Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-10-05
From the Herald Of Freedom.
THE TOCSIN.
HY REv. JOHN PIERPoNT.

From the Herald Of Freedom.
THE TOCSIN.
NJ REV. JOHN PIERPoNT.
the pulpit be silent, whenever or wherever
there may be sinner bloody with this guilt, with
in the hearing Of its voice, ne pulpit % false TO rs
WEBSTER.
WAKE! children Of the men who said,
sAIl are born free EITHER spirits come
Back to the places where they bled
In Freedoms holy martyrdom,
And end you sleeping on their graves,
And hugging now your chains,-ye slaves
Ay,-sIavss OF slaves. What, sleep, yr yet,
And dream Of Freedom, while ye sleepi
Ay,-iream, while Savery's foot is set
!. SO firmly on your necks, while deep
The chain her qnivering flesh endures
Gnaws, like a cancer, into yoursi
Hah say ye that I've falsely spoken,
Calling you slaves i-Then prove ye're not j;
Work a free pressl-ye'll see Il broken;
Stand to defend it!-ye'll be shot.
o yes! but people should not dare
Print what the q brotherhood won't bear
Then from your lips let words Of grace,
Cleaned from the Holy Bibles pages,
Fall, while ye'Ie pleading for a race
Whose blood has flowed through chains for
ages
And pray,-@ Lord, let thy kingdom cone"
And see if ye're not stricken dumb.
Yes, men Of God. ye may not speak,
As. by the Word Of God, ye're hidden;
BY the pressed lip, the blanching cheek,
Ye feel yourselves rebuked and chidden;
And, IL ye're not cast out, ye fear il -
And why p" The brethren" will not hear it.
Since then, through pulpit, or through press,
TO prove your freedom ye'rs not able,
Goc,-like the Sun Of Righteousness,
BY wise men hOnored to a stable!
Bend there to Liberty your knee
say Aere that God made all men free!
Even thsre-ere freedoms vows ye've plighted,
Ere Of her form we've caught glimpse,
Even there, are fires inferno! lighted,
And ys're driven out by Slavery's imps.
All, well !-aso prosecuted they
The prophets" Of former day!
Go, then, and build yourselves hall.
To prove We are not slaves, but men
Write "FREEDon," on its towering wall
Baptize it in the name Of PENN;
And give il to her holy cause,
Beneath the Egis Of her laws;-
Within lei freedoms anthem SWELL
And, while your hearts begin to throb,
And burn within you--Hark! the YELL
The torch,-the torrent Of the Mon
They're Slavery's troops that round YOU sweep
And leave your hall smouldering heap!
At Slavery's beck, the prayers ye urge
On your own servants, through the door
OF your own Senate,-that the scourge
May cash your brothers back no more
Are trampled underneath their feet,
While ye stand praying in the street!
Al Slavery's beck, ye send your sons
To hunt Indian wives or maids.
Doomed to the lash,--Yes. and their bones,
Whitening mid swamps and everglades,
Where no friend goes to give them graves,
Prove that ye are not Slavery's slaves.
At Slavery's beck, the very hands
Ye lift to Heaven, to swear ye're free,
Will break a truce, TO seize the lands
OF Seminole or Cherokee.
Yes,-lear a flag, thaeEnrtsrherdes
Respect, and shield il with their swords.
Vengeance is thine, Almighty God,
To pay il hath thy justice bound thee;
Even now, see thee take thy rod
Thy thundsrs, leashed and growing roun'
thee;-
Slip them not yet, in mercy ;-Deign
Thv wrath vet longer to restrain.
Or.-let GLy Kingdom, Slavery, come.
Let Church. let State, receive thy claim,
Let pulpit, press, and hall be dumb,
Ifso the brotherhood ordain,
The MUSK her own indignant spirit
Will vet speak out; and men shall hear It.
Yes:-whiIe, at Concord, there's a stone
That she can strike her from still;
While there's a shaft at Lexington,
Or half one on Bunker's Hill,
There shall she strike her Tyre,
And Truth and Freedom shall stand by her.
But, should she hence by mobs be driven,
For purer heights she plume her wing;
spurning land Of slaves, to heaven
She'll soar, where she can safely sing.
God OF our fathers, speed her thither,
God OF the free, let me 60 with her.
MISC Ell L A N Y.
From the Christian Reflector.
"THEY ARE USED TO IT."
A correspondent of the N. Y. Watcl
man. describing the awful cruelties OF
Florida shareholder, says ne was aske