The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-09-28
THE VOICE OF FREEDOM.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1889.
The Windsor Movement.

the lectures of Elliot Cresson-the organization Of
the Windsor Society, &c. correspondent o
the Chronicle, presumed to be Hon Milton Brown
gives some additional particulars. He states that
the ground assumed by the lecturer was, that the
Colonization Society were, de facto, abolltonists;D
while abolitionists were roundy charged with the
basest treachery and hypocrisy" The correspond
ent of the Chronicle adds, "As one to whom his
arguments were addressed the writer had an un-
questionable right to suppose him sincere; and to
puthis sincerity beyond adouM, proposed an amend
nent to the constitution of the Windsor Colonial
ton Society, (then under consideraton,) embrac-
ing the very principle he had been laboring 10 es-
tablish, viz; that one Of the objects cfs Society
u.s. 10 endeaOor to effect the entire abolition Of Sla-
very" Yet, this amendment was not adopted,
but strenuousy resisted by Mr.. Cresson and 9TH
ers." The Chronicle gravey replies that this re-
sistance was on the ground that it [the amend
ment] was unnecessary,-the whole ground Of the
elevation of the Negro race being covered by the
constitution as it stood! !!
Unnecessary, forsooth! The Chronicle would
seem to insist, then, that the wly-forned Wind
sor Colonization Society is virtually or indirectly,
or in the abstract or some how or other, in favor
of" the entire abolition of slavery! Now, if it be
so, we are socitous TO know by what mysterious
plan its operations are to be conducted Are its
funds to be cast into the treasury Of the American
Colonization Society? or is this another "new
organization? Bear in mind, that the parent
society stands Pledged not only by the terms of its
constitution, but by resolution adopted at its
nual meeting in 1884 and never rescinded, against
any object other than the true and single object"
of colonization in Africa or some other place!
To show our readers how admirably this new
progeny Of Colonization harmonzes with its slave
holding relatives in the sunny south, we beg at
tention to the annexed article. In the African
Repository for March, there is an account, copied
from the Nashville Commercial Chronicle Of Dec.
1888, of the formation of Colonization Society
in Baldwin county, Alabama, auxiliary to the A
mercan Society. From the report OF a committee
appointed to prepare "a synopsis Of the reasons
of the people for moving in this matter" (Which
report was adoped) we make the following ex-
tract. People of Vermont, mark it well
1--WE do not deem it necessary to enter into an
elaborate argument to prove the expedlency of a
measure which, from its important bearing on our
present and future prosperity, should be matter
of anxious consideration with all. But we con-
sder at least, brief exposition Of our views due
to ourselves, as well as to our fellow-citizens who
differ with US in opinion.
We hold it to be the duty of good citizens to du-
ly weigh principles before they act upon them
but when once convinced that they are just and
proper, and that it is expedient and for the good of
the community that they should be carried out,
then we hold that no lethargy, ndisposon, or OPP
position should prevent every well-wisher OF his
country from using all honest means in his power
to render such principles effective. And after
due examination of the plan of coonizing the free
blacks out Of the country, with their own consent
we believe il safe, phianthropic, and Of vital i'm
portance to its tranquility; because it respects, to
the fullest extent the invioIabity ofprivate rights
and private property because ii proposes to remoee
from among as odegraded, useless, and Uaci0uS race,
who are but nomnaly Free to place where they
can be free and happy; because the plan has been
advocated and supported by such men as Jefferson,
Madison, Munroe Crawford, Marshall, Bushrod
Washington, and many other great and good men,
whose wisdom and patriotism cannot now be ques-
toned and because aOe consider the measure, OF
ALL OTHERS, BEST CALCULATED TO PRESERVE GooDl
ORDER AND PROPER DISCIPLINE AMONG OUR SLAVES.
For, Notwithstanding the laws of most of the indi-
vdual states prohibiting their immigration within
their limits to reside it is notorious that they pass
from state to state and from one part of state to
another part, without exciting the particular atten
ton of any one, and, of consequence, peculiar
ly accessible to designing fanatics, who may, hro
their insrumentaty, disseminate their disorgan-I
izing doctrines, involving, in their spread insur-
recton, massacre, and servile war. Therefore, we
deem the plan of removing them from the United
States the most effectual method of counteractng
the ultimate designs of the abolitionsts. 1t is no.
torious that they 1.-THE abolitonistsl are the most
violent opponents which the scheme Of colonial
ton has to encounter Their penetration has dis
cooered its tendency; and they denouuce it as a
scheme originating among Shareholders for the
perpetuation ofslavery, and for the removal of the
very elements on which they 1.-THE abolitionists]
rey to produce an explosion which shall ultimate
" compel the Southern states TO resort to indiS-
crimate emancipation, IN selfdetence. We cannot
therefore, but look upon the rapid increase Of free
blacks as dangerous, q. a6ording probable grounds
r II Il