Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-09-27

the whole time they wear the robes of Office, will
refuse to stretch forth hand or lift Il finger for
the deIiverance of the spoiled out of the hand OF
the oppressor? Deceive not yourselves with the
idea that there are other interests of Importance
paramount to the deverance of the poor and
needy. Has it come to this, that the rendering OF
long delayed justice to those whom we nave
crushed and peeled, is a measure that SINKS INTO
nsignifcance by the side of free trade sub-treasu-
ries. tariffs or banks? What will you not have
government cease to do wrong until 1t has grown
rich? Dare YOU say that it is the spirit OF the be-
nevolent Savior which teaches you not 10 break
the slaves cruel fetters-not to fly to his relief,
and dry up his tears until the price OF your grams
and YOUR wool, and the hourishing condition OF
your commerce and manufactures place you IN
circumstances of independence? 0 gross and a.
bomnable impiety! The sentiment is so unblush-
ingly anti-christian and mpous, that you dare not
agow it. Yet you ACT on this principles; you give
it sanction and currency when you elect immoral
men as rulers; Omen who will leave the poor
slaves to die in their bondage;) because these men
will be forward to recommend and support mea-
sures favorable to your pecuniary interests. Such
conduct is unj Just; such conduct is ineXcusably
wicked.
It'll To vote for immoral men is sinful because
the election of these men is moral evil. LIST.
Because in electng such men, you vote for per-
sons who do not bear the character of such as you
ask God to give the people. end Because you
violate the divine commandment, which requires
you to choose " just men fearing God and hating
coyetousue Sd. Because their election and
EexansDle affor1 eat Ia rico by making
IL + A.sstt 81 lpl ~ alis QIsEHtion. 4th.
Because such hgQmote and
alHhsuihr urtHurs.aaElak 4 af e letration of
Idlik IT I'LL li ztl IS will make
tlIH BefQ AS t IIlz lN tHfamOunt to
lib fll0F q Vi ID BcaIsg such men will inhct
gross injustice on the oppressed by denying them
deliverance and protection, and this for the sake
of keeping their party in the ascendancy and of
securing the influence of oppressors. 7th. Be-
cause the elevation of such men to power is al
ways attended with an attempt on the part of their
supporters to extenuate the vices and crimes of
which they are known to be guilty. The effect of
this apology and extenuaton of crime and profit
gacy is to blunt the moral perceptions Of the inf
mite malignity of sin, to obiterate, in great moa
sure, the distinction between virtue and vice, and
to destroy that lively and uncompromlsng abhor-
renee Of wrong, which constitutes the frmest pill
lars ofnational righteousness and prosperity. How
evident, how undenable, then, that the elevation
of the wicked to offices of trust and responsibility
is a moral evil? The higher the elevation, the
more dgnfed, important and conspicuous the Of
fee, the greater the moral mischief Think seri-
ously, my Christian brethren, on these thngs;-
you cannot vote for such men without SHINING a.
gainst God, against the interests Of pure morality
men without subjectng yourselves to the wither-
ing rebuke OF this passage of Holy Writ: " Yea
they that work wckedness are set up; we a, they
that tempt God are even delivered"
TO be continued.