The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-09-14

NOuntoIIS,duu SUuHu tUO HcWS vi pCdCO
on earth and good will to men , to farth-
est Oregon nay, penetrate the Burmese
jungles, and preach to the antipodes OF
China and Japan, who dreams of offer
ing such query in respect to Mem!-
Yet the oppression of the Poles, and
gloom of moral night enveloplng the Hin
doc and Chinese, compare not with the
misery and darkness of millions in our
own south west.
1t is again demanded, What has the
North to do with the South?' 1t is be-
cause the South is to the North what
Russia is to Poland what Turkey is to
Greece. But the inquiry is not only sell
fsh-it is equivalent to asking, Am |
MY BROTHERS, KEEPER" the interrogatory
of the primal murderer, Cain. The an
swer, however, is so long, that we ight
also say 'the world itself could not con-
tain the books that should be written. >
We are, in fact. wound and bound up IN
SLarery: but time will not admit Of copi
Gus details, and | can only now allude
to some important points
She holds the reins of power by our
consent, through various social, CONNER
cial,a nG political relations. FIRST, soctat.
IL. True, at this distance, we can with
difficulty feel our own participation in
her crimes. Time was, when |, too,
writhed beneath THE TRUTH; but l now
think it for the highest interest of all to
find the trvth-and having found, to en-
brace and hold it fast. Keep the dis
tinction then, in mind, between sJaUe-
hoiders and slave claimants and we shall
find ourselves, as well as our southern
neighbors extensively involved in guilt.
Is it within the bounds of possibility
for two hundred and fifty thousand slave
holders to retain, without assistance, near
three mtH1o~ slaves? Three millions -
an ominous number! for three millions
were led out of Egypt, and three mill
ions once successfully opposed the Prov
ess of Great Britain. | ask again if
$1,000 are capable Of holding such
number, when,i the coarse language Of
another, three millions might EAT them,
and then scarcely have full meal?'-
No; the reverse is clearly shown by
southern testimony.
When JOHN Q. ADAMS, nobly con-
tending for the right Of petition upon aay
subject, presented the request of his con-
stituents for dissolution Of the Urion,
a southern Congressman observed, that
this would break up slavery whereas
the South were always wont to threaten,
in case of abolition, to dissolve as rem
edy. In such an event. said he, a
million of slaves stood ready at the tap
of the drumn Yes, they were prepared,
like Washington, to strike tor Hbefty!
The editor of the Maysvile Intelligent
Ger says, We are surrounded with a
dangerous class-only restrained from
instruction by the fear of DEATH But
we need not travel to Kentucky to show
that the North are shareholders. The
social cord which binds the slave is strong
the political still stronger but the
ecclesiastical cord is strongest.
will here announce, that meetings
on this subject will be held again 10 mar
row, Sunday at the usual hours of SER
vice in the morning, afternoon and eve
ming. The slave = alas he has no Sab
bath but beyond the tomb; and too many
of our clergy are like those whom proph-
cts styled 'dumb dogs:' they will not
open their mouths for the oppressed.
Priestly allows, that people are never
better than their laws, while many are
far worse! and as the public sentiment
makes laws, let us observe its operation
at the North. Suppose horde of ban
dts occupying the Green Mountains,
and subsistng by the plumber of the far
mers Of Vermont would not those who
60 and stay among them as lawyers, doc
tors or merchants, become paricipators
in their crimes? So with our citizens
who 60 to the South, who mingle with
Shareholders, and share the profits of ILL.,
gotten gain And what, to the all-see-
ing Eye, is that mans guilt, who steals
his neighbours horse, his cattle or his
corn, compared with him who takes the
helpless infant from the cradle, the wife,
the daughter, or the eldest son, and
bears them into bondage everlasting -
perpetual servtude OF body, and hope
less night of the imm0rtUL mi~d!
What kind of m0r0lS do we teach?- -
For often, when a northern youth APP
pears averse to honest labor, although
we would not bid him take to Sie0iing
Sheep we send him to the South; where,
if expert enough in aohippi@g out prop
er quantity of rice, or cotton, or tobacco,
as a negro overseer, to purchase a plan
tation for himself, we call him smart and |
enterprlsjng. Next, to be counted pious,
church, erected by his bounty finish
ed with the price of blood "a place
where stately the hired apologist of
crime may stand
'And in his tasselled pulpit thank the Lord
That from the oling bondmun's utter need,
He piles his own full board.'
And would our youthful nabob seek
partner in his clustering honors and his
piety, he needs but enter, ruflian-lke.