The Vermont freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1842-1843, 1842-12-10
For the Vermont Freem IN.
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Nh EeSroR.-Tbe Nesx Englana, 2 r.sa ---r-7~-ys.
is oraEI5 tam, What the Constitution of the United
States could have been ad,ptcd and that these
states could have been united states, if the
sence of slavery the south had not been recognized
and the delivery Of fugitive slaves by the free
had been authorized and required by public law. t
is also morally certain that these states
iinue to be united states, except the condi-
lions" Then saw prrjsh The c,astitut;on and peri
the union, VIII en- conceived sin, brought forth
inquiry, and preserved by cruelty, injustice and op,
preston As to matter OF fact, do not believe that it
necessary that the foul clause respecting tugtves
should have dsgractd national compact; but the
free states cnjoed to yield this boon to slavehod
ers who suppitcnted a1orS in those days but the PEG
pie careful that they would not accept the
s&tution without article, which declares that per-
shall be deprived of lite liberty, property with
out due process of law Is not this clause wholly dis
reg rrded when slave catchers allowed to prowl
about streets, pounce upon their victim, and drag
him into perpetual slavery Surely if slave laws reach
into the free states, and and may be seized
and carried off by violence, the of Africa,
is pretty clear that the North have something to do
with slavery, and it is time tor them to decide what
they will do. For the Puritan tells that the union
BE- pre>erred unless will submit to the slave
power, and allow Shareholders e. among us,
and chain their victims, and drag immortal beings from
all that dear to them EARTH and force them back to
their prison house of pollution and blood. And
gravey told tn this of LatimerS may involve,
its remote consequences, the grave question, whether
this union shall be preserUed or nbnndOned And 10 1t
that the union cannot be preserved but such in
famous conditions? fear it too true. 1t is in
win q think of amending the constitution this or
any 6ther point, which affects slavery for the slave
states have the power wholly in their hands Shall
the north, then, tame y yield, kiss their chains and
| croucsssto slavery The sonth may trample on the
provisions of the constitution when shareholders please
but the north be held the letter, and yield the
last pound of flesh, the fearful cry rn"g, and
The union will be destroyed, You will divide the union.
Shame such shelter for slavery. Is it worse
to divide the living from the dead break off from the
slave states, than it to burst all the bonds that
bound to our father land And the of
those who ventured their lives the high places of
the field resist British OPPRESSION meanly submit to
southern dictation and amely allow the sacred rights
Of man, the claims dt humanity, and the law of I'D,
b. trndden under foot before their eyes And shall
we be told that must meanly do all this the only
condition ofprexerving our union with dear south
masters, Vb thus encouraged to kick and cuff
us whenev they please? PERISH, | SAY, ALL SUCH
UNIONS On such conditions, | say burn the consttu-
ton, the capit, to its fpundation and let every
state fall back on it's reserved rights. For one, | ain
willing that wall snthousand feet high should sepa
rate for the free states rm the slave but would
leave hole, through which all who love slavery might
enter ne return. And do hope that the friends
OF human rights, who love humanity, justice, anthe
claims of God, more than unloly union with slavery
the sum of all that is vile, will rise up in all then
strength and demand of Congress that the union be
dissolved that the sovereign rights of the free
shall be sacredy respected and the land OF freedom
shall be profaned by demons in human shape, seek
ing whom they may devour If the south will roll in
the mire and filth of slavery until she pine array anC
perish, unde- the consuming hand of avengins
God, she must do it, But let her bear her sins
and not try involve the whole nation in her guilt
ruin | reject II terms of union; l will not such
conditions strike hands with her. She may take VI
her line of march and withdraw she pleases
What agreement hath Christ with Belial'~
AN OLD MAN.