Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-08-21


mental msSlms of free government and
ought to be speedily and forever repeated
Iha, we oppose the base and unwarrah''
abla accusation that In opposing the save
Power wc are wanting In Loyalty 70 'ho
Constitution and the Union and taat wa
insist ihnt fidelity 10 ne Onion IA Ssif a'oa'
stssiea Jy unrsieahi,,g efforts 10 restore me
Government TO he old Democratic pot,.ey %
limiting. dSseouraqiay and 'oea'iriaa me W.
siihihon Of Slorsyy :,
That the law passed bv our late Legisla-
iure In relation TO the Habeas Corpus u q
proper safeguard for the liberties Of our CIT.
lzenp. and q Just exercise Of the power OF
the States TO protect all within iis limits
from summary and tyrannical proceedings
At The time this convention was held, Mr..
Redfeld was writing articles for the papers,
and In speaking Of the ferment Of the pub
lie mind in 1850, he said.--
"The moving cause of this agitation
the God Of the imprisoned elements now
loosed, Is NEGRO SLAVERY. Shall that be-
come the controlling element in this FREE
RErUBLIc2 Shall 1t be permitted. with
out let or hindrance, 10 emerge from Its own
domain. and subdue and appropriate to it.
self that of FREEDOM? Had the Govern
ment no power 10 hedge about its free ter
rilories, and protect .freemen from the iu-
gressions Of slavery2'
But Mr.. Redfeld was not content, in
those days. merely to write for the newspa'
pers and make platforms, but he made pub
lie speeches in behalf Of the same radical
doctrines. The election Of Charles Sum-
ner to the Senate was the occasion of a
public meeting in Montpelier TO glorify over
that result. Foremost at this meeting was
Mr.. Redfeld, and, as usual, he was commit
tee on resolutions, and the following were
reported and adopted
Resolced, That we hail the election of
Chas. Sumner TO the Senate eff the United
States, not merely as the addition OF a man
of brilliant intellect and honest purpose to
that important body, but more especially as
it furnishes a scaihing rebuke at the right
time, and from the right source, TO the I'M
parallel treachery of Daniel Webster, and
the perfdy of the National Administration.
Rcsoiced, That we yield TO none in love
and allegiance to the Union. We shall
cling to it in spite of the odous tests which
political pharisees have prescribed. We
shall obey the Constitution; but we remem-
Der that it was ordained to secure the bes-
sings of LIBERTY" Yet we now see it
perverted to perpetuate SLAVERY. "The
Union must be preserved" The Constitu-
ton must be restored.
ReSolced, That while the "Amighty dol
lar and the cotton conscience " of Boston
are putting shackles upon man TO make
him slace, the People of Massachusetts
send Chas. Sumner to Washington to beard
the lion in his den.
Resofced, That one of the saddest mis-
takes Of Daniel Webster's mistaken life, was
in surprising that the people Of Massaehu-
sets could as easily conquer their prejudi-
ces as he could his principles.
Mr.. Redfeld addressed the convention in
favor of these resolutions, and fully parti-
cipa,ed in the JOY of the occasion, ond they
were unanimously adopted; and yet the
freeman says this same Redfield the other
day had the brazen impudence TO charge
our troubles upon those who in times past
had denounced slavery, the Greeleys aad
the Summers who have been ever in the
party organizations hostile to the peculiar
institution" Sumner has not changed, but
holds now the same principles he held in
1851. Mr.. Redfeld has changed and
while he denounced slavery then, he now
uphods and defends it. May we not saw
of him as he said Of Daniel Webster, that
one of the saddest mistake s of his life is in
supposng that the people of Vermont can
as easily conquer their prejudices as he can
his principles
Such is the political history of the cop
perhead candidate for governor in Vermont.
The LATEST DODGE. - The Rutland
Courier (whose editor was formerly an sab-
olitonist,") and the Burlington Sentinel