Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28
The Governors Message.

From the comments of certain Adinnistra-
ton papers, we arc constrained to believe that
the Governors Message, as far as it goes, is both
creditable and valuable to the people Of the
State, Especially are We pleased with the re.
marks upon the great evil Of Slavery.
The Patriot says
"The Governors Message indicates plainly
enough that His Excellency has been an atten-
tive reader of the newspapers, for the last few
years AS a specimen Of compiled newspapers,
it is quite creditable.
When shall we have Governor who can
write a message that does not begin and end
with nigger?'"
The Woodstock Age has the following trash :
"Ihe Message Of Governor Hall which we
publish this week does not exhibit either the
candor or ability we had right to expect, from
the reputed conservative character, and former
position of the man. 1t starts off with po-
litical falsehood, that we are surprised to hear
uttered by any man of sense, as no doubt the
Governor claims to be, and if he could put the
question directly to his own party even, a ma
jority, would pronounce it falsehood. The
statement we refer to is the following:
| Our State Government is emphatically a
peoples government being more purely demo-
cratic in its character than any other in
America, and probably in the world
How utterly absurd is such a declaration in
the very face and eyes of the fact that about
one fourth Of the population Of the State elect
a majority of the representatives that yearly
assemble at Montpelier, So far rs representa-
ton is concerned. Vermont is the least demo-
cratic of any Stata in the Union. But the
Governors basis Of purely democratic seems
to be acres of stumps and mountains covered
with trees and filled with rocks instead of peo-
pie, which is perhaps as nearly correct as could
be expected Of a man who served Whiggery
faithfully while it lasted, and then slid down to
the lowest depths of black Republicanism, as
will be seen by reading the Message to its close.
And here we must say in spite of our precon-
ceived prejudices to the contrary, that the SEN
tlments expressed by Governor Hall in relation
to the United States Supreme Court and the
Executive, are Of the most contemplate style
Of meanness-conceived in the narrowest posi-
bic spirit Of partizan spleen and enunciated with
an arrogance strongly bordering upon impu-
dence
Then comes a repetition of stale falsehoods
which have been the capital stock of very
small and very black, Republican newspapers
charging the Executive with extraordinary
exertions to prevent the people of Kansas
from excluding Slavery from the soil, just as
if this great and abominable lie could not rest
quietly in It's grave unless His Excellency' in
corporated it into his Message, and thus kecE
its disgusting remains above ground little
longer for the particular benefit Of the olactore,
of such old-iashioned Aboitionsts as con.
quered their prejndices and went for him ir
spite Of the Royalton Convention. Surely, al
niGger-dom must be surfeitcd with this part O.
the Governors Message, and hereafter there
will be no more Royalton Conventions.
We have not room to say more of the docu
mont this week, but on the whole, we think il
the weakest, and most iliiberAl. narrow-mindet
document of the kind we ever read, not except
ing those penned by his retiring Excellency
Governor Fletcher"
How quick the change of tone when it il
found that the interest of the Pro-Slavery par
ty is not subserved. A few weeks ago, only
and these papers were dealing in the verics
aattery and taunts imaginable that we wert
once more to have IL Governor who was con
sentative, and would be credit to the State
But this hattery and haunting did not have thu
effect of dividing off old Ant-Slavery mon. ant
hence the abuse at this time
The Burlington Times has had chang
come over the spirit Of its dreams, and instead
Of the sneers at "narow, bigoted, and pro
scriptive platforms, it falls finely into line, ant
keeps step to the music of true principles a
follows:
THE Message of Coy. Hall is especially ad
mrable for the clearness and simplicity, ant
the dignity, of its statements and suggestions
in regard to State affairs and for the consid
crate certainty with which it expresses the pub
lie sentiment of Vermont against the existin,
National Administration, in respect of tin
power of Congress over Slavery in the Terrific
RIGS, the extra, judicial opinions in regard tt
the bred Scott case, the aggressive characte
OF the Slave-Power, the attempt to impose upor
the people Of Kansas an 'abhorred constitu
ton. in utter violation of tho true doctrine O
popular sovereignty, and the dctestable doc
trine that national convenience forms suificien
justification for lorcible appropriation to GU
own use of a foreign territory and its people.
In our Judgment nothing could be more appro
pirate to the dignity and selfrespect of tn
State and its Executive, than the manner, brie
but explicit, without the slightest rhetorical
effort, but equally without evasion, with whic
Coy Hall gives utterance to the irreconclabl
difference, in principle and opinion, between til
Administration Of Mr.. Buchanan and the Pee
pie of Vermont, 1t is the special excellence q
the Message
We are willing to believe that the only rea
son for its talking so Justify about the restoratio
of a conservative party which long " main tar
ed an honorable ascendency in Vermont" WI
its preference for men, for all of which we ha,
no fault to find now. We are happy to recei,
the Punch gentleman, " with all his matters {
elegance" and " ttrse andappropriate remarks
into good fellowship, and to see that the pro
pect for harmony and union upon true prime
ples in the old Green Mountain State was new,
better. Long live the General
TIE MT. VERNON FUND.-We learn that Hon
Edward Everett has paid over to the Mt. Vel
non Association for the purchase of Washin,