The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-05-30

and the most vital principles of public free,
dom spurned in the dust, by the united &C.
lion OF opposite political leaders and psrli.
sans, 10 subserve the temporary interests o.
party success And to what are such of.
ferings made2 To the fierce and insaia.
Bile spirit of slayeholding. The torch is ap,
piled TO the temple of freedom BY RECRE-
ANTS NuRsED IN THE MIDST OF FREE INsTITu
TONS, at the command, end to win the fa.
uCr Of those qDh0 live upon the fruits O
tyranny, and who slight and set at noughl
By their daily practice, all the glorious
principles of freedom for which our fathers
perilvd their all, and which they purchased
only with their best blood. Shareholders
demand the surrender Of the rights OF free
men as the price of their regard, and The
surrender is made without murmur by the
pyetended representatives Of 1reemen. All
that is sacred in human liberty and lnvlola--
BILE in human right, have come to DC treated
by mere politicians, as the PUPPETS OF Ex-
pEDlENcy TO be exalted TO heaven when me-
cessary to accomplish their objects, or sneer-
ed as distractions and rhetorical tiourishes,
when they stand in the way OF some darling
scheme OF party policy
On the goth day Of Feb. 1882 the YER
mont An,i-Slavery Society again held
their annual meeting at Middlebury. John
Conant, Vice President for Rutland Coun-
ty' was present, page I'd and 9Th, and be-
lieye also D. M. Camp, another Vice Pres
ident from Orleans attended. This meet
Ing was held soon after Henry Clay's IA
nous anti abolition speech delivered in the
U. S. Senate.
The preamble to the resolutions Of that
meeting recies part of Mr. Clay's speech,
wherein he declares the abolilionsts are in
favor of civil war-a dissolution Of the
Union &c. and then comes the following
resolution.
Resolved, That ,he foregoing extract
contains allegations which are contradcted
by all our declarations, and all our meas
ures as body, or as individuals, and are
gross and infamous SANDERS upoa our char"
Ter, which we cast back with Indignation
upon the Senatorial lbeller.
Not word was said against the resolu~
ZION by any one, and it was adopted without
opposition.
The 9Th annual meeting of the Vermont
Slavery Society was holden at RAN
lolph, Jan. Is, 1910. OFFlcERs-H. F.
President, '-'JoHN CoNANT, w.
R. RanneY, D. NJ. Camp, (and o'hers)
Vice Presidents Executive Committee,
!. A. Allen, E. D. Barber and others. The
9th Resolution was adopted, in the follow~
ng words,
Resolved, That the question of slavery
and emancipation is PARAMOUNT, in impor-
ance, to all the questions that divide and
occupy the con,ending political parties Of
he day.
John Quincy Adams uses nearly the
same language in his Dedbam speech, re-
erred to on the 14th March, wherein he
says, 'The question of slavery &c. is the
great question on which your interests are
&c.
Tue 18th resolution, at the above meet
ng, is as follows,
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Society, it is the solemn duty of abolition.
SITS TO maintain their principles WHEN
AT THE POLLS, BY VOTING, TIRE
specific q e:cisting political parties, for
such candidates ONLY as are TuStrCrthy
friends Of our cause and when no such
candidates are in nomination, to scatter their
votes, or adopt such o'ter course as may
best subserve the cause of universal free
DOM
On the adoption of the above resolution
not man voted against it, and only one
member, (Mr Cushman,> said word
against it. This was carrying out, to the
letter, the principles Of POLITICAL ACTION
# the American Anti Slavery Society be-
fore quoted, and also those Of the Liberty
Party, for the Liberty Party have adopted
hat 'oiher course alluded TO 10 the resolu
ion of bringing their votes to a .5ocus, and
uniting, instead Of scattering them. Even
SHAREHOLDERS themselves, including Mr.
Clay, admitted long before the passage Of
he foregoing resolution, that aboliionists
n carrying out their principles voted against
slavery.
Henry Clay says in his speech in the
Senate in Feb. 1889, on this subject.
'Mr President, it is at this alarming stage,
If the proceedings Of the ultra abolitionists
hat would seriously invite every consid-
crate man in the country solemnly to pause,
III 4. i
'ur existing posture, but upon that dreadful
fecipice down which they would hurry US.
t is because these ULTRA abolitonists
HAVE MADE THEIR CAUSE PO-
AND HAVE APPEALED
70 THE BALLOT BOX, that am in-
iuced upon this occasion to address YOU
There would have been no alarm no
dreadful Trecipice' were it not for political
'bolilion. Let opposition to the slave pow
~ mai fact itcoIf hv ~ kinr aoeyennIif)r