The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-06-15

sm-for sheer upon the self-evident truth that
all men are born free and equalizer cavil upon
the averment that life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness are among their inalienable rights-for
a udcrous distortion of the learned Doctors par
allef between free men and fat oxen--for physi-
Ioo9lca treatise to prove that the negro race, from
lhcIr temperament and capacity, are peculiarly
suited to be slaves and to be the happest Of men
IN mat condition for proofs from Holy Writ
lhat negroes are OF the accused race of Ham,
doomed to be slaves to the endof time that Abra-
ham had slaves, and that Joseph himself was a
slave under the old covenant, aud Oncsimus a
IsIave under the new--just as SEpuLvEDA conclu.
tslvey argued against Las CAsAs, that the Span-
iardS had an unqucstionablc right to extirmina,e
the Indians, because God commanded the children
Of Israel to cXterninae the idoatrous nations Of
Canaan All this, as Chancellor HARPER candid
~ admits, is sufficiently commonplace; but, saws
he, we are sometimes driven to common. place.
Yes, from the Declaration of Independence, you
cannot start one step without being driven to
Icommon-pace to the commonplace of mmcmo-
rial tyranny; to the commonplace divine right of
kings to the commonplace logic and morality of
the Jcsuils; to the commonplace thumb-screws
and faggot-lires of the holy inquisiton. TO all
this. commcn-p mast be driven whoever under
takes to Justify the institution of slavery by de-
crying the principles of the Declaration of indie
pendence.
But how far has this counter revolutionary prin-
cipe of the South extended-how far is it extend
ing? My countrymen | wish not to alarm your
fears for the continuance Of the Union but you
must look at things as they are. have said that
the remuneration Of the principles of the Declara-
ton OF independence is a virtua! withdrawal from
the Union. There can at least be no possible at
tachment to the Union entertained by those who
have renowned those principles--no community
of fcelmg,wi those who retain and adhere to
them. The two sets of principles separate the
souls Of men wider than the distance Of the poles
from each other.
| think there can be no question that the ccrrHe
system Of principles (by which understand the
doctrines urged by President Dew and Chancel-
ior HARAEa, in opposition to the system of prin-
oples proclaimed in the Declaration Of Inddpdn-
dcnce) poryadas the whole State of South Caro-
Iina and forms the basis of the system of policy
pursued and recommended by the leading men Of
that State, At the head Of them is JonN G. CAL
u0UN, with his san@uine temperament, his DASH
ing cIoquance his ncyar-donL!ing confidence in
himself, his superficial acquaintance With human
nature, and his no acquaintance With human his
tory with his notwithstanding versatility 0' con-
duet, and his ludicroHsly sincere claims to conss-
tency; with the memory Of his premature adj
vancement in early yoath--of his grasping ambi-
tion--of his blasted hopes and his mortiying dis
appointments, This is precisely the man to ac-
quire, under the cflervescences of southern sun,
that ascendencv over the intellect of his contempo-
raries which confers Pylhagorean authority over
his disciples, and settles every question among
them by the simple formula of He said IT, And
such an ascendcncy he has acquired, with the ex-
reption of few intelligent meN, unable to keep
pace with him in the Sud|qAneSs and rapidly OF
his political piroueteS, but who cannot sustain
themselves long in opposition 20 any ofhis circum-
volutons,
When this revolution Of sentiment shall have
been completed, when the whole South shall have
been wcaned from the scIi-evidcnt trulhs of the
Declaration of independence, ,;nd reconyertcd to
The faith that slavery is not only conformabIe to-
but sanctioned by, the laws of Nature and of Ma
lures God, then will be the time for separation
rom the fanatics of the North, and for the organ
cation of the Southern Conlederacy, founded up
IN the principles of perpetual and irremediabe
slavery, and for the annexation of Texas, and of
Is much as can be conquered Of Mexico to the
same.
That this is and has for years been the policy
II The South Carolina party, cannot admit of
'oubt. And to the purposes of this party moth
NC would so effectively administer as the imme-
late abolition of slavery in the District OF Coum
Ma, i il co"I3 be noso eBcctcd,
Now, earnestly as desire that abolition, as
Don as it can possibly be effected with justice to
he inhabitants of the District, and with safety to
he peace and preservation of the Union, am
lot prepared to stake my responsibility as a Rep
escntativo of the People upon a measure which,
or the immediate emancipation of fvc-or six thou
and slaves out of three millions, would, as be-
eve it would, immnenty hazard both. The
Whole South and Southwest, not only in Con-
reSs, but in the nation, are united against it.
'othing less than the union of the whole North
nd Northwest, both in and out of Congress, could
ossihly accomplish it even in Congress- The
resident has given pledges in advance, both be-
ire and since his election that he would inter-
Csc his veto against such a bill should it ever be c
lrried by maiorities in both Houses of Congress. :
o expect that ma jorites of two-thirds of both
louses now, or for many years to come, would a
1tc for this measure against the Presidential neg
i've, would be nothing short of insanity What
zen, is the meaning of that Immediate abolition !
hich the American Auti-SIavery Society has g
ade the test of orthodoxy to theirpoical church? t.
moral and physical lmpossibility! s.