Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-06

The Lecompton papers are travelling out Of
their way to NEEDLE with what is none of their
business finding fault with one paper for pro-
claiming its independence, and scolding another
for daring to have ally character at all AS if
the papers in the State were obliged to be mere
echo and reflection of Alien and Sedition times,
or Lecompton atrocities. Coming from howey-
err bad source it may, the g old clothes - doc
trne is as near the truth, when the Wings and
Democrats turn Ant-Slavery or Republican, as
when Democrats and Wings turn pro-slavery or
despotic and the time has come when if it
is honorable for party to ignore old party ties
and pledges and go over to Slavery, it is just as
honorable for parties to ignore old party ties
and pledges and come out for Freedom And
the swelling accessions of free thinking Demo-
Gratis to our list of subscribers admonishes US
that the people so understand it. But some few
precious scamps with 50 large pap in their
mouths that they cannot squeal but semi-occa-
sionally, and then very family, still hold the
doctrine that only their side of the pen is at
liberty to open their heads. Any one who is
half awake can see how natural is the falsehood.
But such falsehoods as gagged dctation are not
the only ones of their manufacture for be-
sides being guilty of meddling with what is none
of their business, they seek every little bubble
and magnify it until it becomes logical conclu-
sion of mountain size. Here's specimen from
the Rutland Courier. Referring to the Repub-
lican Convention of next June, it says:
:" A determined and systematic effort will be
made to defeat any candidate that euer belonged
to the old time-honored Wing party. The SOL
, diers of Napoleon who could boastingly an
, nounce, g too was of the army OF Italy,; had
passport, not only to respect but to honor and
, fame For a modern Republican to say, 81
too voted for Clay, Webster, Harrison Taylor
, and Scott his political death-warrant is al
ready written. Nothing short of an original
Garrisonian Abolitionist can hold any office of
honor, trust or profit, from the present political
= wire-workers who control the destnes of Yer
mont by low cunning, and crouching to all the
absurd isms of the day"
Now we should dislike to tell the Courier that
it lies but there is not one word of truth in the
e above item taken from it. In the first place
there has been no objections made to any man
= formerly Wing, except such as the Courier can
consistently recommend. But candidate sup
| ported by the rankest monarchical and desSsiiu
r paper in the stati, and that hot ashit a. =
4 the leaders of Atchison and Stringfellow, or the
: drunken &C hells of New York, can hardly ex-
n pect to find favor in the eyes of men born and
= bred in the free moral atmosphere of Vermont
:, No objections will ever be made to man on &C
e count of his presidents, provided he has ever
n shown by word and deed that he has discarded
L his old clothes - not in favor of Slavery. but
:, for Freedom But as an editor of a independent
: journal, we are free to admit that when the
e Old Liberty Guard, whose camp-fres have never
II burned low, and whose ranks have been in
II creased in faith and numbers until sustained bv
@ eleven out of the sixteen Northern States. no
e opposition will be made to a candidate for the
! highest office in our gift, on account of his be-
= ing too anti-slauery. We, therefore, seriously
n advise the Courier that, if it desires the nomi
y nation of any pro-slavery or lukewarm candi-
date in Vermont, the less IL says about the mat
y ;, ter the better the chance for success.