The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-12

| According TO a recent statement L have
seen, the christian devotees are as follows:
Episcopal Melhodisls have laid on 10000;
Baptists, $4,000; Presbyterians. 0 1000;
~Eplscopalians, $4,000; aud the Campbell
ties, 100000. Making in all, ASS, 1000;
and the probability is that enough more
victims are furnished by other denomina-
lions, 10 swell the amount 10 half a mill
ion, of those who are bone, flesh, and
blood like ourselves, but who have not
the power to withstand being led like
sheep 10 the slaughter, TO sltiale the thirst
of the religious DIVORCES of this land,
in their desire to do homage 10 this deity.
And as is known to every intelligent
reader. the daily offering by the leli-
gionists, and all others who worship at
this shrine, in this country, is 2,700,O 900.
One would naturally suppose that, the
NAV Of this monster would be overload
ed, and that he would cry out. enough.
But it is not so. For, instead Of having
his wrath appeased, or his appetite glut-
ted, he is pro wiling up and down the land.
and by the aid OF his wo%rshippers seek
ing new victims. and crying, gaze,
Inc christian OF this country, on learn
ing of the sacriIice of infants to sharks
in the Ganges, by the blind devotees to
the relisio Of that land, shrink back
with horror at the idea OF sacrificing in
that way, and instinctively says" 1 he
Gospel must be sent to the poor, deluded
parents, who sacrifice their own children
to propitiate their god.-lhey say if the
precepts which Christ and the Apostles
taught, can only be expounded to these
benlghted creatures, these sacriicers
will cease, and the principles ofthe gold
en- rule will prevail" while many look
on, if they do not o8iciute IN furn-
ishing victims to the god of slavery,
while The Southern, and many of the
Northern religious guides virtually say as
did Aaron to those who desire to worship
the idol, it shall be even as you desire -
we will wrest the scriptures in favor of
this bowling down, lest we be instrumental
in dividing and destroying the church Of
Christ! The same principle prevails in
the civil department the leaders Of each
of the prominent political parties virtu-
ally saying to their dupes-"great is Di-
otthe Ephesians!' (AmelIcans) and
if you do mt fall down and woriAsp the
that Nebuchadnezzar, or our faith
ers set up, you shall be cast into the fiery
heated seven times hotter than
usual, with our political fuel! Thus we
see that, 60 where we will, into church
or state, we behold this ghastly, soul and
body destroying deity, that we are re-
CURED to worship -sacrIhce to, or be
politically or rellglously destroyed. But
or a Garrison, a Green, a Tap
pan, "a Stewart, a Leavitt, and d host OF
nave seen from the mouataln height
where they have stood, that the people
had corrupted themselves and SAID
Slavery is the god that has brought US
out of Egypt SC, aud have ielI the
,ommand OF God to come down from their
summit Of observation, aud warn the peo-
10 forsake their ldolatrous worship, or
destruction would ONE We may all
see bv close observation, that whether we
look into the different religious denomln.
or the two great political parties,
he reality instead of the image Of slavery
is set up, and we are required to bow In
humble submission to its DeheSts. Hence
he importance of rejecting these Claims
and OF erecting a tue, permanent altar
on which the God Of right may be-
worshipped, and humanity be elevated
This must be done in all the departments
society in which we move If we go 10
he ballol box, let the principle Of human
be the prime mover OF our poIlt-
cal actions, and let the standard be raised
n all our minds, whether we go 10 the
DOLLS - whether we are in the church, or
wherever duty seems TO call us, that we
will mol bow down to the god Slavery,
md do his bidding, but that we will bow
o the Being who created US, and Him
revere. J. HoLCoMB.