The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-06-27
VOICE OF FREED ON.

lima, denouncing the proceedings OF GU
Legislature on slavery as dangerous t
the Union passed the U. S. House Q
Representatives and that it is the duty 0
every friend of freedom to fill his seat a
the coming election by man who will
not flee before Southern overseers.
4. Whereas the Liberty party is stig
malized as having but one idea there
fore Resolved, That while we plead gull
ty to the charge, we are happy TO know
that our 'One Idea,' is far paramount tc
all those discordant and absurd ideas
which distract the pro-slavery parties and
curse the country.
s. Resoloed, That having no conf
dence in the political honesty of the lead
ers OF either of those parties we will en-
deavor to suppant them with our oson, as
fast as possible.
s. RESOLVED, II he who looks on a
woman with lust is an adulte'er, if he
who hates his brother is a murderer, if
the Jews who justified their fathers, were
guilty OF the blood of the prophets whom
their fathers killed, then is he who up
holds Slavery either religiously or polt-
icaIIy, chargable with being a partaker
in all their crimes in the sight of Heaven.
7. ResotOed, That the popular doctrine
of choice OF evils falls with an i'll grace
from the lips Of any man in Christian
America as much so as it would be to say
that because one man is possessed of seven
devils. he is therefore TO be preferred 10
him who has eight, or 10 make choice
bstween Sodom and Gomorrah.
A committee to nominate County
committee was now appointed, which con-
sisted of Messrs. Madison. Mckee, Har-
ris, Armstrong, and Edgerton, who re-
ported the names of LemueI Bottom,
Daniel Roberts, Jr., Charles Hicks, John
Landon, John w. Harris, and Isaiah
Madison I'd. which was accepted and
adopted. Vigilance committees were now
appointed for each town in the county as
follows:
POwnal, Alpha Madison, Dea. BENZ.
Gardner ID, Levi Thompson.
Bennington, Lemuel Grover, DR. May,
DR. Wilcox.
SALISBURY, Geo. Huntington, Clinton
Madison, A. H. Billings.
Arlington, DR. Mckee.
Woodford, Dea. N, Brown, Norman
Eddy.
Stamford, Prescott Walker.
Sunderland, Gideon Brownson, Lot
Smith.
Sandgate, Merit Hurd, Alphonso Kent,
VIM. Scott.
Glastonbury, Asa P. Hughs.
Manchester, E. M. Cook, John Ian.
don, David Dyer.
Dorset, Albert Landon, Ira Cochrane,
ski Farwell, Jay Moore, A. B. Arm
strong.
Rupert John Bedding, K. Prescott, E.
S. Sherman.
Landgrove, Elijah Woodward, Calvin
P. Mead, Ambrose Woodward.
Winhall, Mr. Bond.
Peru, Jesse Brown, Jesse Brown Jr.,
Mr. Rider.
By unanimous vote the thanks Of the
Convention were rendered 10 the proprie-
tors Of The Congregational church Tor the
use oftheir house.
A committee to draft an address to the
citizens OF the County was then appointed
consisting of Daniel Roberts Jr., Jesse
Harris, and John London, of whom Dam
lei Roberts Jr., was appointed chairman.
II was then voted that the County
committee see that the town committees
be furnished with votes previous 10 cleo
ton.
IL was then voted that the Secretary
furnish copy of the proceedings Of this
Convention for the Editors of the Voice
OF Freedom and Green Mountain Free.
man X. PREsCoTT, Secretary.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.