. offered resolutions Of the most ultra proslaver
q sort, but the Committee refused to report them
!, y lie therefore reported them on his own hook
: The writer above quoted gives the following re
: port of the scene that ensued
: In the evening the fun commenced in earnest
Wright read his resolutions to the Convention
and made a speech an hours length in their de
tense. Sam Black followed, speaking eloquent
ly for an hour, in which he pitched into tn
Administration, charging it with the ru nation
! Of the Democratic party. lie said it was TIN
. Nebraska bill, uncalled for as it was, that hat
y defeated Gov. Bigler, who was made to shoulde
Pierce load--that it had overturned the Presi
d dents own State-left Douglas at home and sen
> Abolition Senators from Iowa, Wisconsin, Iii
u nois NC, A vote was taken and Black was sus
tanned by 80 Yeas, 10 Nays. Wright then un
> dertook to force his resolutions through sngy
the first one offered was strong one, endorsing
the Nebraska bill, which was reected-95 to IA
This was considered pretty hard dig at the Ad
ministration, and was generally regarded as a re
buke Of strong character. In another year "a
things are progressing it will require u large
: body Of Custom-lIouse officials to pass even
Il Pierce resolution, than were in attendance her
: yesterday. The plain truth is, great chang
has taken place in the views of the Pennsylva
? MIA Democracy. The best men in the party ar
becoming independent enough to consult thei
own consciences as to public measures. and vii
! no longer allow their State and party to be mis-
represented by the present imbeciIe Administer
The whole delegation from Governor Reeder'
district manfully voted No on Wriehts resoiu
|. tions,-so did many of the delegates from Phil
! adelphia, Lancaster, &C." .l..f..r
K Here is the issue between "The editors @
). the Patriot and the editor of the Freeman
u who lies! t--. .a..
= THE WAY TO DO 1T.
i The speech of Mr.. Ford, of Ohio. in the Phil