Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-16

without ceasing to put forth all and every
effort to secure by express statue law, the
reading of the Bible in the Common Schools
of The land, thereby aiding in the cultivation
of high tone of public morality, to say the
least, and thus fixing upon foundation, deep
and broad,as the wants of the human race,
the glorious and free institutions oil our be-
loved country. Still we will not forget that
we nave another and glorious mission to per-
form. Early taught to believe the Constitu-
ton Of our country, the bond of our glorious
Union, the bulwark of our Liberties, and the
hope of the world as document containing
more of the principles Of true genuine Re-
publicanism and freedom than any other
human document upon the face Of the earth
embodyiug within itself the wisdom, expert
ence and virtue Of the Fathers of the Reyo-
ton; and based upon the immutable princi-
ciples of right and justice, We will, trust,
fulfill the high and important trust it has COM
mitted to us, as freemen, of preserving its
principles untarnished by corruption, and
handing it down TO posterity as the noblest
legacy of man. Believing, as we do, that
Slavery has encroacbed for years upon the
spirit of this Constitution, formed to establish
justice and promote and sustain the liberties
man, ace witi,mc must, in justice to humanity,
in justice to right, and in condemnation Of
wrong. insist upon practical acknowledge
ment of its principles, and the stern applica-
ton Of its great truths in the formation of
future States and sovereignties of this Union.
We will not, as others have done, g for
swear all compromises, past, present and
future" but see to it, that no future Compro-
mise is willingly forced upon us at the sacri-
fee ofjusticc and humanity. Our present posi-
ton in this State demands, in my estimation, a
full and complete endorsement of the minori-
ty resolutions and the action of our delegates
at Philadelphia and thus combine our action
with that of the State Councils have already
named; thus helping form Northern senti-
ment against the aggressive policy of Slavery,
with its intentions against the peace and hap
pness of our common country. Action less
than this, would be treason to the promptings
of humanity, and only tend to bring upon US
the denunciations Of all those who feel that
the present is a crisis of no common character
in its nature and results. We may help swell
the tide of d living public sentiment that shall
continue to rise and flow on, until in its power
and influence it shall sweep away from our
beloved country forever the paralyzing curse
and whitening influence of American slavery,
land the blasting mildew of Political Roman
ism. Planting ourselves upon the principles
embodied in the resolutions Of the minority
of the National Council, we may with conf.
dence appeal TO our fellow citizens to rally
with us to their support and final success
Political questions that have formerly agitated
the public mind have been settled, and become
the policy of the country, leaving the grea
question of Slavery and Political Romanisn
fully open aud before the people for discus
sion and political action. TO fix these ques
tons upon just, equitable and permaDen
basis, will require patient and perseverin,
labor. Open as these questions necessaril,
are, from their nature and political bearin,
upon the interests Of our country and the wei
fare Of the race, to full and free investiga
tion we should bring to our aid, in their dis
cussion, cool head and warm heart, fear
less spirit, with firm, unwaveriDg determine
tion to never surrender the point until we, a
free and independent sovereigns, can say, on
whJhe land is the home of the ree-untl W
can feel that Slavery and Political Roman
ism are destroyed from our midst, and W
stand forth to the world model Republic 70
: virtue, intelligence and wiSdom. With thi
task fully accomplished, and this glorious fac
fully realized, we may then we'll adopt tn
language of good old Simeon; "now ettes
thou thy servant depart in peace, for min
eyes have beheld thy salvation" To place GU
free institutions upon an imperishabe basis
cost the blood and treasure of the noblest ban
!, of patriots the world ever saw. They accom-
plished successfully the great mission give
, them by high Heaven, and in their last expir
!, ing moments, as they cast the farewell lool
upon this land OF liberty, the asylum of til
oppressed and the home Of the free, and heave,
the last sigh to the winds, it bore up the fer
vent prayer 10 the Giver of all Good, tina
this goody heritage might be blest with thu
!, smiles of Heaven, and 60 on in the fuflmen
of its high mission and destiny, until throne
> and kings should tumble into the dust ; unit
despotism and oppression should only be know,
in history as things that mcr, and the pure
! holy and heavenly principle of liberty, shoult
Gil and dwell upon the face Of the Dhote earth
: trust our session will be one marked witt
the spirit of harmony. In the discussion o
+. the question that shall come before us, ant
the transaction of business that demand atten
: ton and action of our hands, each will | an
assured, keep an eye to the future postcrit,
of the Order throughout the State. trus
all questions will be settled upon such groun'
: as will meet the appreciation of our constitu
ents and community large; that in futur
: political contests we may enter the field Q
: political action as men seeking to accomplish
i that which shall raise us, as a free people
: still higher in the estimation Of the good
e virtuous and wise, and secure to ourselves til
consciousness of aboring, from the pures
; motives, to elevate mankind in the scale 0
: humanity and happiness, and place our coun
try as nation the first among the nations @
= the earth Tor INTELLIGENCE, VIRTUE, FREEDOl
= and HAPPINESS.
= ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF VERNON
e A sense of duty and responsibility, connecte
q with the recent action of the National Counc
of the American Party at Philadelphia, de
mand, as we think, the State Council Of th
! American Party of Vermont, to present an ad
+ dress to their fellow citizens, embodyng an
J. declaring, as briefly as consistent, their view
y upon the great questions so deeply agitatn
d the public mind at the present time.
II 1t is we'll known. that platform embracio,
e the principles of the majority of the Natioua