The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-06-29
Week ia eoston--sIave


solemn assemblies in this holy-week. -
Never did they come up, and come out,
in such mi 5hty numbers, and in such
fitness of speech. &c in memory to
the meetings. What deeper cause for
meeting than the slavery o. this so-called
free people How deep, and heavy,
and lowern? is this cloud oyerthis whole
land Do not look to that portion Of it
where his how shall we name it g
this terrible, unholy, utterly wrong in
stitution exists There it has been from
the birthday almost of the nation, GER
tainy Of its claryd freedom, and who
do not know how tremendous is the
power of evil to continue, to str, 2tlen,
and eiantlk', to cnlargs its If? A
tol rat d Unjust ce, I'oalized sin, has
power from thCs: very facts in its very
istory aud being, to lard II the heart,
to stut out from tie soul the power of
ri lit, and to make the acc SIS to the
heart and to tie lif' of orcattruth con-
corning such enormity, an almost hope
SIS thin. Do not alone look to the re-
ion in witch slavery is so d eply cher
i51td, and valu d as tle on y III ans Of
fortune or Of fame, when we com to-
g tier to devils m ans for its abolition.
Lit US in tbs as in all other cases Of So
cial evil, social sin, let US look to our
SELF S. What are We this day, this mo-
IN Mt, do NJ here for t G slave, what
are we doing for lis gr, at daliverancs !?
Are We not saying 'am l my brothers
* eper p Are W. not folding our arms
in 81 cp, VIXEN tie sound Of tie whip, of
&c clanking cain, and tic man sellers
ammcr, is choing in our wy ears ?
Are we not gravely questioning wheth-
or It's society or that, this man or taat
woman, are taking the wisest means for
moving slavery from t e land ? Are
VIC not ridicuing earnest, AMI hearty,
an I noble eloquenco, because it comes
from unpolis eI tongues from m
an 1 from won nwao, like the rough an
arl IS AMI glorious m n an WON of
the LAM, wno loft th'ir p'oughs, an
t1tir distals, u max, the natl n free
from FIR ign drsp tism, by the st IN in
strum nts Ct war, or fr nursing the
w0un led an dying, are aboringt) maka
the b imam Of cur own an an cf cur
own i'm >, free Or is MT cur fast 81
d 'ep!y burt by the want of refinement
Which Ne fancy belongs to ant-slavery
4, oqle1cc that we shrink from it with
disgust? LIT us lock at the willing tol
Grafton of slavery by ourselves sometimes,
when we seek for the causes Of its cen
l:n0ance amongs. US; especially, let those
do 50 who wou.d leave it 10 the tender
nercies Of those who live b. it, and with
j.. onl in it.
Various topics were discussed at the
Convention. One was, the
supposed power of the clergy in relard-
ing emancipation. This power, il it OK,
Ii at all, we ihiuk is somewhat eyogger-
ated And in the degree in which it aes
exist, it seems 10 US TO be rather negative
Than positive. Tne clergy, it is sad, US
an order, are silent in regard to the suffer
ings of the slave, or rarely if ever bring
the subject Of slavery distinctly before the
people. The sam. is alleged Of the or.
der in regard to temperance, The ait,
Ca;islian custom Of war, and to other re
forming movements. What do those
charges really imply? Is it unwilling.
ness to discuss these topics Of absorbing
interest, and which are now 50 deeply
moving many minds? If so, why this
ulwil!ngness HIS it net its true
whtr yer it exists, in the society
irluld them F? Would they not speak to
unwilling CT close-stopped ears ? Could
they reach such heats ? Blu t was an.
swered, your questions are worthless
they imply a worse stle Of the order
than we have charged. Whal! minis
rar OF God, and OF Christ - filled with
reverence Of the justice, the uucomprom-
isn9 justice of the Father, and the all. |
ab-orbIag love Of the S)n.--lo you say
that one having a commission from on
high 10 declare eternal truths, at no mat.
ter what cost, or under what, and all
dep his Of dlscouragement, oppositions, and
Stern conflicts, do you say that such
minister Should ever for moment get the
tone Ct his teachings from mere occasions,
or m'r1 men? What if his peopIe are
unwilling 10 hear the tru h,-lo be told
cvtry S 'bblth day that the slave is son
of God --onc for whom Christ died -
brother, an oppressed, suffering, bought
and sod man?--Whal if his people will
not hear that this slavery is bligliing and
shaming the raion, his own coun,ry p
that to discuss il wi lead to dis lnon, and
u diminish nltiona or Individual wealth.
--lrp these rpaenns WI y H.. n ,d.r hnnld
not sp FAX If these things, till they reach
the hearl, and reach 10 the life? When
then is the sleep Of death theirs and why
do they insult the cause, and its friends,
when they do speak Of it, b. s)me Of
the speakers, the power Of the cI"r9y was
considered SO great, that until it was de-
stroyed, abolition was impossible. By
thesr, this power was shown in cv4rv
detail and rxtmpe, aud argued with al!