Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-01-26

him forward, sustained him, and supported his
Administration from its beginning to its end
Now would they have sustained this rabid Abo-
litionist for President if they had not been Abo
litionists themselves? They would not We
know, and you know reader, that they would
not. 1t may be asked why Slavery was not
abolished? When Slavery once gets foot-hold
in community, it is no easy matter to get rid
of it. The State of Delaware had, at the last
census, only 1920 slaves, and yet they are
dangling at the rump Of this huge black beast,
contented to be the tail of this institution. 1t
is precisely so with Missouri. The non-slave-
holders are ten to one of the Shareholders, and
yet the shareholders rule the State. There is
another reason why Slavery was not abolished
in the South, at the same time it was in the
North
In all the Southern provinces, the Tories
were quite numerous. In North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia, they were nearly, il not
quite, equal in numbers to the Wings. While
the Wings were opposed to Slavery, the Tories
were strongl y pro-Slavery. The British Kings
had steadily sustained Slavery in the Colonies,
and the old Tories who called themselves i" the
King 8 men," went with the King on the sub
ject of Slavery There is another evidence that
the Revolutionary Tories were Pro Slavery
When the Declaration of independence reached
England, it was violently attacked by the Eng
lsh Torres, especially by those in the House of
Lords. They did not use quite as high-fown
or " hy-blown language as Calhoun, Choate
& Co., but they were equally severe. They
called it " flourish of Rhetoric" said its doc
trines were wholly impracticable," and con-
tended that 1t did not contain principles of true
liberty, but the fanaticism of liberty. The
Tories in this Country followed the lead of the
Tories in England They ridiculed the princi-
pies of the Declaration of Independence, denied
the natural equality of man, and referred to
the African race as proof of their position. 1t
was from the doctrines advanced by these old
Tories, that Judge fancy drew his conclusion
was promulgated, both in England and the
United States, the African was considered to
have no rights which the white man was bound
to regard This was the ground taken by the
Tories. Not so with the Wings They believ-
ed every word in that Declaration, and were
willing to give their last shilling, their last
shirt. and the last drop of their blood to main
tain its doctrines.
We remember of having heard of an old
Baptist clergyman, who contended that the To-
ries ought all to be driven out of the Country,
" for, said he, +" they will be just like the lit
tie leaven the woman hid in three measures of
meal, they will eaven the whole in time We
cannot trace in this article the progress of events
to show the truth of this old clergyman proph
ecy but the Supreme Court, in the decision of
the bred Scott case, draw their facts and doc
trines from the old Tories Of England and this
Country, and the principles contended for by
these Tories, form the = mud stills " upon which
this negro-coveting, slave-loving Democracy
have laid the platform Of the party.
Though this article is spinning itself out to
a much greater length than we at first intended,
yet, lest some should doubt our statement, as to
the great number Of Tories in the slave States,
we will refer to the record The old Continent
tai Congress was composed Of honest men who
were willing to give to each State due credit
for what it had done during the Revolutionary
war. For this purpose, they ordered arecord to
be made from the muster rolls, showing what
number of soldiers and militia, for the CONT
mental army, each State had furnished during
the war. From this it appears that Massachu-
sets furnished ten thousand more regulars, and
five thousand more militia than Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia, all put together. 1t was
not that these Southern Wings were not as de-
voted to the cause of freedom as those of Mass
achusetts, but they had SO many Tories among
them, that they had all they could do to take
care of the traitors, and could furnish but fee
BILE aid to the cause generally. 1t is to these
old Tories we owe the existence of Slavery in
this Country, and to their diabolical teachings
we are indebted for this negro-coveting, Slave
loving Democracy that are threatening us with
civil war and disunion.
II our readers will look little farther, they
will discern the true reason Tor the laws and
mobs in the South, to put down all freedom of
speech and of the press The high price of