The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-05-30
J. HOLCOMB, EDITOR & PUBLISHER.


tinue to support slavery after this or
vote, or the object of the vote will be 10;
If Northern men, after securing the
pro-slavery candidate, desert him, so f
as 10 oppose him in his attempts to re
deem his pledge to support slavery,
pledge to which they were knowing whe
= they voted for him, they will not onl
act inconsistently, but their Souther
brethren will not remain united witt
them in their efforts to secure the 'othe
great interests and all will be LOST
Thus it is clear that to secure these 'olhe
great interests for which Northern abo
itionists vote for slavery, they must con
unue to support slavery until these inter
ests are fully secured. The moment they
cease to support slavery, or cease to sup
port the man they have elected, in hi;
pro-slavery administration, the union o
the party is dissolved. The support O.
slavery is paramount object of the South
in putting the successful candidate in The
Chair of State, and this is known by eve.
Try Northern voter, and the moment the
North refuses 10 come up TO the whole
object, these other great interests will be
thrown 10 the winds. When the man
shall be elected it will be just as necessa.
ry to support him, by voting for slavery,
as it is TO vote for slavery to elect him,
and those aboitionists, who vote for him
this once, with view of then going for
| abolition, will find stronger inducements
to vote for slavery in the election of Con-
gressmen, two years from this fall. In
deed 1 should regard it as unmanly 10
elect man to office, and then refuse to
support him in the leading measures in
view ofwhich | gave him my vote. Were
the candidate, would not thank any
class of men 10 vote me into Office, as a
pro-siavery man, pledged 10 the support
of slavery, with a view of turning aboll-
tionists as soon as they had voted me into
office, to oppose with all their powers the
very thing which they knew was pledg-
ed TO support when they placed me in the
Chair ofState. Such course is not only
a violation of principle, but there appears
to me to be dupicity, and meanness in
it, which southern chivalry would disdain.
But it may be asked, why the parties
should labor to secure such votes. an
swer there are two reasons.
LIST. The parties will resort TO any meas
ures to secure their party ends, however
mean and contemplate they may be, and
will labor TO persuade others to do what
they at the same time despise in their
hearts. There can be no doubt that our
proslavery politicians laugh in their
sleeve al the Inconsistency into which
they are seducing aboliionists, and des-
pise them for their gulibility.
2dIy. The strongest inducement which
the parties have 10 secure abolition votes
This once,' is the chance it will give them
in time to come. They would not value
this one cote so highly, if they really
believed it to be the last. They know
that those who vote for the slave at the
coming election, will be gone forever from
their party clutches, while they believe,
not without reason, that such as can be
induced to vote for slavery '0nce more,
will be likely to continue 10 do so. They
know that in ordinary cases, it requires
less argument TO persuade man TO repeal
a wrong act than il does to induce him 70
commit it at the first; while they see that
The arguments which they now use, must
be stronger, from the very nature of the
case, in favor of voting for slavery for
some years 10 come, than they now are !;
so the conclusion with them is almost GER
tain, that if they can persuade you to vote |
for slavery this once, they will have but
little difficulty in securing your vote in
years to come. For myself | see no rea-
son why you should not continue your
support of slavery for the next four years
at least, if it be right for you to vote for a
pro,slavery man to fill the first office in
The gift of the nation for four years TO
come, and it does appear to me that the
pro-slavery politician will have altog ether
The advantage of you in the argument,
after you shall have voted for slavery this
once. You will have 10 yield to his ar,
gument, and vote his prosIave!y ticket
next time, or confess TO him that you were
wrong this once, which you are about to
do.
There can be no way 10 escape this con. !;
clusion except it be by assuming that all
.hese great interests will be settled, secur-
ed, and made sure by this one vote, which
is too absurd to be entertained by enlight-
ened minds. forbear to remark upon
The folly of calling that great interest,
which can De secured only by sacrifice
of moral principle; and will only add
hat what can be only obtained by sac
rifce of principle can be retained only by !
the same process, and any party that will
support slavery to obtain the asceudency,
will continue to support slavery to keep
it.
The MIGHTY SLAIN.-HoaO The magh- !
ty are fallen! Go to the grave of Mar
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