The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-02-08

er under Heaven. whilst the Constitution
remains inviolate, by which Texas, as
slave State, can be admitted into This Un-
ion. When gentlemen are driven from
all their strong holds, having no ground
TO stand upon in making out case OF ne
cessIly, they ut last come out with the
old bug bear, which has been so often par
AIDED up and down with tin pans bealIng
aud cows horns blowing. whenever any
party ends are 10 be achieved, that it has
ceased to attract even the passing boys,
who are accustomed 10 shout after such
unfamiliar shows-yes England is the
monster they would get at-and they are
surprised when this old enemy is in the
field, that military man like myself
should be the last to come 10 the rescue.
Although in the eyes of some it be
treason to say kind or just thing about
this naughty power, the brave cannot at
last but honor the brave. | scorn to COM
pIiment myself indirectly when | say that
the greatest warriors are in the man the
staunchest friends of peace; the man who
intends to run away, cares not how soon
the battle may come on. but he who has
determined to die or conquer, will be slow
in seeking the fight Soult and Yelling
ton are said to resist the warlike spirit OF
their people; and the correspondence Of
Scout and the Governor General OF New
Brunswick during the diffic ullies on the
Maine border is an honor 10 them and 10
their respective nations. In bad cause
a woman may put me to flight, but plant
me upon the right, and am proud to say,
that the man does not live whom dare
not look in the face. If we conquered in
The war of Independence, it was no, be-
cause ofour physical strength. With Lord
Chatam, say that in good cause
England conld nave crushed America 10
atoms. 1t was the consciousness Of JUS
lice which nerved our people in the hour
of trial. Yes, it was the RICH. in which |
we conquered it was the rig hit that call
ed the gallant Of all lands to our STAN
dard it was the right which made the
veteran British Lion, who had traversed !
the world unscalhed, crouch 10 dishonor
before the untledged bird ofJove. Il was
the glorious principles Of life, liberty & the
pursuit of happiness inscribed on our ban
ners, which like the letters Of fire on the |
Babylonian walls, struck terror into the
enemies ofour country. But in this war
which your are madly projecting, this in
spring banner will not be borne, alas by
us, but by them. Go tell the six hun
dred thousand free laborers of my galIan:
State before they leave home, wife, chill
1ren and friends, before they shoulder
their musket and march afar to shed on
he plains of Texas their blood for the ex-
tension Of slavery, to ask themselves what
they are 10 gain When they lie bleed
ing and dying on the burning sands of
foreign country, or writing in the dead,
ly grasp OF the terrible epidemics of the
swamps of Florida and Louisiana, what
reflections will then await
hem the blood of our sires has been
spent in vain, the Constitution has been
the Union has been dissolved,
our homes have been desc lated, our wives
md children have become outcasts and
oeggars, our country is lost all lovely
nature fades fast from our dim reluctant
eyes. we sink unwept into dishonored
graves, occurs ed of God and man ii
our cause triu mphs, the signs and tears OF
millions enslaved will mar the fruits OF
victory but if it fail, as seemingly it
must, then have the chains which we
nave forged for others become the heri.
age OF our posterity toevcr
TO be continued.