Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-11-01
THE NATIONAL ELECTION.

Next Tuesday evening and the most important
election since the first organization Of federal
government will have been decided. The votes Of
several millions Of frccmcu will have determined
not only who shall be the President Of the United
States for the next four years, but the most scri-
Gus question in cur national poli,y.
The quest q to be settled next Tuesday, momen-
tous as are It's consequences at the present june
ture, is ote that has more to 10 with the future
than with the present. The fate Of the now IN
peopci territories on whose broad and fertile fields
will eventually rcPose the homes and happiness u
millions Of our race is at stake The voters Of the
North are to decide whether Freedom shall spread
her protesting wings over thrifty, eluea,el, ,ir-
iuous people, SlAve-y wrap the dark folds Of is
poliu'ing mantle around population ignorant,
degraded aud sersilc. This issue between Slave
~ and Freedom is the only one worth na ming in
the contest. 1t stands out boldly in the fdreroand
aud properly closures all minor questions which
heretofore have constituted the elements Of politi-
cal division.
Flee, james buchanan to the Presidency and
the fate Of Kansas is doomed. thrust and surely
will become slave state. This will be but the be-
ginning The territory north and vest Of IT, New
Mexico aud Utah. the State Of California, will all
be lost to freedom and free labor Not only this,
but Cuba and Mexico, in whole or in part, will be
annexed upon the highwayman's plea as embodied
in the Ostend Manifesto. for the sole purpose Of
extending the area o. human bondage. The South
will then have not only acquired unlimited ascend
cy in our national government but will have made
the North powerless for all coming time. Such are
some Of the dire evils portended by the success Of
the Sham Democracy.
Elect JoHS c. FREuoxr and the territory that for
more than thirty years guaranteed to Freedom will
not be dedicated to Slavery. The aggressive spirit
OF that foul institution will receive a check that
viii keep it within the limits Of municipal law as
well as Of deccney border rufianism' will be
promptly rebukel and punished; men, women and
children will nc, he ruthlessly deprived Of their le-
gal rights nor their innocent lives, other aud weak
er nations will net be robbed for the purpose Of Of
fering sacrifices to slavery nor for any other pur-
pose bat the principles OF justice, humanity, Of
equal law and equal rights will reign supreme in
our national Affairs
or the prospect We have but little TO say The
time is so at hand that the actual result will
soon superssie speculation. The signs are cheer
ing and oninous Of success II every Northern
freeman who hates injustice and oppression. but
loves right and liberty will but do his duty on
Tuesday, the Pathfinder Of the Rocky Mountains
will be triumphanily elected
OF the result in Vermont there is no sort Of
doubt Yet it becomes cur voters to be on hand
and to vote AT all our elections we cast much
smaller vote in proportion to our voting population
than any other Northern State. This should not
be, IL all our votes are not needed TO elect our
candidate let US by casting them thereby testify to
our interest in his success. Let every man who is
opposed to slavery extension give his vote for the
Fremont electoral ticket.