Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-03-27

,;on"Rv ,,,ha, au,bor,,,, .rs man made .laycs i
IN Le opsijerej mo-, mi, asnje for the next p.n,-
ration IN consider. Men who hold slaves. and
men who advoca,c the rich, IN hold them. and
men who refuse 10 hear testimony ayains, bolJinp
them. are 10 lie made 10 feel thai ,hev are acting
under RESPONSIBILITIES TO the God of he Jave-io
Him who has made nil of one blood. and who
has connecied rights and duties with ibis relation
oc bro,Lr,bocJ.
Here il The foundation work of abolition. II i.
n ore,, work. II sbould Le well begun. A sniri,
of Kindness and rood will should strongly cbarnc- |
terizc every sten IN The progress of il. and stand
on, in strong contrast with HE harshness and Sc
verify of ordinary Marty contests. No whip of
scornions .hould he wieldel-mucb as there is in
slavery TO excite the feclinrs-but truth should
have. in her advocates. a shirt and teinner cor
responding with her kind and bencficcnt Offices,
and her pure and exalted nature. And patience,
TOO, must have its perfect work. The rough and
fallow ground is not 10 lie broken up, and good
seed planted, in a day. Nor can it lie expected to
sprinr I'M and lear fruit IN a dav, There are diff
cnltics to be encountered, peculiar to OFF own
country not difficulties to discourage, but to in.
spirc caution, prudence, firinness, and a steady
hold upon the great principles which lie at the
foundation of the cause. Customary political ex-
pclients-lhe expcdients of corrnpting state Of
politics-must be avoided and there must lie ex-
hibited a singleness and purity of purpose, which
shall commend the cause and its advocates to pub
lie confidence. Abolition must not lie suspected of
a design to obtain power for the sake of power
Its advocates must have no ambition but the am
biiion of doing good. A man who is aspiring to
office os his chef GOOD. has We, TO learn the first
lesson in he school Of noholi,ion.
The work orabolition is b,t lerun m this coun-
try. The cause is IN lis infancy. II cannot start
up in a day 10 manhood, as Minerva sprang forth,
full armed, from the brain o~fJupiier. Truth will
prevail" If it can have the aid of tune. 1t never
The victory of reforming a community.
1t is thus that the great work is to be carried
, forward to its ummati thus that the streams
of lcnevolencc are 10 lie thrown into a right d-
rection, and a sound healtbfIl public sentiment
formed on the subject of slavery-a sentiment
elevated bv high intelligence. and purified by the
| pcrvading influence of christian principles. No
Thing can exert a more healthful influence on the
public mind and heart than the agitation of the
oucstion of abolition. under the guidance of these
principlcs. i, will purify the fountains of national
A thought and feeling, carry us back TO the better
A., DAYS of The republic, cherish IN us their noble, self
e sacrificing spirit, and elevate us on to the broad
d platform wheron our fathers were gathered when
+ they declared, in the face OF earth and heaven,
that all men are created equal.
lo'i VIII thus perceive, SIR, That l place mora
abolition IN the front, and that l would have polltl,,
Z cal abolition move IN the rear. This Will not,
know, SUIT the lmpatlence OF many very eXcellen'
men, who think that abolition will not thus adj
" vance with the desirable rapidly. But IT VIII, II
my opinion advance more surely to a sale result
do not say that abolition is, even now, TO be
u utterly excluded rom Inc held OF political actioh
1t will, OF neresslly,. 10y degrees, enter 1t. IT can
not c kept out. Ofthe circumstances which WI
Justify such action, abolitionists, in the various
2 sections of the country, will OF course Judge iron
considerations which cannot control in decidln.
y the question OF bringing ont an abolition candidate
{ for the presidency. Abolition has not strength t.
bear such a contest. Its infancy must not tie rock
o ed in the whirlwind OF a presidential election.
:; When, and as fast as the public sentiment shall
have become purified and elevated by the discus
N sions of human rights and obligations, necessari
; connected with the progress OF abolition, Their
n will lie raised up, by IA natural, enforced process
as vegetation springs forth under the genial intlu
enceS of rain and sunshine, men fitted for the pc
- litical duties which abolition Is destined to per
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