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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23
SIDNEY S. BOYCE, Editor.
Thursday Morning DULY IS. 1857.

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

BLACK DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION The Black
Democracy Of the State met at Rutland on the
10th. and put the old ticket in nomination, viz:
For GovernCr--Henry Reyes Of Newhary.
For 1t. Gnvcrnor-Willis Lyman OF Burlington
For Treasured. I. Thurslon Of Montpelier,
Resolutions were passed fllly endorsing the
policy of the administration OF James Buchan-
an and Gov Walker, and sustaining the recent
decision OF the Supreme Court. Also eson-
tons IN reference 10 the Geath of W L, Marcy
for the repeal Of the present prohhitory laws
and instructiug The State committee to prepare
an address to the people The State Commit
tee are E. Plympton, L. p. White, N. Rand
C. W. Clark and H. Smith
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

The Chitenden County Convention was held
at Essex Junction, on the 18th, and the ticket
given under our editorial head placed in nomi-
nation. Mr.. Underwood declined re-nomina-
ton on account OF private engagements. The
Convention was well attended and harmonious,
and Mr.. Roberts reported resolutions, 'ecogniz-
ing the Republican party as the great organiza-
ton for the maintenance Of our institutions,
against the enslayement of our brother man,
and against the extension Of the evil in any
manner which were unanimously adopted.
The Republicans of Essex County held their
Convention at Guildhal. on the 9th, made the
nominations given under our editorial heads
and passed excellent resolutions against Slavery
and in favor Of the principles OF The Decara-
ton of Independence.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23
What if Kansas Becomes a Free
States?
From the Richmond South

From the Richmond South
AS when a city capitplates after an obstinate
and bloody resistance, it is delivered up to
military license and the rage of vengeance, 50
will Kansas suffer from the excuses Of the
anti-slavery resentment which has been pro.
voked in the progress of the recent struggle.
The anti-savery majority in the state, being
composed not Of Industrious and lay.abiding
immigrants, but Of the fanatical emmissaries
OF New England, enlisted and disciplined for
the work of propagating abolitionism, will be
impelled, as well by the circumstances of their
situation as the instincts of their nature. to
press forward on the career of conquest which
they have initiated with SO signal triumph.
Kansas will become an outpost of aboli-
tionism, garrisoned by the most restless. nd.
venturous and fearless spirits which NAV be
rallied in support of the cause. The FIRST
blow will fall upon Missouri, whose frontier
lies open to the ravages of the enemy, and
whose power of resistance is enfeebled by do.
mestlc distraction and disafection. With
Illinois on one flank, Kansas on another. and
g emancipation " triumphant and defiant in
heart of the state. Missouri will fall an EASY
/
and early prey to anti-slavery propagandism.
1t Will be so-no power can prevent the
catastrophe-if Kansas is lost to the South.
But that is not all, nor the worst. The
anti-savery movement will increase in mo.
mentum at each step of its progress; for every
success will multiply its resources, and stimu-
late it to yet more audacious enterprises.-
From the vantage ground of Kansas, it will
be enabled to subdue slavery in Missouri
The conquest of Missouri will open the way
through Kentucky and Tennessee, to the
stronghold of slavery in the Atlantic states
of the South.
Meanwhile, other abolition forces from New
England, in the disguise of free-labor colonies,
will be operating directly upon Maryland and
Virginia; and so hemmed in by constantly
contracting circle, slavery must ultimately
expire of its own internal pressure and suffo-
eating weight, even if it does not FIRST fall
under some assault of violence.
This is no hazardous prophecy. 1t is oplv
tracing the competition between visible causes
; and inevitable effects Such is the doom of
: slavery-unless the South resolve in season to
intercept the catastrophe, by some adequate
, measure of protection. What is that
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

FEEDING CALvEs.--Much unnecessary
trouble is had in feeding calves, which can
be very simply and easily remedied.-
Make board fence of upright Stats on one
side of the pasture of sufficient length to af-
ford stalls for the number of calves, some
two feet apart. Leave one slat every two
feet, loose, SO that it can be lifted up--the
calves will readily put their heads through
these places when the slat can be slipped
down beside his neck and the tub or trough
placed where he can drink without any in
convenience from meddling with one another
or other matters. A. D.
Orleans County, July, 1857.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

Sailing HAY.-It becomes matter of
considerable practical Importance to deter
mine what is the quantity of salt which an
animal would naturally Or instinctively crave
during the consumption of ton of hay
Some have recommended as much as eight
quarts Of salt to each ton of hay, and very
few have ever recommended any less guam
tity than four quarts. Now, it is our firm
persuasion, from observation made by our
Iselves and others, that in the cold months no
creature would crave or voluntarily eat as
much as even two quarts of salt during the
time of its consuming ton of hay. If so,
this quantity and all beyond it would only be
injurious to cattle or stock of any kind when
forced upon them with their food.
This is one of the errors or dangers which
it would be well to guard against. The other
consists in the practice of getting in hay in a
damp or partially cured state, under the sup
position or expectation that free application
of salt will preserve it from heating, mould
ing, or otherwise spelling. A quantity Of
salt which would be effectual for this purpose
would make the hay injurious, or absolutely
poisonous from excess Of saline matter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23
Hay.Making.
Mortified, July IS.

Cut your hay at the right time. Philoso-
ply and practice seldom agree. When is
the right time? is the question for solution.
Our neighbor-one of then-cut his hay "a
week in advance of most of his brother
farmers-cut it very soon after the seed had
commenced to form, frequently before the
bloom had disappeared-cured it in the sun
partially-not altogether No one had bet
ter hay. His crop was secured before any of
it had become wood. Dry sticks, and the
fragrant, well-cured hay in his barns, were
not analogous. Another neighbor waited I'M
til Others were done, that he might obtain
help at cheaper rates. Two weeks alter 9TH
ers had finished, his "last day Of hayi IL"
came. There was another gain, he said, Y
this course. The grass was ripper and mad i,
faster-more was accomplished in a day
hence, it did not cost near the amount to do
his haying that it did other people,
Of course not, but his complaint was,when
winter came, "My hay does not spend well.
My cattle eat heartily, but do not thrive as
they should. Neighbor A. does not feed his
cattle as well as do mine, yet they are in
far better flesh"
The hay, sir, the hay makes the difference.
Cut it at the right time just before the seed
is matured-before woody matter predomin-
ates in the stalk. Some suppose the woody
matter is useless as an article Of nourishment
but it is not indigestible, though insoluble in
water. The age Of the grass alone does not
govern the amount Of nutritive matter when
made into hay, but soil, climate and season
modify its value greatly. We would prefer
to cut it in bloom, Tor portion Of the crop,)
rather than let it remain to shell its seed.-
There are chemical considerations which enter
into these directions. There is no doubt but
there is more of the element of nutrition in
grass at the time of Towering, but it is a
question if such nutrition remains in greater
quantity after the process of curing, when
such process is commenced before, or soon
after, the seed commences to form. This is
an open question. The quicker your hay is
made and secured after it has reached the
proper state, the better The cutting of the
first hay crop ought not to extend beyond
three weeks.
We think the value of the grass crop, after
it is made into hay, depends as much on the
manner of curing as on the time of cutting.
The whole crop may be spoiled in curing, No
matter when cut The following practical
directions are given from experience:
Gut In the morning. If the grass is heavy
or green and damp, stir out Let it wilt
Rake up and put in small cocks if good
weather, larger if catching weather." Let
it remain in the cock until it has sweat thor.
oughly. Tip over, shake apart. Give it one
or two hours good sun, and stack, or stow i,
In your NOW.
Do not NOW more than you can secure il
cocks the same day. Night dews injure hay
if partially cured. Throw salt on your hay
especially if it is clover, as you put it in tn,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

MINNESOTA, CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION -
Mif'eaukie, July l6.-The Minnesota Coustitu,
tional Convention met at the Capitol, at St.
rauis' On the 18th inst. Fiity-nine Republic
cans were present. The Democrats forty four
IN number, organized separate Convention in
the tn Council Chamber elecling H. II. sibley
President. Each Convention is drafting Con-
stitution. The Republicans intend to remain
IN session night and day, to retain possession Of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

MORE ACQUISITIONS OF TERRITORY The
Washington correspondent of the N. Y Herald
says
Important instructions are now being pre-
pared Tor Mr.. Forsyth. Minister to Mexico,
which, among other things, aim at obtaining u
right of way over the Isthmus of Tebnantepec,
or securing cession OF the same; also, ces-
sion of Sonora and Lower California, upon lib
eral terms. Gen. Cass expresses great anxiety
understand, to secure these two States
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

Eggs, which are now so abundant, can, it is
said be better preserved in corn meal, than
in any other preparation known. Lay them
with the small end downand, if undisturbed,
they will be as good at the end of the year,
as when packed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

FAT OxEN.-Mr. Editor 20. P. Wake
field, Esq, of Lyndon, lately sold yoke of
oxen, which weighed thirty sac hundred. He
received for them twohundred and ten dollars.
Who has better? VS..
LYNDON, July 7th, 1857.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

NATIONAL EMANCIPATION CONVENTION. "A
National Convention Of men of all parties in
terested in Elihu Burritts, or any other friend.
~ plan for the extinction Of Slavery, will be
held in Cleaveland Ohio, on the 25tb, Goth land
9th Of August.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

Mr.. VIM. P. Bronson, of Hardwick, made
from FIVE COWS, in three weeks in June, one
hundred and sixty-nine pounds of butter;
being eleven and one-fourth pounds to each
COW per week, besides what milk and cream
was used in the family. P.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

WHEN RoGuEs FALL Our So The Age has been
criticising the Argus, and the Argus, with its
usual i'll grace, pitches into the Age, and says,
he is " not the onlyDemoeratie editor in Yer
mont, whose indiscretions are ,monstrousy
huge"
just SO. 1t also says " the editor of the Age
is the last man to talk about 'petulent incivil-
itv,n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

To CORRESPONDENTS Our friends will bear
with US, and the large mber of interesting
communications with which they have favored
us shall have q place.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

ADDISON COUNTY.
WI WIN R. ri sAaFoRp,, For Senators.
NV ". G 9, w SIESHT' County Judges.
F. E. WOODBRIDGE, States Attorney.
DAVID S. CHURCH, Sheriff.
GAIUS S. CoLLAMER, High Bailif.
FOR JUDGES OF PROBATE,
CALVIN G. TII,DEN, Addison District.
HARVEY MUNSILL, New Haven District.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Sa 'H + $ / H + Senators.
BARz I'll, DAVENPORT, County Judges
BARNES FRIsBIE, eO"N'' 'u'ses'
A. A. NICHOLSON, States Attorney.
JACOB EDGERT0N, Sheriff.
GEORGE CAPRON, JR., High Bailn
FOR JUDGES OF PROBATE,
ALM0N WARNER, Fairhaven District,
HARVEY BUTTON, Rutland District.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
MARTIN WIRES,
EE5SS1f / T 5Hif&h,sprx For ss"'''''s
S s + aEHn SAYLEs' County Judges.
WIN. II. FRENCH, Judge of Probate.
ELIZuR R. HARD, States Attorney.
NOBLE B. FLANAGAN, Sheriff.
CLARK W. REYNOLDS, High Bailif.
ESSEX COUNTY.
REUBEN C. BENTON, Senator.
J. P. DENNISoN, 1rares
ASA HIBBARD, 'uuses'
GEO. N DALE, state's Attorney
WIN. CHANDLER, Judge of Probate.
DAVID H. BEATTIE, Sheriff.
ELBRIDGE POOR, High Bailif.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

Lightning rods should be put up before the
barns are filed with fresh steaming hay or
grain.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-23

Do not NOW more than you can secure in
cocks the same day. Night dews injure hay,
if partially cured. Throw salt on your hay,
especially if it is clover, as you put it in the
mow-four quarts to each ton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-29

". nd like TO lave Kansas for the South
, but NliSSoL. .ls hriwiyt us and il; and il
il j. abou, IL be IL, "ionized, what is the value
Of Kansas
All the territory of this country, wherein q
white luburcr c;,m 90 into the field and hoe ald
dir and work with Il negro, from present appear
ancr<. is likely 10 be ovcrrun by the hnr,lcS OF
the north. That. however can only drive slave
~ farther south, where there is room lnr more
negro labor than tic border slave States Cal
! supply.
F.. Whether il will not ultimately press us from
TIL. side Of the Gulf to the other, Is what does
not now appear Eat there is one conclusion
! evident, and that is, that we must seek outlets
south, and not north, or east or wc>t--or, Is
! the alternative set our feet down and declare
that hcvond certain limit slavery >llal! not bc
| driven within the Union.
Kansas may possibly become slave State
| but its people may within a year afterwards re-
mcye slavery, as slaye-hol,ling Missouri is now
trying TO do.
At best. the Slavcholdng interest within the
government is growing wcakcranl weaker and
within ten wears it will have no voice at Wash
! ingtoN. The House and the Senate and the
| President will be of northern make, and there
will be no Il pcnlency therein for national JUS
| ticc, except in their mercy. =
What. then is the obvious policy in this sec
ton? Simply, we thiuk, to give no value to
any thing, but a perfect union OF all parties
among ,S-to abandon entirely our insane ca
gcrncss for making prcsidcMs-to stand up here
alone with no test but southern rights. If north
crn men choose 10 come to us, and help lis 10
save the unon well: If otherwise, WE'LL too
we tr,st-for we should Lc united and in that
union there will he strength enoush TO enlorct
rrSDcct
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-29
THE SUPREME COURT And BLACK REPUBLI
CANISM,

The Legislatures of all the Free Soil States
which have taken any action whatever on the
subject, as well as public meetings, have unitedly
denounced the decision of the Supreme Court
and declared their purpose not to obey it. All
! of them concur in the declaration that any per.
SON attempting to hold another as a slave, direct
! ly or indirectly, in their jurisdiction, shall be
! fined and imprisoned. That if any person shall
seize or arrest fugitive from service, he shall
be punished with fine and Imprisonment. That
any attempt to arrest with intent to carry them
ont of the State, to cnslave them, shall be pun
! shed with Imprisonment in the Penitentiary
They denounce the opinion of the Supreme
Court, as extra;judicial, contradictory to well.
known facts in history, repugnant to the plain
provisions of the Constitution, and subrersiye OF
! the rights of freemcn and free States. They
declare it as their opinion that every free person
born within the limits of any State in this Union
is citizen thereof, and that to deny it, is pal
pable and unwarrantable violation of the Con.
stitution They dcnounce the doctrine held by
the Supreme Court, that the Federal Constitu-
ton regards slares us mere property, and which
asserts and protects the claims of masters to
slaves to the same extent and in the same man.
ner as the rights of owners in property, within
the limits of free States, during temporary visits
or for purposes of transit, as doctrine to which
no free State will submit!
They also declare that the doctrine announced
by the Supreme Court, that there exists no pow
er in the General Government to exclude slavery
from the Territories of the United States, is a
doctrine subversive of the express provisions of
the Constitution, that it annuls the ust authori.
ty of the people Of the United States over their
own territories, and contradicts the whole prac
ticc of the Government under every Administra-
ton, from Gen. Washington to that Of Mr.. Polk
They then direct their artillery against the
constitution of the Supreme Court, and denounce
it as securing the ascendary of the Slave power,
secured by the arrangement of the Circuits
which gives to the Slave States with less than
one.third of the free population Of the Union,
FIVE out of nine judges, leaving to the free States
with more than two.thirds Of the free population,
only ,fom. They accordingly proclaim all un.
com promising war against the Court as now con-
sttuted, and declare that they will never be sat
is6cd until they obtain the asccndancy in that
tribunal.
We see, too, that several Of the Free State
Legislatures have made appropriations from the
public treasury, in aid Of the emigrants they
have sent to make Kansas free State. Ohio
and Massachusetts, we believe, have each appro-
priated one hundred thousand dollars!
How, is it possible, for US of, the South to live
in harmony in the same Union,
wl,, ~.A--.i-'-' -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-29
From the Msbile Tribune.
MISSOURI-eSLAVERY,

At tue municipal election Of st. Louis-whicl
was held on the 9th inss-the question of what
is called in Missouri thss gradual emancipation
of the slaves was the one which divided the
parties. The result was a majority in favor J
M. Winner (enmncipatisnist) for mayor, over
Pratt, democrat. The Fote cast for Winner wa;
only about hundred lhss than that cast 70,
both the democratic ana American candidates
a large number Of the Americans, it is stated
voted for him.
This is the way the matter is stated in the
telegraph dispatches. i few days prior 10 the
election, however whattare called the Irregular
democrats" met in ST. ISuis and passed resolr,-
tions which are as follows. They are necessary
to an understanding Of The condition of parties
within that city, if not within the state of Mis-
souri,:
Whereas, The pro-slayery party of this State
calling themselves natioinl democrats, by their
course in the last session OF the legislature, re-
ncwed the agitation of the slavery question,
and forced the emancipation question upon the
people and whereas, the democracy Of this
city deem this a fit opportunity to declare their
sentiments in regard to tI!s question; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the course
OF our delegates in the Legislature.
Resolved, that the gl. iual emancipation OF
slavery in the State of Missouri, in the opinion
of the convention, is all open question, and one
of vital Importance to tn; people of this State
that we disapprovc Of the resolutions on this
subject, introduced by Mr.. Carr, in the legisla-
tnre, during its last session, as an attempt to
gag the free expression of opinion upon the
freedom of speech and of the press.
Resolved, That the constitution Of this State
provides that slaves may be emancipated by the
consent of the owners by. making compensation
for the same and that gradual emancipation,
upon the terms provided il the constitution, is
neither impracticablc, ullwise or unjust, if it
shall appear to be for the. best interests Of the
people of this State and:the only mode Of as
ccrtuinng this important Iact is by full and free
discussion of the entire system.
1t is in evidence here that within the chief
city Of Missouri there is an abolition party
for emancipation is only yaword used to avoid
the odium which attaches to the word "aboli-
tlon''-and this party byaid from the other
parts Of the State lad sufficient force within
the recent Missouri legislature to propose its
measures, and he tolerated in the discussion Of
them
Five years ago no party Of this sort could
have existed within Missouri Five years hence
this party may control the popular votes Of the
State.
In kentucky there is also q busy emancipa-