The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-10

Union; and that we insist that fidelity to the I'm
ION IS best manifested by nreieniiag Efforts 10 re.
store The Government to The old Democratic policy
Of limiting, discor~Gging and lOcazing the iasti.
tuition of Slavery.
That Ih- law passed by our late Legislature in
relation to the Habeas Corpus is proper safe
guard for the liberties Of our citizens, and a asst
exercise Of the power of the State to protect all
within It's limits ftora summary and tyrannlcal
proceedings.
After Mr.. Peck had declined, another conven-
ton was called, and Mr.. Redfeld was put at the
head OF the ticket. In the FREEMAN which con-
tanned the proceedings OF this convention, was a
reprint OF an article written for this paper by Mr..
Redfeld, from which we make the following ex-
tracts
Having rendered the constitution our allegi-
ance-havlng offered upon it sacrifice -
we demand in turn that it shall fulfil to us and
the people its legitimate office 1t was oRDAIN-
ED AND ESTABLISHED says the sacred instru-
ment to " PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND
SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OUR
SELVES AND OUR POSTERITY." 1t was first conse-
Grated in the hearts of the American people in
nCNuAlpS tAC DlCoolljSo VI lIUCIlI lux dII Il1l6
to the northwest territory, which now com
prlses within its limits mere than fue millions
of treemen, and has been the very heart of the ma
ton, propelling at every pulsaton, its youthful
FREE, and renovating blood throughout every
vein and artery Of the body polite. TO that
people may the lovers of freedom look with great
est hopes. They will never shacke their free
limbs, nor sell their birth-rght for aught not truly
republican and if the mildew of African slavery
shall ever rot away the ligaments that bind this
Union together, the last drop of warm blood cir
culating in the veins of American freeman, will
be found upon that "FREE SOIL"
In the same article, speaking of the fsrment in
the public mind in 1850, Mr.. R., said
" The moving cause of this agtaton-the God
of the imprisoned elements now loosed, is Ne
GRO SLAVERY. Shall that become the control
ing element in this FREE REPUBLIC ? Shall i'll
be permitted, without let or hnderance to emerge
from its own domain, and su due and appropriate
to itself that OF FREEDOM Has the Government
no po1cer to hedge about its free territories, and
protect treemen from the Impressions of slavery
These are important questions. In regard to
them 1t behooyes to act wisely, yet firmly"
We have no room to-day for further extracts
showing the position OF Mr.. Redfeld in 1901,
though the supply is by no means exhausted
But we have given enough to show that he was
then fervent in denouncing Slavery, and claiming
for the Constitution an Interpretation which should
make Freedom national throughout the Union. |
In Short he then advocated the same principles !
and stood upon the same platform which the Re
publican party made the basis of its political asso-
citation, and upon which it elected Abraham Lin
coin President of the United States. MAY we
ask what new light Mr.. r. has seen since 1851.
that he now denounces what he then proclaimed
as vital princ:ple? Has Liberty changed Has
Slavery changed Are the features of the one
less lovely or of the other more inviting than
they were twelve years ago?
But we have pursued this subject far enough.
We only desire to show our readers that the prin-
cpes Mr.. Il. now declaims against, were but few
years ago his bosom friends. These PRINCIPLES
have not changed; but Mr.. Redfeld has deserted
them. AT a moment when Slavery has shown
Itself to be not only the monster which he once
painted it, but q hundred times more fiendsb and
fatal to liberty, this once free-soilsr has no words
of condemnation either for 1t, or for the traitors
who are making war to perpetuate it. Instead of
standing fast by the principles of freedom, which
he once fervdly preached he is grinding in the
prlson-houss of slavery, and taking into his coun-
sells the men who laugh at the disasters of the
Republic, and with atrocious ribaldry refuse to
celebrate its victories. We regret beyond mea-
sure that man who once was right should now be