The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-03-07

ray me won HoHluSei
The duties of freeman are often ar
duous. But from their performance he
should never shrink. TO do them wei
is his highest honor. 1t may be that, h.
shall! often find himself misrepresentec
and rebuied, because he will not yield uI
his manhood at The beck of men who
hold wealth and WELD it for their owe
aggrandjzement; or, because he will no.
barter his love OF Truth and OF freedom,
for The uncertain expectations of indIvld.
pal profit, or of public prosperity offered
bv the leaders OF the Wing and Demo
cratic parties; both of whom vie with
each other in prosti'uting the choicest
political trusts of a free and hard working
people, to the SLAVE Power for political
SUPREMACY.
There is one truth which the laborin g
population of The North will do well to
conser, that our ins,i:u,lons recognize
each individuals MANHOOD, and that it is
the basis of all moral and polilical es-
teen; that The government is organized
TO give force and relief to this truth, and
create and fashion for it such securities
as it may need. The equal material rights
of man 10 FREEDOM is not only a great
truth, but il is Fundamental principle of
our Institutions.
Whatever else man may lack as a
human being he should never be wanting
ia sef-respect. He may not have genius
or great talents, nor have been blessed
with educational advantages. He may
not be able o trace his pedigree 10 some
Norman Pirne or to Alfred the Great,
yet Notwithstanding this eIipsls in his
ancestral history, he is MAN, needing
personal f etdom and a government Of
righteous law. He may not be poel, or
a philosopher, an orator, a Jnrlsl, or
statesman; but always and everywhere,
he is man, lofty in spirit, elevated in
spn'imen,, true in principle, heroic in
action; or be is the reverse, tool 10 be
us"d and cast away--G Stare.
Reader, you have accustomed yourself
10 think the people OF the United States,
Tar ia advance Of any other in existence,
in their conceptions of what a government
ehood be. Theoretically, your view is
correct. Our principles are true and will
ever be. Whatever becomes OF the Amer.
lean people, or of their Union, it will still
remain true that man was made for self
government, and that any other social or
political institution than such rs emanates
from the will Of the governed fairly OBJ
tanned and equilabIy expressed, is an ar
binary government and deserves abhor-
rence.
But while it is readily conceded that,
in principle, the American Governmen.
is right ii must be admitted that in prac-
tice it is greatly detective. Look at Amer
lean Slavery, if its whitening influence
has not made you so much slGre that,
at the monster you dare not look
There are many men who dare not
look, and many more who dare not act
after they have looked, although to look
and &C. rightly is their salvation.
You are lover of liberty. You cher
ish the democratic principle. Your faith
ers
"Were a noble race,
And laid the broad foundations OF your freedom
deep"
II YOU have courage, listen. IL you
are a COWARD. lay this tract down.
write for brave hearts.
propose to prove: LIST. THAT SLAVE
RYIs A SYSTEM WHICH Is THE IMPLA-
CABLE FOE OF DEMOCRATIC lNsTlTU-
TIoSs
The fundamental principle Of the slave
kolIi,,r rronJ 10 that h1 "a
property of his fellow. "A slave is one
WHO is in the power of master, to whom
he belongs. The master may sell him,
dispose of his person, his industry, his
labor: he can do nothing, possess moth
ing, nor acquire anything but what must
belong to his master Civil Code oil
Louisiana, Art. S.. The codes of other
States are similar. One can easil y per-
.ceiye that the power which the master
claims over his slave is absolute, and an
initiates in the contemplation OF the con-
ferrer the personal rights OF the slave
But the conlerrer of the absolute title Is
the LAW. 1t takes up with as much
thouphLiessness as you would eat your
breakfast, one mans rights and gives
them absolutely to another man. with al
the appurtenances thereuno belonging,
such as ewes, ears, mouth, teeth, arms
legs, feet, muscles, and nerves 10 match
One can also perceive that this despolle
dealer in human liberty, not on y strips
man of his personal rights, but also trans
fers along with them the property right:
of hnman beinr. Now | want to pu
question to YOU if you are brave
man you will answer at the ballot box
Gan a novernment or a statute of Leg