The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-23
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recognize the rights of negro why are not YOUR
Judges, like the gentlemen from Fairfield COM
lpeled by conscientious scruples to drive the negro
from their presence? Sir, if any Judge within
our border should dare to put such a construction
upon our constitution, would not the gentleman
from Licking forthwith call the attention of the
House to so gross an insult to public justice and
would not we, Legislature, with one voice de-
grade from his high station the man who should
thus, under cover of law, trampe upon all laws,
human and divine? And yet, sir, the unjust
judge who should thus shock the moral sense Of
mankind, would, on the principles that have been
this day advanced, be only performing high duty
under the constitution.
But still further: suppose petition were pre-
scented by negro to the Governor of your State,
respectfully soliciting his kind Offices and protec-
ton in a matter coming within his supervision -
suppose even verbal request,-for so far as the
right of petition is concerned, it matters not
whether the petition be written or verbal must
the conscientious constitutional scruples of the
Chief Magistrate triumph over the better feelings
which | know he possesses as man and must
he too, as matter of Duty drive wretchedness
from his door
But, sir, will pursue the argument no farther.
Whatever may be the decision of this House, of
one thing | am certan-you cannot destroy the
right of petition You may reject this petition,
and you may stereotype that rejection upon your
journal or upon your statute book, but it will be
all in vain. You cannot crush the sympathies of
the human heart-above all, you cannot efface the
laws that God has written there In such an eff.
fort, like the fool-hardy king of England, you will
find yourselves standing on the shore, and attempt.
ing to roll back the waves of the sea.
J. 1. l.. ut
tan minister to us not long since. "My heart
is with you, but cannot enlist under such men
as now lead on the anti-slavery cause. told
some of the brethren that Garrison would ruin
the cause" Now if the charge be true, that our
cause is in wrong hands, is it the way to get it
into the proper hands, to stand entirely aloof from
it, and disown it altogether. This same minis
ter admitted that our cause was good one, "but,"
said he, sit is under wrong management"
How, in all the world, we ask, is the cause TO
be brought under right management, if the right
men turn their backs upon it Shall we give it
up in expectation that the "right" men will step
forward and take it under their auspices? What
assurance have we, that if we should let go they
would take hold? We have never been opposed to [
the right" men taking up this business. We
have all along been complaining because they did
Foot rSSm enph hs YS g great fnS arg There is
like to work along side of US, let them nee Choose
their own place, and if they can do the thing bet
ter than we are doing it, we shall follow up as fast
as we can. In the mean time, we think, we had
better go on with such "leaders" as we can get,
without waiting for the right men. And We
must think, after all, we have done wondrous WE'LL
considering the "leaders' we had. Evidence is
abundant that our cause is advancing beyond the
most sanguine expectations.
The secret, however, is, that some men will not
90 at aH unless you will let them "lead." If
such men had little more of the spirit of Paul,
who was not ashamed to identify himself with the
despised disciples of the crucifed One, their diff
Guilty would all vanish.
We wish it to be understood that we do not hold
ourselves responsible for all that Friend Garrison
or any other 'leader" or follower says or does,
any farther than their GJoliioniSn, is concerned.
And with all our lanaticism, we do not believe in
the infallibility of abolonists, any other class
After all, 1t Is question in our mind, whether
the abotionsts of this country, leaders and fol-
lowers would suffer much in comparison with the
same number of any other class Of persons, EN-.
bracing the same variety of views on other sub
jects.- Pittsburg Witness.
New "SpEcIE Basis In Georgia. under their
new "Free Banking Law" SHARES are to be made
a part of the Banking capital The Richmond
Wing says,
"a gentleman of much experience in financial
matters, has expressed the opinion to us, that the
Georgia addition of negroes as bankable property.
WAS very wise addition IN the Now Vorlr act