Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-11-15
Tbe Urrmont 4benit.
BRATTLEBoRo. VT.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1850.


electors to give him the Presidency. Fremont, al
though he has carried the entire North collectively.
by popular plurality Of about two hundred'thou-
sand votes, and has, we believe, majority Of all
the votes cast in the non-slay eholding States, is
defeated.
II has been alleged that fremont's vote In these
States is made up Of the odds and ends of all par
ties and embraces all the factions aud isms Of
the day Granting this charge is true, we see
therein no cause for reproach. Since the election
Of 1852, when both Of the two great parties in the
country stood upon substantially the same plat
Corm, so far as existing issues are concerned, the
opponents Of the Democracy have been In q state
Of disintegraiion. Besides that were then
Democrats, having seen that slavery has
been the distinguishing feature Of the present al
minisraticn, have left their former associates, re-
fusing longer 10 act with party that bellies It's
name. From these elements was organized the
Republican party. A few OF the fossils whose re-
gard for the high sounding hut gttcring gcncr-
alitcs" contained in the Declaration Of Indcpend-
euee was not equal to their love for " cottonoo-
raey," left the party where they could no longer
be auiOcrats, and joined the modern Democracy
Under such circumstances the now two great par
tics ftho country organized for the contest The
NsuN " Us Oe'V'' e'''s'' Ns' uS 'A''''"s WV
sources Of the votes Of the winners.
buchanan starts of with a majority Of the votes
In every slave State except Maryland. Here then
he received the support Of those most interested in
uphol1ing chattel serviule, and In extending this
inhuman, unehrstian institution over free terri
I tory. lie was essentially the Slavery candidate.
ins hsn WI" was gwen MIN ehNre- ineS
I went in dr0ye;--as they always go,-for the
' regular Democrat ticket. As the New York Tim,s
,,,s,i, .hs..r.. =. nh. lin .t.,i,, -. 4.
-; $3.50 ivy wa "s''' w
anything e'se' rs long as they remain lrsh' land
II takes at least two generations TO convert them
into Americans They seem 10 lack the faculty Of
, i.i,.t,,,.i -. =. I,.a,.i.;....
$50, VI VI 'Ae's''"s pe''Vu4J jug
meat on public affairs They vote In heris,-and
, are Of course managed like other herds under the
, control Of skilliul and experienced drivers The
} Times continues -
10 Besides this, there is nothing that an Irish
man so,es hAe ,ne opPo1'unI9 10 HIannlIe over
: gro uS,ipr been ,bc ,i.,in, Of onnrsssiDn % y,
supposes. ali his life at home, his only notion Of
liberty here IS that he can treat somebody else in
, ,hs sAl'. s'Is Ane i'sh hn's peen 'oIa sl
4 Buchanan Party, that Col. PHEAoSr il elected
e would mmedia,ey set Ill the slaves iree and bring
= the alarm, Ish The les,sd !, ~ -
1Te ,1torns s'sn ihey oe.e,eu u. .. course,
dun's ~ every -bul .torv ,ba, ,,r,' MI,
Il their inelns.ons; They care no more Tor the
linn ,hsy do Tar onv,i,n. else ~ xhci ihsx ~, =,
: no conception. They care nothing for Slavery
except that they are rather in favor Of i for ne
g' an, nnu arc rsso'u'ey opposel 70 any,hlng ,ha'
sonal. Tbev never loek .head .-'hn,h a, NM,
a,,l her, f,rs,bt ,be nrcyen,ion m G,ar.
e Of anv kind sem 10 he hcyonJ ,bcir c.,,,.;,,
They loot an, onJv e,r ,hemseIys. mi ~, III,
far today Fyrrvthiuy else usns, tale csre ~ !;
..l, ~ ,,i;,;s,i soo,as,s ~ =. W
nor think Iftb,v attend roIi,iraf ,nse,ncs /, h
to hurrah to orer-not to listen or to learn They
follow throughout their instincts, their prejudiecs