The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-16

e TO THE PATRIOT.
y q Would the patriot, the lover of his country, rende
that country worthy of his ove' He would seek not on
to make her beautifully majestic glorious; but also limo
cent amiable and vruous He would establish Just an
equal laws Danish oppression, fraud and cruelty infus
into her citizens spirit of humanity, benevoence broth
ery kindness, charity and desire each to promote tn
welfare of all In these abors love- the antslavery so
cey would be both his pioneer and guide for grand OBJ
to the foules stain from the national charac
ter and give efficacy to this national boast w. hold thes
truths to be seevden that all men created equal tina
they endowed by their Creator with certain naena
bic rights that among These life liberty and the pur
suit of happiness
TO THE CHRISTIAN.
g. That the principles of the An-Savery Society com.
mend themselves the christian can hardly heed eucda
ton The whole supesrucure of the society built upon
the broad basis of christian principle and challenges the
appreciation and cooperation of all the wise good this
very account Does christianity teach liberal philanthro-
Ply which embraces all race that ''of blood God
made all nations to dwell upon the face of all the EARTH
that eve should love our neghbor ourselves should
not suffer sin upon him, but in any wise rebuke him -
"be kind, be Courteous, and do good unto all as we
by virtue of these principles the Ant-Savery Soce-
y asserts the right to freedom the slave and is aboring
to accomplish this object Like christianity, too, it repu-
dates the of carna weapons incucaes patience and
forbearance the part of the slave and practical illus
ration of the precep avenge yourselves. If chris
anty is worthy of all acceptaion of the purity
of its principles then is the AntiSlavey Society worthy
OF our confidence and support for its principles all bor-
rowed from the pure fountain of christianity.
THE OBJECT or THE SOCIETY AND THE CERTAINTY OF
IT'S ATTAINMENT.
A. We inquire, is the object of the Society attained
What its object? 1t is accomplish through the insru-
mentality of truth, great moral revolution in the opinions
of portion of fellowcitizens, by which they will be
led voluntarily give up what they claim, property
in the souls and bodies of their feow-men. We have al
ready that this claim unsupported by any thing found
in the constitution of nature the gift of God the prn
cples of morality On what then does it rest? On the
cupidy and love of domination universally found in the
corrupt nature Of man. But these propenstes know
shall be subdued by the energies of the gospel We have
witnessed in thousand where they have in this
way been eradcaed from the heart and the principles of
love and mercy substituted This the legitimate OPP
may be multiplied indefinitely through the labors of the
friends of TRUTH qualified and forth under the auspices
of the ant-slavey society. Our entire of u-
mate therefore, upon the broad basis of the
Divine veracity pledged for the final triumph of the gos
pei.
PROGRESS OF ANTI-sLAvERY PRINCIPLES.
B. While the friends of the slave permitted to enjoy
this assurance for their comfort and encouragement they
are not left without some tokens of the Divine approba
ton, vouchsaed in every step of their progress Among
these may be enumerated the extensive and rapid spread
Anti-Slavery principles effected, doubt by the publ
cations of the societies and their agents. Four years ago
the aboonss scarcely attracted the public notice. except
in the prosecutions they received from elows of the ba
Sort who broke up their meetings. mobbed their lee
and demolished their presses Even among the
derlovng people of this State, of these dsgraceu
enacted and thus brought to notice
the few and generally despsed aboitions Now, in all
the New England States Except perhaps New Hampshire
and Maine,) in New York, New Jersey Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, majority of the
people very probably the friends of abolition. We
shall search the annals of the world in van hoping find
great change of opinion effected in so short Time
sLAvEHoLD1NG INCONSISTENT WITH A REttG1oUs
PROFESSION.
Another suspicious token is found in the fact that the
question scan STAKEHOLDER, with all the of nfo
nation before him. be a christian? begins to be agi-
ated discussion of this question among temperate and
discreet men, be productive of good. will lead
separation between the pure and the impure, vndicae
the claims of the gospel, and greatly forward the good
work 1t is understood that the numerous de-
nomination of christians in the United Staes the Baps
are in the free States at least very unanimous in favor of
the enterprize and the Friends, a man, abolition
Many of the Mehodists sensible of the distance
they have departed from the original of their order
and the standard of the gospel and other have
their public bodies, recently manifested much deep feeling
for the cause Of the oppressed.
MADNESS OF SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR APoLo-
Another indication of is in the course pursued by
the stckler for the right of degrading and expressing their
ow-men. This has already been sufficiently described
and evnce perfect consciousness their part
that their approaching its final catastrophe, all
the weapons left for its defence bravado nsocnce cal
jimmy and violence With people accustomed to think,
the efforts making by the pro-savery men to sustain
their cause be viewed the struggles of approach