The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-08-10
From the Liberty Tract FIR July.
FACTS FOR THE people,.
Concluded.

Concluded.
Il is often said that "ths State has done
everything for the aboliionists they have re
q rested them 10 do" 1t is true they have
passed law in favor o.. fugitive slaves; bu
the U. S. Supreme Court has declared Il
unconstitutional aud void. The Legislature
has also instructed our members oil Congress.
10 use their influence TO obtain law 10 abol
ish slavery in the District of Columbia and
the Territories, and to abolish The slave
,ra!e between the States. But have they
not first put them in shch situation thai
thew cannot possibly do what these resolu
lions require them 10 do 2 Suppose they
shon!l get bill of this kind through the
House; it must 60 10 the Senate, which Is
equally divided between The slave holding
nd non slaveholdine States for concurrence;
and should all the free States vote fT it,
there would be tie TO be decided by the
Vice President ofthe nation, who Is slave
holder. whom this STATE assisted in putting
in TO that station. Or if it should pass the
Senate, il would, Of course, be vetoed by the
President who is pledged to slavery. So
that amounts to nolhlngs
3. The wings have lately manifested great
alarm. lest the Liberty Parry should throw
the government into the hands OF the"Locos,"
and thereby, Texas should be admitted IN
10 the Union. But it Is certain there has
no, been time for several years, when
there was so liltle prospect OF such union
AS for the last few months. And what evil
denee have we that the wings would pre-
vent it, when only dozen Of their members
of Congress could be prevailed upon to sign
MIR, Adams petition against ii. Shall we
never come out and act independently tor
the slave, till The wings have conJured up
all the bug bears their ingenuity can invent
3. We are often accused OF being ultra,
and giving 10 all the other interests OF the
country for this one. But what evidence
is there that we are disposed To- give up any
of The interests OF the country, because We
NM his question before all others, which ev
erv candid man admits is ten tunes as lm-
nortant as all the questions tina, DIVIDE the
whios and democrats have heard hun
dreds if not thousands Of wings and demo-
Gratis asked, what great important principle
they were con,endipg about; and | never
heard of but seven, w: FIVE leaves and Two
fishes; which are common 10 both parhes..
d. Again il has been asserted, that as hu-
man nature is corrupt, there is no more pros
meet that we shall act against slavery II we
ioin the Liberty Party, than ii we remain
10 ne others. This objection may be an
swered by noticing, first, that the Liberty
Parry is such that it can oppose slavery po-
li,ically, which is not the case with either
of the others; and, second, lis position Is
such that its inter ests require 1t TO oppose
slavery, while it is fJr the interest OF DOLE
the Others to court its favor.
Finally. the characters oflhose composing
the Liberty Party has been urged as reason
for being suspicious of il; not because they
are mobcrats, (ror abolIlonists never moi moi
anybody or because they are immoral IL
any respect; but because so large proper
lion Of them profess religion, or are MINIS
tiers of the gospel. Well, This charge can
not be denied, and for one, 'am not sorry
that such men are waking up 10 sense o
duty, and are resolving to use their poh,'ca
influence in the fear of God. Had they don'
so in years past, our halls OF legislator
woudhave been disgraced with fewer brawl
and our country cursed with less wicke'
laws.
You dear reader, probably profess 10 b
an aboli,ionist--to believe that slavery !
hateful In the sight Of God, and grievou
wrong upon the slave. Perhaps The poo
sotf.ring slave heard that profession, aod ht
Of course, regards you as his friend. II