Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-04-19

!. ~ remarks OF Gov. Ritner, OF Pennsyl-
wanna, ln, his late message, ON the sub
sect % Slavery .sRttss- r. - . g.. d. . =. /.
r. S-eTE ls arJoHn o. wHrrTTER. =
Thank God Cor the token .--onslp Is still frse--
One spirit nntrammelled-- unbending one knee
Liks the oak of the mounfain deep-Tooled and hrm'
Erect, when ihe multitude bends TO ihe Storm
When irators 10 Freedom, and Honor, ana Goo,
Atp bowsdat an IDOL polluted With blood
When che rscrsant Northhs forgotten ertrust,
And the lin or her honor IL low IN the dust
Thank God that one from the shackle has broken!
Thank Coz that oao man, - Jssemc", has spoken!
o'.r thy Gags ArsEhsny, blast has been blown!
. Down Inv Iide Snsquehannah, the miRmuF has gone
TotE. land u the South-Of the Charter Snd Chain -
or Liberty sweetened with Slaverys pain;
Where Nc cant, OF 'Drmncraey dwells on the lips
OF the forgers Of letters and wielders of whips
Wheve 'cbvalric' honor means really no uIOre
Thar sco1remg Of women and robbing the poor
Where he Mpioch OF Slavery stitch on high =, -'-
sAndihe words which he uiters GreWORsunP, or DIE!
Right onward, OH speed ii--whereVer the blood
Ofthe wrongsd and The guiltless il crying 10 God
Where slave IN hrs feiiez is Pining-
Where the lash ofthe driver Is iwiuing-
Wherever from kindred, torn rudely apart,
Comes the sorrowful wall OF the broken Of heart
Whsreyrrth shackles ofiyranDy bind
In silence aRd darkness the God gwen mind
There, Cod speed Il onward .-s truth viii be felt
The bonds shall be oosened-ths iron shall melt -
And Oh, Win DE land, where the free soul PESS
SsIl fingers and brcaihes over mountain and glen--
VIII ne land where Benezt's spirit went forh
To the peeled and he meted and ontcast Of earth
Wher1 The words ofthe Charter Of Liberty first
From the soul Of The sage and the patriot burst
Where 1i Ilr the wTonRed and the weak Of their kind
The Christian and Statesman their efforts combined
VIII the land % the Tree and the good wear chain
VIII the call 10 the rescue Of Freedom be VAIN?
No Rimsv s-hsr Friends at Thy warning, will stand
Erect Coz the truth, Ike their Ancestral band
Forgetting ihe feuds and the strife OF past time,
Counting codnsss injustice, and silence CRIME,
Turning back from the cavil of creeds to unite
Once again Coz The poor in defence OF The right
Breasilng calmly, but firmly, the full tide fwrons,
Overwhelmed, but NOT borne on iis surges along;
UnappaIcd By the danger, the shame, and the pain
And counting each Trial Tor Truth as their gain!
And thar bold-heared yeomanry, honest and true,
Who, hafcrs q fraud, give 10 labor lis due:
Whosehthers, ofod, sang, IN concert with thine
On the banks Of Swetara, The songs OF the Rhine
The pure German pilgrins, Who 6rst dared 10 brave
The scorn Of The proud 10 The cause ofIhs slave -
WIl the sons Of such men yisd the lords Of the South
One brow Tor the brand-for the paddock one month
Ihsy cater 20 tyrants = Thy rivet the chain,
Which their fathers smote of, the negro again p
No NEvER!--one,yoice, like the sound in the cloud
When the roar of the storm WAKES loud and more loud
Wherever the foot Of the freeman hath pressed.
From the Delawares maTge to the Lake of the West
On the South gong breezes shall deepen and grow
Iiuthe land u sweeps over shall uenbe below -
The voice af e--upriseh-awake--
Pennsyivania's waiebword, with Freedom at stake
Ih,lling up from each vauey--hung down from each
ofRitner and liberty God for hIs Rigkg theight,-
eft is remarkable fact that the first testimony Of
religious body against negro slavery was thai Of a
society OF Gsrman Friends in Pennsylvania.