The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-09
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1889.
Mn JEFFERSON. s' What an ncom prehensble ma
chine is mani who endure trial, famine, stripes inn
prisonmen, and death ITSELF in vndcaton of his lib
ertv and the next moment be deaf to all those motives
whose power supported him through his trial. and inc
on his feow-man bondage, hour of which is fraugh
with misery than ages of that which he in rebel
lion to oppose
With what execration should the statesman be loaded
who, permitting one-half of the citizens to trample the
rights the Others transforms those into despos these
into enemies destroys the morals of part and the
patrie of the other"
Indeed tremble for my country when recolec that
God is ust that his justice cannot sleep forever
Gov. RITNER. "These tenets them viz: opposition to
slavery home which by the blessing of Providence has
been rendered eectual; opposition the admission into
the Union of savehoding states, and opposition
slavery in the District of Columbia the very hearth and
domestic altar of the national honor have been and
the cherished doctrines of State. Let us, fellow
citizens, stand by and maintain them, unshrnkingly and
perseveringly While admit and scrupuously respect
the constitutional rights of other sates this
subject let not either by fear interest be driven from
aught of that spirit of independence and veneaon for free
dom which has characterized our beloved
wealth.
Above all let yield up the right of the free
discussion of evil which may arise in the land any
part of it, convinced that the moment do the bond of
Union is broken.''
Mr. WEBSTER. Son the general question of slavery,
great portion the community thoroughly excited 1t
has arrested the religious feelings of the counry has
ken strong hold the conscences of men, He is rash
man, indeed, little conversant with human nature, espe
ciay has he very estimate of the character of
the people of this country, who uppose that feeling
this kind is to be rhed with despised 1t will
self to be respected
BIBLE "Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor
and not suffer sin upon him. Open thy mouth for the
dumo-pead the cause of the poor and needy
" Now hear me, therefore, and deliver the captive again
which we have taken captive of your BRETHREN for the fierce
wrath of the Lord is upon you.''
nfoh that Iil1
ness and his chambers by wrongs that useh his neighbours
service without wages and gveth him not for his work.
" The time of this ignorance God winked att but
commandeh all men every where to repent"
~ Thou shalt love thy neighbor myself"
" All things whatsoever ye would that should do
to you, do we to them, for this the law and the
Prophets"
These selections adduced authorities for the lead
ing sentiments in the following address,
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF SLAVERY
The grand distinguishing characteristic of slavery is seen
in the fact that it endeavors to reduce intelligent and
sponsble beings the conditions of goods and chattes-
Those whom God has endowed with immortal souls, made
subject His laws, and redeemed from the consequences
of violating them by the sacrifice of His Son. deprived
of all opportunity of becoming acquainted with their ela
tons Him, the way of salvation which He has provi-
ded. All the aspirations of immortal mind in them
refine the enoyments of social and domestic e rude
y uprooed all the ties of nature broken asunder and
those which the institutions of society confirm
are the slave unknown, known only to add another
bitter Ingredient his cup of The degenerates
animal, without the instinct of the brute, and but
the glimmering light of unassised to guide him
Passion and alternately sway his physical powers
and render him necessarily grovelng, disgusting and vi
cious. Is it strange that this unnatural meamophoss
should exhibit him demon in magny, brute in stu
pidity?
About three millions of wretched, degraded and danger
beings of this description in the United States
CHARACTER SHAREHOLDERS.
But the of slavery confined its immediate
victims. Like the tabled Upas it blasts by its pestena
touch its noxious euva every thing within the sphere
of its influence The masters and mistresses the owners
of these three millions of human CATTLE have not learned to
play the tyrant without suffering fearful nroads upon their
intellectual and moral faculties They have been taught
from earliest infancy look upon the blacks inferior
race, made only for the benefit of their mastes that to
them belong rights entitled respect; that all they by
their labor may acquire is the property of their masters
and that only lawful but absolutely by
the severity of corporeal punishment to exact from them
implicit obedience. Every generous aspiration after free
dom denounced and every attempt to rise from his state
of hopeless degradation considered treason his MASTER
and sure to bring exemplary punishment Witnessing the
constant occurrence of acts, comparatively innocent but
considered and treated crimes has bunted the sensb
ties even of Children and they have grown to mans estate
utterly unimpressbe by the montons of either justice or
compassion for the Blacks and ready acquiesce in all
malignant hatred which they have generally exhibited
by others. This has given to the STAKEHOLDER character
marked by naughty insoence impotence of CONTROL and
love of domination Quick and rascble in TEMPER though
hapy strong and condng in his attachments, he is slave
and spurious principle Of honor which
is exceedingly keen in finding out intended insult, and
prompt in appeal force for redress Persons of this
description would be likely and threaten every
instance of opposition and talk long and loud about their
rights and their intention to defend them Bred in af
auence and freedom from labor if favored with the
of mental culture the southern planters would naturally
make great advances in SCIENCE and become eminent scho
and statement their characters being based upon
erroneous moral principles they must ordinarily
ally unkind though hospabe neighbours unstable friends