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

released, until he embraces the truth and
acls accordingly. Milo o. MORT.
Brandon, Oct. 4, l843.
For the Voice of Freedom.
FEW THOUGHTS ON SLAVERY.
Mr.. Editor:
think this a very appropriate time
10 discuss the question of slavery. Our
election is over, and we can now talk and
write without being charged with cleo
lioneering. If am not mistaken, men
of all parties agree in this one thing, that
slavery IS an cell and ought 10 be remoced.
At any rate, every sensible and moral
man will agree 10 this, find him 10 what
party you may, and with such and no
others would | stop 10 reason. The diff
ference, then, which arises among US is
in relation TO The 10 be used IN re-
moring the erit.
1t seems 10 me as though nothing was
needed to overthrow this accursed system,
but the united and concentrated effort Of
those opposed to slavery. 1t never can
be done without. Why then will not all
anli-slavery men, he they Wings or Dem.
ocrats, or of the Liberty ~Pany-why, |
say, will they not unite on common ground
in a war against this, the greatest of our
national evils? The difference between
the Wings aud Democrats, and what is
termed the Third Party, is a matter upon
which wish 10 give my views in some
future number OF the Voice. What [
have to ofe: will be upon the cells Of
Sl0rery.
In all that has been said and written
uron the subject of slavery, is enormous
evils have never been half portrayed
They are enough to disgrace our nation,
aud call loudly upon every free citizen 10
exercise his moral and political rights to
abolish slavery, that most inhuman aud
wicked OF all things which ever existed
in a civilized country. But the wrong
done to the poor slave is not all. Our
country suffers exceedingly from This &C
cursed system of slavery. There are evils
which the people do not, and will not
look at, at least to their full extent. These
are evils which are deeply rooted. They
60 10 the very foundation upon which
every republican government must stand,
and depend upon it, we shall never be a
happy and prosperous nation while slave
ny exists in our land. This is a truth,
and any one who can see the effect of
slavery knows it. Take a Southern man
and a Northern man. Do you not sec
the difference in their views Of things, and
in their habits of thinking? Do you not
see that they never agree with each other2
Why is ;his2 We know the reason of
it very we'll. The difference before men.
toned which exists between the two, is
the reason why they can not agree. Here
is the secret of the q%uarreIs which so often
arise between Northern s. Southern men,
in Congress. The former brings with it
the simplicity and republicanism of the
North, while the latter with a naughty
bearing, swells with pride, and evincts
more arislocracy than the lords Of the
British Parliament. His cherished slaw
of honor is the only social rule which
he recognizes. Men so different can never
leglsIate together with any harmony. 1t
is Just as impossible as it Is for the laws
of nature to change. But why this diff
ference in the character of Northern and
Southern men as long as we are all under
the same government, and descended from
the same race and nations We answer,
it arises from the difference in the society
OF the North and South. Southern men
derive their character from their society,
which is more like the society in the
monarchicaI governments of Europe, than
it is like ours of the North.
My next inquiry is, what makes the
difference in the society of the North and
Is it moi slavery? Most GER
it is. Were it not for slavery we
should all have been as near alike as the
climate would allow. There would have
been no important difference in our soci-
ETY.. Here then We have come to the
foundation OF very many evils which have
distracted our national councils, and have
been tho cause Of more distress in our
than anything else which can be-
mentioned.
But, Mr.. Editor, as YOU want short
articles, l will conclude; but hope | nav
the privilege of being heard further
lpon this point, and the other which I
noticed in the first part of my article.
Oct, 10. lS43, PuUros