Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03
The Republican Party in Yer
mont and elsewhere.

The last Patriot contained a long, superficial
array of words intended to show that the union
of the anti-slavsry sentiment of Vermont and
nation is approaching disgraceful dissolution.
1t cites the we'll known union Of the Democracy
and the Liberty party in lS49, and the unprin-
cipled desertion Of principles by the Democracy
in '53 and "a, as proof that such union can
no. long exist. Referring to the Republican or
ganization, it says:
II is not out Of the way now to inquire, who
has made anything out Of this arrangement
The old wigs have been laid on the shelf, and
they see ruling in, and reigning over their own
proud and high-headed party, set of recreant
:. Locofocos" and narrow headed Abolitionists.
The democrats who were wheeled into the ar
rangements, have found themselves associated
with men with whom they agree on nothing,
except the mere isolated question of slavery,
and the old Abolitionists find themselves tied to
an organization, a large proportion of whose
members hsto their narrow mindedness and
loath their association. And this is the grand,
consolidated Republican party Of Vermont! re-
garded on all hands az the boldest and broadcast
joke of the Fremont Season The outside pros
sure of " bleeding Kansas" and the terrible
danger of the extension of slavery over " all
the world and the rest of mankind" has kept
this cengomeration together, and drowned the
Z" neise and confusion" of the Earring elements
that compose it; but now that Kansas bleeds
ne more, and the people are beginning to see
through the wretched humbug, nature begins
to assert her rights.-The old wings sneer, the
democrats look sick, and the abolitionists feel
their utterly uncomfortable position, and all
and each know and understand that a dissolu-
ton of the matrimonial bonds, now that the fe-
yer and heat has passed of, must be dissolved.
Amen-so let it be 1t was a union not fit
tie be made, and the sooner it is discarded and
the democrats and wings, who have given it all
the decency it has possessed return to their self
respect, the better.
The Republican party was not organized &c
subssrve the selfish interests of either Wings
Democrats, Aboitionists, nor any man or set O.
men neither are we to inquire, "who hal
made anything but to ask, has the republi
can demonstration against the extension ant
Matchmaking Of Slavery, accomplished an.
thingl The Patriot says, -" now that Kausa
bleeds no more" and q the terrible danger O
the extension Of Slavery over, the people ART
beginning to see through the wretched hum
bug" We refer the Patriot to its namesake il
New Hampshire, tho Post in Boston, the ack
knowledged leading Democratic paper of Ney
Eng land, the Chicago Tribune, Douglas espe
sial organ, Col. Forney's paper. the Press. q
pisiladslphis, the Journal Of Commerce Of Ne,
York city, TO see if the danger of the exter
tension Of Slavery is g all ever.
There are now two wings formed by the D,
mocracy. Ono favors the Bogus Constitution,
Convention, among which we see the Patriot
the other denounces the Constitution as tyral
nical usurping the rights Of free people,
The New Hampshire Patriot (democratic) say
1.-The action of the Convention does nat flu
fill the contract; it does not fulfill the promi
made to the people, nor carry cut the gre,
principle for which the whole conservative D.
inocracy Of the whole country have contsnded
Furthermore it maintainsahat Congress shou
reject the Constitu tion:
"No matter whether it comes there with
without the Slavery article, the principle
the same, and their action should be the same
it should be rejected because it does not cor
with the'sanction of the people-because ii h
not been submitted to the people-besause
acceptance by Congress would be violation
tho great principle Of the Kansas-Nebras
act"
More than three-ffths Of The talent in i
ranks Of the Northern Democracy defend tt
same sentiments, so boldly pat forth by t
great Republican press Of the Free State
while on the other hand the Administration al
its paid officials exult that
1.-The yexed question is settled the profile
is seved-the dread point Of danger is passed
all serious trouble about Kansas affairs is cv
and gene Kansas comes into the Union on Il
principle of the great act which organized h
and Nebraska as territorial governments"