The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-02-01
For the Voice Of Freedom


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Messrs. Editors:-I present you for
publication a series OF Resolutions which
were presented at four regularly appoint
ed meetings of the Goshen Auti,slavery
Society; separately discussed and adopt
ed.
Resolved, That we recognize the Afri-
can race as a part Of the human family,
whom God so loved that he gave his Son
to make alonement for lhem as well as for
ourselves: that we Therefore hold ourselves
bound by the great law OF love 10 seek
their best good for time and eternity as
truly as that any portion of the human
family
Resolved, That the slaves oil America
are held by no better title and from no
purer principles than those by which they
were taken from their homes III Africa,
and tina, the domestic save-trode is no
more jusiihube THAI that by which our
law is called piracy.
Resolved, Tha: the ens}aving Of men
by violence can merer give the r1SA! TO
enslave their posterltv. AS the first hId
ILsorisn in mansteaIng,so has the other.
Resolved, That slavery is sin agains;
God inasmuch as it VIC ales his law;
annuls the marriage covenant; drives
men to serve men rather than their Crea-
tor; deprvcs the Slave OF his right TO
"llfe, LiDelty and the pursuit of happ-
ness;' and tOrbIds TO teach the slaves
children to read Gods word aud 10 bring
them up for Heaven.
Resolved, That we view slavery as op.
posed tc the Gospel in its spirit aud in
It's designs; that It shuts ou',ln most cases,
the light OF Revelation from the save,
hardeus the heart, and corrupts The NOR
ais of both the master and the slave
Resolved, That We consider The doc-
rine hat the slaves cannot he freed until
enlightened, uusouod; and that it would
be safe aud Advantageous, both TO the
slave and to his master to free them at
once. There Is nought but darkness IN
slavery, and the sIaveho der is as mach
opposed 10 lnatruclng them as he is 10
freeing them. 10 hoera them them Is
the only way they ever Will De enllgnlen.
ed.
Resolved that we regard the hope that
the Gospel viii remove slavery while the
churches sanction it, deIusiou: for as the
influence ot slavery is fell, the Standard of
piety is lowered, and the tendency Of
slavery is to corrupt Inc gospel or to ban
ish it from tIavehoidng community.
Resolved, Thal The churches and he
naten have mude themselves ftartuiiv
guilty of the perpetulty of slavery, by
Giiowshlping Shareholders IN the church
and the nation, and by making laws for
lis federation.
Resolved, That those who hold their
brethren or their fellow men in bondage,
opgh 10 give them their freedom, and tina!
they can only in this way escape The DIS
pleasure of God, and secure the fellow.
ship of their brethren in the free Safes,
Resolved, That all persons held rs
slaves have c1im to oar prayers and
sympalhles and that in all proper ways
aud places we will assert and maintain
the wrongiuIness of slavery, and labor for
its overthrow.
Resolved, That We are bound TO difluse
by every proper means Information on
the moral, financial and political bearings
olslavery; that we will hold no eclesias-
ticaI relation or fellowship with slavehold.
ers that will imply an approval of it.
Voted, That the foregoing resolutions
be signed by the President and Secretary,
and presented for publication in the Voice
of Freedom.
MARTIN ALLEN, Pres.
NATHAN CAPEN, JR, Sec.
Goshen, Jan. 18th 1914,