Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-05-24

the very foundation of our confidence IN him. 20 III
All men should feel that they are bis servants, ana Of
that their conduct must harmonic with his prlnc- tt
pies and character The Bible declares impart- a
atty to be an attribute not of God only, but also b.
Mat " 45) of all them who are accounted to be +,
worthy to be his children. Sd. When we barter c
away the great, original, inherent rights OF one II
man for another mans more secure possession OF 81
such rights; and most emphaticay, when we take il
these sacred rights from one man, and barter them y
away for the promotion of the mere pecunlary IN o
terests of another, we outrage some OF the PLAIN II
est principles of the divine government, and y
prove ourselves to be atheists and rebels, instead
of the servants of God 4th But, is not the Will s
lineness of certain anti slavery men to elect S
STAKEHOLDER to the presidency, provided his views |
in respect to the tariff and other financial measures,
agree with their own, red with the guilt OF the Y
worst kind of such barter? Do they not virtual
y say, " We will consent to leave the slaves OF
the District of Columbia and of the Territory OF
Florida in their chains, for the sake OF securing,
an improvement in the pecuniary circumstances OF
the whites for the sake of it in our own circum-
stances? Thousands of protesting Christians are,
this day, defending such compromises and declar-
ing them to be indispensable. But, before can
be convinced, that men can nnocently, ana must
necessarily practice such compromises must be
convinced that God is so great bunger as not to
be able to carry on his government, without lnVad-
ing the rights Of some of his subjects.
| see that you apprOvlngy quote the maxim,
g the greatest good to the greatest number" The
frequent repetition of this maxim in the celebrated
letters of go. P. O." written dozen years ago
in the city of Paris gave it fresh and increased
popularity. But the maxim is no less false than
popular Christianity requires CT the greatest good
to the lvhole number" 1t is in accordance with
this MAXIM that the individual is so often sacr-
feed in answer to the claims of society, Society
has proved itself to be bloody Moloch, on whose
altar millions of individuals have been slam 1t Is
hat
up millions of individuals to be slaughtered on
the battle field. And this same maxim is the JUS
tfying plea of slavery for crushing millions IN Its
iron folds Would that the practice under this
maxim did not exceed its letter. But, like every
other permitted wrong, it transcends its prescribed
limits. community sets out to promote the
-, greatest good of the greatest NUMBER" by means
of the sacrifice of small number. But soon,
however, the foul and murderOus wrong grows
into the policy of benefitting select and arlsto-
. cratic few, at the expense of the many VINO
will deny, that it has already thus increased and
= magnied itself in South Carolina, Mississippi and
Louisiana in each of which States the slave pop
uIation exceeds the free ?-the sacrificed the sacri-
h icers'
u God be praised for the plain teaching of his
- word that one mans rights stand not Ill the way
y of anothers-that every man is every other man
- brother-nay more, that every man IS bound TO
" see in every other man another self. MY TREND,
= my brother, from the bottom of my heartdo com
y y mend to you this plain teaching. You have, and
II blessed be God for it! you have begun to drink
y of its spirit. Drink deeper Of it; and you Will
q then be prepared to say that come what VIII OF
=. banks and tariffs, and other dollar and cent ques-
u tons YOU will never again vote power over the
Is slave into the hands of the slave holder. Drink
u deeper of it; and you will then regard all such
= nuestions as but the small dust of the balance
D compared with personal rights Drink deeper Of
u it; and you will then be ready to admit, that the
It least right of the least infant among the tens Of
= thousands of our fellow immortals, whom slavery
OF treads under foot IN the District of Columbia anC
9 in Florida and who are thus trodden on with TIT
~ express appreciation of our general government
III and of Henry Clay, he is entitled to an INFINITELY
y more solicitous protection, at the hands OF tina
JUS government and of Henry Clay, than are all tn
~ pccuniary interests of the nation.
cl rejoice that YOU did not find it in your heart
sc rive n negative answer to the question, whethe
TO f YOU were citizen of Ohio, you would vote tn
all Liberty Party Electoral ticket; or to the question
eh whether, if there were such ticket in your oW
10 State, you would vote it. Liberty will probabl
'n have no ticket in Kentucky the present year
Wv Wv she should have you would find It mqch haTue
VI to refuse to vote than to vote for Henry Clay
" Would, my dear sir, that you might eXperlenc
re- such baptism of the spirit of liberty, as shout
ne make YOU willing to cast solitary vote tor hei
OF Would that she might irresistiby impel you
ne vote for her! Would that she might irreslstbl
Impel you TO compose d NOtC vi ploC" HiN''
10 there are not white men-aye, OF slaves even,
o. there are not reemen, in your state, to represel
po' your anti slavery principles. Posterlty would az
"a cord more honor to you for casting such vot
than to your distinguished name-sake tor the mo
of triumphant success of his highest ambition.
he Pardon me, dear sir, that | have SO freely e.
raj pressed the concern of my heart, respecting tt
nu- Character of your vote. Take, if you please,
the return the like liberty with me and the ant-sIa
ill, ery men of the north. Tell us how you won
nry have us vote fyou shall not vote an anti slaV
ur ~ electoral ticket, next fall, you will have the
or cuse, that no such ticket nominated IN Re
hat tuckv. But if we shall not vote one, 1t VIII n
lay bc for such lack, and we shall not have such
ne excuse There will be anti slavery electoral tic
ion cts in all the free States Shall we vote themf
f of anticipate your emphatic affirmative reply
1ot- Were we not to vote them, your heart won
al greve bitterly over unfaitbfuness to the eau
her which is dearer to you than any other cause
5 Won shall not vote an auti-savery ticket, anoh
and Of your excuses, as we have seen, will be, IL
NJ YOU dwell in the midst of great darkness respe
on inr slavery But fyou shall Motive VINO II
vor where floods of light are poured forth on TINS $.
you, ect--you would yourself be among the very y
er | to reproach us with our utterly eXcuseless
han owship with the works of darkness" II you sh
ex- not vote an ami slavery ticket next tall, you
rive as we have already said your letter informs
for make as much of an excuse as you can out OF
fact, that YOU voted in accordance with your we
lam On the tariff and certain other questions IN pol
II ooonor,v But il hV no means follows, t