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

airy worthless as daily they are being de-
veloped, the antislavery freeman may we'll
consider slavery at this late day, nuts.
ance in his highway Of liberty, which
may, and of right and duty, ought to be
voted home to its proper place, and he
may very appropriately, and honestly say
10 the southern SLAYER, /" it is not lawful
for thee to hold slaves, thou hast long
ago, by continuing to enslave, nullified
the compact and dissolved the Union, and
we will no longer be partaker of other
mems sins, especially those Of man steal
ing and robbing God, and rapaciousIy de-
filing His new dispensation Temple.
And if Belial blinded, they still claim
promise predicated upon that cunningly
devised Constitution, we may reply that
a bad promise is better broken than kept,
and we choose hence to obey God, though
that obedience bring US into conflict with
man.
About to close this call, the attention is
cited 10 a few more facts Of some import-
ance. God himself, alone innately good,
Lord over all and blessed forever, in his
good purpose 10 guide us Alright, has not
only given us the call of scripture, as by
his own Inspiration, Tor our profit in doc
trine, reprooL correction and instruction
in righteousness, thus 10 furnish US 10 ev-
cry good word and work, but the better
10 secure our obedience 10 his happifying
laws, he has actually written them upon
our very persons--his ancientlv written
order "lo have no other God before him.
he has engraven upon our physical ma
tures--upon an organic index to the heart
called in modern science, Uemeration-in.
ducing US, first of all, to venerate the One
that is perfectly good, and in this onward
course of that good doing, without the
shadow of turning" From the same in
dex comes prompter. telling US 10 ven
crate, next to God. our fathers and forefa-
lhers-"lhat our days may be long in the
land which the Lord our God giveth us,
so that the vengeance f"mine saith the
LordO of Gods moral and natural laws
broken, may not be visited upon us. God
has told us to love our brother and TO act
that love toward him that we would that
he should act toward us; so that we may
be the children of our Father in heaven,
giving assurance that of one blood he hath
made all nations of men, with permission
10 dwell upon tine whole earth. Our IA
theirs have given the amen, and echo 10 the
same sacred truth, in their bill of human
rights, saying Call men are born equal"
and have right to the enjoyment Of "life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness" Is
it nothing that Gods law in this respect is
thus written is his book of mans duies2
Is it nothing that our fathers have sub
scribed 10 that law in their bill o. human
rights? Is it nothing that the Creator
has placed sentinel upon our capital
watch tower with this dictum, 'venerate
thy God, and thy fathers also? Is it no.
thing that He has placed in us the two
organs of Benevolence and Conscientious,
ness; the former TO make us willing to do
his new scriptural requirements love one
another; ) and the latter giving us an un-
failing standard of how much to love, even
as ourselves? urging US 10 adopt the go
and do likewise as rule of action. Fin
ally. is it nothing that another organic
sentinel is ever with US, even Cautious.
ness2 prompting us to choose the path Of
safety, of pledsantness, the way of peace,
oft presenting Us, out OF the scripture lrea'
sury "things new and old --as neigbbor
loving is the way, walk We in it;--and
that the opposite is way of san, of trans
crossing Gods law the wages of which
is de0ts-equally so to the body polite
rs to the body natural, as the way Of
The transgressor is hard, Thus admon.
shed through SO many od--approved
ways TO let our national captive go free
--and still Pha!oah like refusing, when
hat freedom as by Washington asserted,
IS 10 be effected only BY legislation, by
such liberty voting, as he further asserted,
nc should Oh all occasions practice, ask,
IAN we expect of an Onnipolent, a just
God, that he will much longer suspend