Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-01-05


ses riyai 10 discoss under that constitution tho
Comparative merits ,f desPaism and hseri, -
Add ,r he has cloquencc AID force u arrumeut
snfcpcni. NAV he not persuade Ne all 10 hin
ovr kins R1hcu Dale Owen came to this city
sod Faaay Wnght followed him, ol enly ~ Sesim-
ING That the instHisoa Of marriage was a curse to
the community, snd oaghi To BE- abolished. II
wss undoubtedly an sbomIbabe doc time, and ono,
Which, il acted ~. would speedily reduce svci.ty
TO the level Of barbsrsm aud the brutes; vet Who
thought Of dru,ing Mr. Owen and his disciple the
perfect right OF avosiug such doctrines, or OF
nobbing him FOR The exercise Of that right And
vet moe, surely the Institutions OF slavery ate uc
more intctw oven with the structure vi socle'y,
than those Of marriage.
See The danger. and the natural anu inevitable
resul, 10 which the fret step here will lead. To
DAY public meeting declares iha, Won shall net
discuss the subject at slavery In any OF Us bear
lngs, civil or religious. Right or wrong the press
must be silent. Tomorrow another meeting dc.
clares that II is against the peace of society TIM,
the principles Of popery shall be discussed ard The
edic goes forth to muzzle the press. The mex, day
IT, is IN similar way declared that no, word must
be said against disicres, dram shops and drunk
enness. And on, TO the end Of the ch1pter.
The truth is my fellow citizens if you give ground
single inch there is stopping place. | dceu,
II, therefore, my duty 20 take my stand upon the
constitution. Here is firm ground-l feel il to be
such. Aud do most respectfully. yet decidedly
declare To you my fixed determination TO inainiai
this ground. We have slaves, It is true, bu; am
not one. am u citizen Of these United States
citizen Of Missouri, free born aud having never
forfeited the inestimable privileges attached TO
such condition. | cannot consent TO surrender
them. Bat while mani ain them | hope to do il
with all that meekness aud humility that becomes
Christian, and especially Christian minister.
am ready, not to fight. but to suffer, aud if need
be, to die for them. Kindred blood TO that which
flows in my veins, flowed freely to water the tree
of Christian liberty, planted by the puriisns on the
rugged soil of New England. 1t flowed as freely
on the plains of Lexington the heights of Bunker
Hill, and feds of Saratoga. And freely too shall
mine flow, yea, AS freely as if 1t were so much wa
ter, ere surrender my right TO plead the of
truth and righteousness before my fellow citizens
| and IN the face Of all their opposrrs
| Fellow citizens, where are SC, :nd IN what age
of the world 90 we livel Is this the aud Of
freedom or dospo,ism' Is il the ninth or niue
teenth century Have the principles of Letters
de Cachet, driven from Europe crossed the Atlantic
and taken up their abode in Missout1 Lewis
! NV sent men TO the Bastilc on suspicion we
! more humane do but whip them to death, near
! ly so. But these things cannot last long. A few
may be made the innocent victims of awless vo
lence. yet be assured there is moral sense in the
Christendom of the nineteenth century that viii
not long endure such odous transactions. A ire
me"dous reaction will take place. Aud remember,
pray you, that Phalars was tic Gist ina n roast
ed IN the brazen bull he had constructed for the ty-
rant OF Sicily, SO the inventor OF the gulotine
was by no means the last, whose neck had practical
experience of the keenness of its edge.
DO therefore, as an American citizen, and
Christian patriot, and in The name of Liberty, and
Law, and RELIGION. solemnly IN orEsT against all
these attempts, however or by whomsoever made,
to -frown down the liberty Of the press aud forbid
the free expression Of opinion Under desp
sense of my obligations to my country, the Church
and my God. declare it to be my fixed purpose to
submit to no such d'cta,'on. lind lam prcpared 10
abide he consequences | have appealed to the
constitution and law of my country; if they fail
| to protect me, | APPEAL TO G1D, and with him ]
checriuly rest my cause.