The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-05-02
For the Voice of Freedom.
A SERIOUS CALL FOR THE LIBERTY
VOTE.-sNO. 2.

VOTE.-sNo. 2.
Our fathers when they put forth the
Declaration of Independence, and their
bill Of human rights, contemplated gov
,esnment, Democratic in its form-but
Theocratic, or Christian, in its spirit
For you see that their announcement that
'all men are born free and equal &c.,
was but verbally varied response, to that
assertion of the Masters servant to US
Gentiles, that God had made of one blood
all nations of men &c.'-a truth, never
before admitted in the founding of civil
government. The right of king 10 his
throne-a saint or demon, though he be-
a wise man or fool-hs son to succeed
him also, as a right diuane, had hardly
been questioned. Thus you see that the
work of our fathers, in building temple
to human liberty, like that of the greatly
good Nehemiah, was great work-and
our Inheritance from them, the right OF
franchise, in that temple, great right
You will perceive also, that the duty 10
vote righteously is an tmperious duly
From such sacred duty, shall history
tell the children of such men, fes2 Let
this be our every soiIoquy, shall such a
man as nee7 But il may be asked,
did Christ talk about the ballot. boz call
to Christian duty? Answer. The Di.
vine Master, it seems. had but a brief
space o. time. 10 accomplish great work
greater much than that of Nehemiah
greater, too, than that Of our Pilgrim or
revolutionary fathers. Hence, his lee
lures must be brief, leaving it 10 his fol.
lowers to infer, and carry out the practic-
al details. But we ask will not his say.
ings and doings, carefully searched out
prove safe index to every right fran.
chise exercise In short to every good
aoorG and work of the ballot-box call g.
Does not the do unto others, as We would
that they should do unto you,' tell you 10
come out from the slave. holding parties,
and give a single-eyed vote to establish
the right Of petition, the RICH! of prayer,
so as to prepare the way for the kingdom
of God to come. and His will be done, in
your own Capitol, Washington City =
and in your Own territories ? Will not
his sayings and doings prove lamp 10
our hands, in ro!ing, as well as to our
feet in running to The slaves rescue2-
Was not an important part of his grea,
errand on the earth, the enlargement Of
human lbeny2 10 unloose heavy bur.
dens, bind up the broken.h hearted, TO send
liberty to the captive, and TO break every
unequal and unjust yoke? We have al.
ready seen that it is our right and duty to
vote the righteous into authority, and o.
leaving the unrighteous in private sta.
tons, and what surer, more prominent
test Of unrig hteousness, than that of chat.
telling weaker brother2 that brothel
TOO, designed as he is TO be The temple
of God A portion Of both the Wing
and Democratic parties, you know. ar,
not only pro-slavery, but sIavehoIders-
While you do not come out from among
Them can you be said 10 act the goot
: neighbour Are you not yearly, by YOU
elect servants, going from your own Jer
usalem, the land of your franchise right
=. down to Jericho to the National stat,
l house2 Are there not by the way side
! mullitudes of neighbors, in a worse stat
K than to be fallen among lhieves7 AM