The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-08-22

(, "Resolved, That we regard the RICH
Of petition as sacred and hold that thu
doctrines of the 2lst rule, which exclude
all petitions on the subject of slavery ant
the rejection of petitionsunder it are known
& wanton violations of the Con stitut;oa 6
laws of the country
"Resolved, That we believe that oil
slaves transported by their owners upor
the high seas, beyond the bounds and ju
risdiction of the slave States, are, and o
right ought to be- free, the same as if The
owners had voluntarily transported them
into any of the free States,
"Resolved, That our Senators be in
structed, and our Representatives in Con-
gress be requested, to present the forego'
ing resolutions to their respective Houses
and 10 use their best endeavors 10 carry
out the foregoing principle"
Third; the following resolutions, last
February, while you. by your own con.
fession, sat in your seat. passed the House
Of Congress, of which you are member
without your recording your vote against
it, Viz
"That all efforts, of the aJolitionists or
others, male to induce Congress, to in
tertere with questions of slavery, or to
take aucipieat Steps in relation thereto, are
calculated to lead 10 the most alarming &
dangerous consequences, and that all such
efforts have an inevitable tendency 10 di-
minish the happiness of the people, and
endanger the stability & permanency of
the Union, and ought not TO be counlen-
anced by any friend of our political insti,
tulions.
Fourth,-the first Congressional Dis
trict & Bennington County Liberty Con-
veution, held at Manchester last June just
ly regarding this last resolution as the
mos, wicked and dangerous one ever
passed by our national Representatives.
and as striking at the very root of those
passed by our State Legislature, denounc-
ing them as well as all other efforts a.
gaiust slavery, and taking your silence on
the subject as conserving to its passage
(Which is certainly fair rule) adopted
the following resolutions in relation 10
yourself
Resolution Of The District Convention.
"Resolved, That the course of the
Representative of this District in Con-
gress, on the subject OF slavery, refusing
or declining to record his vote against
the attrocious resolutions of Mr.. Holmes
Of South Caroline condemiug all attempts
to abolish this unholy system, to the de.
sruction of which he pledged so much la
Dor when nominated TO his present posi-
lion, merits the undivided disapprobation
of his constituents, and calls imperatively
for man to fill his place, who will carry
out the measures thus promised, by his
acts in Congress-"
Resolution ofthe County Convention.
Resolved, that we disapprove the cow
ardly g. treacherous desertion of his post
by Solomon Foot. the Representative of
his District in Congress, when the reso-
luton of Mr. Holmcs of South Carolina,
denouncing the proceedings of our Legis-
iature on slavery as dangerous 10 the
Union, passed the U, S. House of Rep
resentatives and that it is the duty of
every friend Of freedom to fill his seat at
the coming the election by man who will
will not flee before southern overseers."
Now, sir, let US look this matter in the
face. The last resolution is altogether
too severe & denuncia tory in terms
can justify such language but
The most urgent & extreme cases. Aud
then, even, il is better to use mild words
g. severe arguments. True, the resolve
OF Mr.. Campbell against which you de-
clined to record your vote is heathenish,
and calculated TO call forth the hottest in-
digna!ion and The harshest & most biting
denuncia,on, which human nature & hu-
man language admit of. The acts OF the
British Parliament which provoked the
American Revolution are not half as des>
polio as the course endorsed in the doc
trines Of that Resolution. Il is not there
fore very strange, that freemen, who had
devoted much time, labor and expense, TO-
wards the abolition of slavery, should
manifest their indignation in words lha:
burn against the Representative whom
they find setting silently by On the passage
of such n resolya. II is in vain sir for