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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-09-21

law that has ever disgraced the statutes Of
Vermont. 1t can not be reconciled with
any principles of morality or ommon
sense. Admitting that the law in itself
is Just and reconcilable with moral prin.
cipIes; of wha; possible benefit has il ever
been, or can it ever be 10 the community
or 10 the temperance cause? 1t seems TO
me too evident to admit of any argument,
that the license law has done the commu-
nifty no good. Every man Of common
sense ard common observation will admit
it. All those with very few exccptions)
who have wanted licenses, have obtained
them. There are but few taverns in the
State that are not at times disorderly.-
There are but few, but have customers
who are in the habit Of getting intoxicdt-
ed, and SO it will be, put what restrictions
you may upon the tavern-Eeepers. But
| take the ground that | did in my last
communication, t5at IL is wrOng for the
Legislature of this State, or of any other
Stale to enact a law whereby men can
have license to sell ardent spirits. say
no legislative body has a right to make
such a law. Why? Because it is Ii.
censing sin. II is licensing a great evil
which always has been and ever will be,
while it exists, destructive to the morals
and the peace of community. well know
that | am advancing an opinion now con-
corning which some, perhaps many, may
differ with me. But let me ask all Of
those who disagree with me, If intemper-
ance is not a very great evil2 Are there
not very many of our fellow citizens who
have strong appetites for ardent spirits.-
And who will drink to excess if the H.
quor can be obtained thereby injuring
their minds, their moral sense, and every
faculty they possess which distinguishes
them from the brutes2 We all know
there are very many such men, though
that number is much smaller than a few
years ago. Now, | ask, is it right to
feed the appetites Of such men? | ask
any one-let his opinion be what it may
upon the license question - if it is right
for us to place within their power, the
means for selfdestruction? Take the
matter home to your own bosoms. Who
is .here who has a near friend addicted to
an i~mmoderate use Of rum, but would feel
indignant towards the individual who en-
tees hat friend to drink? Finally, | ask
what is It in granting licenses, but giving
men permission to commit a moral evil ?
As the license question is of some i'm
porlance, | should like to hear from you,
Mr.. Editor, in relation to it, and from all
others who are disposed to give their
views upon it. PHILos.
Brandon, Sept. Is, 1913.
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Sept. 21, 1843.
West India Emancipation.

Would you turn the Negroes all loose
upon community How often do we
hear expressions like the above, just as If
the negroes were all tigers or lions, who,
the moment they were fee, would go to
ravaging the country and to destroying
the inhabitants. The question about the
safety of giving freedom to the bound, has
been fully settled by the West India
Emancipation. The black population Of
the West Indies is about ten times as
numerous as the white, "and yet" SAYS
Judge Jay, IL. do not hesitate to assert.
that in no part Of the world, unless posi-,
bly, in Ncw-England, is there greater Sc
curity for property and life, than among
these liberated slaves, We have 100000
Shareholders and in the British West
Indies, there are about 500, 900 emanci-
pated slaves, and beyond all question, the
murders perpctfated by the former are a
hundred to one committed by the latter"
The blacks constitute the chief military
force Of the islands. They are the pro-
tectors of the whites! The same indi-
viduaI says, "Educalion and religion are
rapidly spreading, and | have little doubt,
that even already, in some of the islands,
a larger proportion of TIE black children
can read and write, than Of The white
children in certain of our slave States"
It is absurd to talk about the danger of
treating men as rational and immortal
bpinrs.
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Let The I~rEshrnen sneak.

1t was stated by Lord Morpeth, at a
recent Anti-Slavery meeting in London,
that he saw the Irishmen in America
treat the people Of color worse than any
other class of persons. O'Connell says
that this testimony will weigh him down
until he shall hear that this feeling is
changed in his countrymen. The fol-
lowing resolution, passed at a Repeal
meeting of native and adopted Citizens,
recently held at Little Falls, N. Y. will
show that not all the sons Of Ireland are
recrcant to the free principles of their
native land.
Resolved, That while we sincerely
sympathise with the oppressed and down
trodden inhabitants of Ireland and every
nation where British tyranny bears sway,
It's citizens Of a free State, we would
not forget the bondman in our own land,
the slave, who is bound to his own Amer
lean master by a tie that nothing but
death can sever, without the consent Of
that master, and where tyranny is a thou
sand times worse than lreIand's oppress-
ion; the wife can be sold from her hus-
band, the children from their parents
and the backs of them all, old and young,
bond and free, exposed to the lash of a
ruthless, un(eeling master; and We here
by de%nounce such oppression, and claim
that the oppressed shall so free.
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We wish to call the attention Of our read
ers to the following article. Shall Texas
With all her >laye-population be annexed TO
the UniteJ States, and The balance Of power
thus De given to Shareholders TO control mol
only their own affairs but also those of the
general government, until the whole North
shall bow down to their Juggernaut and
worship at its shrine, aud the sun Of our
Republic 80 down in blood! Let every
Aboli,ionist lift his voice against such a
union, ere it be too late.
JUDGE Jay, in a private letter thus writes /:
"Oar strength lies in a rigid adherance to
our principles. The CHURCH, the great
buIwark of slavery, is shaken, and The Lib
erly party is greatly troubling the politicians.
All the signs Of The times are suspicious Of
our final triumph, with the single exception
of Texas. Let us not delude ourselves with
the prospect Of abolition there. Should it
ever take place, it will not be till after all
hope OF annexation is abandoned. In my
opinion the energies Of the aholitionists
should now be directed to avert the caIami-
ny OF annexation, by Tie neat Congress-"
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For the Voice Of Freedom.

MIR. Editor:-In my communication,
which was published in the Voice las.
week, under the signature B., it will be
recollecledlha TOOK strong groundagainst
the license law and it will he recoIlected
that | promised to say something more
about it. 1t appears to me 10 be a very
appropriate time to discuss that question,
as the Legislature Of Vermont is soon to
hold its annual session, at which time if
ever we may expect action on that sub.
ject. 1t seems to me as though the public
should be aroused and petitions sent io,
that the Legislature may know the will
Of tie people. 1t must be admitted that
public sentiment has undergone quite a
change within a short time. Two or
three years have made a very perceptabIo
difference in that respect, But public sen.
tiluenl is not right yet-lhere is still much
opposition TO the plan which real judicious
temperance men have proposed. Bat
why is ii 500 Why is it that our citizens
will not adopt a course which will dry up
the streams of intemperance among us,
and restore happiness TO many who are
pow miserable aud wretched2 IL can be
done. The fountains of intemperance may
be dried up. Forbid the vending Of ar
dent spirits and the work is done.
But what is more particularly my OBJ
ject in this communication is, TO show the
inconsistency Of the license law. This is
what | want to make war against at this
present time, Allowing ne to be the
Judge, it is certainly the most Inconsistent
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General Intelligence.

~ FIRE-Thc dwelling house of Hon.
William A. Griswold was discovered to
be on fire about ten o'clock on monday
evening last. But by the prompt inter-
ference of the Boxer Engine Company,
the flames were speedily extinguished.
This Engine has been particularly sue
cessful in protecting our buildings from
fire since its purchase last summer. AT
the time Towards Hotel took fire, it un-
questionably saved property to more than
ten fold its value. The building was
old and dry, and, at the time of tho fire,
the wind was blowing strongly from the
South west, so that the entire block,
from the Bank on st. Paul street, to
Hagar & Arthur's on Church street, was
in the most imminent danger. But tho
the flames had broken through the roof
and were raging with great fury at the
time the Boxer came up, they were COM
pletely extinguished, literally drowned
out, in fifteen minutes time, by the i'm
mense torrents of water poured on them
by this powerful Engine. 1t is certainly
the most successful fire quencher' we
have ever seen. 1t was constructed by
w. G. Zimmerman s. Co. of Boston,
Mass. on a new principle, and it certainly
works with admirable Tease, efficiency,
and power.-BarIjngtOn Free Press.
OUTRAGE BY A GovERNoR.-We learn
by the New York Herald, that James
Sullivan, alias Yankee Sullivan who
was convicted at White Plains, West
chester county, and sentenced, on the
cd of November, 1912, to two years i'm
prisonmont in the State Prison, for par
ticipation in the prize fight at Hastings,
where Mccoy was killed, vas pardoned
on Friday, the 1st instant, by Governor
Bouck, of New York State. The par
don is conditional, and partakes of the
same character as that given by Cover
nor Seward t. Colonel Webb. In ad-
dition, the Governor insisted upon bonds
being entered by TWO responsible per-
sons in this city, in the sun of $500,
binding Sullivan, in fear of forfeiture,
not TO engage or aid in any way, in the
getting up, or accomplishment of any
prize fight for money, or otherwise, for
the space of two years from the date of
the pardon. Sullivan was sentenced or
the Cd of November, l842, and has there
fore served ten months of the time.
This is almost as great an outrage as
that for which the bully was sentenced
and deserves quite as much punishment
as he has sufIered.-BoStoa Courier.
1t is reported on good authority, that
Amos Kendall will be appointed Post
Master General, vice. G, A. WickIiGe,
sent ambassador 10 France.--St. AlbGaS
Messenger.
MONUMENT TO WAsHlNGToN.-The Wash
ington Monument Society Of New York
are making Preparations for the erection of
a monument in that city 10 the "Father of
his Country" which will surpass any struc-
ture of the kind in the United States. Ii is
to be of granite, in the form of pentagon,
and finished in the gothic style of architect.
ure. 1t will be APO feet high, with spacious
rooms FIR a historical library, gallery of
paintings, &c. The monument is to be
built by the voluntary contributions of the
people Of the U. States of one dollar and up
wards. This enterprise, when completed,
will greatly beaulily the city,
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We gladly omit much interesting matter, this
LIBERTY MEETING, held at Buffalo, Au gust 3d.
81. O., that we had been there with all the true
hearted Abolitionists of Vermont. TO have met
with such a cong regation-for such an object-ami
to lave listened to the thrilling eloquence of such
men as P%ierpont, and Stewart, and Stanton, and
Ward, the Dung coIored man 81 10 have heard Whit
tiers songs s ing there is no singing like Anti
Slavery singing We say to have been there, and
10 have heard these, in a congregation Of five thou
sand persons, amid shouts ofOpplause that made the
" welkin ring would have been worth more, to an
Anli-Slavery heart, than visit to the falls Of Mag
ara, or to the Pyramids of Egypt!
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ILLINo1s.-The Liberty vote Of this
State is upward of 30OOl Las, year the
vote was 1000. The Liberty party is
"going down" among the people in good
earnest. The blood of the Martyr, cry.
ing from the streets of Alton, has been
heard by the dwellers along her valleys
end echoed from her hiIl-tops. The fly.
ing fugitive on his way to Brittania's
dominions, and the yell Of the hunter and
hound in pursuit, have told the people
something Of slavery, and they are COM
ing CPto the rescue,
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DAILY ANTI,SLAvERY PAPER.-Dr.
Bailey, long koovn as the able and eff
cient Editor of the Philanthropisr, pub
lished at Cincinnati, has commenced the
publication of a daily paper, called the
Cincinnati Morning Herald. Success ia
the enterprise.
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OMIssIoN.-In the last number of The
Voice. the article headed, 1.-The Position
Of the NJ. E. Church." should have been
credited to The True Wesleyan"
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Saratoga is said to be more crowded
with visitors than it has ever been known
to have been before. All the public hous-
es are full to o%verhowing.
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STATE
STATE AfIC1lON
From the returns of the Montpelier papers, we
rive Iha nIInUinp resnlts ....
Majority against Mattocks,

The remaing towns last year, gave Paine 2,93l-
Smiles, 985-Wiliams l94-majority against Paine
1853. Ofcourse Matocks will lack from $50 to 900
votes ofa election by the people.
The legislature will be, as nearly as we can now
decide III Whigs-93 Democrats-7 Liberty and in
IL towns, no choice.
The Senate will probably be composed of 81
Wings and 8 Democrats. .a t
Members Of Congress.-George P. Marsh, Wing,
has a majority in every county in his 1.-THE third
district.-Solomon Foot, Wing is elected in the frs
district by over GOO majority. Judge ColIamer,
Wing in the second district will probably lack q
few votes of an election. MIR. Dillingham; Dem. in
the fourth district will probably be elected.
By the above il will be seen that the Liberty par
ty in Vermont numbers above $500 U0ters. Last
year we believe they gave 1908 votes, making a
gain of above 1900 r0teS, They have chosen 7 rep
resentatives, and the election of either of the other
candidates has been defeated in II towns doubtless
in most of them owing to votes given for the Liber-
ty candidate. "That's we'll. That IS WE'LL"
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ALABAMA. II the senate, there are 10
Democ rats, and IA Wings In The House,
e. Democrats, and SO Wings. Ga joint
ballot the Democratic majority will be 20.
Last year it was SO.
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Rev, E, w. Hooker, of Bennington
Vt. has accepted an invitation to deliver
the Address before the Musical Conven-
ton, at ClstIeton, on the 9th, and 28.h,
of the present month.
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Mr., MILLER is now lecturing on the
Second Advent, in Andover, N. H., and
after attending a camp.meeting at Gull.
ford, will proceed to Boston. His health
is now good.
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Vermont Register and farmers AImana
FOE 1874.

VeFhAOAt 4NcblsIeF NHN haTINeE7s AInlAhOc
FOR 1874.
ENHE publishers will make the Vermont Reg
i lister for 1914 more full and complete than
any VIII ch has ever before been publishedi AMI
II will be issued on or near the first of December,
or as soon as a FULL and correct Register can be
issued.
o. The edition will be limited, and orders
must be made soon TO secure a supply. Book
sellels, paper makers, merchants, SC. should adj
dress their ordes Immediately TO e. p. VAL
TON aud SONS, Montpelier, Vt.
Editors in Vermont will be entitled TO one
dozen Registers by publishing this advertisement
three weeks, IS,3w
Sept, 10, 1913.
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N O j G
Liberty State Convention.
Liberty Mem of Vermont, look at this.

Liberty Mem OF Vcrnlonts look at this.
There will be a Liberty State Conven-
ton, in the Free Church at Montpelier,
on Wednesday, October 18Th, at 10 o'clock
A. M TO decide on the following mo-
mehtous questions to the Auli. Slavery
cause. Viz:
/. The establishment of a permanent
SAFE Liberty paper, at Montpelier.
2, The establishment of a regular
monthly distribution of Anti-Slayery
Tracts.
8. The adoption of measures for a
thorough organization Of the State and the
prosecution Of the Autj-Slavery work tho
coming year
We invi.e the Liberty men fsom every
town in the Stale to attend the Convention,
to cheer by their presence and aid by their
counsel.
CHARLES CARPENTER,
EDWARD EASTMAN, ,
Howard GRIsWoLD, S9%"S I"O0'y
SAM'L 8. BIGALow, Commute
DANIEL WOODWARD,
Vergeunes Fernonter, and other papers
friendly to The cause are requested to no
tice, Sc.
PHILOLEXIAN.
The next meeting of this Society will be held
TINS "Wednesday evening, al half past 6 o clock.
Question for discussion, Should there be dis
tinct classes in society ~
Lecture by II. f, Dana.
g.. l.. CASE, Pres.
Sam'l. NJ. Warren, Sec.
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Hoo. J, r Gddings has been nomin-
aled by the Wings OF the 2Oth Congress-
lonal District, Ohio, as their candidate for
Representative TO Congress.
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ID z Y c. o o ID S

II Il Z q y . a , >
Groceries, CTOckery, Glass and Hard Hare,
almost all Of which are new, having been selected
with great care from recent impogtations aud
domestic manufi ctures.
Having purchased theil Goods at extremely
low prices, they are enabled to offer them as low
as can BE- purchased in this vicinity; aud as
great effort has been nude to obtain the most
Fashionable Goods in the market, they believe
that those who favor them with their patronage
will not fail 10 receive the most perfect satisfac-
ton.
A general assortment Of Drugs and Me- icines,
Paints, OILS, Dye Stuff, Flour, +. l. Salt, Cod
fish and Salmon.
Brandon, Sept, 1913. If
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Z II N.
DE ED a.,

In this Town, on the II lust. at the residence of
Charles Sullings, Rachel, wife OF Henry Sullings,
Of New Bedford Mass. aged % years.
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WARREN s. BLISS

"A RE now receiving an extensive assortmentof
VIEWS SE.ASONdBLE GOODS,
consisting of a general assortment of Foreign
and Domestic, Fancy and Staple
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Vergennes Fcrmonler, and other papers
to The cause are requested to NO.
ice. &c.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-02-10
DEATHS.

In Waterbury, Sd inst, Mr.. VIM Pride, aged "a.
In Westford Jan. LIST, Mrs Nancy Hoxe wife of Warren
Hoxe ESQ., and daughter of the late Ebeneze sibey Esq
In Burke jan %, Mrs Sally wife OF Hon. Geo w. Denson
and daughter of Hon. Nathaniel jerks, aged "a.
In st Jonsbuy jan 3d. of consumption, Mr. John de aged
AZ.
In Bradford, Jan. 30, Mrs Martha Co. wife of John Cross,
aged 80 Jan. 81 Mrs Sally Tton, wife John Tton Esq
uged 10 years and mouths
Fuirlee Jan 26th, Mrs Elizabeth Howard, wife Mr.
saiah Howard aged So years and months.
In Conneaut Ohio, Dec 27, 1872 Mrs Classa, wife Of
Franklin H. Carter.
In Danvle, Jan. 18th, Mrs Nancy, wife Mr. John Niles,
aged CO. Also, Jan. 21d Mr.. John H. Miles, of the
John and Nancy Miles, aged 80.
North Danvile, jan. 29h, of eysipeas Mr. Washington
Mead, aged 49, of Charleston, VT.
Also, Jan. 3Oh, suddenly of ersipeas, Mr. james Carr
aged SO. Also, Jan 3d. Of eryspoas Ebenezer Thompson
Esq aged g. Also, % inst, Mrs Sally, wife of Zebuon
Niles, aged A.
In burke, Jan "a, Mrs Besey Newell wife of Mr. Truman
Newell, aged 81 years
In Derby, Jan 25, Of eysipeas, Mrs Emily, wife of Mr.
Chauncey Wilson, aged years. and daughter of Otis Balou
ESQ. of Waterford, Vt.
In Newark Jan 3D. Mrs Hannah, wife of Robert Moulton
the 47th year of her age.
In Barnet Jan l6, OF hroa, distempe Mrs. Nancy, wo
Capt Ephraim Pierce, in the 6lst year Of her age.
In Charleston, Jan 23d of eyspeas, Zaccheus Sente
| 81 years.
In Eden, Jan. u.s. M willard RUSSELL of Albany, aged 81.