The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-09-14

The Hebrews are to continue slaves, but have
time given to them for religious duties. Go ye
sacrifice TO your God in the land" Or, they may
have a sort of carnival remission Of labor
for several days, after which they must return 10
their bonds again &" | will let you co. only ye
shall notgo very far away" system OF gradual
emancipation may be entered upon part OF the
race may enjoy liberty, while the remainder con-
tinue in bondage Go now We that are men, and
serve the Lord.'' The women and children must
remain. Or, finally, they may all 90 if their mas
tiers are ca,apensQtcd: Only let yourdocks & herd,
be stayed"
TO all these attempts at compromise, the He
brew I;berator has but one reply: "Thus saith
the Lord, let my people go, that they may serve
me-" lie asks he demands nothing short of IN
MEDIATE AND ENTIRE EMANCIPA-
TION. The Hall of Legislation is now shut a.
gainst him. Until this hour his circumstances,
though often denied and lramped on, have been
beard. But now tile gag laa0 is passed. He is
told to be gone. The penalty of death is affixed
to the crime Of being an aJolitionist, Get thee
from me, take heed to myself see my face no more
for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. -
Though price is put upon the head of Moses,
and his name branded as infamous, it is easy to
see that no man is more feared "The man Mo
ses was very great in the land Of Egypt, in the
sight Of Pharaohs servants, ana in the sight Of the
people."-No man was more talked Of, True,
they denounced him. as hair Drained enthusiast,
a visionary theorist, reckless fanatic, a danger
Gus ncendary.-And yet no man so troubled their
consccnces, so awakened their anxetes, so reused
their apprchcnsons, so terrified them by his sim
pie, homely, unvarnished tales Of wrong and wo
They knew that be had not exaggerated the horrors
of the cruel system, to which they were cljngng
with death-grasp. They knew, that he under
stood we'll the rights of man.
To rid themselves of so troublesome an intruder,
they doubtless urged upon him the plea, that
however wrong it might have been to ensave the
ancestors of these miserable beings it was now
greater wrong TO wrcst from the hands of the
STAKEHOLDER the property, which. without any fault
Ct his own, he had so honestly inheri'ed-that ii
would be utterly objectionable thuS to penge the
lords Of the soil into the depths of poverty, and
compel them ana their children to employ their
delicate hands in the drudgery of the shop, the
kitchen, and the field. Moses was often told,
doubtless as he approached the palace, that he
had better let the shareholders manage this matter
for themselves, that the slaves were altogether I'M
fitted for freedom, and that it would be better for
them to be first prepared for freedom. | wonder
who were to be their schoolmastcrs whether
they were to have night schoo2a, and if So when
were they to eat and sleep. But | suppose that
they did not think it necessary to present the de-
tails orthe excellent systematic better acay-by
which they were to prepare these poor slaves, af-
ter most Of them had gone down to the grave to be
free some 50 or 100 years thereafter. Most eo-
quenly and feeIingly did they depict the dangers
Of assassination, should such gang at once be
set loose. Did they think that they had wronged