State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-09-13


land. Yet, while we thus grievo, let us
remember that we are permitted to rejoice
in the all pervading and overriding prov-
dence of Him who can bring light out of
darkness, and good out of evil. He stlleth
the tumut of the sea, and the raging of
the people. The wrath.of man shall praise
him, aud the remainder will lie restrain.
Why do the heather rage and the people
earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together against the Lord, and
against his anonted saying, Let us break
their bands asunder, and cast away their
cords from us. lie that stteth in the
them in dcrision. His King is OH his holy
hill of Zion. He has declared the decree.
The rolling of the chariot is onward. Ma
lions may dash themselves MS the poters'
vessel, under his wheels, but his march is
still onward, until all his enemies are put
under his feet.
In-the certainty of His reign, and in the
glory Of his triumph, let us rejoice. Yet II
little while, aud the wicked shall not be, but
the meek shall inherit the earth, and the
upright shall delight themselves i'll the n
bund2nce of peace.
Let us pause and ponder, for a moment,
the delightful results, which, under the
good providence of God, aud in accord.
ance with the known and established laws
of moral cause and effect in his government,
may yet spring from the painful scene you
are now called TO witness, and through
which you are now called 10 pass. Let us
inquire diligently whether these results may
not include some germ of promise for our
guilty but beloved country ? Whether,
along with the sure prospect of"dcliver-
ance to the captives" (Which the recorded
oath and veracity of God has already
rendered securo) there be not Il bow ofhope
for an oppressive, but repentant nation.
Ifit be the purpose of God to save our
nation from destruction, we well know that
it must be in a way of national penitence
and amendment. If the churches in our
land are TO escape total aposacy and OK
tinction, we know they must repent and
bring forth fruits meet for repentance. But
what hope was there Of a cure, SO long as
the deadly malady was preying upon her
ytals, unrevealcd? Or, what instrument
taity could be better adapted to arouse Il
slumbering people and convict self
righteous church, than the astounding and
painful developements in your city, within
II few weeks, and a few days past?
If the people of Ohio, and of the Union
are not already past feeling and past hope !;
ifthe last vestige of political foresight, rs
well as moral dIscernment has not ceased
among them-they must not0 see what 1t
has hitherto been difficult to show them,
that there is no possible alternative 6efl0een
The enGanchiSement Of The SLAVE, and the
SuJjugation Of the FREE that the common
Father ofail men never intended the liber-
ties ola portion of his equal children should
long be preserved, while they neglected to
claim the equal liberties of their brethren !;
that the movements his providenccren
such an arrangement lmposslbe-that the
Changeless constitution of human nature
renders the very supposltion and absurdty!
The voice of the shareholders, through
their associates in your city, has abundantly
proclaimed that SldUery cannot stand, except
it be upon the ruins of the free press. And
with equal distinctness and solemnity has
the voice of the non-slavehOldng arlstocra
cy been heard to decree that the free press
Of the non-SlduehOldlng states must fall AT
their bidding, nay with the violence of their
own hands, the free press has Idllen The
press that remains has registered It's own
confession, that it is not free, and DARES
NOT ADVENTURE All opinion" amidst
the actors Of that scene. Yes, in the face
of Europe and of the world, it has been
recorded that freedom of the press, in the
commercial emporium of one of The free
states of America, has already passed away
and is known only in the history of the
things that haze boon, the things that may,
or may not hereafter be.
Is there not reason dear brethren, to hope
that the thunder tones Of an annuncation
like this, may suffice to rouse ireemen from
their slumbers, and freedom from its grave?
Depend upon it, dear brethren, the spell
of apathy and the delIision of coniiding ere
dulily on the minds of many--many thou
sands, has been suddenly and irreyocably
broken. Whatever Of scepticism there may
have been month or two ago, III respect to
the SETTLED LEAGUE between the
McDuiiies of the south, and their aristo-
cratic brethren Of the north" to cruelty the
freedom Of the free, in order to secure the
continued slavery of the slave there will
nothing Of such sceplcism remain among
the intelligent readers of the passing news,
nO,O. To the " imprudcnt and reckless"
arislocrals of Cincinnati has been reserved
the task of certifying, oUer their o,0n sigma
hTes, the truth of this oft reiterated, but
seemingly incredible charge. Nor have
they failed to state, in terms too plain to
need clucidaliOn; too explicit TO permit
evasion, that in the prosecution Of their
plans THEY AIM AT REVOLUTION 4;
they uample the CONSTITUTIONS under
foot; they bid defiance to the sovereign
people aud their laws! Tho issue is now
fairly made up. 1t is understood by ull
1t is the constitution, order, law, and liberty,
for all Americans on the one hand it is
revolution, anarchy, mobocracy, aud the
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